Texas Wesleyan University
Eunice and James L. West Library
Fort Worth, TX 76105
Visiting Faculty Digital Initiatives Librarian
Eunice and James L West Library is located on the campus of Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas. The library serves a diverse population of 2,619 FTE comprised of 31 Undergraduate and 5 graduate programs. 30% of our students are athletes and the university is recognized as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HIS.) The mission of Eunice & James L. West Library is to cultivate transformational learning experiences by providing access to collaborative spaces as well as diverse technology and resources allowing students, faculty, and staff to engage in scholarship and research. The library facilitates success by cultivating lifelong learning, digital literacy, and critical thinking. While providing for the varied needs of the campus community the library also serves as a cultural and intellectual resource for the local academic, library, and professional communities.
The West library is a collaborative team that works closely with other library departments and campus faculty. The Digital Initiatives Librarian will coordinate the vision, planning, implementation, and maintenance of the library’s digital programs, including digital collections, digitization, digital preservation, digital scholarship as well as Open Educational Resources implementation and support on campus. This position will also coordinate and support the development, maintenance, and management of the repositories needed to deliver the library’s digital platform. This librarian will perform outreach and instruction to the campus community regarding the library’s digital initiatives and programs, oversee the TXWES Maker Lab, and serve as library liaison to faculty. The library’s digital repository is housed on the Quartex digital platform and Special Collection resources use Archives Space.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Develop and maintain the library’s digital collections and scholarship repository
Manage digital collections: establishing, implementing/updating, interpreting, and enforcing policies and procedures and setting departmental digitization and electronic collection priorities in fulfillment of West Library goals
Create digital exhibits highlighting the library’s special collections and campus initiatives
Create and manage workflow documentation related to Digitization projects
Follow best practices to digitize the University’s archival collections and assist with coordinating the library’s digital initiatives for global use
Develop and support the University Open Educational Resource (OER) Initiatives
Work collaboratively with other library departments
Engage with faculty and students to secure content, create new partnerships, and advise on fair use and copyright law. Participates in student training and orientations. Create an education program for subject liaisons to promote the digital repository to all campus units
Supervise and train staff members working in the TXWES Maker Lab to use and maintain equipment
Maintain equipment in the TXWES Maker Lab including regular cleaning and maintenance tasks, identifying and troubleshooting issues, and updating software
Commitment to professional development and engagement in scholarly activities and service to professional organizations
Serve on library and campus committees and fully participate as an active member of a highly collaborative, team-based organization
Weekly reference assistance for students either at the reference desk or online via the Ask a Librarian chat
Engage in the University’s institutional effectiveness process including annual planning and outcomes assessment, applying effective methods of evaluation and continuous improvement as related to the library
Other duties as assigned
Required Education:
Master’s Degree in Library and/or Information science from an American Library Association accredited program
Required Experience:
At least 1-3 years experience with digital collections management
One year of supervisory experience
Preferred Experience:
1-3 years of professional experience working with digital archives, digital repositories, and/or Special Collections
1-3 years of project management experience
Demonstrated knowledge of digitization processes, life cycle management of digital assets, metadata schema, authority control, controlled vocabularies, and relevant descriptive standards
Demonstrated relevant experience with metadata work on digital projects
Experience supporting Open Educational Resources
Excellent analytical, organizational, management, supervisory, and interpersonal communication skills
Commitment to diversity and inclusion, and ability to engage effectively with a broad spectrum of culturally diverse groups
Experience with grant-writing and/or managing grant-funded projects
1 year of experience working with 3d printing, laser cutting, vinyl cutter and/or other maker lab equipment
Click link to apply: https://txwes.peopleadmin.com/postings/5099
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