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<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Penny Beile</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:PBeile@ucf.edu">PBeile@ucf.edu</a>></span><br>Date: 20 February 2015 at 20:22<br>Subject: [SCHOLCOMM] job posting: scholarly communication librarian<br>To: "<a href="mailto:scholcomm@lists.ala.org">scholcomm@lists.ala.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:scholcomm@lists.ala.org">scholcomm@lists.ala.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:collib-l@lists.ala.org">collib-l@lists.ala.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:collib-l@lists.ala.org">collib-l@lists.ala.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:uls-l@lists.ala.org">uls-l@lists.ala.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:uls-l@lists.ala.org">uls-l@lists.ala.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:aserlscholcomm@aserl-lists.org">aserlscholcomm@aserl-lists.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:aserlscholcomm@aserl-lists.org">aserlscholcomm@aserl-lists.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:rusa-l@lists.ala.org">rusa-l@lists.ala.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:rusa-l@lists.ala.org">rusa-l@lists.ala.org</a>><br><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Please consider applying for this newly created position at a dynamic, fast growing institution located in sunny and warm Central Florida. If you have questions I’m happy to try and answer.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Scholarly Communication Librarian<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">University of Central Florida Libraries
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The University of Central Florida Libraries seeks a dynamic and forward-thinking librarian to shape future user-centered services at one of the largest public universities in the country.
Under the general direction of the Associate Director for Information Services and Scholarly Communication, the Scholarly Communication Librarian collaborates with other library departments and campus units to develop, implement, and promote services and programming
that support research and scholarly publishing at the University.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This position will lead a group of library faculty and staff interested in Scholarly Communication issues, provide internal training to Subject Librarians and education and information to
the University community, and facilitate discussions about the changing scholarly publishing environment, including the move toward Open Access and sustainable publishing. The Scholarly Communication program at UCF is unique in that it supports a wide array
of research and publishing activities (</span><a href="http://library.ucf.edu/ScholarlyCommunication/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">http://library.ucf.edu/ScholarlyCommunication/</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
). The Scholarly Communication Librarian also may serve as a Subject Librarian for an academic program.
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Sets goals and determines the direction of the Scholarly Communication program; develops, implements, and maintains the Libraries’ Scholarly Communication program and initiatives.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Leads efforts to extend SC programming to the campus community, including University administration, faculty, graduate students and selected undergraduate populations; provides
outreach, workshops, and consultations to the campus community about authors’ rights, publishing options, Open Access, and other issues related to Scholarly Communication.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Partners with Digital Initiatives and Subject Librarians to promote and populate the institutional repository.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Collaborates with library and campus partners to build services in support of the scholarly publishing lifecycle.
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Serves as contact person for Scholarly Communication questions and issues and works in close association with other library faculty who support scholarly publishing services, such
as the Metadata Librarian, the Scholarly Communication Advisory Group, and Subject Librarians.
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Plans and implements training and professional development opportunities for librarians on all aspects of the scholarly publishing process; works with librarians to integrate Scholarly
Communication topics into their disciplinary assignments.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Furthers the goals of the Information Services and Scholarly Communication division; assists the Associate Director with development of division-wide services and initiatives.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">May serve as Subject Librarian to one or more University programs or departments, which includes outreach, instruction, consultations, and collection development for assigned areas.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Participates in library and university activities and committees, is professionally active, and engages in scholarly activities appropriate to rank.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Qualifications: Required:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Master’s degree from an American Library Association-accredited institution; three years’ experience
in an academic library or related field; knowledge of or experience with Scholarly Communication issues and programming or the scholarly publication cycle.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Preferred:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with faculty, students, administrators, and others; excellent interpersonal
skills, oral and written communication skills, and organizational skills; experience in management or in a team leadership role; familiarity with research methodologies and publication patterns across a variety of disciplines; familiarity with new and emerging
tools and methodologies for scholarly publication; experience with outreach and training activities.<b>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Environment:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> The University of Central Florida is the nation’s 2nd largest public university, enrolling over 60,000 students
and offering 92 bachelor’s, 83 master’s, and 31 doctoral programs. The UCF Libraries house collection of 2.2 million volumes and 44,000 serials, and serve as a partial depository for government documents and patents. Full-time staffing of 116 includes 44
faculty. For more information about the UCF Libraries see </span><a href="http://library.ucf.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">http://library.ucf.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Salary and Rank:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> Commensurate with experience and qualifications. T</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">his
is a twelve month, non-tenure track faculty position with insurance and retirement benefits, 22 paid annual days, 13 sick days, 9 holidays, and no state income tax.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">To Apply:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> For position number 37659 submit a letter of application addressing the stated qualifications, a full curriculum
vitae, and contact information for three current professional references at</span>
<a href="http://www.jobswithucf.com/postings/41000" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://www.jobswithucf.com/postings/41000</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> by the closing date, April 2, 2015. Review of applications will
begin immediately. Questions may be directed to Search Chair, Dr. P. Beile, pbeile @ <a href="http://ucf.edu" target="_blank">ucf.edu</a>. Searches are conducted in accordance with the state of Florida open-records laws. UCF is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer.
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