Data Services Librarian

Boston College; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 82,000 - 103,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition remission for Employees

Tuition remission for Spouses and Dep 

Generous Medical, Dental, and Vision

Low-Cost Life Insurance

Retirement Plans (401k/403b)

Paid Holidays, Sick and Vacation

Job summary

Boston College Libraries seek a Data Services Librarian to advance data gathering, management, and training within the Digital Scholarship Group. The role emphasizes collaboration, data consulting, and public engagement with diverse learners across undergrad/grad programs and business/economics disciplines.

The position supports data-driven projects and develops curriculum resources while working closely with a fellow Librarian and DSG leadership to expand services on campus.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Library and Information Science or closely related data-intensive field.
• 2–3 years of relevant experience in data services or libraries.
• Experience providing data skills instruction and data consultations.
• Ability to work with numeric data and diverse disciplines, including economics/business.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on designing and driving data services initiatives within the Digital Scholarship Group (DSG).
• Provide data gathering, curation, and analysis services for faculty and students.
• Lead data skills instruction and curriculum development (module and online resources).
• Engage with diverse audiences across undergraduate/graduate levels and multiple disciplines.

Skills

Data skills training

Oral & written communication

Cross-disciplinary engagement

Public outreach

Education

Master’s degree in Library and Information Science or related data-intensive field

Tools

Python

R

WRDS

FRED

Job description

Boston College Introduction

Founded in 1863, Boston College is a Jesuit, Catholic university located six miles from downtown Boston with an enrollment of 9,654 full-time undergraduates and 5,072 graduate and professional students. Ranked 37 among national universities, Boston College has 923 full-time and 1,336 FTE faculty, 2,822 non-faculty employees, an operating budget of $1.4 billion, and an endowment in excess of $3.9 billion.

Job Description

Boston College Libraries are seeking a Data Services Librarian to join our Digital Scholarship Group (DSG). As a member of the DSG, the Data Services Librarian collaborates on designing and driving initiatives, providing current services, and is a valued voice in DSG strategic planning. This position is highly collaborative within the DSG, throughout the Libraries, particularly in the cohort (which consists of the DSG, instruction team, and subject liaisons), and across campus. The Data Services Librarian is primarily responsible for DSG collaborations and services related to data gathering, manipulation, management, curation, documentation, and skills training. Such activities include consulting on faculty and student data-driven projects; providing data skills instruction and training on data manipulation and management methods, best practices, and tools in person and through curriculum resource development, e.g., module and online resource creation. These responsibilities are heavily front-facing and involve a significant amount of one-on-one and classroom engagement with undergraduate and graduate students. A large component of this position will involve working closely with a fellow Data Services Librarian and the DSG head on endeavors to grow existing data services and find new ways for the BC community to critically engage with data. It is important that the person in this role is comfortable working across disciplines with a range of data types, including economic and business-related data, which is in high demand from our Economics and Carroll School of Management students. It is also important that the person in this position is comfortable with relationship building and public communication, as everyone in the department contributes to outreach.

Boston College can not offer sponsorship for this position.

Full-Time Equivalent Hiring Range: $82,100 to $102,650; salary commensurate with relevant experience.

Requirements

• A master’s degree in Library and Information Science or a closely related, data-intensive research field, plus 2-3 years of relevant experience
• Demonstrated experience in
• Providing data skills training and classroom instruction (oral, written, and video tutorials, etc.);
• Providing research support for students and faculty through data consultations and curation, management, cleaning, and mining services;
• Working with numeric data in academic, scientific, or corporate environments
• The ability to engage with research across a variety of disciplines, including economics and business, and a range of audiences, from undergraduate and graduate students to faculty and staff
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Preferred

• Experience working in academic libraries;
• Experience working with big data, survey microdata, text data, or similarly complex data;
• Experience working with library data resources, data subscription platforms (like WRDS), and publicly available data (like FRED)
• Demonstrated experience in
• Data visualization and communication;
• Data cleaning, creation, and analysis using coding languages such as Python or R;
• Geospatial data and GIS technologies;

Closing Statement

Boston College offers a broad and competitive range of benefits depending on your job classification eligibility:

• Tuition remission for Employees
• Tuition remission for Spouses and Children who meet eligibility requirements
• Generous Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Low-Cost Life Insurance
• Eligibility for both University-Funded 401k and Employer-Sponsored403bRetirement Plans
• Paid Holidays Annually
• Generous Sickand Vacation Pay
• Additional benefits can be found on https://www.bc.edu/employeehandbook

Boston College conducts pre-employment background checks as part of the hiring process.

Boston College is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected category, including disability and protected veteran status. Boston College's Notice of Nondiscrimination can be viewed at https://www.bc.edu/nondiscrimination.