Associate Research Scientist

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The job details are as follows:

As a member of the user behavior research activity area, the Associate Research Scientist will work with the research team on all aspects of qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis, such as recruitment of study participants, development and administration of online questionnaires and individual and focus group interview protocols, use of data analysis programs, and oral and written dissemination of results.

Responsibilities also include user-centered data mining activities, such as analyzing log files from World Cat and other institutional databases and catalogs in order to identify search and retrieval patterns to make recommendations for product enhancement and development. Working with the research team, the Associate Research Scientist also will make recommendations, develop, and test user-centered OCLC interfaces, products, and services.

Associate Research Scientists are expected to propose, design, execute, and disseminate research. To achieve this, it is necessary to maintain familiarity with the literature in their domain of expertise, acquire and demonstrate understanding of new domains relevant to their work, and bring these skills to bear through the scholarly publication process, which includes public presentation of research results at conferences and workshops, and through OCLC products and services.

Production of proof-of-concept software and participation in open source software projects are alternative and complementary means of sharing research outcomes internally with OCLC and externally with the community ociate Research Scientists are expected to work with existing teams and build new teams internally…