Job Description

About California Institute of Integral Studies:

California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) is an internationally recognized leader in integral education. CIIS strives to embody spirit, intellect, and wisdom in service of individuals, communities, and the earth. CIIS has an enrollment of over 2,000 students pursuing degrees and professional certificates in a variety of academic programs in its schools of Consciousness and Transformation, Professional Psychology and Health, Undergraduate Studies, and our research centers and global initiatives.

CIIS is a mosaic of faces and philosophies, and backgrounds and beliefs. Like our faculty and staff, students are intellectually engaged and socially active. Each day brings new experiences that broaden horizons and hone critical thinking. Programs, both inside the classroom and throughout the University, inspire creativity, nurture community, cultivate curiosity, and foster social good. In addition, CIIS offers a dynamic array of events through its Public Programs, including conversations, workshops, continuing education, and conferences and hosts a vibrant art exhibition series. The University also provides low-cost mental health services to the San Francisco Bay Area through its 6 award-winning community counseling clinics. CIIS is accredited by the Western Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC). 

CIIS strives to cultivate a culture of inclusion and belonging as part of its  Seven Commitments . More than accept difference, we honor and celebrate our staff's diversity of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. In turn, our diverse and inclusive culture brings us together in ways that empower everyone to connect, belong, and grow.

ABOUT THE CIIS LIBRARY

The University's commitment to quality instruction and innovative research is expressed in the collection of the Laurence S. Rockefeller Library.  The Library collections include a brad selection of disciplinary and transdisciplinary scholarly materials in physical and electronic formats: books, journals, audiovisual materials, research databases, and academic tools.

The Library supports the research and learning an all schools at CIIS, and the collections are particularly strong in the fields of counseling and psychology, philosophy and religion, social and cultural anthropology, human sexuality, integrative and complementary health, integral and transdisciplinary methodologies, and diversity and social justice.

The Library has a strong commitment to inclusive, mindful, and antiracist practices and all Library Staff members will contribute to advance the goal of fostering a diverse and inclusive community at CIIS.

POSITION SUMMARY

Reporting to the Assistant Library Director for Public Services and Research Support, the Archives and Scholarly Publishing Librarian is responsible for managing and leading the development of the CIIS institutional repository, archives, and digital collections, in collaboration with the Assistant Library Director for Systems and Technical Services.  General responsibilities include planning for and administering to Digital Commons, managing preservation and access to the Library's physical and digital initiatives by providing a full range of collection management, metadata, and preservation and digitation services. This position will contribute to and support the digital and online presence of the Library through the investigation, implementation and enhancement of tools that assist with research, creativity, scholarship, and engagement with the diverse communities of CIIS.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Digital Commons Institutional Repository

• Leads the implementation, management, and assessment of discovery and repository tools for digital collections, including archival content relating to the history and events of CIIS, CIIS online journals, conference proceedings, electronic theses and dissertations, digitized content, born-digital documents, and other similar content.
• Leads digitization production and collaborates with colleagues to set priorities.
• Coordinates development of metadata and linked data to support the discovery and management of digital content.
• Documents policies, processes, and procedures for each varying project or project type.
• Serves as a resource for students and faculty with respect to data stewardship.
• Evaluates feasibility of proposed projects and initiatives within the local environment; ensures that work plans with milestones and assessment plans are developed as part of any new initiatives.

Archives

• Administers and manages access to the physical CIIS historical archives and special manuscripts.
• Organizes and describes historical physical archives and archival digital assets.
• Preserves physical archival collections, including conservation of original documents and artifacts and digitization where possible.
• Collaborates with Office of Strategic Communications and Relations and the Office of Dean of Technology to manage, organize, store and make accessible digital assets of the library archives, both digitized and born-digital.
• Collaborates with Library leadership to vet archival donations.

Scholarly Communication

• Keeps abreast of developments in scholarly communication, open access, and related initiatives and communicates key information to library and university stakeholders and plans and leads projects to update our praxis.
• Advises on library policy issues raised by digital resources such as copyright policy, intellectual freedom issues, fair use, embargo, and related matters.
• Works with CIIS scholars to support publishing and disseminating their works to the scholarly community and in preserving the content in the institutional repository.
• Advising on publication ethics, models, publisher evaluation, impact measurement, author's rights, identity/profile development.
• Work with Library leadership to explore and determine the Library's role in the development of the larger support environment for faculty research and professional praxis.

