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About the Position
The Data Services and Collections Librarian is the leader within the UC San Diego Library for managing and providing data and statistical services, with a focus on social science data. The position reports primarily to the Director of the Library’s Reference & Research Advisory Services Program with additional assigned responsibilities in the Library’s Collection Development & Management and Research Data Curation programs.
Responsibilities of the Position
• Provides leadership for the management and implementation of data and statistical services and collections.
• Serves as the specialist for dataset and statistical analysis for research assistance, assisting in person as well as virtual users and providing in-depth research consultations by appointment.
• Conducts data and statistics reference training (new and ongoing) for other reference providers and facilitates library communications about data and statistics resources.
• Selects and manages datasets, statistical materials in all applicable formats, and statistical software to meet curricular and research needs of the campus.
• Participates in and provides feedback for data-related local and/or UC-wide collection management activities and projects, including assessment of holdings, de-accessioning and relocating materials as needed.
• Engages with campus communities, providing a combination of targeted or specialized services, including instruction, for dataset and statistical software users.
• Provides general reference and research services both in person and virtually.
• Works with the Research Data Curation Program to develop data curation and repository services for social science collections.
• Engages with campus partners to make digital scholarly work and data openly discoverable and accessible for the long term.
• Partners with curation and subject librarians for data curation outreach to campus.
• Serves as the Library’s liaison to ICPSR and DDI initiatives and represents the UC San Diego
• Library at pertinent meetings and conferences.
Salary: Salary and level of appointment in the Librarian series commensurate with qualifications and experience and based on the University of California pay scales.
Closing Date: Application consideration begins April 14, 2014 and will continue until the position is filled.
To Apply: For full consideration, please submit applications to:
https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/apply/JPF00532
For more information and a full Position Description please visit:
http://libraries.ucsd.edu/jobs/
Victoria Chu 朱慰慈
Director (interim), Reference & Research Advisory Services
& Chinese Studies Librarian
UC San Diego Library
La Jolla, CA
92093-0175R
USA
858-534-7782
vchu@ucsd.edu
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