Essential Duties

1. Provides data acquisition and management support to students and faculty in academic departments, schools, and research centers through consultations, instruction sessions, and in-person and virtual reference services. 2. Supports research and raises awareness of data resources and management methods through outreach efforts such as blogs, RSS feeds, mailing list messages, and workshops. 3. Creates and maintains online guides and other research support tools. 4. Collaborates with librarians, GIS specialists, archivists and other providers of information resources to support research, teaching, and learning. 5. Develops library collections of data and data related materials. 6. Works closely with acquisitions and cataloging librarians and staff on acquiring and receiving data and data related resources and preparing them for availability to users. 7. Participates in departmental library research support and collections program planning. Participates in library system-wide planning, committees, and work groups, and engages in campus, regional and national professional organizations and collaborative activities. Monitors developments and best practices elsewhere to help ensure the excellence of Yale’s collections and research support services. 8. May work in libraries across the Central, West, Medical, and Science campuses. 9. May be required to assist with disaster recovery efforts. 10. May perform other duties as assigned.

Required Education and Experience

1. Master’s degree from an ALA-accredited library school. In selected instances, a post-graduate degree in a related discipline may be required or substituted for a master’s degree in library science.

2. Demonstrated excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communications and analytical ability.

3. Demonstrated record of designing projects and bringing them to a conclusion in a timely fashion.

4. Experience working collegially and cooperatively within and across organizations.

5. Experience working collaboratively and independently with varied groups within a complex organization and rapidly changing, team environment.

Yale University assigns ranks to librarian positions based on a combination of professional experience and accomplishments (see range assigned to this description as noted in the posting position title). Librarian ranking information can be found at: http://guides.library.yale.edu/c.php?g=296164&p=1973882.

Required Skill/Ability 1:

Qualified individuals new to the library profession are welcome to apply.

Required Skill/Ability 2:

Demonstrated experience with research data.

Required Skill/Ability 3:

Experience with data management processes, technologies, standards, and best practices and familiarity with trends in data management requirements from funding agencies and/or scholarly publishers.

Preferred Education, Experience and Skills:

Undergraduate or advanced degree in engineering, math, science, or social science. Familiarity with quantitative, qualitative, and geospatial data analysis applications. Knowledge of metadata standards for quantitative/qualitative data. Demonstrated experience providing public service and instruction in an academic research library. Reading knowledge of one or more Western European languages.

Drug Screen

No

Health Screening

No

Background Check Requirements

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Posting Disclaimer

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the essential functions that will be required of the position and should not be construed as a declaration of specific duties and responsibilities of the particular position. Employees will be assigned specific job-related duties through their hiring departments.

Affirmative Action Statement:

Yale University considers applicants for employment without regard to, and does not discriminate on the basis of, an individual’s sex, race, color, religion, age, disability, status as a veteran, or national or ethnic origin; nor does Yale discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity or expression. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 protects people from sex discrimination in educational programs and activities at institutions that receive federal financial assistance. Questions regarding Title IX may be referred to the University’s Title IX Coordinator, at TitleIX@yale.edu, or to the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, 8th Floor, Five Post Office Square, Boston MA 02109-3921. Telephone: 617.289.0111, Fax: 617.289.0150, TDD: 800.877.8339, or Email: ocr.boston@ed.gov.

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