Data Curation Specialist for Health Sciences

Code4lib; Ann Arbor (MI); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A university library in Ann Arbor seeks a Data Curation Specialist for Health Sciences. The role involves developing data management plans, consulting with faculty, and providing training on data sharing. This position is essential in supporting the Health Sciences community at the university. Candidates should have experience in academic research data and strong collaborative skills.

Qualifications

• Experience working with Health Sciences or academic research data.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to provide training to diverse groups.

Responsibilities

• Develop data management and sharing plans.
• Provide training to researchers on managing and sharing data.
• Serve as primary service contact for designated Health Sciences faculty.

Skills

Data management

Research data sharing

Collaboration with faculty

Training and consulting

Job description

Overview

The Data Curation Specialist for Health Sciences advances the mission of the Library through working with faculty, students, and staff to help manage, share, and preserve their research data with a specialized focus on the Health Sciences.

You will be an important member of the Deep Blue Repository & Research Data Services (DBRRDS) team and contribute to all aspects of its work. You will help develop data management and sharing plans, consult with faculty, staff, and students on their scholarly communication needs in collaboration with librarian experts and subject specialists, provide training to researchers on managing and sharing their scholarship and research data, and help researchers share their scholarship and research data with others through the library's Deep Blue Documents and Deep Blue Data repositories.

You will be the primary service contact for DBRRDS with Health Sciences faculty, staff, and students in U-M Ann Arbor's schools of Dentistry, Kinesiology, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Public Health; U-M Dearborn's College of Education, Health & Human Services; and U-M Flint's College of Health Sciences and School of Nursing. You will collaborate with Taubman Health Sciences Library informationists and Librarians at UM-Dearborn and UM-Flint to serve the data needs of our Health Sciences community. Other service activities and responsibilities may be negotiated depending upon your knowledge, expertise, and interests.

You will report directly to the Director of Deep Blue Repository & Research Data Services under the Associate University Librarian for Publishing.

Responsibilities

• Develop data management and sharing plans and consult with faculty, staff, and students on scholarly communication needs in collaboration with librarian experts and subject specialists.
• Provide training to researchers on managing and sharing their scholarship and research data.
• Support researchers in sharing their scholarship and research data with others through the library's Deep Blue Documents and Deep Blue Data repositories.
• Serve as the primary service contact for DBRRDS with Health Sciences faculty, staff, and students across designated schools and colleges.
• Collaborate with Taubman Health Sciences Library informationists and librarians at UM-Dearborn and UM-Flint to address the data needs of the Health Sciences community.
• Engage in other service activities and responsibilities as negotiated based on knowledge, expertise, and interests.
• Report to the Director of DBRRDS under the Associate University Librarian for Publishing.

How to apply

https://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/268894/data-curation-specialist-health-sciences

Contact

Peter Cerda, Data Curation Specialist - [e-mail]
Jeremy Morse, Director of DBRRDS - [e-mail]

Health Sciences Open data Institutional repository Data management Data curation Open access

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Published:Friday, September 26, 2025 02:05 UTC
Last updated:Friday, September 26, 2025 02:05 UTC