[Michlib-l] Job posting - Assistant Professor, Digital Strategies Librarian, Oakland University (Rochester, MI)

[Amanda Nichols Hess]

**PLEASE EXCUSE CROSS-POSTINGS**

Application review begins January 28, 2019

Oakland University’s Kresge Library seeks an innovative, collaborative, and
service-oriented individual to join us as an Assistant Professor and
Digital Strategies Librarian to provide leadership for the Library’s
digital initiatives in its teaching-focused environment.

In collaboration with both faculty and staff, the Digital Strategies
Librarian explores, discovers, acquires, plans, implements, and manages
digital projects and assets. Successful applicants to this position will
possess technical skills and strong project management experience, as well
as high-level knowledge of digital collections, metadata
creation/maintenance, digital archiving, and preservation. Candidates must
demonstrate experience with or a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Responsibilities include:

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   Providing leadership in prioritizing and managing digital initiatives
   throughout the project lifecycle for both digitized and born-digital items,
   including recommendations for related hardware/software and funding
   opportunities
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   Designing, documenting, and overseeing efficient digital production
   workflows that may involve stakeholders from library and university
   departments
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   Engaging with a variety of preservation tools and employing metadata
   standards, controlled vocabularies, and archival schema as appropriate,
   while keeping abreast of emerging trends in these areas
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   Ensuring best practices for digital collections as they relate to
   preservation, copyright, usability, and accessibility
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   Collaborating with subject librarians and disciplinary faculty to
   enhance discovery of digital collections for teaching and research purposes
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   Contributing to broader scholarly conversations through publications and
   presentations
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   Participating in library, university, and professional service activities


Minimum qualifications:

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   Master of Library Science degree or equivalent from an ALA-accredited
   program.
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   Experience working on digital projects employing best practices in
   collection processing, description, access, management, and preservation.


This is a tenure-track faculty position with an eight-month schedule.
Salary will be determined by credentials and experience. Oakland University
offers excellent fringe benefits including TIAA/CREF and Fidelity
retirement plans.

Oakland University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and
encourages applications from women and minorities.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, AND TO APPLY ONLINE, PLEASE SEE FULL POSTING AT:
http://jobs.oakland.edu/postings/15224

-- 
Amanda Nichols Hess, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Oakland University Libraries
248.370.2487 | nichols at oakland.edu
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