Mercator Geospatial Information and Maps Librarian

1000scholars; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The UCLA Library seeks a highly collaborative, user-focused Geospatial Information and Maps Librarian to support UCLA faculty, researchers, students, and stakeholders in utilizing geospatial data, tools, and methods; the role also oversees the Library’s print map collections.

Reporting to the AUL for Teaching, Learning, and Research, the incumbent will partner with campus colleagues to develop sustainable geospatial services, provide training, and advance open science initiatives while

Responsibilities

• Support researchers in identifying and utilizing geospatial tools, platforms, methods, and resources.
• Provide assistance to instructors and students for course integrated usage of geospatial tools.
• Partner with Library and campus colleagues on managing geospatial platform access and usage.
• Collaborate with colleagues in the Teaching, Learning, and Research Division around data services, digital scholarship, and open science to develop a sustainable suite of services for campus researchers and students.
• Work with colleagues from across the Library on managing print map collections, enabling discovery and utilization, and facilitating map digitization.
• Support skill development and training for colleagues related to geospatial information and maps.
• Provide general patron support through consultations, workshops, research help, and instruction.
• Collaborate with colleagues across the UC system to align UCLA geospatial support services and maps access and approaches.
• Work closely with Library Development to identify and steward donors, collections, and endowed gift funds.

Job description

The UCLA Library seeks a highly collaborative, user-focused professional for the position of Mercator Geospatial Information and Maps Librarian. Reporting to the Director of Research Services, the incumbent will provide support to UCLA faculty, researchers, students, and other stakeholders in utilizing geospatial data, tools, and methods. In addition, this position will be responsible for the Library’s print map collections.

Position Duties

Reporting to the AUL for Teaching, Learning, and Research. The incumbent is responsible for the following

• Support researchers in identifying and utilizing appropriate geospatial tools, platforms, methods, and resources.
• Provide assistance to instructors and students for course integrated usage of geospatial tools.
• Partner with Library and campus colleagues on managing geospatial platform access and usage.
• Collaborate with colleagues in the Teaching, Learning, and Research Division around data services, digital scholarship, and open science to develop a sustainable suite of services for campus researchers and students.
• Work with colleagues from across the Library on managing print map collections, enabling discovery and utilization, and facilitating map digitization.
• Support skill development and training for colleagues related to geospatial information and maps.
• Provide general patron support through consultations, workshops, research help, and instruction.
• Collaborate with colleagues across the UC system to align UCLA geospatial support services and maps access and approaches.
• Work closely with Library Development to identify and steward donors, collections, and endowed gift funds.

General Information

Professional librarians at UCLA are academic appointees. Librarians at UCLA are represented by an exclusive bargaining agent, University Council – American Federation of Teachers (UC-AFT). This is a represented position. Represented librarians are entitled to appropriate professional leave, two days per month of vacation leave, one day per month of sick leave, and all other benefits bargained in the collective bargaining agreement. The University has an excellent retirement system and sponsors a variety of group health, dental, vision, and life insurance plans in addition to other benefits. Relocation assistance may be provided.

Description of Unit

The Research Services department supports students, faculty, and staff looking to utilize advanced research methodologies, tools, and techniques. The department provides services and support for the following areas of emphasis: expert searching, which includes complex literature and information searching and evidence-based decision making; data services, including data use and reuse; digital and open scholarship, including open science, technical information (including standards and patents), mapping and geospatial tools, and advanced citation management; and research assessment and impact., data use and reuse, digital scholarship, open science, As a part of the Teaching, Learning, and Research division, the department supports core Library services and collaborates across the Library to ensure areas of emphasis are aligned with expertise and strategic Library goals. In addition, the department develops and maintains strategic relationships with other research aligned units on campus to ensure Library services complement other campus expertise.

Description of Institution and Library

As one of the world's great public research universities, UCLA integrates education, research, and public service so that each enriches and extends the others. From its beautiful neighborhood campus in a uniquely diverse and vibrant city on the Pacific Rim, teaching and research extend beyond the classroom, office, and lab through active engagement with communities, organizations, projects, and partnerships throughout the region and around the world. UCLA’s diverse community of scholars encompasses nearly 30,000 undergraduates pursuing 125 majors, 13,000 graduate students in fifty-nine research programs, and 4,000 faculty members including Nobel Laureates; Rhodes Scholars; MacArthur Fellows; winners of the Fields Medal, National Medal of Science, Pritzker Prize, and Pulitzer Prize; and recipients of Oscars, Emmys, Tonys, and Golden Globes. UCLA ranks tenth in the Times of London Higher Education World Reputation Rankings, twelfth in the Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and fifth in the U.S. by Washington Monthly. The National Research Council ranks forty of its graduate and doctoral research programs among its top ten. To enable our accomplished students, faculty, and staff to create, disseminate, and apply knowledge for the benefit of global society, the UCLA Library is re-envisioning how it acquires, synthesizes, and shares knowledge and information across academic audiences and with the public. The services and expertise we provide via our collections connect users to their learning needs, their research, or their creative efforts. We do this by ensuring discoverability; engaging in curricular support and advancing information literacy for our students; by offering scaled support asynchronously, through online training modules, and research support. We offer targeted services for our graduate and undergraduate students trying to solve a problem, understand a system, or learning how to use a new tool to responsibly manage and explore data. We develop public programming, exhibitions, curated experiences, and other engagement opportunities to connect our unique collections, cultural materials, research resources, and services with the campus and greater LA communities fostering discovery, dialogue, and access to collections for visitors, researchers and lifelong learners alike. The Library serves UCLA students, faculty, and staff whenever and wherever they need its resources and expertise. Reconfigured, high-tech spaces and services in its ten campus libraries enable users and librarians to explore and work with print and digital materials collaboratively or individually, pursue new lines of inquiry, and develop new pedagogical approaches as well as novel forms of scholarship. More than 3.5 million people visit annually, while an additional 3.4 million visitors enter online through its virtual front doors. Whether on campus or online, the Library forms the intellectual heart of UCLA, a hub for cutting-edge discovery, scholarship, and instruction.