Hybrid Research Data Librarian (Economics)

Dartmouth College; Virginia; Hybrid; USD 67,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH seeks a Research Data Librarian to develop and deliver robust data services for data-intensive research and curricular needs. You will coordinate, provide deep research support, and deliver educational modules for faculty, students, and staff with primary liaison responsibility for the economics department.

Collaborate with business liaisons and other data-centered units, build programs, assess services, and help implement research data services across Dartmouth.

Qualifications

• ALA-accredited masters degree in library and/or information science, or an advanced subject or professional degree; and 2 plus years of relevant postgraduate experience.
• Experience preparing data for analysis, visualization, and other procedures.
• Proficiency with one or more data analysis or visualization tools (for example Stata, SPSS, R, Python).
• Knowledge of and proficiency with key information resources in economics, business, and/or finance.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and the ability to work flexibly and effectively in groups.
• Strong organizational skills; ability to prioritize tasks, manage time, and complete projects.
• Demonstrated skill and enthusiasm for outreach and engagement.

Responsibilities

• In partnership with the Head of Research Facilitation and related liaison teams, assists in the development of a comprehensive platform and suite of research data services to support and advance interdisciplinary digital scholarship at Dartmouth.
• Provides information, research consulting, and data services, especially for economics and business resources, in a dynamic and collaborative academic library environment.
• Coordinates with partners across campus and library departments to facilitate extended and contextualized research data services and specialized resources.
• Ensures that indigenous, culturally, or personally identifiable sensitive data adheres to relevant protocols and informed best practices.
• Acts as a functional library liaison to economics, and possibly other data-intensive subject areas, programs, and centers.
• Develops and implements instruction resources to help faculty, students, and staff expand research skills, including data discovery, curation, management, analysis, visualization, and preservation.
• Collaborates with colleagues in the Libraries and in Information, Technology & Consulting ( ITC ) to teach in curricular and co-curricular settings.
• Monitors trends and best practices in library and industry-based research data efforts, with an emphasis on statistical data, open data/software and ethical data use.
• Demonstrates professionalism and collegiality through actions, interactions, and communications with others appropriate to an environment that is welcoming to all.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Data analysis tools

Data preparation

Economics resources

Interpersonal skills

Time management

Outreach

Education

Masters plus 2-3 years

Tools

Stata

SPSS

R

Python

Job description

Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH seeks a Research Data Librarian to develop and deliver robust data services for data-intensive research and curricular needs. You will coordinate, provide deep research support, and deliver educational modules for faculty, students, and staff with primary liaison responsibility for the economics department.

Collaborate with business liaisons and other data-centered units, build programs, assess services, and help implement research data services across Dartmouth.