Employment: Digital Repository Librarian

Detailed Responsibilities Include:

Advocate on behalf of the library's institutional repository and its collections and services to the university community, including faculty site visits, demonstrations, and training
Actively seek out and secure contributors and their content for inclusion in the institutional repository
Serve as spokesperson to publicize the institutional repository's benefits and uses
Work collaboratively with College Librarians to identify contributors and content within their respective colleges and to promote the institutional repository's services
Provide expertise, assistance, and training to the institutional repository's users
Present and interpret Kennedy Library services and policies to users from both within and outside the University
Research, write and help coordinate production of repository promotional materials for users and contributors
Stimulate, develop, implement, and communicate with campus colleagues on institutional repository and other digital initiative from the library
Serve as ad hoc member of the library's institutional repository project management, advisory, and user groups
Coordinate and communicate with specific user groups on support for defined institutional repository communities
Provide expertise, assistance, and training to the library's public services staff in their support of the library's institutional repository end-users
Develop and deliver web-based guides and tutorials, orientations, lectures, on using and contributing to the institutional repository

Train and oversee support staff and students creating, tagging, and retrieving digital files and objects, including application of appropriate metadata schemas
Work cooperatively with vendor(s) and Cal Poly staff and faculty regarding functionality
Research, recommend, and implement procedures for the creation, storage and preservation/future conversion of supported and proposed file formats
Research, recommend, and implement relevant metadata schemas for supported and proposed file formats
Coordinate and manage the definition and setup of the institutional repository's communities and collections
Work collaboratively with IT staff and vendor(s) on system management issues
Coordinate importing of historical and/or retrospective collections into the library's institutional repository, including metadata application, conversion referral, and developing metadata crosswalks as necessary
Serve as a resource person on key issues relating to the library's digital environment
Consult with faculty on learning object needs using repository digital content and objects
Maintain a working knowledge of metadata schemes appropriate for digital information

Participate as an active team member and developer in planning, implementation, maintenance and technical support responsibilities for the repository
Draft working documents for service definition, policies, marketing, user and contributor support and training, and internal workflows
Propose new and revised phases of development for the institutional repository, including assessing needs, defining the project, determining a set of manageable tasks, obtaining appropriate support and authorization, and implementing new services
Ensure that the phases of library's institutional repository project stay on track and take appropriate action to manage expectations
Consult with appropriate colleagues on functionality, metadata, digital preservation, and related issues
Work collaboratively with faculty colleagues on grant and other proposals related to digital initiatives
Manage usability studies and other feedback mechanisms
Gather and report use statistics

Represent the Kennedy Library on university, CSU, and professional committees
Initiate and develop contacts outside the University
Represent the Kennedy Library at conferences and participate in activities of relevant regional and national associations
Contribute to the knowledge base of the profession, especially in the areas of expertise
Other responsibilities, as assigned

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