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Northwestern University

Location: ChicagoIL 60611 Document ID: AC025-4UKE Posted on: 2018-01-2201/22/2018 Job Type: Regular

Job Schedule:Full-time
Minimum Education: Not Specified2018-02-21
 

Digital Innovations Specialist

GALTER HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARY
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute
Northwestern University, Chicago
Digital Innovations Specialist

 

This position is a non-tenure eligible appointment at the rank of Librarian Faculty.

 

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center seeks an innovative and energetic individual to provide leadership for digital initiatives at Galter Library. The Digital Innovations Specialist works with a wide range of campus stakeholders to develop and implement programs that increase awareness about digital scholarship and issues in the digital environment among faculty, researchers, and students at Feinberg School of Medicine. This position works with library colleagues on preservation and access to scholarly outputs through a digital repository and other digital means and is expected to act as a contributor to greater campus-wide digital preservation activities. This position will collaborate on digital initiatives at Galter Library and be empowered to explore new areas of digital growth and opportunity for our campus. Galter Library is a forward-looking library in both principle and in practice and we are eager to welcome an entrepreneurial and experimental professional to our team.

 

POSITION REPORTS TO: Head, Digital Systems Department

 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  1. Oversees digital projects and strategies for Galter Library. This includes:
    1. Collaborates with library colleagues and campus stakeholders on digital projects such as a campus data index, digital preservation initiatives, and other information systems initiatives.
    2. Supports and encourages a wide range of activities in the digital environment, through outreach and consultative support efforts.
    3. Identifies and selects resources (e.g., electronic resources, software tools) to support this effort.
    4. Partners with faculty and students to develop ideas for new digital projects and services and gain a deeper understanding of service needs.
    5. Manages projects to effectively and efficiently provide trusted services and resources.
  2. Leads and administers DigitalHub, Feinberg's institutional repository. In this role, the Digital Innovations Specialist:
    1. Serves as the chief spokesperson to promote use within the Feinberg community and publicizes the benefits associated with using DigitalHub to preserve digital assets.
    2. Develops policies, procedures, and workflows.
    3. Manages content and collections within DigitalHub.
    4. Provides user support and training, including for library staff to support these efforts.
    5. Investigates and implements fully- or semi-automated processes for ingestion of content into DigitalHub.
    6. Collaborates with library staff on the use of appropriate metadata schemas in DigitalHub.
    7. Actively seeks improvements to the software, processes, and outreach of DigitalHub.
  3. Participates in library-wide planning and activities in a shared decision-making environment, and serves as a member of library committees and working groups;
  4. Works creatively, collaboratively, and effectively to promote teamwork, diversity, equality, and inclusiveness within Galter Library and the campus.
  5. Participates in scholarly societies, attends conferences, and represents Galter Library in relevant academic activities.
  6. Seeks grant opportunities to fund innovation effort (with support from library leadership).

 

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPETENCIES:

  • Master’s degree in library or information science, digital humanities, computer science, or other appropriate degree or equivalent experience.
  • Demonstrated experience with commercial or open source institutional repository platform(s).
  • Understanding of current issues in scholarly publishing and dissemination, including trends, legislation, public access policies, author rights, models of publication and dissemination, digital preservation, and changes in publishing and communication which affect access and preservation of scholarly information.
  • Strong ability to think and act strategically, and demonstrated success at bringing concepts to realization while meeting deadlines.
  • Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as collaboratively with a diverse population of faculty, staff, students, and colleagues.
  • Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies and evidence of professional initiative and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills; demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both in person and virtually using a variety of media and technologies.
  • Entrepreneurial spirit.

 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPETENCIES:

  • Successful leadership of institutional repository or leadership of other major projects or teams.  
  • Demonstrated experience with digital collections and exhibits.
  • Experience with digital projects (e.g., open source institutional repository solutions, Symplectic Elements, preservation, other digital projects, or other relevant initiatives).
  • Demonstrated experience or understanding of metadata standards.
  • Development and execution of outreach strategies for digital projects.
  • Demonstrated ability to work creatively, independently, and collaboratively; experience providing instructional and reference services including the creation of online tutorials, surveys, or guides.
  • Programming experience (Python, Ruby, SPARQL, SQL)

 

Closing Date for Receipt of Applications: until filled

 

In order to apply for this position, applicants must submit a cover letter and resume/curriculum vitae to stephanie.thor@northwestern.edu. Please reference the job title and job opening ID in the email.

 

Located in the heart of Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has built a national reputation for excellence through a strong history of collaboration, interdisciplinary medical education, and research. Along with Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, it is part of the premier academic medical center known as Northwestern Medicine. The Galter Health Sciences Library, a division of NUCATS, Northwestern’s clinical and translational sciences institute, shares Northwestern’s commitment to excellence, and fosters the creation and sharing of knowledge among the faculty, staff, and students of the Feinberg School of Medicine and its affiliates. Library staff and faculty strive to improve and enhance health care through innovation and leadership in the organization, delivery, management, and use of quality information to support the educational, research, and patient care needs of our users.

 

Northwestern University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer of all protected classes including veterans and individuals with disabilities. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the United States.