Library Faculty
Library Faculty
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10-04-2025
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Position Summary
The University of Idaho Library is seeking a detailoriented flexible and collaborative Research Impact Librarian. Reporting to the Dean the Research Impact Librarian is responsible for developing advancing implementing and supporting a range of services around scholarly output research impact for the University of Idaho community. To accomplish these tasks they will work extensively with the librarys new Research Information Management System VERSO which is being built on the Esploro platform assisting community members with the data reporting data visualization and profile publishing the system makes possible. This position will work collaboratively within the Librarys new Research and Experiential Learning REL unit which encompasses such programs as research data and GIS services making and fabrication spaces and an audio/visual innovation lab. The successful candidate for this position will have an opportunity to define this new position through their creativity enthusiasm and vision. This is a 12month fiscal year tenure track faculty position. Faculty rank (assistant professor/associate professor) is negotiable tenure status is not negotiable. Primary Responsibilities: Provides consultations and training to faculty students and administrators on research impact topics such as bibliometrics altmetrics scholarly profiles identifying highimpact journals and increasing research visibility. Develops and implements outreach strategies to inform campus stakeholders about available research impact services. Collaborates with liaison librarians to integrate impact services into their work. Oversees the institutions repository and provides guidance on metadata standards copyright and deposit procedures to optimize discovery and reuse of scholarship. Generates repository reports and analyzes metrics. Investigates and recommends appropriate tools systems and metrics to support research impact assessment. Stays current on evolving best practices in measuring impact. Contributes to the librarys data storytelling efforts by analyzing citation patterns and benchmarks identifying research strengths and visualizing trends.
Required Qualifications
Masters degree from an ALA accredited library program or the equivalent Experience with university research environments and communities Experience working collaboratively in a teambased environment Experience using communications skills for teaching troubleshooting and/or producing documentation and reports Experience using initiative creating opportunities and developing effective partnerships
Preferred Qualifications
Experience maintaining and managing a research information system and/or institutional repository Demonstrated experience using bibliometric data sources such as Web of Science InCites Scopus SciVal and/or Google Scholar Fluidity with data cleaning data processing data reuse and data visualization. Knowledge of programming languages such as python javascript or other languages useful for editing and repurposing data
The University of Idaho Library is seeking a detailoriented flexible and collaborative Research Impact Librarian. Reporting to the Dean the Research Impact Librarian is responsible for developing advancing implementing and supporting a range of services around scholarly output research impact for the University of Idaho community. To accomplish these tasks they will work extensively with the librarys new Research Information Management System VERSO which is being built on the Esploro platform assisting community members with the data reporting data visualization and profile publishing the system makes possible. This position will work collaboratively within the Librarys new Research and Experiential Learning REL unit which encompasses such programs as research data and GIS services making and fabrication spaces and an audio/visual innovation lab. The successful candidate for this position will have an opportunity to define this new position through their creativity enthusiasm and vision. This is a 12month fiscal year tenure track faculty position. Faculty rank (assistant professor/associate professor) is negotiable tenure status is not negotiable. Primary Responsibilities: Provides consultations and training to faculty students and administrators on research impact topics such as bibliometrics altmetrics scholarly profiles identifying highimpact journals and increasing research visibility. Develops and implements outreach strategies to inform campus stakeholders about available research impact services. Collaborates with liaison librarians to integrate impact services into their work. Oversees the institutions repository and provides guidance on metadata standards copyright and deposit procedures to optimize discovery and reuse of scholarship. Generates repository reports and analyzes metrics. Investigates and recommends appropriate tools systems and metrics to support research impact assessment. Stays current on evolving best practices in measuring impact. Contributes to the librarys data storytelling efforts by analyzing citation patterns and benchmarks identifying research strengths and visualizing trends.
Required Qualifications
Masters degree from an ALA accredited library program or the equivalent Experience with university research environments and communities Experience working collaboratively in a teambased environment Experience using communications skills for teaching troubleshooting and/or producing documentation and reports Experience using initiative creating opportunities and developing effective partnerships
Preferred Qualifications
Experience maintaining and managing a research information system and/or institutional repository Demonstrated experience using bibliometric data sources such as Web of Science InCites Scopus SciVal and/or Google Scholar Fluidity with data cleaning data processing data reuse and data visualization. Knowledge of programming languages such as python javascript or other languages useful for editing and repurposing data
Employment Type
Full Time
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