Publications Librarian

Minimum Requirements:

Education and Experience:

• Advanced degree in library science with/or successful work experience in a relevant academic or professional discipline, such as a lead role in a university press for at least five years involving a high degree of responsibility and success in both analog and web publishing.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Deep and continuing understanding and engagement with the range of library operations, but particularly those involving publications communicating information about forms such as: monographic catalogs of special collections; web environments supporting discovery of library holdings and services; and both digital and analog preservation services.
• Demonstrated excellence through experience publishing both print and digital work in academic research setting either as a librarian with editorial responsibilities or as an editor with responsibilities supporting/interacting with research librarians. A degree in librarianship is desired but not required. A degree and/or extensive experience as a managing editor or editor-in-chief in a major research university is required.
• Demonstrated excellence through experience editing longform academic publications (such as monographs, catalogs, and exhibit guides), including interactive scholarly works and related websites
• Demonstrated excellence through experience developing and establishing standards and procedures across a program of publications in digital and traditional formats
• Demonstrated success in coordinating and leading specialists with relevant expertise in web and traditional publishing arenas
• Demonstrated success in engaging with colleagues across the university and beyond in collaborative and constructive fashions
• Successful experience in working with senior executives in developing and pursuing programs and projects in both traditional monograph and web editing efforts
• Experience managing projects, developing policies and guidelines, and driving publishing initiatives across functional lines, and especially seeing complex projects and programs involving publications through from conception to release
• Experience hiring and directing freelancers and vendors
• Ability to interact with internal and/or external developers as well as possession of an existing network of contacts in the academic and library publishing industries
• Evidence of engagement in relevant professional and academic communities
• Familiarity with a variety of content management and delivery systems; drive to maintain and update this familiarity as systems change
• Familiarity with digital storytelling, writing for the web, and usability principles
• Consistent display of excellent verbal and written communications skills, including strong presentation skills
• Knowledge of one or more foreign languages
   

Physical Requirements*:

• Constantly sit, perform desk-based computer tasks. 
• Frequently twist/bend/stoop/squat, grasps lightly/fine manipulation, grasp forcefully, sort/file paperwork or parts, lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh up to 10 pounds.
• Occasionally stand/walk, reach/work above shoulders, writing by hand, kneel/crawl, climb (ladders, scaffolds, or other).
• Rarely use a telephone, operate hand controls.
• Must be able to push and maneuver a fully-loaded cart weighing up to 650 pounds that requires an initial push force up to 50 pounds.

* - Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of the job.

Working Conditions:

• May work in confined spaces and at heights 4-10 feet; be exposed to dust and mold; work extended hours, evenings, and weekends.

Work Standards:

• Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations.
• Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for safety; communicates safety concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned.
• Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University’s Administrative Guide, http://adminguide.stanford.edu.

Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Stanford welcomes applications from all who would bring additional dimensions to the University’s research, teaching, and clinical missions.

We believe Stanford’s future success will be shaped by the diverse perspectives, unique experiences, and inclusive culture of its community.

The expected pay range for this position is $98,000 to $120,000 per annum.
Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location, and external market pay for comparable jobs.

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