Data Services Librarian

Digital Library Federation; Athens (OH); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The Digital Library Federation at Ohio University is seeking a Data Services Librarian to support our students and faculty in research data management. You will lead initiatives in data literacy and collaborate with researchers to enhance data services across campus.

As a vital member of the Research Services department, the Data Services Librarian will conduct workshops, provide consultation, and ensure compliance with data management requirements. The position offers opportunities for professional development and engagement with innovative practices in academic research.

Qualifications

• Must have the ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team-based environment.
• Experience in managing data and supporting data-intensive projects.
• Engagement in continuous professional development.

Responsibilities

• Partner with researchers to develop compliant data management plans.
• Provide instruction, workshops, and individualized research support.
• Collaborate with campus partners on data management services.
• Monitor trends and evaluate new tools in research data services.

Skills

Leadership in research data management

Effective communication skills

Data literacy concepts

Open research practices

Collaboration with researchers

Education

Master's degree in Library Science or related field

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.

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.

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. Librarians are considered administrative staff at Ohio University.
• Provide outreach and collaboration with the University community.

About the Ohio University Libraries

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. 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 Ohio University Press, an award-winning publisher of books about Africa, Appalachia, Southeast Asia, and the Midwest.

The Libraries is a member of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), OhioLINK, and Lyrasis, a national consortium of libraries.

The Libraries Strategic Plan can be found here.