Scholarly Communication Librarian

Fairfield University•Fairfield, CT

9d•Onsite

About The Position

The Scholarly Communication Librarian provides leadership, strategic direction, and support for scholarly communication at Fairfield University. The position develops and supports the Library’s digital content strategy, including the creation, sharing, impact measurement, and preservation of scholarly and creative work. It promotes transformative agreements and supports faculty and students with scholarly identity management, impact metrics, open access initiatives, copyright, author rights, and fair use. The librarian also monitors and promotes open access, open educational resources, and related campus initiatives; collaborates with the Faculty Partnership Program; and works with library and campus partners to develop research and publishing support and address research needs, campus profile, and promotion and tenure processes. The role oversees and develops Fairfield University’s institutional repository and faculty profile systems, DigitalCommons@Fairfield and Scholar Showcase. Responsibilities include procuring digital content, overseeing the Institutional Repository Specialist’s daily work, coordinating repository administration with contributing partners, and collaborating on metadata schemas and content policies and procedures. The librarian generates activity reports, maintains the repository’s profiles in directories and registries, considers emerging technologies affecting research and publishing, and manages the faculty publication collection and display. The position supervises and supports staff, including recruiting, hiring, training, coaching, mentoring, scheduling, overseeing work quality, communicating with staff, and evaluating performance. It also contributes to the Library’s professional work and development, participates in meetings and events, keeps current with developments in librarianship, and promotes the value of the Library. The position is based at Fairfield University’s Fairfield, Connecticut campus and is not eligible for immigration assistance. The expected wage range is $70,000–$80,000.

Requirements

Knowledge of best practices, current trends, and issues in scholarly communication.
Experience working with a digital repository.
Excellent communication, collaboration, organization, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to communicate effectively about scholarly communication priorities and issues to varied audiences.
Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.
Strong commitment to service.
Graduate degree in Library & Information Science (MLS or equivalent) from an ALA-accredited program, or equivalent experience, is preferred.

Nice To Haves

A second master’s degree in a subject-specific field.
Experience with bepress Digital Commons and Pure4EGS platforms.
One year or more of experience working in an academic library.
Knowledge of research impact measures.
Knowledge of copyright and intellectual property rights.
Knowledge of persistent identifiers such as ORCID and DOI, and of author rights.
Teaching experience and ability to plan informational workshops.
A second master’s degree in a subject-specific field is listed as preferred in the education section.

Responsibilities

Provide leadership, strategic direction, and support for campus scholarly communication.
Develop and support the Library’s digital content strategy, including creation, sharing, impact measurement, and preservation of scholarly and creative work.
Promote the Library’s transformative agreements and support scholarly identity management, impact metrics, open access, copyright, author rights, and fair use.
Monitor and promote open access, open educational resources, and related campus initiatives.
Collaborate with the Faculty Partnership Program to engage scholars at the discipline level.
Develop a holistic model of research and publishing support in coordination with the Head of Research Services.
Liaise with campus offices, academic centers, and institutes to understand and support research needs, campus profile, and promotion and tenure processes.
Help faculty and graduate students create and update online profiles, including Scholar Showcase, Google Scholar, and ORCID.
Develop programs, instruction, outreach, and resources promoting campus involvement in DigitalCommons@Fairfield, Scholar Showcase, and scholarly communication.
Oversee and develop DigitalCommons@Fairfield and Scholar Showcase.
Procure digital content for the institutional repository and faculty profile systems.
Oversee the Institutional Repository Specialist’s day-to-day operations and coordinate repository administration with contributing partners, including Archives & Special Collections and the Fairfield University Art Museum.
Coordinate with the Acquisitions and Cataloging Strategies Librarian and Institutional Repository Specialist to identify and apply appropriate metadata schemas.
Establish, document, and communicate policies and procedures for digital content acquisition, submission, and description; coordinate with the Collection Strategies Librarian as appropriate.
Generate repository activity reports for departments, academic centers, institutes, and the Library.
Assess and maintain DigitalCommons@Fairfield’s profile in directories and registries.
Engage with emerging technology, including AI tools, that affects publishing and the research lifecycle.
Manage the faculty publication collection and faculty publication display.
Supervise and support staff by recruiting, hiring, training, coaching, mentoring, holding regular individual and unit meetings, overseeing work quality and flow, coordinating schedules, communicating relevant matters, and evaluating performance.
Contribute to Library growth, development, and professional work; participate in meetings and events, keep current with developments in librarianship, and promote the value of the Library.
Promote safe and secure working conditions and perform other duties as required by the supervisor and departmental or University needs.