Data Curation Specialist for Humanities and Social Sciences

Code4lib; Ann Arbor (MI); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Michigan seeks a Data Curation Specialist for Humanities and Social Sciences to advance the Library's work with faculty, students and staff. You will help manage, share and preserve research data and other scholarly content, with a focus on Humanities and Social Sciences, working closely with DBRRDS and librarian colleagues.

As the primary service contact for DBRRDS across Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint campuses, you will develop data management plans, consult on scholarly

Qualifications

• Develop data management and sharing plans.
• Consult with faculty, staff, and students on scholarly communication needs.
• Provide training to librarians and researchers on managing and sharing scholarship and research data.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary service contact for DBRRDS with Humanities and Social Sciences faculty, staff and students across UM campuses (Ann Arbor, Dearborn, Flint).
• Help researchers share their scholarship and data via the library's Deep Blue Documents and Deep Blue Data repositories.
• Coordinate and negotiate relationships and responsibilities across the Library and the University.

Job description

Data Curation Specialist for Humanities and Social Sciences

The Data Curation Specialist for Humanities and Social Sciences advances the mission of the Library through working with faculty, students and staff to help manage, share and preserve their research data and other content of scholarly value, with a specialized focus on Humanities and Social Sciences. This is a highly collaborative position requiring coordination and negotiation of relationships and responsibilities across the Library and the University.

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 librarians and 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 Humanities and Social Sciences faculty, staff and students at U-M's Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint campuses. Other service activities and functions may be negotiated depending upon your knowledge, expertise, and interest.

Digital Repositories inst Data management Data curation