Scholarly Communications Librarian (Digital Scholarship)

The Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore (MD)

On-site

USD 60,000 - 80,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

The Johns Hopkins University is seeking a Scholarly Communications Librarian to lead and grow the Libraries’ scholarly communication programs. The role involves outreach and support for open access and scholarly publishing while collaborating with faculty and students. A Master's degree in Library Science and five years of experience are required. The position offers advanced responsibilities in managing scholarly communication services and engaging with emerging technologies.

Qualifications

Five years of related experience.
Understanding of copyright and licensing for emerging technologies.
Familiarity with generative AI implications in scholarly communication.

Responsibilities

Lead the development of scholarly communication services.
Contribute to discussions on responsible AI use for scholarly communication.
Establish relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

Knowledge of scholarly communication

Expertise in copyright and licensing

Information resource proficiency

Strong interpersonal skills

Mentoring abilities

Education

Master’s Degree in Library Science or related field

Tools

Dimensions

InCites

Job description

We are seeking a Scholarly Communications Librarian (SCL) to shape and grow the Libraries’ scholarly communication programs and services. This role leads outreach, training, and support for faculty, students, and staff on open access, scholarly publishing, fair use, and copyright, and advances digital scholarship through the promotion of JScholarship, the Johns Hopkins Research Data Repository (JHRDR), and other library-supported resources.

The incumbent will demonstrate a superior level of knowledge and expertise. A Librarian III develops effective plans, workflows, or processes to provide resources or services that support the university’s mission and program objectives.

Working across the Libraries and the university, the Scholarly Communications Librarian will cultivate partnerships that strengthen support for JHU affiliates in research publication, dissemination, and impact. The role helps connect people, services, and strategy across an interdisciplinary scholarly communication environment.

The librarian will also responsibly engage emerging technologies, including AI-enabled tools, as part of contemporary scholarly communication practice. This includes contributing to evolving library and campus work on the implications of AI for publishing, copyright, authorship, licensing, repository practice, metadata, research integrity, and researcher support.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

Leads the development and stewardship of scholarly communication services that enable open access, broad dissemination, and responsible reuse of institutional research outputs.
Co‑chairs the libraries’ Scholarly Communication Group and is a member of the Scholarly Communication Steering Committee.
Contributes to projects, guidance, services, and campus conversations related to the responsible use of AI for scholarly communication, including publishing, copyright, authorship, licensing, repository practice, metadata, research integrity, and researcher support.
Stays apprised of new developments and trends in various operational areas to foster more effective delivery of resources or services.
Resolve issues based on knowledge and experience.
Lead or actively participate in collaborative department projects, by lending expertise and analysis of issues and/or needs, and coordinates completion of assigned work. Identify and stay abreast of emerging educational technologies, research methods, open access trends, related e‑resource and bibliographic standards, and interoperability.
Establish relationships and communicates with a wide variety of internal and external customers.
Represent JH libraries in public forums, including meetings, conferences, and collaborative initiatives.
Serve on library or institution‑wide committees or working groups.
Establish strong working relationships and communication workflows with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders.
Collaborate with peer groups regionally and nationally.
Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Master’s Degree in Library Science or related field.
Five years of related experience.
Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Preferred Qualifications

Familiarity with Dimensions, InCites, and other research metric tools.
Familiarity with the implications of generative AI for scholarly communication, higher education, or research libraries.
Understanding of copyright and licensing for AI, text and data mining, and other emerging technologies.

Required Qualifications

Strong, demonstrated knowledge of existing and emerging models of scholarly communication, open access, authors’ rights, copyright, scholarly uses of intellectual property, and the full life cycle of scholarly publishing.

Technical Skills And Expected Level Of Proficiency