Manager: Digital Scholarship

3 days ago


Bellville, South Africa University of the Western Cape Full time

The University of the Western Cape Library Services’ vision is to be a strategic partner recognised for our excellence in innovative and relevant library services. Our Library mission is to enrich the learning, teaching and research experience through dynamic services to enable academic success.

We are seeking to appoint a collaborative and innovative professional to enhance our institutional repositories and impact services at Senior Librarian level as a Manager: Digital Scholarship. The incumbent will actively promote UWC research and digital scholarship in and beyond the university; work closely with library teams, researchers and key role-players to improve the visibility and impact of UWC publications.

**Key Responsibilities of the incumbent**:

- Manage services directed at research as well as electronic thesis & dissertations repositories
- Advise the UWC community in relation to open access and open education resources
- Advise authors on how to publish including transformative agreements i.e. APC waivers and discounts
- Coordinate the implementation of unique author identifiers i.e. ORCID and publication metrics
- Coordinate library digital projects i.e. ETD digitization from initiation to completion
- Manage and conduct capacity building programs for early career researchers
- Monitor trends i.e. NRF OA Statement and policy issues to inform the UWC community of their significance

**Minimum Requirements**

**Minimum Requirements** (Qualification and Experience)
- Postgraduate degree/diploma in Library and Information Science or an equivalent qualification in related disciplines
- At least six years' experience in an academic or research environment
- Experience working with open access and institutional repositories
- Experience training postgraduate students and researchers

**Required competencies** (skills, knowledge and behavioural attributes):

- Current Liasa Membership
- Knowledge of learning management systems i.e. Sakai and digital tools i.e. Libcal
- Insight into the publishing landscape and digital scholarship
- Sound interpersonal skills and comfortable working collaboratively in a team
- Sound verbal, written, and presentation skills
- Supervisory skills-
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