Research Support Librarian

6 days ago


Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States MIT Full time

Job Summary

The MIT Libraries-Liaison, Instruction & Reference Services (LIRS) department is seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual to serve as a Biosciences Library Liaison. This role will provide research support, teaching, and service delivery to departments in biology, biological engineering, and brain and cognitive sciences.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement outreach strategies to enhance research support and teaching services
  • Aid in information and data management, including data cleaning, version control, and reproducible research tools
  • Teach critical information skills to faculty, researchers, and students
  • Support open access initiatives and promote equity and open science
  • Participate in project teams and the LIRS science and engineering community of practice
  • Contribute to the development of scholarly information services and resources

Requirements

  • Advanced degree in a relevant discipline or an MLS/MLIS
  • At least three years of experience with data and scholarly information in research
  • Demonstrated skills in science and engineering contexts, including providing research support and developing outreach strategies
  • Strong collaboration, organizational, and communication skills
  • Support for the Libraries' commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience managing bioscience data sets
  • Familiarity with data cleaning, version control, and reproducible research tools
  • Awareness of research trends and ethical, legal, and policy issues in science and engineering

About the Role

This position offers the opportunity to shape the future of scholarly information at MIT and contribute to the development of innovative research support services.



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