Research Data Librarian: Open Scholarship & Discovery

Indiana University Academic Positions; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 52,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

22 vacation days

10 paid holidays

Health/dental insurance options

Retirement contributions 10%

Moving and professional development $/

Job summary

Indiana University Indianapolis University Library seeks a Research Data Librarian to join the Center for Digital Scholarship. The role supports research data management, sharing, discovery, and responsible use across the research lifecycle, advancing open scholarship and institutional priorities.

Reporting to the Director of the Center for Digital Scholarship, the librarian collaborates with faculty, library colleagues, and IU partners to promote data services, curate datasets, and deliver

Qualifications

• Master’s degree from an ALA‑accredited Library and Information Science program or equivalent graduate degree.
• Interest in research data management, sharing, and reuse.
• Experience or interest in supporting faculty and student researchers.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to adapt to evolving research practices and technologies.
• Strong library reference interview and database search skills.
• Knowledge of the higher education research environment, preferably in the social sciences, sciences, or biomedical fields.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultations on research data management, including data management plans, metadata, storage, sharing, preservation, and repository selection.
• Support researchers in meeting funder, publisher, and institutional requirements for data sharing and public access.
• Assist researchers with qualitative and quantitative data discovery and use.
• Contribute to the development and promotion of research data services, repositories, and data discovery systems.
• Assist with the ingestion, curation, and management of datasets within an institutional repository.
• Design and deliver workshops on research data management, data sharing, discovery, and research metrics.
• Develop and implement outreach strategies for data and research information services.
• Promote the responsible use of research data, including AI-related considerations.
• Support faculty and administrators in interpreting research impact data for reporting and planning.
• Collaborate with liaison librarians and campus partners to integrate research impact and data services into faculty support programs.
• Advance open scholarship and responsible research practices through participation in library and university initiatives.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Support researchers

Adapt to evolving practices

Reference interview & database search

Higher education research environment

Education

Master’s degree in Library and Information Science (ALA‑accredited)

Tools

Research data repositories

Metadata standards

Data discovery systems

Job description

Indiana University Indianapolis University Library seeks a Research Data Librarian to join the Center for Digital Scholarship. The role supports research data management, sharing, discovery, and responsible use across the research lifecycle, advancing open scholarship and institutional priorities.

Reporting to the Director of the Center for Digital Scholarship, the librarian collaborates with faculty, library colleagues, and IU partners to promote data services, curate datasets, and deliver