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Digital Materials and Knowledge Management Librarian Part-Time

University of the Incarnate Word, United States

Updated: 3 months ago
Location: San Antonio, TEXAS
Job Type: PartTime
Deadline: ;

Position Details
Position Information


Position Title Digital Materials and Knowledge Management Librarian Part-Time
UIW Mission
University of the Incarnate Word is a Catholic institution that welcomes to its community persons of diverse backgrounds, in the belief that their respectful interaction advances the discovery of truth, mutual understanding, self-realization, and the common good.
Position Summary
The Digital Materials and Knowledge Management Librarian Part-Time will serve as the lead in establishing guidelines, best practices, and protocols for the UIW Libraries Digital Scholarship services through the management of the UIW Libraries Athenaeum (institutional repository) and developing a digital assets’ strategy that will be a sustainable model to support knowledge dissemination and digital scholarship. This position will serve as preservation archivist for these resources as well as serve as an advocate for knowledge dissemination through effective and responsive practices as well as serve as the libraries’ collaborator for related grant opportunities. The Digital Materials and Knowledge Management Librarian Part-Time reports to the Director of Technical Services.
Benefits
This position is not benefits eligible.

Job Duties


Job Duty Name Records Management
Description of Job Duties
  • Assesses the institution’s digital scholarship needs and develops guidelines and best practices in this service area.
  • Promotes the use of the Athenaeum and other tools and services to facilitate research dissemination and digital access and preservation.
  • Develops policies and processes for the selection, acquisition, accession of UIW Libraries local digital materials that promote sustainable preservation and discovery.
  • Manages the digitization of born analog materials as well as born digital local materials. Initial focus will be on print document and photo format conversion and born-digital assets.
  • Develops collections and access to curated open access materials /other openly free materials to be deposited in the Athenaeum.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.
Job Duty Name Administration
Description of Job Duties
  • Develops and provides trainings on the importance and services of the digital scholarship program that will include the use of digital tools and platforms.
  • Maintains and reports statistics and data required by the Director of Technical Services and the Dean of Libraries.

Qualifications


Knowledge Skills and Abilities
  • Demonstrated knowledge of digital resource management and asset description best practices.
  • Strong skills in digitization projects and management.
  • Proficiency with multiple metadata schema such as MARC, Dublin Core, etc.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of controlled vocabularies such as LCSH, MeSH, LCGFT.
  • Proficiency with web development and use/creation of informational platforms.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of accessibility and copyright standards for digital resources and platforms.
  • Expertise in related technologies, software, standards, and systems.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of current trends in the field.
  • Strong organizational and planning skills.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills.
  • Ability to work effectively with individuals from diverse communities and cultures.
  • Employee shall adhere to all applicable rules and regulations of the University, the Conference, and the NCAA.
Required Education
ALA-accredited MLS or equivalent degree.
Required Work Experience
  • One (1) year of professional experience in digitization practices in museums or libraries.
  • One (1) year of professional experience in classification of digital assets in museums or libraries.
  • One (1) year of professional experience in providing teaching and scholarship support in museums or libraries.
  • One (1) year of experience with integrated library systems, institutional repository systems, OCLC, MarcEdit/OpenRefine, and other metadata technologies such as RDA, MARC21, etc.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Professional experience with Elsevier’s ALMA Library Services Platforms.
  • Professional experience utilizing and managing collections in ExLibris’ Digital Commons Repository.
Required Certifications, Licenses or Registrations
N/A.
Work Hours
20 hours per week within standard business hours of Monday through Friday 8am to 5pm with extended hours as needed to meet departmental goals.  Some weekend work may be required.
Physical Demands
  • Ability to reach overhead, bend, squat, and climb to retrieve library materials.
  • Ability to occasionally push/pull library carts holding up to 60 lbs.
  • Ability to regularly move about assigned library location(s).

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