[Sigifp-l] Fwd: [Neasis-l] Vacancy Announcement - MIT Librarian for EECS and Engineering Systems

Tue Dec 16 08:00:33 EST 2014

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From: "Olimpia Estela Caceres-Brown" <olimpia at mit.edu>
Date: Dec 16, 2014 7:57 AM
Subject: [Neasis-l] Vacancy Announcement - MIT Librarian for EECS and
Engineering Systems
To: "neasis-l at asis.org" <neasis-l at asis.org>
Cc:

 *Please help us recruit - share this posting with appropriate lists,
encourage colleagues to apply,  and/or identify candidates whom we might
want to invite to apply.*

*Librarian for Electrical Engineering & Computer Science *

*and Engineering Systems*

Liaison, Instruction and Reference Services

The MIT Libraries seek a forward-looking and enterprising professional
familiar with the use and communication of all formats of research
information in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (EECS) and
Engineering Systems to shape and deliver programs of instruction,
reference, outreach, and resource selection and to serve as liaison to an
active community of users involved in research and teaching at the leading
edge of their fields.  The EECS undergraduate program has the largest
enrollment at MIT, typically including over 20% of all MIT undergraduates.
Its graduate program is consistently ranked among the top electrical
engineering and computer science programs in the world.  The Engineering
Systems Division (ESD), a graduate program within the School of
Engineering, strives to solve previously intractable engineering systems
problems by integrating approaches based on engineering, management, and
social sciences, using new framing and modeling methodologies.

The EECS/ESD Librarian serves as the Libraries expert on the research,
learning culture, and information practices of the Department of Electrical
Engineering & Computer Science and the Engineering Systems Division within
the School of Engineering. S/he actively works to maintain and build
connections within the assigned communities and provides
information-related instruction, with an emphasis on engaging these
communities in the areas of data management, content management, open
access and entrepreneurship.  S/he will collaborate with colleagues
supporting the management and social science communities to provide
instruction and reference to support the programs in ESD.  S/he selects and
advocates for the acquisition and discovery of research materials for
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.  S/he also provides reference
support, for the Engineering community and in support of the MIT community
as a whole. S/he is an active member of the Research Data Services group in
the department of Data and Specialized Services, participating in the
design and delivery of services related to research data. The EECS/ESD
Librarian collaborates with colleagues in other library departments to
understand research processes and data needs in engineering and science,
utilizing expertise about the user community to inform decision making, and
supporting the community’s use of information resources. S/he promotes the
Libraries’ repository-based services and provides support for scholarly
publishing initiatives, such as recruitment of faculty-created research
materials for inclusion in MIT’s Open Access collections. S/he collaborates
with liaison colleagues to support the interdisciplinary activities of the
EECS and ESD departments.

The EECS/ESD Librarian reports to a manager in the Liaison, Instruction &
Reference Services (LIRS) department and is a participating member of the
Science and Engineering Community of Practice with fellow liaison
librarians. S/he participates actively in system-wide initiatives and
serves on committees and task forces and is expected to communicate
actively with fellow professionals through research, writing or
presentations, and/or professional service activities.

*REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS *for the position include*:  *

●        MLS/MLIS from an ALA-accredited institution, or an engineering or
science degree with a willingness to pursue an MLS/MLIS.

●        Experience in or capacity for developing creative and
entrepreneurial approaches to promoting and delivering reference,
instruction and/or outreach services to a research community.

●        Demonstrated interest in and capacity to develop programs for
current research trends such as engineering information, research data
management, open access, content management, intellectual property issues,
funder requirements, entrepreneurship, etc.

●        Background or professional experience in or understanding of the
research processes in engineering and science.

●        Demonstrated interest and enthusiasm for developing and
maintaining relationships with user communities.

●        A foundation of knowledge and understanding of the roles of
libraries and librarians in providing research data management services for
communities of researchers.

●        Enthusiasm for developing knowledge of EECS literature and
information sources for use in developing research level collections.

●        A collaborative approach to problem solving and working across
organizational boundaries in service of user needs.

●        Independence and initiative in accomplishing liaison work,
including ability to be flexible and managing competing priorities.

●        Facility, mastery, and independent exploration of appropriate
technologies in service of user needs.

●        Highly developed communication skills, both oral and written

●        Excellent interpersonal skills, including ability to effectively
collaborate with colleagues

*Preferred:*

●        A degree in an engineering or science field.

●        A deep understanding of the literature and information sources
used within engineering, sufficient to provide high quality support to
advanced students and researchers.

●        Experience advising researchers managing primary research data in
areas such as development of data management plans, contributing metadata
descriptions or schemes, data preservation, or contributing to repositories.

●        Knowledge of scholarly communication practices in engineering,
particularly trends and challenges related to open access publications.

*SALARY AND BENEFITS: *$54,500 is minimum entry-level salary.  Actual
salary and appointment classification (Librarian I or II, or other) will
depend on qualifications and experience.  MIT offers excellent benefits
including a choice of health and retirement plans, a dental plan, tuition
assistance and a relocation allowance.  The MIT Libraries afford a flexible
and collegial working environment and foster professional growth of staff
with management training and travel funding for professional meetings.

Apply online at: http://hrweb.mit.edu/staffing/. Applications must include
cover letter, resume, and contact information for three references.
Priority will be given to applications received by January 7, 2015;
position open until filled. MIT is strongly and actively committed to
diversity within its community and particularly encourages applications
from qualified women and minority candidates.

*The MIT Libraries *support the Institute's programs of research and study
with holdings of more than 2.9 million print volumes and 3.1 million
special format items, and terabytes of MIT-owned digital content. In
addition, rare special collections, Institute records, historical
documents, and papers of noted faculty are held in the Institute Archives
and Special Collections. Library resources and services are accessible to
students and researchers through the Libraries’ website (
http://libraries.mit.edu/), and library spaces are widely available for
both collaborative work and quiet study. Library resources are supplemented
by innovative services for bioinformatics, GIS, metadata, social science
and other research data. Through a culture that encourages innovation and
collaboration, the MIT Libraries are redefining the role of the 21st
century library – making collections more accessible than ever before, and
shaping the future of scholarly research. Library staff, at all levels,
contribute to this spirit of innovation and to the mission of promoting
learning, discovery and the advancement of knowledge at MIT and beyond.

The Libraries maintain memberships and affiliations in ArchivesSpace,
arXiv, Association of Research Libraries, the BorrowDirect, Boston Library
Consortium, DDI Alliance, DuraSpace, HathiTrust, CLIR/Digital Library
Federation, Coalition of Networked Information, Coalition of Open Access
Policy Institutions, EDUCAUSE, National Digital Stewardship Alliance, NISO,
North East Research Libraries, OCLC Research Library Partnership, ORCID,
and TRAIL. The Libraries utilize Ex Libris’ Aleph for its integrated
library system and have recently deployed EBSCO’s Discovery Service.
DSpace at MIT, a digital repository developed over the past ten years by the
MIT Libraries, serves to capture, preserve and communicate the intellectual
output of MIT's faculty and research community. Other MIT repositories
include: Dome, a second DSpace instance, providing access to a sizable
image collection and other digital collections owned by the MIT Libraries;
the MIT Geodata Repository for adiverse collection of GIS Data; and MIT’s
DataVerse for licensed social science datasets.

*================================*

*Robin M. Deadrick*

Human Resources Administrator

MIT Libraries

77 Massachusetts Ave.

Room 14S-324

Cambridge MA  02139-4307

617.253.9322

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Olimpia Estela Caceres-Brown

MIT, Libraries

Information Technology and Discovery Services, 14S-134

Tel. 617.253.5680

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