Scholarly Communications Librarian (The William H. Welch Medical Library)
Core
Develops plans and workflows to support scholarly publishing, open access initiatives, and author rights for faculty, staff, and students in medical, public health, and nursing research.
Role type
Scholarly Communications Librarian
Builds
University-wide open access policies, publishing models, and guidelines for Open Access partnerships
Domain
Academic medicine, public health, nursing, and scholarly publishing
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Scholarly publishing expertise, Open Access policy analysis, funder mandate compliance (NIH), Creative Commons licensing, author metrics analysis, policy development, stakeholder collaboration
Preferred skills
Undergraduate and graduate medical education knowledge, SPARC initiatives background, copyright expertise, research data practices, OER awareness
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Develop and implement university-wide open access policies, analyze funder and publisher policies, assess Open Access publisher offers, monitor scholarly communications landscape trends, represent the library in public forums, serve on institution-wide committees
Seniority
Mid-level professional (5+ years experience)