What are the responsibilities and job description for the Atkins Fellow - Open Access position at UNC Charlotte?
Many academic libraries host institutional repositories for the open access publications of their faculty, staff and students. Atkins Library has spent the last year conducting usability testing on the UNC Charlotte institutional repository, Niner Commons, to create a better experience for those contributing to it and using it. The Open Access Fellow will help increase engagement with Niner Commons and open access publishing at UNC Charlotte through research, data management, workflow development, and outreach planning. This project will help the library capture and preserve open access research from UNC Charlotte scholars, build an open access publishing toolkit to help scholars navigate options and best practices, and increase campus knowledge of open access and how the university can support these efforts. As the Open Access Fellow, you will help build an environment of open access scholarship by creating resources and workflows that facilitate open access publishing.This project is ideal for MLIS students interested in open access publishing and scholarly communications. It involves a variety of competencies commonly found in librarian positions, including technical work, research, resource development, project management, and outreach. Those interested in learning about and working with metadata, APIs, open access, and copyright are encouraged to apply. The Fellow will work with the Technology and Digital Strategies team at Atkins Library and collaborate with library faculty and staff from Collection Services, Research and Instructional Services, and Special Collections and University Archives. Duties and Responsibilities:Identify open access works authored by UNC Charlotte scholars and develop and document a workflow and communication strategies for encouraging contributions to Niner CommonsDevelop an outreach plan for the library to encourage OA authors on campus to deposit their works in Niner CommonsCreate a searchable online resource for UNC Charlotte scholars to identify which journals are OA-friendly or allow deposit in Niner CommonsCreate an ?author toolkit? to increase open access education and encourage open access publishing among UNC Charlotte scholars
Minimum Qualifications:
Applicants must have completed 24 credits (or two full semesters of work) toward a Master?s in Library and Information Science from an ALA-accredited program
Position Number:
STMP15
Posting Date:
12/15/2021
Closing Date:
02/25/2022
American Recovery & Reinvestment Act Funded: