Data Services Librarian

Digital Library Federation; Athens (OH); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Ohio University Libraries invites applications for the Data Services Librarian in the Research Services department. The role leads in research data management, data literacy, and open research practices to support students and faculty in discovering, using, and managing data.

Reporting to the Head of Research Services, the librarian builds collaborations across campus to scale data services, provide instruction and workshops, and contribute to scholarly communication initiatives in open data and

Responsibilities

• Partner with student and faculty researchers to develop compliant data management and data sharing plans aligned with funder requirements, institutional policies, and research data best practices.
• Provide instruction, workshops, outreach, and individualized research support for faculty, researchers, and graduate students, as well as data literacy and other fundamental support for undergraduates.
• Collaborate with campus partners to deliver consulting services related to data management, data use and reuse, reproducible research practices, and computational tools and methods.
• Monitor emerging trends in research data services and evaluate new tools, technologies, and methodologies to enhance library services.
• Participate in subject support for academic programs through instruction, consultation, and collection development.
• Serve on Libraries or University committees, task forces, and/or other groups in support of advancing the Libraries’ strategic goals.
• Commit to continuous improvement and professional development, including by engaging in regular professional development through research, publications, presentations, and participation in regional, national, and/or international professional bodies as part of a continuing commitment to bringing best practices and innovative services to the Libraries.
• Provides outreach and collaboration with the University community.

Job description

The Ohio University Libraries invites applications and nominations for the position of Data Services Librarian in the Research Services department.

Reporting to the Head of Research Services, the Data Services Librarian supports Ohio University students and faculty in discovering, using, and managing data for their research. The Data Services Librarian provides leadership and expertise in research data management (RDM), data literacy concepts, and open research practices in support of Ohio University’s research mission. The Data Services Librarian builds and maintains relationships with academic departments and research centers to coordinate and scale research data services across campus. This position will provide instruction, workshops, outreach, and individualized research support for faculty, researchers, and graduate students, as well as data literacy and other fundamental support for undergraduates. The position works proactively with researchers on data-intensive projects, providing guidance on institutional and funder compliance, data quality, documentation, sharing, and long-term stewardship. The Data Services Librarian contributes to scholarly communication initiatives such as open data and reproducible research, including considerations of data quality, ethics, transparency, and governance, as well as tools related to data management.Additionally, the Data Services Librarian will provide subject-specific, non-data-related instruction, reference, and consultation services to faculty and students in assigned subject areas. The librarian will help build sustainable collections that support the University’s research and instructional needs in a team environment.

The successful candidate for this position must have the ability to work independently as a motivated self-starter as well as collaboratively in a team-based environment, including effective communication skills and the ability to set goals and determine the best course of action with broad guidance from their supervisor and shared team expectations.

Specifically, the Data Services Librarian will:

• Partner with student and faculty researchers to develop compliant data management and data sharing plans aligned with funder requirements, institutional policies, and research data best practices.
• Provide instruction, workshops, outreach, and individualized research support for faculty, researchers, and graduate students, as well as data literacy and other fundamental support for undergraduates.

• Collaborate with campus partners to deliver consulting services related to data management, data use and reuse, reproducible research practices, and computational tools and methods.
• Monitor emerging trends in research data services and evaluates new tools, technologies, and methodologies to enhance library services.
• Participate in subject support for academic programs through instruction, consultation, and collection development.
• Serve on Libraries or University committees, task forces, and/or other groups in support of advancing the Libraries’ strategic goals.
• Commit to continuous improvement and professional development, including by engaging in regular professional development through research, publications, presentations, and participation in regional, national, and/or international professional bodies as part of a continuing commitment to bringing best practices and innovative services to the Libraries. Librarians are considered administrative staff at Ohio University.
• Provides outreach and collaboration with the University community.

Ohio University is a designated Carnegie Research 1 (R1) institution, ranking among the nation’s elite research institutions. The Research Services department was established within University Libraries to support and empower our researchers by collaborating throughout the scholarly life cycle in areas including data management, open access scholarship, and impact assessment and promotion, among others.

About the Ohio University Libraries:

The Ohio University Libraries system consists of the Alden Library, the Music and Dance Library, the Hwa-Wei Lee Library Annex, as well as five regional campus libraries. With a staff of more than 75 FTE, the Libraries has more than 2.7 million volumes in its collection and has a total annual budget of over $12 million. The Libraries also hosts the Ohio University Press, an award-winning publisher of books about Africa, Appalachia, Southeast Asia, and the Midwest.