Library Staff Positions

Job Description

The Scholarly Communication Specialist works with Hunt and Hazy librarians to support open access and open publication and enhance discovery and delivery of Embry-Riddle’s scholarship, creative works, data, and more. This position helps to support the open access repositories, researcher information portal, and open publishing platform maintained by the department, with a focus on technical workflows, data quality, and support materials for end users. This position also supervises 1-2 student workers who support the Scholarly Communication department, coordinating student projects and providing training as needed.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree plus an additional 2 years of experience in libraries and/or higher education
  • Experience with vendor-supported software and enterprise-wide systems, preferably repository or database systems
  • Experience with web development or basic code to support workflows  
  • Experience with collaborative teams and cross-unit support
  • Experience training non-technical users
Preferred Qualifications

  • Understanding of open access and academic research processes
  • Experience with Elsevier Products, particularly Digital Commons, Digital Commons/Mendeley Data, Pure, or Pressbooks/Wordpress
  • Experience with enhancing or supporting digital access, discovery, and accessibility
  • Experience with ExLibris systems

Key Responsibilities

  • Develops and maintains learning and how-to materials related to Scholarly Communication applications
  • Maintains and develops technical workflows for Scholarly Communication applications to support account access, uploading content, ongoing feature enhancements, and data quality
  • Coordinates troubleshooting requests, statistics, and tickets with application vendors
  • Serves as liaison between Scholarly Communications, the Library Systems & Technology department, and university IT
  • Supervises 1-2 student workers who assist with data entry, technical projects, and general departmental support. 

Apply Online

To submit your application for this opportunity, please visit the Embry-Riddle Career Site and reference requisition number R310005. Please attach all relevant materials to your application when you apply online. Complete submissions include:

  • Cover letter
  • Full Resume
  • Contact information for at least three professional references (please note that references may be contacted as part of the interview/screening process)

Student Employment

The Hunt Library employs 15-20 student employees through the year for jobs ranging from shelving books to scanning materials for document delivery. For current vacancies, please go to the Student Employment page in ERNIE.

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