Digital Resources Librarian
About The Position
The Digital Resources Librarian has a central role to enable, configure, customize and promote access to a complex spectrum of digital resources for the School of Law. These resources include databases, electronic books, customized digital content, and an institutional repository. The primary access system is our integrated library catalog, supplemented by an institutional repository and ebook and other digitial distribution platforms. This person supports needs of a physical archival collection, manuscripts, and collections of unique records and materials, supporting business needs and institutional history. Reporting to the Director of Bibliographic Services, the Digital Resources Librarian provides collaborative leadership for the Law Library with a range of digital resources. Supporting students and our clinics, this includes tools for law practice and client engagement. In the area of scholarly communication, this person works to engage faculty, staff, and students in initiatives to maximize the dissemination, preservation, and impact of the Law School’s scholarship and research. This person manages the Law Library’s institutional repository and supports scholarship dissemination, especially in the area of open access platforms. The position tracks and promotes opportunities for scholarly communication and informs people about potential intellectual property issues, and manages the library’s digital and physical archives.
Requirements
- Prior experience and proven knowledge of a modern Integrated Library Systems platform, with a strong preference working with ALMA.
- Familiarity with institutional repository systems, preferably Digital Commons
- Familiarity with modern library classification systems and techniques, such as: Library of Congress classification, LCSH, RDA, and AACR2
- Excellent and effective communication (oral and written), organizational, analytical, problem-solving, project management, and decision-making skills
- Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining productive, cooperative working relationships with a scholarly community, such as with faculty, staff, administrators, and students.
- Able to apply a high level of attention to detail and to understand the larger context and implications of this position’s work.
- Master’s degree in Library and Information Science from an ALA-accredited program
- 0-2 years professional experience with digital resources.
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of copyright law and use of intellectual property
- Familiarity with the scholarly domain of the field of law
- Experience with, or knowledge of, screen capture and tutorial software tools, such as Jing or Camtasia.
- JD from an ABA accredited law school
- Experience developing and supporting innovative scholarship projects
- Experience with legal scholarship and law-related archives and collections
Responsibilities
- Enable, configure, customize and promote access to a complex spectrum of digital resources
- Support needs of a physical archival collection, manuscripts, and collections of unique records and materials
- Provide collaborative leadership for the Law Library with a range of digital resources
- Engage faculty, staff, and students in initiatives to maximize the dissemination, preservation, and impact of the Law School’s scholarship and research
- Manage the Law Library’s institutional repository and supports scholarship dissemination, especially in the area of open access platforms
- Track and promote opportunities for scholarly communication and informs people about potential intellectual property issues
- Manage the library’s digital and physical archives
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
