Digital Initiatives Librarian, Assistant

Type: Full-Time Salary: salary begins at $60,000 Posted: 01/03/2025 Category: Libraries

The Opportunity

The University of Central Florida (UCF) Libraries seeks a Digital Initiatives Librarian to join our team as a full-time, non-tenure track, 12-month faculty librarian at the Assistant Librarian rank. Reporting to the Head of Digital Scholarship in the Digital Strategies, Impact, & Visibility division, this position leads the management of UCF's institutional repository (STARS) and advances the visibility and accessibility of UCF's scholarship and unique collections. Scholarship, professional service, and participation on various committees related to digital collection and institutional repository management are expected.

The Digital Initiatives Librarian will collaborate with library and campus stakeholders to develop and sustain digital projects, with a particular focus on expanding STARS services. The ideal candidate will bring experience in digital preservation and digitization, along with knowledge of emerging trends and digital scholarship methodologies. This role oversees STARS-related services that support the research and publishing needs of the UCF community.

Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership: Manage daily operations and provide strategic leadership for digital initiatives by setting unit goals and objectives, creating policies, evaluating services, and supervising 2 full-time staff.

Institutional Repository: Facilitate the use, management, and growth of UCF's institutional repository (STARS), supporting the dissemination of special collections, university archives, scholarly, research, and creative outputs.

Digital Accessibility: Research, recommend, and implement accessibility standards for digital collections and repository content by developing policies, advocating for accessible systems, and guiding content remediation and creation.

Digital Preservation: Spearhead digital preservation efforts by overseeing program development, implementation, and best practices to ensure long-term access to digital assets.

Digitization Efforts: Develop, cultivate, and manage digital initiatives through cross-departmental collaboration and stakeholder engagement, securing funding to support retrospective scanning, born-digital materials, and digital research projects and coordinating with vendors on outsourced digitization projects.

Open Access and Scholarly Publishing: Advise on open access, rights management, and data management while partnering with librarians to raise awareness of scholarly publishing issues and foster institutional change through education and advocacy.

The UCF Libraries enhance student success and faculty excellence through a dynamic network of libraries and information professionals. Serving the diverse UCF community across multiple campuses, including the flagship John C. Hitt Library, we provide seamless support services, essential resources, and cutting-edge technology to optimize research and visibility. Our mission is to empower and collaborate with our community to promote academic success, research, creativity, and lifelong learning.

Our forward-thinking organizational structure is designed to maximize impact:

Academic Engagement: Partnering with students, faculty, and the community.

Administrative Services: Offering comprehensive financial, physical, and talent support.

Collection Services & Resource Management: Curating and optimizing access to vital content.

Digital Strategies, Impact, & Visibility: Leveraging technology and elevating the research enterprise.

At the UCF Libraries, you will be part of a team dedicated to innovation, curiosity, and enhancing academic leadership and student achievement. Ready to make your mark in our modern and innovative environment? Discover more at http://library.ucf.edu

Minimum Qualifications:

Master's degree in library and/or information science from an accredited institution; or doctorate combined with academic library experience.

Experience working with an institutional repository platform, such as Bepress' Digital Commons.

Preferred Qualifications:

Supervisory experience or experience managing a team.

Experience with project management and/or leading digital projects.

Experience with developing and documenting digitization policies, digital preservation strategies, and scanning practices.

Experience consulting with teaching faculty, administrators, and/or students to recruit content for digital projects.

Familiarity with data management strategies and digital accessibility laws and standards.

Knowledge of digital scholarship methodologies, tools, and technologies, scholarly communication, and metadata principles and practices.

Additional Application Materials Required:

UCF requires all applications and supporting documents be submitted electronically through the Human Resources employment opportunities website, https://www.ucf.edu/jobs/. In addition to the online application, candidates should upload a cover letter, a current curriculum vitae, and a list with contact information for three (3) professional references.

The selected candidate will be required to submit official transcripts (and, as applicable, U.S. degree equivalency evaluations) documenting the conferral of their qualifying academic credentials.

NOTE: Please have all documents ready when applying so they can be simultaneously uploaded. Once the online submission process is finalized, the system does not allow applicants to submit additional documents later.

Questions regarding this search should be directed to: Tina Buck, search chair, at [email protected].

Special Instructions to the Applicants:

Application review begins 2/13/2025

Assistant Librarian salary begins at $60,000

Job Close Date:

Open until filled.

Note to applicants: Please keep in mind that a job posted as 'Open until filled' may close at any time without notice. As such, we encourage you to submit your application and all required documentation as quickly as possible to ensure consideration for the posted position.

Are you ready to unleash YOUR potential?

As a next-generation public research university and Forbes-ranked top employer in Florida, we are a community of thinkers, doers, creators, innovators, healers, and leaders striving to create broader prosperity and help shape a better future. No matter what your role is, when you join Knight Nation, you'll play an integral role at one of the most impactful universities in the country. You'll be met with opportunities to connect and collaborate with talented faculty, staff, and students across 13 colleges and multiple campuses, engaging in impactful work that makes a positive difference. Your time at UCF will provide you with many meaningful opportunities to grow, you'll work alongside talented colleagues on complex projects that will challenge you and help you gain new skills and you'll have countless rewarding experiences that go well beyond a paycheck.

Working at UCF has its perks! UCF offers:

Benefit packages, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Flexible Spending, and Employee Assistance Program.

Paid time off, including annual (12-month faculty) and sick time off and paid holidays.

Retirement savings options.

Employee discounts, including tickets to many Orlando attractions.

Education assistance.

Flexible work environment.

And more...For more benefits information, view the UCF Employee Benefits Guide click here.

Unless explicitly stated on the job posting, it is UCF's expectation that an employee of UCF will reside in Florida as of the date the employment begins.

Additional Requirements related to Research Positions:

Pursuant to Florida State Statute 1010.35, prior to offering employment to certain individuals in research-related positions, UCF is required to conduct additional screening. Applicants subject to additional screening include any citizen of a foreign country who is not a permanent resident of the U.S., or who is a citizen or permanent resident but is affiliated with or has had at least 1 year of education, employment, or training in China, Cuba, Iran, Russia, North Korea, Syria, or Venezuela.

The additional screening requirements only apply to research-related positions, including, but not limited to faculty, graduate positions, individuals compensated by research grants or contract funds, post-doctoral positions, undergraduate positions, visiting assistant professors, and visiting research associates.

DepartmentUniversity Libraries - Operations

Work ScheduleVaries

Type of AppointmentRegular

Expected Salary

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

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The University of Central Florida is an equal opportunity, equal access, and affirmative action employer.