Research Impact Librarian

Florida Gulf Coast University Library, a comprehensive university dedicated to quality education, research, and service seeks to hire a collaborative and service-oriented Research Impact Librarian who will report to the Chair of Research, Scholarship, & Instruction. The successful candidate will employ their own creativity and enthusiasm to help define this new position but will work in close collaboration with the Office of Research & Sponsored Programs; library colleagues; and other campus partners to develop, support, and implement services that elevates faculty scholarship and measures its impact.

FGCU is a member of the State University System of Florida and an Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity and Access Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, disability, sex, pregnancy, national origin, marital status, genetic predisposition, sexual orientation, gender identity/gender expression, veteran status, and any other protected class(es), as required by applicable state and federal law, as well as University regulations and policies.

Job Description

Typical duties may be included but are not limited to:

• Develop and implement outreach strategies to educate and inform campus stakeholders about available research impact services.
• Collaborate with liaison librarians to integrate impact services into their work.
• Provide consultations and training to faculty, students, and administrators on research impact topics such as bibliometrics, Altmetrics, scholarly profiles, identifying high-impact journals, and increasing research visibility.
• Subject liaison responsibilities for department(s) or program(s).
• Investigate and recommend appropriate tools, systems, and metrics to support research impact assessment. Stay current on evolving best practices in measuring impact.
• Contribute to the library’s data storytelling efforts by analyzing citation patterns and benchmarks, identifying research strengths, and visualizing trends.
• Document, collect, and analyze search and scholarly activity data to demonstrate impact.
• Provide evidence and context of research engagement, influence, and impact.

Additional Job Description

Minimum Qualifications:

• Masters in Library or Information Science from an accredited program or a terminal degree in a related field. 
• Experience working in a team-based environment to provide consultations and deliver services related to increasing researcher visibility and profiles.
• Minimum of two years of professional experience in an academic library.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience using bibliometric data sources such as Web of Science, InCites, Scopus, SciVal, and/or Google Scholar.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Knowledge of university research environments and ability to work collaboratively in a team-based environment.
• Knowledge of researcher profiling systems (e.g., ORCID, Researcher ID, etc.)
• Understanding of issues related to responsible research evaluation using bibliometric data.
• Knowledge of basic and derivative bibliometrics (publication counts, citation counts, h-index, and other citation-based impact metrics).
• Strong written and verbal skills for teaching, troubleshooting, and producing documentation and reports.
• Ability to take initiative, create opportunities, and develop effective partnerships.

Special instructions to applicants:

Appointment will be made on 12-month multi- year appointment basis available August 2024.

Because applications and materials are subject to public review and retention under Florida’s Public Records Law, please DO NOT send examples of your project/scholarship unless requested to do so. Therefore all submitted materials including articles, disks, slides, books, etc., become the property of FGCU and CANNOT BE RETURNED. As applicable, finalists will be notified of the need to submit specific additional materials. Such materials will become the property of FGCU.

Under Florida’s Public Records law, applications will be available for public review upon request.

Required Application Materials

Unofficial Transcripts
Curriculum Vitae
Cover Letter
Five (5) Professional References