Job announcement: Open Education Librarian

[Reed, Marianne A.]

KU Libraries is hiring an Open Education Librarian. This is a tenure-track faculty position with a minimum starting salary of $54K.  This position reports to the Head of the David Shulenburger Office of Scholarly Communication & Copyright.   Applications from any candidate who meets the minimum qualifications, including early career and new librarians, are encouraged. Review of applications will begin on March 23.   

 

Here is the complete ad: https://employment.ku.edu/open-education-librarian/21313br

 

An excerpt: "The Open Education Librarian will lead and grow an established open education program and collaborate to support related scholarly communication initiatives in a team-based environment with a strong institutional history of open advocacy and leadership. The Open Education Librarian will proactively cultivate relationships and engage campus stakeholders, including faculty, staff, students, and administration on the knowledge and use of open educational resources (OER) and aligned practices through existing programs and partnerships, as well as through new initiatives of their own design. In addition to leading open education initiatives, they will participate in teams to support related scholarly communication services, such as those pertaining to copyright and fair use, open licensing, open access, and library publishing."

 

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