Serials and Scholarly Communication Librarian

University of Wisconsin Stout•Stevens Point, WI

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About The Position

The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Libraries seek a tenure-track faculty member to lead the Libraries’ serials collections, scholarly communication initiatives, and related budgets. The librarian advances sustainable collection decisions, open access, and evolving scholarly publishing initiatives, collaborating with library, campus, and Universities of Wisconsin partners. The position also contributes to reference, instruction, general collection development, and liaison activities. As a faculty member, the librarian participates in scholarship, professional development, service, and shared governance. The librarian provides leadership for serial acquisition, licensing, access, maintenance, assessment, renewal, and cancellation; manages the serials budget; and guides support staff through training, workflows, and procedures. The role also provides expertise in scholarly communication, open access, publishing impact and metrics, publication venues and integrity, and researchers’ responsible use of AI, publisher policies, and intellectual property considerations. This is a full-time, salaried, exempt, annual (12-month) faculty position. The position is classified as Assistant Professor. The starting annual salary range is $49,400–$60,000, commensurate with education, related experience, and qualifications. Relocation assistance may be available.

Requirements

A master’s degree in library and information science from an ALA-accredited program or equivalent, or be within a semester of earning such a degree.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
Demonstrated ability to quickly learn new systems, technologies, processes, and subject areas and apply new knowledge effectively.
Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion principles and practices.

Nice To Haves

Professional experience working in an academic library environment.
Experience negotiating or managing agreements with vendors, publishers, or other information providers, or transferable negotiation experience in a related setting.
Familiarity with an integrated library system, such as Alma, for managing serials subscriptions, renewals, and electronic resource access.
Knowledge of scholarly communication, including open access publishing models, research impact metrics, and copyright or author rights.

Responsibilities

Lead acquisition, licensing, access, maintenance, assessment, renewal, and cancellation of serial subscriptions.
Manage relationships and negotiate with publishers, subscription agents, and other vendors.
Manage the serials budget and evaluate subscriptions according to curricular and research needs, cost, usage, accessibility, available funding, and other relevant factors.
Train and guide support staff contributing to serials services, including developing workflows and procedures.
Develop and improve serials management practices using professional standards, technologies, and emerging practices to support efficient workflows, reliable access, and sustainable collection decisions.
Provide leadership and expertise in scholarly communication, open access, and evolving scholarly publishing models.
Advise faculty, staff, and students on publication impact and metrics, publishing venues and publication integrity, and open access publishing opportunities.
Monitor developments in open access and publisher agreements and collaborate with library and campus partners to increase awareness of scholarly communication and open access opportunities.
Guide and support researchers on responsible and ethical use of AI tools, publisher policies and practices, and intellectual property considerations throughout research and scholarly communication.
Contribute to reference, instruction, general collection development, and liaison activities.
Participate in scholarship, professional development, service, and shared governance.