Assistant or Associate Professor - Digital Scholarship & Sciences Research Specialist Librarian

Digital Library Federation; Northwestern Ontario; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading academic institution is seeking a Research Specialist Librarian to support digital scholarship and sciences. The ideal candidate will have expertise in evidence synthesis and research data management, with a commitment to equity and accessibility within information systems. This role involves developing research metrics services, providing instruction, and participating in community engagement efforts. Join a growing library faculty team at an organization dedicated to sustainable scholarly practices.

Benefits

Financial support for professional development

Inclusive work environment

Qualifications

• Experience in digital scholarship and research metrics.
• Ability to support advanced research methods.
• Commitment to equity and accessibility in information systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop instruction and consult on research projects.
• Support digital scholarship with a focus on sciences.
• Participate in departmental engagement initiatives.

Skills

Evidence synthesis

Research data management

Data analysis

Data visualization

APIs

Large language models

Programming languages

Social network analysis

Education

Master's degree in Library Science

Tools

Tableau

Flourish

Job description

Overview

Assistant or Associate Professor - Digital Scholarship & Sciences Research Specialist Librarian

Research Partnerships, a unit within the University Libraries at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln that provides advanced support for information and data intensive research, seeks a Research Specialist Librarian to complement and extend its current staffing in evidence synthesis, research data management, and geospatial data and programs. The Digital Scholarship & Sciences Research Specialist Librarian will join with existing Libraries faculty members to create capacity to support digital scholarship, with an emphasis on the sciences, and will co-lead in the development and delivery of a focused set of research metrics services.

The Digital Scholarship & Sciences Research Specialist Librarian develops instruction and consults on research projects to leverage computational approaches, including using scripting tools, databases, APIs, large language models, social network analysis, and / or text analysis. Areas of support may include data analysis, data cleaning, and data visualization, and using programming languages or applications like Tableau or Flourish. This librarian will actively participate in the field of digital scholarship, leading our department engagement with efforts like Library Carpentries and Data Carpentries. Additionally, the Digital Scholarship Research Specialist will partner with other members of the department to help researchers and teams understand and use research metrics and other strategies to communicate the impacts of their research.

The Digital Scholarship & Sciences Research Specialist Librarian joins the UNL Libraries at a time of building. We have recently launched a new strategic framework and have been hiring ambitiously for the last several years. The Digital Scholarship & Sciences Research Specialist Librarian will join a cohort of new faculty members who have recently joined the Libraries. Reporting to the Chair of Research Partnerships, the Digital Scholarship & Sciences Research Specialist Librarian will actively participate in the organizational transformation of the UNL Libraries as we work to build a more equitable, accessible, and sustainable information ecosystem.

The University Libraries creates and fosters inclusive environments for teaching, learning, scholarship, creative expression, and civic engagement. The ability to find, access, evaluate, utilize, and create reliable information resources is central to higher education, the public good, and achieving equity and justice. Libraries faculty are empowered to provide an array of library services, collections, and spaces to meet the diverse needs of students, faculty, and researchers. The Libraries is committed to providing financial and other support for faculty professional development and travel. The Digital Scholarship & Sciences Research Specialist Librarian will undertake their efforts with attention to how social and structural biases and inequalities are manifest in information and data systems and in research systems.