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Position
Title
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Digital Scholarship Librarian
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Type
of Position
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Administrative
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Job
Function
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Barnard Library invites
applications for an innovative and creative librarian or technologist to
develop instructional programs and research consultation services that
support the scholarship of faculty, researchers, and students at Barnard
College. Reporting to the Director of Teaching, Learning and Digital
Scholarship for the Library, the Digital Scholarship Librarian of the Digital
Humanities Center will partner with the Faculty Director of the Digital
Humanities Center and colleagues from the Milstein Centers for Teaching
Learning to create dynamic programming that introduces and invites scholars
to utilize emerging methods in the humanities, in both course curricula and
independent research.
The Digital Scholarship Librarian
will assist in creating a student-focused learning program for digital
scholarship across the curriculum. They will be prepared to expand and
publicize support for faculty and students who are planning to begin using or
increase their use of digital tools and methods (e.g., web mapping, text
analysis, digital exhibits, visualization, collective data gathering.) Their
responsibilities include the following: supporting the development and
expansion of sustainable digital scholarship services; establishing a
community of practice and assessment for digital scholarship; designing and
presenting workshops on technology using principles of inclusive pedagogy;
introducing resources and recommended practices in digital scholarship to
learners at all levels of expertise; collaborating with subject area
specialists in the library to connect digital scholarship to library
collection development and instruction; building partnerships with other
practitioners, faculty and departments; contributing to diversity, equity,
inclusion and accessibility efforts. In coordination with the DHC’s faculty
director, the candidate will also have the opportunity to collaborate on a
dynamic portfolio of digital initiatives and programming, including: The
Caribbean Digital, archipelagos journal, the In the Same Boats
(https://sameboats.org/) visualization project, among other postcolonial and
Global South–focused projects. In addition to responsibilities coordinating
the center, the Digital Scholarship Librarian will serve on the Personal
Librarians’ team.
About BLAIS:
Barnard Library and Academic Information Services (BLAIS) develops and curates unique collections, and information resources, and provides information and media services that support the Barnard faculty and community, and establish a foundation for intellectual inquiry, ethical scholarship, and lifelong learning among Barnard students. The Milstein Center for Teaching and Learning comprises six faculty-led centers into the library, including the Empirical Reasoning Center, Design Center, Digital Humanities Center, Media Center, Movement Lab, Computational Science Center and the Center for Engaged Pedagogy. The Digital Humanities Center plays an important role in integrating digital scholarship into Barnard’s curriculum, in collaboration with these other centers and the Library. BLAIS is committed to the College’s work in all its many facets of student and faculty support. |
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Department
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Library
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Reports
to Title
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Director for Teaching, Learning
& Digital Scholarship
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Full
or Part Time
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Full Time
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Number
Of Months
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12
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Work
Schedule
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35 hrs/week
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Position
End Date (if temporary)
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Posting
Number
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2019 -01578- AS
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Position
Summary Information
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Essential
Duties Summary
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Service Lead for the Digital
Humanities Center:
Under the direction of the
Director of Teaching, Learning and Digital Scholarship, the Digital
Scholarship Librarian will work closely with the DHC Faculty Director to…
Coordinate the activities,
projects and instruction of the Digital Humanities Center
Identify and evaluate digital
scholarship tools and methodologies in support of teaching, research and
creative activities in digital scholarship
Design and teach workshops on
digital scholarship tools, resources and best practices for both
faculty/staff and students.
Actively seek opportunities to
develop partnerships and collaborations with academic and other campus
departments in digital scholarship and serves as primary contact for these
projects
Support and serve as a resource to
faculty developing digital scholarship projects as part of their research
scope
As a member of the BLAIS staff,
the the Digital Scholarship Librarian for the DHC will…
Collaborate with library staff to
strengthen programs related to: digital scholarship services, digital
collections, open access publishing, the institutional repository and digital
preservation
Facilitate the conversation in BLAIS
to create robust and sustainable infrastructure for digital collections and
methods.
Collaborate with the Archives
& Special Collections and Director of Collections Strategy to open
Barnard’s collections more broadly for scholarship.
Collaborate with and contribute to
the Academic Technology and Instructional Design team in project based work,
building infrastructure and services, and/or gap analysis
Liaison role — serving on the
Personal Librarian Team
Will serve as a liaison to students and faculty in departments as assigned, acting as a personal librarian to relevant departments and affiliated majors, directly communicating with the department and providing consultations to students and faculty. (Departments affiliations are based on education or experience.)
Serves collaboratively with
members of the Personal Librarian Team on administrative committees such as
working groups on collection development strategy, assessment, instruction
services, first year writing, and access to academic texts. Leads or co-leads
working groups, based on interest or as assigned.
Makes collections purchases in
designated subject areas, including Digital Humanities, and works
collaboratively with the Collection Strategy Team and Director of Collections
Strategy to manage relevant budget allocations.
Participates in personal librarian
outreach efforts, public facing programs, and committees as assigned to build
relationships with faculty, and provide information to enhance and customize
library services.
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Knowledge,
Skills, and Abilities
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Excellent communication skills and
ability to interact effectively with faculty, staff, students, alumnae,
librarians, vendors and publishers as well as administration and external
stakeholders.
Demonstrated experience with the
design and development of instructional materials
Demonstrated experience with instruction through inclusive pedagogy methods, as evidenced by a teaching portfolio and/or artifacts of student -produced work.
Ability to plan, lead, and execute
projects; demonstrated experience using productivity and communication tools
to collaborate and document projects.
Demonstrated initiative and the
ability to create and maintain a collaborative work environment.
Fluency in database searching, office applications, and digital scholarship tools.
Demonstrated experience supporting
the work of creating inclusion and accessibility on campus, in particular
within the practice of digital scholarship.
Demonstrated experience in
student-centered undergraduate teaching environments.
Demonstrated commitment to the
humanities, especially in the creation of and participation in collaborative
modes of scholarship.
Demonstrated experience working to
administer programs and services in an academic library.
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Required
Qualification Summary
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Master’s degree in Library Science
from an ALA-accredited institution OR advanced degree along with significant
library professional experience required
Demonstrated ability to
effectively collaborate and build partnerships with faculty and staff in a
culturally diverse community
Experience in using technology in
humanities scholarship and a demonstrated understanding of current projects
and trends in the digital humanities
Experience developing and managing
digital projects and articulating the opportunities of digital research to
scholars in the humanities
Excellent interpersonal,
collaborative, and communication skills
Experience with the integration of
digital media into web applications and/or collaboration systems
Teaching experience in a classroom
or workshop environment
Interest in usability and
user-driven design
5-7 years of related professional
experience
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Preferred
Qualification Summary
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Knowledge of issues related to
intellectual property and academic publishing
Experience developing user
interfaces for digital library content or digital humanities projects
Experience with post-completion
project review and evaluation
Prior experience with
collaboratively building the infrastructure to curate digital collections and
create digital repositories
Contributor to or producer of
scholarship in the humanities, computing in the humanities,
library and
information science, media and communications, or an affiliated area of
research.
To Apply:
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