"Scholarly Communications Librarian for the Performing Arts and Humanities"

The University of Miami, in Coral Gables, Florida is seeking a Scholarly Communications Librarian for the Performing Arts and Humanities with the UM’s Libraries at the rank of Librarian Assistant Professor. Duties and responsibilities include supporting research output visibility and impact through a new service embedded within the Marta and Austin Weeks Music Library; collaborating with subject liaison librarians and faculty stakeholders to build the Scholarship@Miami knowledge base, ensuring bibliographic citations of research outputs are represented in campus research information management systems, discovery systems, and search engines; working with Research Impact and Assessment Librarians to identify methods and workflows to address gaps in the capture of research outputs; promoting the Libraries' research information hub, Scholarship@Miami, as a place to host creative works and other research and creative output for faculty and students; will also involve teaching and promoting open access digital publishing services and initiatives.

Teaching duties include but not limited to leading the development of an education program on issues of scholarly communication for students, faculty, librarians, and other campus stakeholders. Develops instruction and leads classes on authors’ rights, Creative Commons licensing, copyright, and fair use. Teaches classes for arts and humanities faculty for managing their own intellectual property rights, improving visibility of research, and building scholarly identities.

Telecommuting is permitted, typically no more than 75% of the time.

Position requires a master’s degree in library, information science, music, musical arts, or relevant humanities-based discipline and 2 years of related experience.

Applications should be submitted here and must include a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and the names of three references. The references will not be contacted before the appropriate time. Materials should be combined in one .pdf file and uploaded when prompted for one’s Resume/CV.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities are encouraged to apply. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law. Click here for additional information.

Job Status: Full time

Employee Type: Faculty