Scholarly Communications Librarian (Digital Scholarship)
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We are seeking a Scholarly Communications Librarian (SCL) to shape and grow the Libraries’ scholarly communication programs and services. This role leads outreach, training, and support for faculty, students, and staff on open access, scholarly publishing, fair use, and copyright, and advances digital scholarship through the promotion of JScholarship, the Johns Hopkins Research Data Repository (JHRDR), and other library-supported resources.
The incumbent will demonstrate a superior level of knowledge and expertise. A Librarian III develops effective plans, workflows, or processes to provide resources or services that support the university’s mission and program objectives.
Working across the Libraries and the university, the Scholarly Communications Librarian will cultivate partnerships that strengthen support for JHU affiliates in research publication, dissemination, and impact. The role helps connect people, services, and strategy across an interdisciplinary scholarly communication environment.
The librarian will also responsibly engage emerging technologies, including AI-enabled tools, as part of contemporary scholarly communication practice. This includes contributing to evolving library and campus work on the implications of AI for publishing, copyright, authorship, licensing, repository practice, metadata, research integrity, and researcher support.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
- Leads the development and stewardship of scholarly communication services that enable open access, broad dissemination, and responsible reuse of institutional research outputs.
- Co-chairs the libraries’ Scholarly Communication Group and is a member of the Scholarly Communication Steering Committee.
- Contributes to projects, guidance, services, and campus conversations related to the responsible use of AI for scholarly communication, including publishing, copyright, authorship, licensing, repository practice, metadata, research integrity, and researcher support.
- Stays apprised of new developments and trends in various operational areas to foster more effective delivery of resources or services.
- Resolve issues based on knowledge and experience.
- Lead or actively participate in collaborative department projects, by lending expertise and analysis of issues and/or needs, and coordinates completion of assigned work. Identify and stay abreast of emerging educational technologies, research methods, open access trends, related e-resource and bibliographic standards, and interoperability.
- Establish relationships and communicates with a wide variety of internal and external customers.
- Represent JH libraries in public forums, including meetings, conferences, and collaborative initiatives.
- Serve on library or institution-wide committees or working groups.
- Establish strong working relationships and communication workflows with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders.
- Collaborate with peer groups regionally and nationally.
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- Master’s Degree in Library Science or related field.
- Five years of related experience.
- Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with Dimensions, InCites, and other research metric tools.
- Familiarity with the implications of generative AI for scholarly communication, higher education, or research libraries.
- Understanding of copyright and licensing for AI, text and data mining, and other emerging technologies.
Required Qualifications
- Strong, demonstrated knowledge of existing and emerging models of scholarly communication, open access, authors’ rights, copyright, scholarly uses of intellectual property, and the full life cycle of scholarly publishing.
Technical Skills and Expected Level of Proficiency
- Coaching and Mentoring - Beginner
- Collections Development and Care - Advanced
- Information Resource Proficiency - Advanced
- Interpersonal Skills - Advanced
- Library Expertise - Advanced
- Library Management Systems - Advanced
- Oral and Written Communications - Advanced
- Policy Development and Implementation - Advanced
- Research Assistance - Advanced
- Scholarly Contributions - Intermediate
Position Details
- Classified Title: Librarian III
- Job Posting Title (Working Title): Scholarly Communications Librarian (Digital Scholarship)
- Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PD
- Starting Salary Range: $62,900 - $110,100 Annually ($86,500 Budgeted, Commensurate w/exp.)
- Employee group: Full Time
- Schedule: Monday - Friday; 8:30am-5pm
- FLSA Status: Exempt
- Location: Hybrid/Mount Washington Campus
- Department name: Digital Scholarship
- Personnel area: Libraries
Total Rewards
The referenced base salary range represents the low and high end of Johns Hopkins University’s salary range for this position. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. Exact salary will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate’s geographic location, skills, work experience, market conditions, education/training and other qualifications. Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees’ health, life, career and retirement.
Education and Experience Equivalency
Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines: JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.
Applicants Completing Studies
Applicants who do not meet the posted requirements but are completing their final academic semester/quarter will be considered eligible for employment and may be asked to provide additional information confirming their academic completion date.
Background Checks
The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check. Johns Hopkins is committed to hiring individuals with a justice-involved background, consistent with applicable policies and current practice. A prior criminal history does not automatically preclude candidates from employment at Johns Hopkins University. In accordance with applicable law, the university will review, on an individual basis, the date of a candidate’s conviction, the nature of the conviction and how the conviction relates to an essential job-related qualification or function.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Johns Hopkins University values diversity, equity and inclusion and advances these through our key strategic framework.
Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Vaccine Requirements
Johns Hopkins University requires all faculty, staff, and students to receive the seasonal flu vaccine. Exceptions to the flu vaccine requirements may be provided to individuals for religious beliefs or medical reasons. Requests for an exception must be submitted to the vaccination registry.
The following additional provisions may apply, depending upon campus. The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella, Rubeola, Mumps, Varicella, Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap vaccination. This may include documentation of having two MMR vaccines; two Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing.