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- Work closely with the Library manager to identify strategic areas for growth, change and adjustment the Library’s preservation and curation services.
- Oversee all operations and activities related to the University Archive, Institutional Repository, Systems Integrations and Reporting.
- Provides strategic and operational recommendations for the University Library’s expanding portfolio of research output services,
- Develop services related to the discovery, management, analysis, sharing and reusability of research output.
- Coordinate and lead strategic planning conversations with the Library manager on the Library’s curation and preservation services, providing technical insight and expert opinion on the Library’s options and direction.
- Provide leadership, management and coordination for library teams working on existing and proposed research output services, such as the institutional repository, preservation, and digital collections platforms.
- Coordinate activities between vendors and library management to keep research supports-related library contracts current, competitive and relevant; this includes working with service hosting providers to negotiate contract terms and technology and service enhancements.
- Work closely with members of the KAUST research community and KAUST administration to promote existing preservation and curation services, and to identify new opportunities for growth and innovation.
- Work closely with the University Archivist to develop a comprehensive preservation strategy and roadmap for the University.
- Provide domain expertise to Library units for developing research output -related policies and procedures.
- Represent the Library’s interests in University meetings and events, as required by the Library’s management team.
- Attend relevant regional and international conferences, representing the Library through networking and topical presentations.
- Organize and coordinate regional events promoting KAUST’s preservation and curation services, including annual Open Access Week event, repository workshops, and seminar focusing on collaborative opportunities for libraries and scholarly communication.
- Other duties as assigned.
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Required
- Demonstrated expertise in a library or academic environment providing preservation, and repository services, with at least one major institutional repository application platform (e.g. DSpace, Fedora, EPrints, etc.).
- Demonstrated proficiency and understanding of curation and preservation principles, including archives standards, preservation fundamentals, and best practices.
- Demonstrated proficiency and familiarity with current issues and themes in scholarly communications, intellectual property laws (including copyright and patent domains), and academic research evaluation practices and trends.
- Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently, to set and meet deadlines, and to adapt to new and changing situations, priorities and technologies.
- Demonstrated customer service skills and experience interacting with a diverse academic population including faculty, researchers, graduate students, staff and vendors.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team to produce results, solve problems, initiate ideas and projects.
- Excellent communication, problem solving, and interpersonal skills.
Preferred
- Interest and exposure to evolving technologies in academic libraries, such as linked data and nextgeneration research data management and discovery tools.
- Familiarity with library- and research-oriented metadata standards and protocols, such as Dublin Core, Darwin Core, CSDGM, ABCD Schema, OAI-PMH, SWORD, etc.
- Knowledge of emerging technologies and trends in library information services and the broader information technology field.
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