Repository Services Librarian

The Repository Services Librarian advances the sharing and stewardship of UW-Madison's scholarly outputs by serving as the service lead and primary user support contact for MINDS@UW, the university's institutional repository. Because MINDS@UW serves the entire Universities of Wisconsin system, this role also supports librarians across all 13 institutions in effectively using the repository to meet the needs of their campus communities.

Reporting to the Head of Research and Digital Scholarship Strategy, this position will be collaborating closely with colleagues in Libraries IT and Research Data Services, this position plays a key role in enhancing the repository to support both current and emerging research needs. Responsibilities include monitoring, maintaining, and improving repository services, as well as contributing to communication and outreach activities.

This is an exciting moment to join the Data & Digital Scholarship Services team. The Repository Services Librarian will help implement a new service roadmap, establish priorities, and refresh policies and workflows. The librarian will partner with a Repository Developer in Libraries IT on these improvements and help shape the future direction of MINDS@UW. In addition, the librarian will contribute to broader discussions and initiatives related to library resource discovery, open scholarship and scholarly communication, and digital collection development.

The successful candidate will perform a variety of duties, including, but not limited to:

• Act as service lead for the institutional repository (IR) platform and service

• Serve as primary contact for user support of the IR service

• Provide training and conduct outreach to current and potential IR user communities, including Universities of Wisconsin system librarians

• Maintain and improve IR policies and workflows

• Coordinate with Repository Developer as well as internal and external partners to develop roadmaps and implement projects to improve features and workflows

• Curate submitted research data for the IR and the Data Curation Network

This position is eligible for partial remote work. A remote work agreement may allow for a maximum of 60% remote per week.

This position is full-time, 100%.

Ongoing/Renewable

• Initiates and solicits input to modify policies, procedures, and assessment tools to improve workflows and/or user experiences (15%)

• Serves on committees to advance librarianship at the campus, local, and/or state and national levels (5%)

• May direct the day-to-day activities of student workers (5%)

• Provides expertise in the analysis, planning, development, and deployment of resources to search, manipulate, and preserve information (10%)

• Oversees day-to-day functions of one or more library operations or services (15%)

• Identifies and evaluates preservation and curation needs and determines preservation strategies (10%)

• Performs complex acquisition processes, including bibliographic searching, vendor assignments, determination of holdings, and choice of entry and database record format (0%)

• Provisions access to and discovery of electronic resources, coordinates online access, and troubleshoots issues to provide library patrons with consistent access (10%)

• Consults with campus entities on preservation, curation, and data services solutions (15%)

• Serves as a resource to other librarians and staff both within and outside of their work unit on a regular basis (15%)

• Creates processes and maintains the most complex metadata records for the purposes of resource discovery, access, and inventory control, by following local and national cataloging and metadata standards and exercising a significant degree of independent judgement (0%)

Libraries, Digital Library Services

Starting salary will be based on experience and qualifications. Well-qualified applicants can anticipate earning between $62,000 - $78,000 with final salary based on experience and qualifications.

This position offers a comprehensive benefits package, including generous paid time off, competitively priced health/dental/vision/life insurance, tax-advantaged savings accounts, and participation in the nationally recognized Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) pension fund. For a summary of benefits, please see https://www.wisconsin.edu/ohrwd/benefits/download/fasl.pdf. Employees in this position can expect to receive benefits such as generous vacation, holidays, and sick leave; competitive insurances and savings accounts; retirement benefits. Benefits information can be found at (https://hr.wisc.edu/benefits/).

• Professional experience working in institutional repositories or another related area, such as: scholarly communication, data services, and/or open scholarship services

• Professional experience with technical management or service management tasks, such as: user-support, user experience improvements, policy development, documentation, data curation, metadata standards, or other relevant experience

• Demonstrated ability to independently prioritize workload, manage multiple projects and deadlines effectively, and follow-through on tasks

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues, faculty, students, and other stakeholders

• Demonstrated basic knowledge of repository content, format, and metadata standards

• Demonstrated familiarity with related issues and trends, such as: open access publishing, copyright, public access requirements, accessibility, etc.

• Experience with common digital repository platforms, DSpace preferred

• Experience managing or leading institutional repository services or other academic library services

• Experience with instruction, technical training, or conducting outreach activities

• Master's Degree Required in Library Sciences, Library Information Services, or related field

Click the "Apply" button to start the application process.
You will be prompted to upload the following documents:

• Resume

• Cover Letter

Applicants should attach a cover letter and resume detailing their training and experience relating to the required and preferred qualifications referenced above. The application reviewers will be relying on written application materials to determine which qualified applicants will advance in the recruitment process.

References will be requested from finalists only and are not required with the initial application. Reference requests will be sent via email from SkillSurvey.

Failure to submit the required documents will result in no longer being considered for the position.

Abram Hopp, abram.hopp@wisc.edu, (608)890-1795

Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See RELAY_SERVICE for further information.

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