Scholarly Communications - Thunder Bay, Canada - Lakehead University

Lakehead University

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Thunder Bay, Canada

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Application Deadline:
August 25, 2023

Library
Reference # LIB

The total library collection includes approximately 600,000 print volumes and access to over 600,000 e-books, more than 60,000 online journals, and rare and special collections such as the Regional Collection and the Archives.

The Chancellor Paterson Library is the main library on the Thunder Bay campus and occupies its own building in the centre of campus.

There are four additional libraries:

one at the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law, the Learning Commons in Simcoe Hall (Orillia), and the Education Library (one location at the Faculty of Education-Thunder Bay and one at Heritage Place-Orillia).

Lakehead University Library is an active member of both provincial and national consortia.

We provide many services in collaboration with our Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) partners, such as, Ask a Librarian (chat reference service), Scholars Portal, and Borealis - Lakehead University Dataverse.

The library is also part of Collaborative Futures, a shared next-generation library system at 18 OCUL libraries.

Our involvement with the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) as well as other consortia, allows us to provide significant digital content.

Our staff complement of over 30 includes 12 librarians and an archivist.

Lakehead University Library's mission is to be an innovative organization that anticipates the requirements of the future while respecting the heritage of the past.

By providing exceptional services, collections, and spaces, the Libraries shape the creation of knowledge, actively preserve and support culture, and transform learning and research.

Lakehead is a comprehensive university with a reputation for innovative programs and cutting-edge research.

Our campuses are located in Thunder Bay on the traditional lands of the Fort William First Nation, Signatory to the Robinson Superior Treaty of 1850 and in Orillia on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg, and Rama First Nation.

Lakehead University acknowledges the history that many nations hold in the areas around our campuses and is committed to a relationship with Métis and Inuit and First Nations peoples.

Lakehead has approximately 10,000 students and 2,160 faculty and staff. With an emphasis on collaborative learning and independent critical thinking, and a multidisciplinary teaching approach, Lakehead offers a variety of degree and diploma programs at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels through its nine faculties, including Business Administration, Education, Engineering, Health and Behavioural

About the Opportunity

Scholarly Communications & Data Services Responsibilities

Develop and promote services, policies and best practices to support scholarly communications in such areas as traditional and emerging publishing models and agreements, author rights, open

access and metrics.

Develop services and instructional support for research data management including data management plans, data storage and sharing in appropriate repositories, as well as the discovery,

retrieval and use of datasets and statistics, including geospatial data.

Assist in the implementation of the University's recently adopted Research Data Management Institutional Strategy.
Oversee the library's institutional repository (Knowledge Commons) and data repository (Dataverse), including processes and policies regarding the ingest of content.
Nurture strong collaborative relationships with partners such as the Research Office and the Faculty of Graduate Studies in order to provide responsive and coordinated services to the University

community.

Coordinate the library's open access initiatives and promote awareness of open knowledge, open data, research data lifecycle, open educational resources, and other scholarly communications

issues.

Participate in local, regional and national initiatives and meetings related to data and scholarly communications.

Liaison Responsibilities

Serve as the liaison librarian for the Faculty of Natural Resources Management and the Geography and Geology Departments and provide outreach to their students and faculty.
Engage in collection development and management, research consultations, instruction, development and maintenance of LibGuides and instructional videos, and other services and

support.

Cultivate partnerships, and actively work towards establishing productive relationships with departmental faculty, staff, adjuncts and visiting professors, and students in order to integrate the

library's resources in curricula and research projects.

Promote library services and collections through a variety of channels to connect with undergraduates, graduates, faculty, and researchers.

General Responsibilities

Contribute to the leadership of the library by participating in Librarians' Council as well as various library and university committees.
Contribute to research and scholarly activities, professional se