Research & Data Repository Coordinator

Job Summary
Leads the curation, accessibility, discoverability, and long-term preservation of the university's research, creative output, scholarly publications, and data.
• Promotes the availability and capacity of the Institutional Repository (IR) and Data Repository to the university community, faculty, researchers, and students.
• Collects, organizes, and digitally archives research, scholarly works, and other university content within the IR and Data Repository.
• Participates in the ongoing identification and recruitment of content through outreach initiatives in collaboration with departmental liaisons.
• Maintains network relationships with faculty, researchers, students, and staff as content contributors.
• Supports publication of peer-reviewed research journals, conferences, and other institutional activities through the IR.
• Creates, enhances, and maintains metadata for digital objects, adhering to recognized standards such as Dublin Core and MODS, ensuring comprehensive and accurate metadata, improving discoverability and accessibility of repository content.
• Provides consultations, workshops, and guides to educate users about repository functions, content submission procedures, and open access as well as open science principles.
• Supports data literacy programs and initiatives, including trainings on data management practices, including file organization, metadata creation, and data documentation.
• Collaborates on library-wide strategies for long-term preservation of digital materials.
• Interprets departmental rules and policies related to information systems.

Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in a technology related field with three (3) years of experience in systems administration; OR seven (7) years of experience in systems

Desired Qualifications
• Experience creating promotional materials for broad and/or targeted audiences.
• Knowledge of academic scholarly production processes.

• Familiarity with a wide variety digital file formats.
• Knowledge of data and metadata production in a scholarly, business or larger web environment.