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Data Services Librarian, Boston College (Boston)

Boston College Libraries are seeking a Data Services Librarian to join our Digital Scholarship Group (DSG). The ideal candidate for this position will have advanced data skills that can be applied across disciplines and, equally so, will be an effective communicator who can work with a range of collaborators inside and outside of the Libraries.


The Data Services Librarian is primarily responsible for collaborations and services related to data gathering, manipulation, management, curation, documentation, and data skills training. Such activities include consulting on faculty and student data-driven projects; providing data skills training on data manipulation and management methods, best practices, and tools to faculty and staff; providing data skills instruction for undergraduate and graduate courses, and driving library-based curricula development (i.e., library instruction and modules) and resource creation/collection for data-centric and data science programs.


As a member of the DSG, the Data Services Librarian collaborates on designing and driving new initiatives and services and is a valued voice in DSG strategic planning as the group strives to expand its role in BC Libraries and the broader BC community. The collaborative nature of this position extends to working with staff across the Libraries, in particular, the Economics Librarian, the Business Librarian, and other subject liaison librarians, and outside campus units, including Research Services and the Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society. They will also work with the University’s emerging cross-disciplinary Data Science minor.

Qualifications

Required

A Master’s degree in Library Science or Information Science or a closely related, data-intensive research field, plus 2-3 years of relevant experience
Demonstrated experience in 
Providing data curation, management, cleaning, and mining services;
Using data and related technologies to support teaching or research;
Working with numeric data in an academic, scientific, or corporate environments
The ability to engage with research across a variety of disciplines and a range of audiences, from undergraduate and graduate students to faculty, instructors, and staff
Excellent written and oral communication skills 

Preferred

Experience working in academic libraries;
Knowledge of data preservation strategies;
Demonstrated experience in
Working with data repository platforms (e.g., Dataverse);
Proving data skills training and classroom instruction (oral, written, and video tutorials, etc.);
Data/text mining and analysis using coding languages such as Python or R;
Data visualization;
Using statistical tools (e.g., SPSS, SAS, Stata)

Full/Part Time

Full Time

Education

MLS/Masters

Salary Range

$72,600.00 - $90,750.00  / year

Salary Notes

Salary to be determined based on experience

Closing Date

How to Apply

Please apply with both a Cover letter and resume at BC.edu/jobs

Posted

2023-03-01 |  Quick link to this job