Digital Initiatives Librarian

Position overview

Salary range:
Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience based on the University of California pay scales. Appointment is anticipated to be at the Assistant Librarian, Associate Librarian, or Librarian rank with a salary of $74,224 - $102,121. The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and salary point  Table for Represented Librarians at

Open date:
December 1, 2025

Next review date:
Monday, Jan 5, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time). Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date:
Monday, Jan 12, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time). Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

The University of California, Irvine Libraries is seeking a dynamic, knowledgeable, collaborative, and user-oriented professional for the position of Digital Initiatives Librarian. As an integral part of UC Irvine Libraries' Data, Publishing, and Digital Scholarship (DPDS) Department (https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).), the Digital Initiatives Librarian provides essential contributions that bolster robust digital research and learning across all disciplines.

The UC Irvine Libraries are fully committed to inclusive excellence and we encourage applicants to address how their skills, expertise, and experiences might serve the varied communities of California. Please feel free to include relevant information in any of your application materials.

Qualified candidates from diverse backgrounds and life experiences are encouraged to apply. The UC Irvine Libraries are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce and advancing UC Irvine's Commitment to Inclusive Excellence.

Reporting to the Head of Data, Publishing, and Digital Scholarship (DPDS), the Digital Initiatives Librarian (DIL) is a highly collaborative team member and will play a leadership role in the strategic development and stewardship of UC Irvine Libraries' digital collections, contributing to capacity‑building, procedure development and policy development for sustainable digital publishing, digital scholarship and innovative research.

The Data, Publishing, and Digital Scholarship (DPDS) department fosters the use of transformative technology to manage, preserve, and share digital scholarship in an increasingly dynamic and computationally‑rich research ecosystem. DPDS provides infrastructure, education and consultation services that support research data management and curation, open access publishing, digital collection‑building, and critical literacies for digital research across disciplines.

• Providing leadership and collaborative management of UC Irvine Libraries' distinctive digital collections, both special and general, created and stewarded by the Libraries.
• Serving as project manager for inter‑departmental projects related to digital collections, systems, publishing infrastructure and research.
• Coordinating rights review process for digitization and digital publishing projects, in collaboration with key stakeholders across the organization.
• Proactively contributing to the management and growth of tools, services, and standards that promote dynamic, ethical digital collections and computationally rich digital scholarship.
• Working with library and external partners to identify and prioritize support needs, system improvement, and user experience for the libraries' digital repositories and collections.
• Formulating strategies, policies, and procedures for digital projects in collaboration with key stakeholders across the organization.
• Serving as a representative/liaison to the California Digital Library on matters concerning digital libraries, digital collections, and related services.
• Engaging in outreach to encourage creative and innovative use of digital collections, emphasizing ethical re‑use of materials, digital humanities, and collections as data concepts.
• Maintain awareness of grant opportunities and opportunities for collaboration that will enhance the Libraries' capacity…