Perma.cc Legal Digital Scholarship Project Manager

Harvard University • Cambridge, MA

76d • Remote

About The Position

The Library Innovation Lab (LIL) at Harvard Law Library seeks an information professional to serve as the Perma.cc Legal Digital Scholarship Project Manager. LIL is a collaborative lab focused on re-envisioning how knowledge is created, preserved, and accessed. This one-year position will focus on building and launching a system for preserving and sharing legal scholarship using Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) within the Perma.cc service. Perma.cc has provided web citation preservation to the legal community for over a decade. The adoption of DOI is increasingly critical in law, with Bluebook requirements on the horizon. The project will design a plan for incorporating DOI into the Perma.cc ecosystem, coordinate the planning and rollout of DOI minting, and document sustainable operational models for the future.

Requirements

• Minimum of five years’ post-secondary education or relevant work experience
• Experience with scholarly communication, metadata, or digital preservation.
• Familiarity with DOI and other persistent identifier systems.
• Strong organizational, project management, and communication skills.
• Experience in law libraries, legal publishing, or digital repository management.

Responsibilities

• Review current practices at HLSL and Perma.cc and identify requirements for DOI assignment to legal scholarship and web materials.
• Track developments in legal citation standards related to DOI and ensure project alignment.
• Evaluate options for DOI minting (such as CrossRef membership or other registration methods) and make recommendations.
• Develop and document criteria and workflows for DOI assignment, in line with existing standards in other fields.
• Lead outreach to law journals, faculty, clinics, and other stakeholders to establish procedures for DOI registration.
• Serve as primary liaison to DOI registration agencies to arrange necessary permissions and clarify technical needs.
• Collaborate with technical teams at Perma.cc and HLSL to design and pilot the integration of DOI processes into existing systems.
• Prepare clear documentation and policy recommendations for the ongoing management of DOIs at HLSL and Perma.cc.
• Prepare interim and final reports summarizing actions taken, challenges, and recommendations for future service management.

Benefits

• Generous paid time off including parental leave
• Medical, dental, and vision health insurance coverage starting on day one
• Retirement plans with university contributions
• Wellbeing and mental health resources
• Support for families and caregivers
• Professional development opportunities including tuition assistance and reimbursement
• Commuter benefits, discounts and campus perks

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed