Publishing and Authorship Librarian
Job in
Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota, 55806, USA
Listing for:
University of Minnesota Duluth
Full Time
position
Listed on 2026-06-26
Job specializations:
-
Education / Teaching
Library, Information & Knowledge Management, Academic, University Professor
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 50000 - 53000 USD Yearly
USD
50000.00
53000.00
YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Publishing and Authorship Librarian
12-month, full-time position, P&A Professional position.
The mission of the Kathryn
A. Martin Library is to expand equitable access to information, enhance learning and research across campus, and serve as an inclusive center for collaboration in our community.
About the Job
The Publishing and Authorship Librarian provides leadership, direction, consultation, and outreach in the areas of copyright, digital scholarship, publishing, and research data management, both within the library and broader UMD campus. This person leads our library’s efforts to promote open scholarship at UMD with collaboration and support from UMD library colleagues and from our Twin Cities University Libraries colleagues.
The person in this position provides library liaison services to a set of research institutes and programs with needs for focused scholarly communications support. For these areas, this librarian provides specialized research support services, creates learning objects, and provides specialized outreach and workshop-based information literacy instruction.
As part of the Research & Learning Team, this person will share responsibility for delivering information literacy instruction for courses within the College and Advanced Writing Program. The person in this position participates in Research & Learning Team meetings, activities, and projects; serves on teams and groups working on library-wide initiatives; and contributes to the library profession and/or campus.
Assigned liaison subject areas:
The Graduate School and UMD research institutes including Large Lakes Observatory, Natural Resources Research Institute, and Sea Grant.
The salary range for this position is $50,000 – $53,000 annually.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
Scholarly Communications (50%)
Advocate for the library’s role in scholarly communications and communicate the value of open scholarship to the campus community through participation in relevant UMD and university committees and initiatives.Provide expertise, guidance, and consultation on publishing and copyright to library staff members and the UMD campus community, in collaboration with University Libraries colleagues on the Twin Cities campus.In partnership with library colleagues at UMD and the Twin Cities, coordinate library outreach and education efforts on copyright, publishing, open access, and research data management.Develop, maintain, and share knowledge of copyright, digital scholarship, publishing, and research data management.As a member of the University of Minnesota system-wide library Open Scholarship Committee, participate in university system-wide efforts to promote open scholarship.Facilitate ongoing learning among library staff members through training and discussion about scholarly communications issues, trends, and best practices.Consult with liaison librarians on information literacy instruction that addresses questions about information ownership and access.In collaboration with the Information Literacy Librarian, identify and pursue opportunities to increase awareness and adoption of open pedagogy and open educational resources on campus.In collaboration with liaison librarians, provide consultation-level research support for systematic review authors at UMD.Coordinate campus participation in Experts@Minnesota, the University of Minnesota’s tool for tracking research activity.Create and update research guides.In consultation with the Digitization and Metadata Specialist, foster relationships across campus to build awareness of and increase contributions to the University Digital Conservancy.In collaboration with University Libraries colleagues on the Twin Cities campus, coordinate publishing process for UMD journals and monographs.Liaison Assignments (20%)
For assigned departments:
The Graduate School and UMD research institutes including Large Lakes Observatory, Natural Resources Research Institute, Sea Grant.As liaison to the Graduate School, participate in Graduate Student Orientation and provide outreach and instruction about publication and scholarship for graduate students.Provide in-depth research support in assigned subject areas.De…
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