Talk:Careers in OA

North America

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• Competitive Intelligence & Knowledge Management

• Education

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• Information Technology

• Law

• Libraries

• • Academic Libraries
    • Digital Librarian
    • Digital Program & Data Management Librarian (USA)[1]:
      • Requirements: MLS/MLIS degree from an ALA-accredited program; experience with digital library,institutional repository and/or content management software; knowledge of non-MARC metadata applications.
      • Duties: regarding data management, articulates data and informatics issues, encourages conceptual dialogue regarding data and informatics efforts, and advocates for responsible but open access to data.
      • Status: 11-month contract/FT; non-tenure lecturer.

• • • Digital Repository Librarian (USA)

• • • Institutional Repository Manager (USA)
      • Requirements: MLIS and MA in Educational Technology.
      • Duties: develops and manages institutional repositories; works with data plan management and the archiving of data sets; develops and implements institutional Open Access policy; leads Scholarly Communication Committee; promotes Open Access by educating faculty, staff, and students; and organizes Open Access Week events.
      • Status: FT; tenure-track faculty.

• • • Librarian and Intellectual Property Specialist (USA)
      • Requirements: MLIS

• • • Manuscript Processor/Digital Collections Assistant (USA)
      • Requirements: MA in Liberal Arts.
      • Duties: processes manuscripts; manages digital collections; develops social media; and employs dominant and emerging technologies to make archive materials and services more open to users.

• • • Rights Management Coordinator (USA)

• • • Scholarly Communications & Copyright Librarian (USA)[2] :
      • Requirements: MLIS from an ALA-Accredited program or an equivalent combination of education and experience (minimum of 3 years)
      • Duties: provides leadership and instruction regarding open access publishing issues.
      • Status: FT; instructional/faculty.

• • • Scholarly Communications Librarian I (USA)[3] :
      • Requirements: MLS/MLIS degree from an ALA accredited program or equivalent; 2 years of experience working with scholarly communications issues, Open Access publishing, or institutional repositories.
      • Duties: provides in-depth guidance on author rights and Open Access publishing and will participate in developing education and outreach on scholarly communication issues for faculty, students, and the community.
      • Status: 12-month contract/FT; tenure-stream faculty member.

• • • Scholarly Communications Librarian II (USA)[4] :
      • Requirements: MLS/MLIS degree from an ALA accredited program; academic library experience; knowledge and understanding of scholarly communication and publishing, including open access and copyright.
      • Duties: develops and promotes a scholarly communications program to faculty and library staff; communicates the value of depositing scholarly and creative output into open access sites, locally created digital projects and institutional repositories; explains alternative publishing models and consults on author’s rights; and acts as the Libraries' chief resource on copyright, digital rights management and fair use.
      • Status: FT

• • • Web Support Librarian (USA)

• • Research Libraries
  • Special Libraries
    • Art Libraries
    • Corporate Libraries
    • Digital Libraries
    • Engendering Libraries

• • • • Engineering Liaison Librarian (USA)[5]
        • Requirements: MLS/MLIS degree from an ALA accredited program (or equivalent); academic background in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) discipline.
        • Duties: regarding scholarly communications, educates and informs faculty and graduate students on scholarly communication issues, such as OA initiatives, digital publishing, copyright, and digital curation; promotes and provides assistance in the use of Scholarsphere, Penn State's repository service.
        • Status: FT; entry level

• • • Government Libraries

• • • Law Libraries

• • • Military Libraries

• • • Medical Libraries

• • • Music Libraries

• • • Special Collections Libraries

• • • Urban Libraries

• Museums

• • Curator of Digital Exhibits

• OA Journals

• • Editor/Editorial Staff

• OA Publishers
  • Editor/Editorial Staff

• • Publisher (of books and/or journals)

• Repositories

• • Manager of Institutional Repository

• Universities
  • Assistant e-Conservator (USA)

• • Director of Scholarly Communications Office

• Special Projects

• • Manager of Digitization Project

Europe

• Curation Tools & Services Developer (UK)