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Johns Hopkins University
Scholarly Communications Librarian (The William H. Welch Medical Library)
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What they do
A Librarian helps people find information that they need in a library or in other collections or sources, including electronic databases. Organizes and catalogues library materials, plans library programs, and orders new materials or equipment. May work in school libraries or special information centers within government agencies or businesses; may specialize as a law librarian or medical librarian.
$66,323 / year median in Maryland
+8% projected growth
Job Description
We are seeking a Scholarly Communications Librarian at the Welch Medical Library demonstrates a superior level of knowledge and expertise in scholarly publishing, and will work as an information expert alongside faculty, staff, and students in the Schools of Medicine, Public Health, Nursing, and the Johns Hopkins Health System. The position develops effective plans, workflows, or processes to provide services that support the university's mission and program objectives, and partners primarily with the user communities engaged in clinical and academic medicine, nursing, and public health research, and develops new services and curricula to meet evolving users' needs. The position supports strategic integration of scholarly communication services with collections development in the Welch Medical Library. The individual also works with colleagues across the Johns Hopkins Libraries to shape scholarly communications services and support university-wide open access initiatives. Specific Duties & Responsibilities Work with Welch Library team, particularly the Information's team, as well as faculty departments and campus partners to lend expertise, analyze issues and/or needs, develop and implement university-wide open access policies, and choose new publishing models to sustain dissemination of university scholarship. Foster increased awareness of publishing options and author rights, including journal selection, Creative Commons licensing, and types of Open Access agreements. Help students and researchers on the health sciences campus build knowledge of publishing options and how each choice will affect distribution and rights to their work. Provide support for complying with funder publishing mandates (i.e. NIH Public Access Policy and other federal agencies), including analysis of funder and publisher policies.