Research Data Curator - Library

Position Overview

Title: Research Data Curator – Library (Associate Librarian-Temporary)

Type: Temporary – 20 month part‑time appointment

Percent time: 50%

Anticipated start: As soon as Spring 2026 (flexible)

Salary: Minimum pay per UC academic salary scales – $80,349–$104,877 (see link: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).)

Application window: Open:
December 17, 2025 – Review date:
Friday, Jan 28, 2026 – Final date:
Saturday, Jan 31, 2026

The Research Data Curator manages research data publication workflows and provides guidance and support for curating data through describing, publishing, sharing, and archiving research datasets across disciplines and data formats. The role works with the Data Services Librarian in the Library Data Services Program and collaborates with Berkeley IT and Research IT on a new initiative to support research faculty in managing standardized research data storage.

The Research Data Curator is an academic partner in research, instruction, scholarly communication, and data stewardship, supporting scientific reproducibility, transparency and preservation by ensuring project deliverables, including datasets and associated outputs (e.g., code/scripts, protocols) are aligned with FAIR and CARE, and open science principles. Responsibilities include performing quality control, metadata checks, reviewing and augmenting documentation, and assisting researchers in curating data and associated outputs for archiving in UC Berkeley Library's Dataverse and other UC Berkeley Library member repository data‑sharing platforms (Dryad, ICPSR, Qualitative Data Repository).

The Research Data Curator will also engage with the Research Data Management Program, bridging UC Berkeley Library and Research IT for outreach related to data management, storage, and sharing. The successful incumbent will collaborate with campus partners, librarians, and faculty to support the research data storage program and facilitate open research practices where possible.

UC Berkeley librarians participate in library-wide planning and governance, working in a shared decision‑making environment. Advancement is partially based on professional contributions beyond the primary assignment; the successful candidate will provide evidence of such contributions to the Library, campus, UC System, and profession.

The UC Berkeley Library is committed to supporting and encouraging respect, empathy, and a culture where all employees thrive. Candidates who recognize the expertise and accomplishments of others are welcomed.

Eligible for fully remote work.

Librarians in this unit are represented by the exclusive bargaining agent, the University Council – American Federation of Teachers (UC‑AFT). Benefits include professional development leave, vacation leave, sick leave, and other benefits granted to non‑faculty academic personnel. A retirement system and various health, dental, vision, and life insurance plans are available due to the appointment being externally funded.

Basic qualifications (required at time of application):

• Advanced degree or enrollment in an advanced degree program.

Additional qualifications (required at time of start):

• Advanced degree.
• Two years’ experience and demonstrated success providing research data curation services.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with Harvard Dataverse repository or similar research data publishing platforms.
• Familiarity with data curation standards and workflows and licensing for software and research data.
• Knowledge of issues and technical challenges related to data curation, including privacy, de‑identification, provenance, file‑format migration, data access and discovery.
• Familiarity with relevant metadata standards and data‑management practices across disciplines.
• Ability to run code checks for issues such as missing data, ambiguous headings, code execution failures, and data presentation concerns.
• Demonstrated cultural fluency skills to engage and support researchers from varied and diverse backgrounds and cultures.
• Experience with data stewardship practices and…