Data Services Librarian

Boston College • Newton, MA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Boston College Libraries are seeking a Data Services Librarian to join our Digital Scholarship Group (DSG). As a member of the DSG, the Data Services Librarian collaborates on designing and driving initiatives, providing current services, and is a valued voice in DSG strategic planning. This position is highly collaborative within the DSG, throughout the Libraries, particularly in the cohort (which consists of the DSG, instruction team, and subject liaisons), and across campus. This position will also be a major contributor to department outreach efforts and relationship-building.
The Data Services Librarian is primarily responsible for DSG collaborations and services related to data gathering, manipulation, management, curation, documentation, and skills training. Such activities include consulting on faculty and student data-driven projects; providing data skills training on data manipulation and management methods, best practices, and tools to faculty and staff; providing data skills instruction for undergraduate and graduate courses; and driving library-based curricula development (i.e., library instruction and modules) and resource creation/collection for data-centric and data science programs.
A large component of this position will involve working closely with a fellow Data Services Librarian and the DSG head on endeavors to grow existing data services and find new ways for the BC community to engage with data critically. It is important that the person in this role is comfortable working across disciplines with a range of data types, including economic and business-related data, which is in high demand from our Economics and Carroll School of Management students.

Requirements

• A master’s degree in Library and Information Science or a closely related, data-intensive research field.
• 2-3 years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated experience in providing data consultation, curation, management, cleaning, and mining services.
• Demonstrated experience using data and related technologies to support teaching or research.
• Demonstrated experience working with numeric data in an academic, scientific, or corporate environment.
• The ability to engage with research across a variety of disciplines, including economics and business.
• The ability to engage with a range of audiences, from undergraduate and graduate students to faculty and staff.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in academic libraries.
• Experience working with big data, survey microdata, text data, or similarly complex data.
• Experience working with library data resources, data subscription platforms (like WRDS), and publicly available data (like FRED).
• Knowledge of geospatial data and GIS technologies.
• Demonstrated experience in providing data skills training and classroom instruction (oral, written, and video tutorials, etc.).
• Demonstrated experience in data visualization and communication.
• Demonstrated experience in data cleaning, creation, and analysis using coding languages such as Python or R.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on designing and driving initiatives within the Digital Scholarship Group (DSG).
• Provide current services and contribute to DSG strategic planning.
• Engage in collaborations within the DSG, throughout the Libraries, and across campus.
• Contribute to department outreach efforts and relationship-building.
• Manage DSG collaborations and services related to data gathering, manipulation, management, curation, documentation, and skills training.
• Consult on faculty and student data-driven projects.
• Provide data skills training on data manipulation and management methods, best practices, and tools to faculty and staff.
• Provide data skills instruction for undergraduate and graduate courses.
• Drive library-based curricula development and resource creation/collection for data-centric and data science programs.
• Work with a fellow Data Services Librarian and the DSG head to grow existing data services and find new ways for the BC community to engage with data critically.
• Work across disciplines with a range of data types, including economic and business-related data.

Benefits

• Tuition remission for Employees
• Tuition remission for Spouses and Children who meet eligibility requirements
• Generous Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Low-Cost Life Insurance
• Eligibility for both University-Funded 401k and Employer-Sponsored 403b Retirement Plans
• Paid Holidays Annually
• Generous Sick and Vacation Pay

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level