San Diego State University Library & Information Access seeks applications and nominations of dynamic, innovative, and service-oriented candidates for the position of Digital Humanities Librarian.
This is an exciting opportunity for a forward-thinking individual to collaborate with SDSU’s Digital Humanities Initiative to envision and develop digital scholarship services at SDSU. This position will help build on one of SDSU’s Areas of Excellence, “Digital Humanities and Global Diversity,” which generates humanistic critical research with a specific focus on diversity. This position is appointed at the Senior Assistant Librarian or Associate Librarian rank, depending on qualifications.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
The successful candidate will:
Serve as a strategist and resource person for the library on digital scholarship and collaborate with cross-disciplinary faculty in the “Digital Humanities and Global Diversity” Area of Excellence;- Plan and implement new services to support digital humanities across the university based on current standards, best practices, and user needs;
- Provide expert consultation, support, and training on digital scholarship tools and techniques, including but not limited to, digital curation software, text-mining, and data-visualization;
- Identify and evaluate current and emerging tools that support digital research and teaching;
- Initiate, build and nurture excellent relationships with a diverse university community to assist researchers in planning effective, innovative, and sustainable digital projects;
- Work independently and collaboratively with colleagues to identify current and emerging digital scholarship projects and to understand and develop strategies to support student and faculty needs;
- Take a leadership role in conceptualizing and developing a future digital scholarship lab in the library;
- Participate in fundraising and grant writing activities to support digital scholarship initiatives;
- Participate in professional development activities to demonstrate a continuous and meritorious record of scholarly contributions and achievements in the profession;
- Participate in library and university organizations, committees, task forces, and teams as appropriate;
- Serve as a subject librarian for a humanities or social sciences discipline;
- Other duties as needed.
This is a full-time, twelve-month, tenure track faculty position. Tenure is dependent upon continuing library service effectiveness, professional growth and development, and service to the University and community. Rank of Senior Assistant Librarian to Associate Librarian, depending on qualifications. Salary commensurate with experience. Excellent benefits, including medical, dental, and vision plans, as well as 24 vacation days per year.
Required Qualifications
- ALA-accredited master’s degree or equivalent foreign degree.
- A minimum of 3 years’ experience in an academic or research library, or related area of digital scholarship or digital humanities.
- Successful experience in developing, introducing and managing innovative projects, services and programs for a multidisciplinary set of stakeholders.
- Experience managing staff, students, and services.
- Demonstrated successful project management, organizational, analytical, and problem solving skills.
- Enthusiasm for experimenting with digital tools.
- Familiarity with creators’ rights and copyright issues.
- Experience working with faculty, researchers, staff, and students.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills, particularly the ability to explain complex concepts to a wide variety of users in individual and group settings.
- A demonstrated commitment to fostering diversity.
- Ability to work as a team player in maintaining harmonious, cooperative working relationships with administrators, staff, and faculty.
- Potential for meeting the requirements for tenure and promotion based on library service, professional growth, and service to the University and community.
Desired Qualifications
- Active involvement in professional development activities with a record of scholarly contributions and achievements in the profession (required qualification for an appointment to Associate Librarian).
- Experience as a library liaison to a humanities or social sciences discipline.
- Experience managing digital scholarship projects in an academic setting.
- Successful grant writing experience.
