Assistant Librarian - Scholarly Communications and Publishing Librarian

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Assistant Librarian - Scholarly Communications and Open Publishing Librarian

The University of Wyoming Libraries invites applications for a Scholarly Communications and Open Publishing Librarian. Reporting to the Chair of Digital and Distinctive Collections, the Scholarly Communications and Open Publishing Librarian will provide expert guidance and training in contemporary scholarly communication issues and will help promote openly accessible models of publishing for UW faculty, staff, and students.

This position will coordinate UW’s institutional repository, help maintain and promote University of Wyoming Open Journals (on the OJS platform) as well as the UW Press, promote Transformative Agreements to researchers, manage the UW Libraries Open Educational Resources grant program, and assist in the maintenance of the Wyoming Research & Data Index (WRDI).

• Advocate for open access publishing in the university community and beyond
• Provide leadership for and support UW Libraries Open Journals publishing platform as well as the UW Press
• Promote and support the use of UW’s institutional repository, to faculty, students, and staff
• Serve as point person for advice regarding transformative agreements, author rights, copyright, fair use, and related topics
• Assist with the maintenance and development of the Wyoming Research & Data Index (WRDI)
• Manage UW Libraries Open Educational Resources (OER) grant program
• Assist with web archiving as it relates to preserving the scholarly record using a variety of web archiving tools (e.g. Archive-It, , etc.)
• Develop partnerships to support the research lifecycle by collaborating with library and university faculty and departments.
• Coordinate, plan, and execute relevant workshops, outreach, and training efforts for students, faculty, and staff

This position reports to the Chair of Digital and Distinctive Collections.

As a member of the library faculty, the successful candidate is expected to pursue an active and ongoing program of research, service, and professional development: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). For more information on the UW Libraries, please visit https://.

Please address all minimum qualifications in your application materials.

• ALA-accredited MLS, MIS, or ALA-recognized equivalent
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

• Knowledge of U.S. copyright law, Creative Commons licensing, and/or academic publishing trends
• Knowledge of or experience with instruction, research consultation services,…