197 SPEC Kit 350: Supporting Digital Scholarship
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE LIBRARIES
Data Curation Librarian
Position Description
August 18, 2015 1
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, KNOXVILLE, LIBRARIES
FACULTY POSITION DESCRIPTION
POSITION TITLE: Data Curation Librarian
DEPARTMENT: Scholars’ Collaborative
NAME:
1. GENERAL FUNCTION
Reporting to the Associate Dean for Research &Scholarly Communication, the Data Curation
Librarian:
leads new initiatives in data curation and works collaboratively on new research
initiatives and campus technology innovation
strengthens the University’s capacity to secure highly competitive grant funding
contributes to the development of long-term data management infrastructure
assists faculty in the discovery of relevant existing data sets and other
information
serves as a PI, co-PI or grant team member on externally funded projects
participates in collaborative projects with other librarians and provide
consultation and assistance to researchers
provides data services assistance to researchers on campus
is responsible for learning and engagement, research and scholarly
communication, and stewardship and collections activities for Architecture and
engages in research and professional activity at the national and international
level.
2. SPECIFIC DUTIES
DATA RELATED SERVICES
Assist faculty with development of data management plans for grant applications and
general data stewardship
Working closely with other liaison librarians, incorporate support for data management,
citation, and preservation into library services
Maintain an awareness of emerging trends and best practices in e-science, data curation,
and e-scholarship in all disciplines
Develop services to enhance data discovery and access
Maintain awareness of subject or disciplinary repositories of potential interest to the UT
research community
Maintain awareness of tools and algorithms for computationally centered, data-driven
science (data mining, visualization, text mining, etc.)
Actively participate in university-wide initiatives to develop and design policies, services,
and infrastructure to enable faculty and students to preserve and make available their
research data
Partner with internal and external units to implement data management and publishing
services and workshops
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