Digital Scholarship Librarian II: AI‑Driven Web & Data

Code4lib; Ames (IA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Iowa State University Library’s Digital Scholarship and Initiatives department seeks a Digital Scholarship Librarian II to lead and support innovative digital scholarship projects, including web-based storytelling, digital collections, and open access research.

You will collaborate with faculty and students, apply AI literacy and data-informed methods, and help ensure sustainable stewardship of research outputs across institutional repositories and platforms.

Qualifications

• Experience with digital scholarship tools and platforms.
• Ability to teach and support research using digital methods and AI.
• Proficiency in HTML/CSS/JavaScript and Git/GitHub for web projects.
• Experience with metadata, APIs, and user-centered design.

Responsibilities

• Develop and support digital scholarship projects involving web tech, storytelling, open access, and digital collections.
• Enhance infrastructure to improve discoverability, accessibility, and sustainability of digital projects.
• Support open access initiatives by improving discoverability of outputs in repositories and digital collections.
• Provide instruction and outreach on AI literacy, web technologies, and data-informed research methods.

Skills

Digital scholarship tools

Web development

AI literacy

Digital collections

Institutional repositories

Metadata & structured data

Tools

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

Git/GitHub

Job description

The Iowa State University Library’s Digital Scholarship and Initiatives department seeks a Digital Scholarship Librarian II to lead and support innovative digital scholarship projects, including web-based storytelling, digital collections, and open access research.

You will collaborate with faculty and students, apply AI literacy and data-informed methods, and help ensure sustainable stewardship of research outputs across institutional repositories and platforms.