Job Summary
The Research Impact Librarian is accountable for developing, advancing,
implementing and supporting a range of services around scholarly output,
research impact and bibliometrics for Purdue University. The incumbent works in
close collaboration with the Office of Research, colleagues within the
Libraries, and other campus collaborators to develop and support services
around the measurement of research impact for the campus, with a focus on
bibliometrics. The librarian works with multiple stakeholders, including senior
leadership, to establish and negotiate work priorities and deadlines based on
institutional priorities.
What We're Looking For:
Education and Experience:
* A Master’s of Library and/or Information Science or closely related field
* Academic library experience preferred
* Experience:
* Demonstrated experience with different bibliometric data sources
having citation tracking capabilities (e.g. InCites, SciVal, Web of Science,
Scopus, Google Scholar etc.)
* Demonstrated experience with data analysis methods associated with
bibliometrics, including data management, manipulation, interpretation and
analysis skills
* Experience working with time-sensitive deadlines
* Experience with data analysis on large data sets
Skills Needed:
* Excellent communication and diplomacy skills
* Strong written and verbal skills for teaching, troubleshooting,
procedural documentation and report writing
* Knowledge:
* of and/or experience with bibliometric software (e.g. InCites, SciVal
etc.)
* of basic and derivative bibliometrics (publication counts, citation
counts, h-index, journal or discipline normalized metrics, other index metrics)
* of issues related to researcher identification and experience using
researcher profiling systems (e.g. ORCID, Researcher ID, etc.)
* Strong data literacy
* Understanding of the issues related to responsible research evaluation
via bibliometric data; conversant with issues related to the quantification of
research impact
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Research Impact Librarian
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Dean Lingley
Head of Library Applications, Acquisitions, eResources, and Metadata
Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies
Phone: 765-494-1868
504 W State Street, West Lafayette IN 47907
Web: lib.purdue.edu<https://lib.purdue.edu/>
Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
