Collection Development and Scholarly Communications Librarian Emory University

Collection Development and Scholarly Communications Librarian

Emory University: EUL:
Emory University Libraries

Atlanta, GA

The Collection Development and Scholarly Communications Librarian will serve a dual role, focusing on health sciences and healthcare scholarly communications support and overseeing collection development within the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library (WHSCL). Reporting to the Research Informationist, the librarian will contribute to enhancing research, publishing, and scholarly impact for health sciences researchers and use their knowledge of scholarly communications and research trends to develop and maintain a library collection that meets the diverse and evolving needs of the Woodruff Health Sciences Center.

In the area of scholarly communications, this librarian will work with faculty, researchers, clinicians, and students to improve the visibility, accessibility, and impact of their scholarly work. The librarian will provide expert guidance on health sciences related scholarly publishing, open access, research metrics, and compliance with funder requirements, while supporting services that promote research dissemination, evaluation, and responsible scholarship. The librarian will work closely with colleagues across the library, especially the Library Office of Scholarly Communications and with campus partners to align efforts with institutional priorities in research excellence and knowledge sharing.

This role also encompasses the primary responsibility for collection development within the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library. Working closely with WHSCL colleagues and the Director of Collections and Open Strategies, the librarian will oversee a collection development budget of over $5 million, managing the selection, acquisition, and review of information resources in all formats, with a particular focus on electronic resources.

This includes participating in pricing negotiations with vendors and ensuring the collection aligns with the evolving needs of the health sciences community. The librarian will also play a key role in developing and refining the library’s health sciences resources to support faculty, staff, and student needs, as well as those of Emory Healthcare.

• Foster increased awareness of publishing options and author rights, including journal selection, Creative Commons licensing, and open access author agreements. Help students and researchers on the health sciences campus build knowledge of publishing options and how each choice will affect distribution and rights to their work.
• Monitor the scholarly communications landscape in the health sciences, including related legislative, funding, and publishing trends and metrics. Assess trends and communicate implications across the Health Sciences Library and, where appropriate, incorporate into policies and documentation.
• Assist researchers with compliance with funder public access policies, including NIH Public Access Policy and other federal or foundation requirements.
• Promote awareness of emerging trends in scholarly communication, including open science, data management and sharing, and evolving publishing models to health sciences librarians and the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Community.
• Partner with and attend meetings of the Scholarly Communications Office in the Robert W. Woodruff Library to foster collaboration and bring awareness to current health science trends in scholarly communications.
• Design and deliver workshops, seminars, and instructional sessions on scholarly communication topics such as:
  • Scholarly publishing strategies
  • Author rights and copyright
  • Research impact and visibility
• Develop online learning materials, research guides, and tutorials supporting scholarly communication services.
• Conduct outreach activities to increase awareness of library services supporting research and publishing.
• Participate in the Library’s “Ask US” service answering questions related to collections and scholarly communications.

• Steward a collection budget of approximately $5 million to…