Scholarly Communications Librarian

The Claremont Colleges Services (TCCS) is the central coordinating and support organization for a highly regarded cluster of seven independent colleges known as The Claremont Colleges. TCCS, with about 300 staff members, provides exceptional shared services to 9,000 students, and almost 3,600 faculty and staff. TCCS staff work in both student-facing services as well as administrative and operational services. Our numerous departments are located throughout The Claremont Colleges campus in the beautiful city of Claremont, California.

**ABOUT THE POSITION**:
The Claremont Colleges Library seeks a service-oriented, collaborative, knowledgeable, and creative individual to further develop and advance our scholarly communication initiatives. The Scholarly Communication Librarian (SCL) will be responsible for planning and delivering initiatives promoting openness, effective sharing, and equitable access to scholarly knowledge and resources. Working closely with key stakeholders, inside and outside of the library, they will provide collaborative support regarding the management and assessment of The Claremont Colleges Library's (TCCL) suite of scholarly communications services. They will plan and implement new initiatives, strengthen established protocols, and assess existing practices with an eye towards sustainability.

The Scholarly Communications Librarian (SCL) will report to the head of Digital Initiatives within the Distinctive Collections and Digital Scholarship Division. The SCL will work with the Digital Initiatives unit to provide vision and guidance for Scholarship at Claremont, the institutional repository, while setting priorities that respond to current and emerging needs of the seven Claremont Colleges. The Scholarly Communications Librarian will actively engage with the rapidly-changing scholarly communications landscape while providing clear communication, advocacy, and outreach involving many different internal and external audiences. The SCL will create and circulate education and outreach materials, including web content, brochures/handouts, and resource materials for a range of constituencies, including research and teaching librarians, library staff, faculty, and graduate students. These topics may include, but are not limited to: intellectual property rights, copyright, fair use, open access (OA), and open scholarship initiatives such as open pedagogy and open educational resources (OER).

The Scholarly Communications Librarian will manage, promote, and advance the library's institutional repository, as a place to host scholarship produced by scholars from across the seven colleges of the Consortium. In addition, the SCL will also collaborate with colleagues within the unit to steward the unique assets and materials related to Scholarship at Claremont and the Claremont Colleges Digital Library.

**Priority Deadline**: The deadline for first consideration is May 31, 2024.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

The following are the fundamental duties and responsibilities of this position which the incumbent must be able to perform to fulfill the purpose and requirements of this position.

Scholarly Communications

Collaborate with research and teaching librarians to develop and coordinate scholarly communications outreach initiatives for faculty and students, across the disciplines and colleges.
Provide consultations to students and faculty on topics such as copyright, open access, research impact, and author rights.
Maintain web content related to scholarly communications topics in collaboration with Web Developer.
Keep abreast of trends and developments related to scholarly communications and provide timely updates about them to the library and 7C community, including disseminating information on innovative licensing agreements for TCCS authors.
Work collaboratively to establish or update policies, procedures, best practices, and platforms related to the management, preservation, and discovery of the digital and intellectual assets of the Claremont Colleges Digital Library and Scholarship at Claremont.
Continue to support the electronic theses and dissertations program by assessing ongoing processes and improving workflows with advisors, registrars, and authors.
Implement a strategy to assess existing workflows and processes and to support sustainable and targeted OER creation, adoption, and use.
Participate in library-wide planning and assessment projects through service on committees, task forces, and special projects.

Professional Engagement

Actively participates in networking and professional development through national/regional/local professional organizations via office holding, presentations, and publications.
Perform other related duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

Unless otherwise stated, the following qualifications are required to perform the essential functions of this position, or the individual must demonstrate how the essential functions will be performed (with or without reasonable acc