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
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
