at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Job Opening Id: 50435
Librarian Faculty Position
Title: Research Data Management Librarian
Reports to: Head of Digital Scholarship & Research Data Management
Work Group: Digital Scholarship & Research Data Management
Summary
Northwestern University Libraries seeks a Data Management Librarian to provide support, instruction, and assistance with research data management for faculty, students and staff of the Northwestern community. The Research Data Management Librarian assists researchers with data management planning, finding relevant datasets, data organization, curating and sharing their research data, and complying with relevant data management requirements and policies. This individual must have a strong commitment to making data as open as possible This support consists of teaching workshops, conducting individualized consultations, and providing services that advance research at Northwestern University.
The Data Management Librarian works within the Digital Scholarship department and collaborates with staff in the Libraries, Northwestern Information Technology, the Galter Health Sciences Library, the Office for Research, and Northwestern Schools and colleges to support data management initiatives across the Northwestern campuses including outreach efforts to researchers.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and oversee the development and delivery of data management services, ensuring delivery of support to researchers and recommend improvements to services based on Northwestern research requirements. Oversee and maintain related documentation, including internal and user-facing guides and service information.
- Understand data management plan and public access compliance with federal funding requirements, specifically requirements outlined by the National Institute of the Health (NIH) and National Science Foundation (NSF).
- Understand appropriate discipline-specific repositories for the curation of data sets to assure compliance with federal mandates.
- Provide training, consultation, and outreach related to research data management policies and best practices to the Northwestern research co