Scholarly Communications and OER Librarian

Position Summary

Established in 1964, Florida Atlantic University serves 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students across six campuses in Broward, Palm Beach, and St. Lucie counties. With ten distinguished colleges offering over 180 degree programs, including the Schmidt College of Medicine and the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Florida Atlantic University is a High Research Activity institution recognized by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The University is committed to being an "Opportunity University" and a leader in community engagement.

Essential Functions

• Serve as the Libraries' primary contact for scholarly communication questions and initiatives, leading the Libraries' leadership role in scholarly communications.
• Develop and implement policies related to copyright, open licensing, data sets, and Creative Commons licensed materials.
• Deliver educational and instructional programs on copyright, fair use, authors' rights, open access publishing, institutional repositories, and other related topics.
• Support and educate the campus community on scholarly communications, copyright, open access, transformative publishing agreements, open education, and systematic reviews.
• Promote and market open access, OER, and other issues related to scholarly communications to faculty and researchers.
• Create workshops, subject guides, and social media content for Open Access Week, literature reviews, plagiarism, and artificial intelligence.
• Educate and support grant applications for students and faculty, promoting open educational resources (OER) and open pedagogy practices.
• Work with Libraries' Administration, liaisons, and University departments to raise awareness and encourage adoption of OER in curricula and low-cost textbook alternatives.
• Investigate creating a Textbook Reserve collection at additional campuses and support the Libraries' textbook reserve initiatives.
• Create and maintain research guides and documentation on scholarly communication, OER, and predatory publishing.
• Act as a champion for the institutional repository (IR) and share responsibility for IR management.
• Stay current on regional, national, and international developments in scholarly publishing, open access, and open educational resources.
• Assist with annual collection of ACRL statistics and serve as the Libraries' representative to scholarly communications-related groups and committees.
• Participate in Libraries' liaison program, developing and reviewing research guides in assigned disciplines.
• Support the Libraries' Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and other strategic initiatives.
• Contribute to promoting the Libraries' needs and services as an active partner in the University's educational and research mission.
• Develop an annual professional development plan and engage in original scholarship, research, and scholarly projects related to the area of expertise or responsibility.
• Participate in Libraries' engagement events and contribute to fostering a positive view of the Florida Atlantic Libraries.