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Research Metrics Librarian

Indiana University Academic Positions
On-site
Indiana, United States
Position Summary
Research Metrics Librarian The Ruth Lilly Medical Library in Indianapolis, IN is seeking a Research Metrics Librarian. The incumbent would be directly responsible for codeveloping, advancing, and supporting a range of services around scholarly output, research impact, research visibility, and metrics literacy. Working in coordination with colleagues, the incumbent would serve as a resource for faculty and researchers looking to evaluate and optimize the visibility and impact of research outputs. The incumbent would also work with large data sets to analyze research metrics data in support of requests for research impact reporting and support grant reporting requirements around impact metrics. Position requires a Master’s degree in Library and Information Science or foreign equivalent as well as 2 years of experience in bibliometric and research impact. Experience in the following also required: searching academic databases; bibliographic and citation databases; teaching research impact metrics; and conducing citation and bibliometric studies. Primary Duties and Responsibilities Assist in collecting and analyzing research impact data using various resources and bibliometric methods in order to report impact of faculty and institutional publishing and research activities. Interpret a wide range of publication-based and citation-based statistics. Provide researchers with information on options for dissemination, publication, and preservation of scholarly works. Investigate and provide specialized support for analysis, use, and emerging applications of research metrics. Develop and deliver instruction on topics related to understanding research metrics, reporting research impact to funding agencies, and optimizing dissemination of research outputs. Maintain awareness of trends related to publishing and research metrics, such as open access and federal funding policies. Provide and contribute to curriculum and course development for medical students, faculty, and staff. Provide training and implementation on tools, such as electronic lab notebooks, RedCap, and Tableau. Provide research and expert searching services to support research, clinical practice, and medical education. Collaborate with faculty on projects including teaching, grants, manuscripts, paper, or poster presentations. Contribute to the overall development and innovation of the library and the profession by participating in library, campus, university, state, regional or national meetings, committees, workgroups and task forces or by representing the library on consortia. Develop a network of contacts within assigned liaison areas. Teach orientation sessions, course-integrated instruction and workshops. Maintain current knowledge of the trends and issues in higher education, scholarly communication, research practice, and health care. Design and implement a plan for continuing education, continuing professional development and actively contribute to the development of health sciences librarianship through scholarly and service activities. Participate in other projects and initiatives as assigned.