Project Development Librarian

Title: Project Development Librarian

Employee Classification: Assistant Librarian

Campus: University of North Texas

Division: UNT-Provost

SubDivision-Department: UNT-University Library

Department: UNT-University Library-Gen-141000

Job Location: Denton

Salary: Compensation is competitive and commensurate with the candidate’s qualifications, experience, and discipline, in accordance with university guidelines and available funding.

FTE: 1.00

Retirement Eligibility: ORP Eligible

About Us - Values Overview

Department Summary

As the most widely used service on campus and a core component of education and research at UNT, the Libraries provide access to collections, facilities, comprehensive services, and expert staff who support students, faculty, and staff in achieving their academic and scholarly objectives. Through innovative programs and services, the Libraries play a critical role in enhancing teaching, learning, and research at UNT.

UNT has a highly diverse campus with a wide range of languages spoken in addition to English. We welcome candidates who have experience with HSI/MSIs and/or who speak Spanish, Vietnamese, American Sign Language, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin and other variations), Arabic, Tagalog, Farsi, French, or/and Yoruba.

Position Overview

The Project Development Librarian is a member of the UNT Libraries' External Partnerships Unit in the Digital Libraries Division and provides an important outreach role to the many collaborating institutions and to users of the content of the Portal to Texas History. The Portal is a collaborative digital library with over 550 content partners from libraries, museums, archives, and other cultural heritage institutions. Every month, the 9.7 million pages of materials in the Portal are used nearly a million times by a global audience. The Portal 's content is also discoverable through the Digital Public Library of Americas. This position is in a unique position to help make a difference in the cultural heritage landscape of Texas. The librarian in this position works closely with other units in the Digital Libraries Division to explore and build partnerships among institutions for collaborative efforts, to provide reference support for Digital Collections, and to promote digital projects. The librarian works with internal and external stakeholders to plan and coordinate projects as part of the mission of the UNT Libraries. The librarian exercises broad independent judgment and authority under the direction of the Head of the External Partnerships Unit. The librarian serves on library committees and work groups as assigned.

The Project Development Librarian works within the External Partnerships Unit of the Digital Libraries Division to schedule and coordinate digitization projects with external partners to support the Libraries' Strategic Plan and to provide high quality training and guidance for the UNT Libraries' external collaborators.

• Perform daily undertakings for The Portal to Texas History and other Digital Library initiatives
• Coordinate pla