Librarian

Reporting directly to the Assistant Dean for Access, Research, and Learning Services, the Scholarly Communications and OER Librarian provides strategic leadership, campus-wide outreach, and consultative support to the University community on issues related to scholarly communications, copyright, open access, and open education. This position delivers focused programming, consultations, and initiatives that promote faculty, student, and staff engagement with Open Educational Resources (OER), scholarly publishing, and open pedagogy, supporting research productivity and student success. The role offers expertise in alternative publishing models, open scholarship, author rights, copyright interpretation, and compliance with public-access requirements for federally funded research, including guidance on institutional repository participation and ORCID ID integration to enhance research visibility and impact. The successful candidate also monitors trends in scholarly publishing, including predatory practices and changing licensing models, to help the University community make informed decisions about sharing and protecting their research.