Assistant Professor​/Associate Professor - Scholarly Communications Librarian - Library and Learning Commons

The Library and Learning Commons Department at Zayed University seeks an experienced, innovative, and collaborative professional to join the team and fill the role of Scholarly Communications Librarian. The Scholarly Communications Librarian builds cross-departmental partnerships to create a university-wide support network for researchers and students, focusing on increasing the visibility and impact of their academic work. The role involves designing and overseeing programs related to copyright and intellectual property, open-access publishing, digital scholarship, and research metrics while contributing to the library’s broader mission and vision.

Task and Responsibilities

Working collaboratively with all library units, the Office of Research, and other university partners , the Scholarly Communications Librarian provides leadership and coordination for programs that enhance the university's research lifecycle and publication output while promoting the library’s scholarly resources.

The Scholarly Communications Librarian:

• Acts as the lead consultant on matters involving copyright, fair use, and intellectual property for digital and classroom environments;
• Champions open-access by managing initiatives and programs that aim to promote open access and publishing;
• Collaborates on the administration of the university’s institutional repository and on making these works more discoverable.
• Coordinates the collection, submission, and preservation of scholarly outputs
• Increases visibility and accessibility of institutional research.
• Guides researchers in using traditional and alternative metrics to evaluate and demonstrate the influence of their work;
• Provides expert advice on navigating challenges such as predatory publishing, academic integrity, and the impact of AI on research;
  Administers scholarly communications initiatives, such as maintaining up-to-date guidance materials and online resources, authorship rights, and journal selection.
• Cultivates strong relationships with faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students to advocate for the library’s scholarly resources;
• With a consultative and data-based approach, prepares necessary reports and maintain statistics as required, promotes and implements best practices for the integration of services within the Library and other university units, ensuring that services remain responsive and proactive to the current and future needs of the university user community;
• Stays abreast of trends, best practices, and emerging services among academic and research libraries

Core Functional Accountabilities:

• Strong organizational and leadership skills to supervise, guide, and work with staff and library faculty to build a successful team
• Demonstrated ability to initiate, develop, prioritize, and manage projects or services
• Must be able to communicate effectively with university faculty, staff, students, administrators, and external community stakeholders
• Experience and broader vision of best practices in scholarly communications in higher education and developing initiatives and programs in providing user-centered services in all aspects
• Aptitude for technology; willingness to learn new systems and integrate to enhance resources, services, and workflow
• Extensive expertise in one or more technologies that support the preservation and distribution of academic publications
• Understanding the significance of metadata concerning open access, publishing frameworks, and the impact of scholarship on the academic field
• Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work with others in a pleasant and open manner

Other tasks and responsibilities:

• Serves as liaison librarian to assigned academic programs for the provision of…