Knowledge Management and Digital Assets Librarian/Senior Assistant Librarian
Required Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Responsibilities & Requirements This is a tenure-track position and reports to the Head of Cataloging & Metadata Services.
The librarian is responsible for the research, planning, execution and management
of digital assets. This includes initiating and carrying out the assessment, description,
and preservation of born-digital and digitized assets of the SBU Libraries. In collaboration
with the Resource Management Division, Library IT, and University Archives, s/he will
assume a leadership role in developing, implementing, and sustaining a library-wide
digital assets strategy. The Librarian will also assist in the development of ongoing
knowledge management for digital and physical collections in Cataloging & Metadata
Services through effective description using established metadata standards, including
enhancement, remediation, and harmonization of multiple metadata schema across library
systems and repositories. The Librarian will align all processes and practices within
the framework of SBU Libraries organizational initiatives, foster innovation, and
implement constructive change as a part of evolving faculty roles in support of strategic
directions. This position works closely with Library IT, librarians, faculty, and
staff to create comprehensive and sustainable digital resources and repositories.
Special Notes This is a tenure track position. FLSA Exempt position, not eligible for the overtime
provisions of the FLSA. Internal and external search to occur simultaneously. Anticipated
Start Date: As soon as possible. **Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. However, to guarantee
consideration, please apply by 5/29/2019.** Occasional night and weekend work required.
Application Procedure
2. Submit a State Employment Application, cover letter and resume/CV by clicking Apply. Alternately, you may submit your
application package to the departmental address, email or fax below.
Pamela DiPasquale |
University Libraries Personnel |
Melville Library, Room S1430B |
Stony Brook University |
Stony Brook, NY 11794-3300 |
Email: library_kmdal@stonybrook.edu |
Campus Description Stony Brook University, home to many highly ranked graduate research programs, is
located 60 miles from New York City on Long Island's scenic North Shore. Our 1,100-acre
campus is home to 24,000 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students and more than
13,500 faculty and staff. SBU is a comprehensive research-intensive university and
a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU), which includes
34 public universities among its 62 members. SBU consists of 12 schools and colleges
and a teaching hospital that provides state-of-the-art healthcare in the Long Island
region. SBU also manages and performs joint research with Brookhaven National Laboratory,
the only Department of Energy Laboratory in the Northeast, and shares doctoral programs
with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a world-renowned molecular biology institute.
Home to the Emerson String Quartet, the Pollock-Krasner House in East Hampton, New
York, the Humanities Institute, and the Southampton Arts Program, and with endeavors
that extend to the Turkana Basin Institute in Kenya and the Ranomafana National Park
in Madagascar, SBU sustains an international reputation that cuts across the arts,
humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.
Stony Brook University Libraries is the largest academic research library on Long
Island serving the University population and the State University of New York system.
The Library is also a resource for the local community, state-wide, and nationally
and internationally. Known for a wide-range of print and digital resources and world-renowned
special collections, the University Libraries belong to the Association of Academic
Health Science Libraries (ARL), with a Health Sciences Center Library that is a member
of the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries. The collection exceeds 2
million volumes, including e-books, print, streaming media, electronic holdings of
scholarly journal subscriptions, microforms, music recordings, and a sizable map collection.
The SBU libraries include eight distinct facilities, including the recently renovated
and flagship Melville Library, Chemistry, Health Sciences, Marine and Atmospheric
Sciences, Math/Physics, Music, Southampton, and SUNY Korea-SBU campus. Currently at
the start of a renewed strategic plan, the faculty and staff are a talented and diverse
group sharing in the mission and vision of the Libraries. Librarians hold full faculty
status and rank, and participate at all levels of the University. The Libraries is
currently migrating to the new Library Services Platform, Alma with Primo VE as its
discovery solution. Assets of its actively growing institutional repository and digital
collections are managed by Omeka, Bepress Digital Commons, DSpace, and CONTENTdm.
The Libraries maintain memberships and affiliations in arXiv, Association Council
on Library and Information Resources, Digital Library Federation, Coalition of Networked
Information, EDUCAUSE, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research,
Roper Center, OCLC Research Library Partnership, ORCID through the National Network
of the National Libraries of Medicine, and locally with the Long Island Library Resources
Council.
Official Job Title: | Knowledge Management and Digital Assets Librarian/Senior Assistant Librarian |
REF#: | F-10026-19-04 |
Campus: | Stony Brook West Campus |
Department: | University Libraries |
Salary: | Commensurate with Experience |
Posting Start Date: | 04/29/2019 |
Posting End Date: | 05/29/2019 |
Applications for this position must be received, as specified in the Application Procedure Section, no later than 5:00 PM Eastern Time on 05/29/2019, unless specifically noted otherwise in the Special Notes Section.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Stony Brook University is committed to excellence in diversity and the creation of an inclusive learning, and working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information,veteran status and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.
If you need a disability-related accommodation, please call the university office of institutional diversity and equity at (631)632-6280.
Job Category: Faculty and Librarian |
Posting Date: 04/29/2019
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