Outreach Services

• Actively cultivates communication with stakeholders and content providers.
• Collaborates with subject librarians and the Outreach and Instruction Librarian.
• Conducts and contributes to University-wide programming including: presentations, conferences, exhibits, and publications.
• Serve as the primary contact with institutional repository vendor, bepress.
• Acts as liaison to University and community partners as well as vendors when appropriate for position.

Other Responsibilities

• Recruits, trains, and supervises technical staff (budget permitting) and student assistants.
• Participates in Library, Office of Research and Academic Support, and University planning.
• Develops and documents processes and procedures; periodically reviews and revises processes and procedures as needed.
• Participates in staff meetings, planning and problem-solving meetings, and special projects; in general work as a member of the Library team.
• As needed, assist patrons at Circulation Desk or with locating materials and in related matters when onsite, and as backup for informational services via chat.
• Other tasks may be assigned, and responsibilities may shift, in response to Library needs and changes in the University (in specific) and higher education (in general).

Professional Development

• Pursues and maintains current knowledge of advances and concepts in applicable library, archives, digital scholarship, and scholarly communications fields, and remains aware of the impact of developments in information technologies on libraries, archives and scholarly publishing.
• Applies knowledge to continuously improving and advancing digital archives and digital project skills, and seeks out trainings and courses on product changes, technical advancements, and new concepts as needed.
• Attend workshops and conferences related to job responsibilities as staff development funds allow.
• Advises Library colleagues and the Library leadership on developments in libraries and make recommendations for actionable items when appropriate.
• Engage in leadership opportunities and committees and other service work within Library, University, and external professional groups.

REQUIREMENTS

Demonstrated commitment to access, equity, diversity, and inclusion through:

• Continuous engagement in intersectional self-reflection and cultural humility, insomuch as inclusive and mindful professional practices pervade, and equity is foregrounded in professional work.
• Mitigation of biases inherent in metadata, communications, policies, and identification of opportunities to address historical and current inequities in resources and services.
• Examination of the ways that authority, academic and otherwise, is constructed and contextual, and facilitation of practices that allow for diverse ways of learning and knowing in the conduct of academic research.DD BULLET POINTS - start with general, and end with specific; include behavioral expectations too]

Required Qualifications and/or Experience:

• ALA accredited Master's in Library Science degree or Master's degree in Archives, or equivalent.
• 1-3 years of professional experience working with digital collections associated with an archival repository.
• Knowledge of theories and methods of physical and digital archival functions, including arrangement, description, preservation, reference, outreach, and electronic records.
• Knowledge of current metadata standards, such as Dublin Core, MODS, METS, OAI, PREMISE, RDA, and other preservation, digitization, and data standards.
• Working knowledge of scholarly communication, intellectual property and rights management including publication ethics, models, publisher evaluation, impact measurement, author's rights, identity/profile development.
• Experience consulting with teaching faculty, administrators and/or students to recruit content for digital projects.
• Experience planning, promoting, and delivering programming, preferably in an academic setting.
• At least one year experience in an academic library.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and demonstrated professionalism, in-person, over the phone, and online. The ability to authentically engage and listen attentively is critical for success.
• Ability to work independently and cooperatively, flexibly in a busy office and across departments, successfully balancing priorities and multitasking.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in an academic setting managing digital content in a bepress Digital Commons repository system.
• Three years or more of related experience in an academic library, archives, museum or other relevant experience.
• Proficiency in metadata principles and practices such as those found in Dublin Core and other emerging metadata schemes for digital project.
• Experience with coding in web contexts, such as HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, XML, XSLT.
• Supervisory experience.
• Knowledge of new scholarly publishing models.

About CIIS

California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) is an internationally recognized leader in integral education. CIIS strives to embody spirit, intellect, and wisdom in service of individuals, communities, and the earth. CIIS has an enrollment of over 2,000 students pursuing degrees and professional certificates in a variety of academic programs in its schools of Consciousness and Transformation, Professional Psychology and Health, Undergraduate Studies, and our research centers.

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