Library Research Guides: Part-time Temporary Employment for Graduate Students in IU Libraries: Scholarly Communication & Open Educational Resources

Scholarly Communication and Open Educational Resources

Name of work area: Scholarly communication
Experience with: R or Python
Creating data visualization, statistical models, and or general quantitative research methods.
Duties:
- Assist with deposits on our data repository: DataCORE (https://datacore.iu.edu)
- Help with data and research consultations
- Collaborate on research projects (academic papers and conference presentations)
- Creating research guides and tutorials
- Assist with creating and teaching workshops on data and research methods.
Applicable Library Settings: Academic
Transferable skills: research methods, consulting, project management
Send resume to Ethan Fridmanski ejfridma@iu.edu
For more information about this department: https://libraries.indiana.edu/scholarly-communication

NO POSITIONS AVAILABLE FOR 2024-2025

Name of work area: Scholarly Communication / Government Information, Maps, & Microform Services
Experience with: Assist the Map and Spatial Data Librarian to provide reference and research services related to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and spatial data. Attend research consultations, develop online resources and instructional materials, and assist with Cartoshop mapping workshops.
Applicable library settings: Academic
Transferable skills: Requires knowledge of GIS and provides an opportunity to expand those skills
Additional occasional work: Potential to co-teach instruction sessions and workshops, exhibit creation
Send resume to: Theresa Quill, theward@indiana.edu
For more information about this library/department: https://openscholarship.indiana.edu/, https://guides.libraries.indiana.edu/gis

POSITION FILLED FOR FALL 2024/ SPRING 2025

Name of work area: Scholarly Communication
Experience with: Assist the Research Impact & Open Scholarship Librarian with continuing to develop the Land, Wealth, Liberation Digital Resource and provide faculty support in using and adding to the resource
Applicable library settings: Academic
Transferable skills: Experience with content management systems, knowledge of web archiving, experience with citation management systems, experience with podcasting software, experience with digital pedagogy, experience with open pedagogy
Additional occasional work: Potential to work closely with Institute of Digital Arts & Humanities, Potential to support faculty member in class sessions, exhibit creation
Send resume to: Willa Tavernier wtavern@iu.edu
For more information about this library/department: https://openscholarship.indiana.edu

POSITION FILLED FOR FALL 2024/ SPRING 2025

Name of work area: Scholarly Communication
- Assist the Scholarly Communication department with processing research output for IU Bloomington faculty including faculty-authored articles subject to Indiana University Bloomington's Open Access Policy.
- Perform significant data entry, data analysis projects, and provide input in product development to meet the needs of the Scholarly Communication Department's core constituencies.
- Learn and use a Scholarly Communication Department application to enhance metadata for article records.
- Learn and use data analysis methodology to report on faculty research output.
- Collaborate with staff and other students to improve and edit existing documentation related to the Open Access Policy and research impact procedures.
- Assist the Research Impact and Open Scholarship librarian in data retrieval, organization and visualization for faculty research impact reports
Applicable Library Settings: Academic
Transferable Skills: Knowledge of data retrieval, organization, and visualization, use of APIs
Send resume to Willa Tavernier wtavern@iu.edu
For more information about this library/department: https://openscholarship.indiana.edu/

Name of work area: Scholarly Communication
Experience with: open education, scholarly communication, instruction, assessment, program development/ administration
Applicable library settings: mostly academic
Transferable skills: writing, editing, instruction, outreach, some technical skills (Pressbooks), project management, grant work as appropriate
Additional occasional work: could be opportunities to co-publish/ present, develop their own workshop, etc.
Send resume to: iusw@indiana.edu
For more information about this library/department: https://libraries.indiana.edu/scholarly-communication

Name of work area: Scholarly Communication
- This position supports the Scholarly Communication department with tasks related to the institutional repository, focusing on data entry, and maintaining accurate and complete records.
  - Depositing IU-authored scholarly output into the institutional repository
  - Using a web-based application to enhance metadata for article records
  - Reviewing and interpreting publishing agreements for scholarly journal articles and books
  - Securing copyright permissions from authors and publishers
  - Communicating with faculty about making their work open access
  - Collaborating with Scholarly Communication staff to maintain documentation related to the role
Applicable Library Settings: Academic, Digital Asset Management
Transferable Skills: Metadata Creation; Digital Asset Management; Knowledge of scholarly publishing, open access, copyright, etc.
Send resume to: Rivkah Cooke racooke@iu.edu
For more information about this library/department: https://openscholarship.indiana.edu/