Scholarly Publishing Technician

Boston University; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 33,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Boston University Libraries seeks a Scholarly Publishing Technician to support OpenBU, BU's institutional repository, by uploading and organizing content, reviewing metadata, and ensuring quality for theses and dissertations. You will assist with the ETD workflow, help deposit submissions, and support outreach, reporting, and policy implementation across BU Libraries.

A bachelor's degree and 1–3 years of relevant experience are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 1–3 years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide institutional repository support by uploading, organizing, tracking, and maintaining content in OpenBU.
• Review metadata and perform quality assurance checks for ETD submissions.
• Assist with copyright review, open access processes, and reporting for the OpenBU repository.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Category

Charles River Campus --> Professional

Job Location

Boston, MA, United States

Tracking Code

26500106630928

Posted Date

10/5/2026

Salary Grade

Grade 25

Expected Hiring Range Minimum

$24.00

Expected Hiring Range Maximum

$26.00

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, training and internal pay comparison. The above hiring range represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.

Position Type

Full-Time/Regular

Boston University Libraries seeks a Scholarly Publishing Technician to join the Scholarly Publishing and Open Access division of BU Libraries. Scholarly Publishing and Open Access supports sharing and making scholarly research – articles, theses and dissertations, preprints, and grey literature – widely available. OpenBU is Boston University’s institutional repository, enabling the BU researchers to share, disseminate, and preserve their scholarship, and makes their research more accessible.

The Scholarly Publishing Technician will provide operational support and collaborate across BU Libraries to support the theses and dissertation submission cycle; support faculty, staff, students, and alumni depositing to OpenBU; and help organize and maintain metadata and files within the institutional repository.

Essential Functions

The Scholarly Publishing Technician will provide institutional repository support by uploading, organizing, tracking, and maintaining content in OpenBU; reviewing metadata; conducting quality assurance checks; and assisting with copyright and open access review.

The Scholarly Publishing Technician will provide theses and dissertations support by reviewing electronic theses and dissertation submissions for accurate metadata, processing approved submissions for deposit in OpenBU and helping maintain documentation that supports the ETD workflow.

The Scholarly Publishing Technician will provide outreach and coordination preparing tracking information and reports, assisting with promotional and instructional materials for open scholarship services, contributing to library initiatives and policy implementation, and participating in meetings, committees, and task forces.

The Scholarly Publishing Technician will provide other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• One to three years of relevant experience.

Working at Boston University Libraries

Boston University Libraries is a learning organization that supports BU librarians, archivists, and information and subject specialists seeking and sharing knowledge, practices, and perspectives that advance library collections services, and their own professional development. In a collaborative, supportive, and engaging work environment, BU Libraries expert staff assist multidisciplinary research and exploration, build distinctive collections and archives of enduring research value, and empower users to thrive amid an ever-changing information environment.

Located in the heart of Boston, the BU Libraries are embedded in numerous vibrant regional and national library and information specialist networks. The BU Libraries are active members within the Boston Library Consortium (BLC), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Northeast Research Libraries Consortium (NERL), HathiTrust, and the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), and library staff at BU serve as engaged thought-leaders on a wide breadth of library management and service areas across diverse communities.

Boston University, a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), is one of the leading private research and teaching institutions in the world, with three primary campuses in the heart of Boston and programs around the globe. Chartered in 1869, the University is home to more than 33,000 students from more than 130 countries, 375,000 living alumni, 10,000 faculty and staff, and 17 schools and colleges.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, natural or protective hairstyle, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military service, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, or because of marital, parental, or veteran status. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

In accordance with the Local 2324 collective bargaining agreement, this job will be open to internal applicants only for the first week of posting.