We are seeking a Digital Repositories Manager to lead the development, use, promotion, and support of the Johns Hopkins University’s Sheridan Libraries and Museums’ repository systems and the digital materials housed there. The individual in this role will serve as the product manager for the JHU Institutional Repository (JScholarship) and support other content and data repositories managed by the Sheridan Libraries. This role collaborates extensively with colleagues across the JHU Libraries to develop and implement policies, strategies, and systems that support comprehensive collection, effective curation, enduring preservation, and broad access to JHU’s scholarly output in digital form. This position reports to the Digital Scholarship & Data Services Manager.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Develops and executes strategies for the management and curation of digital records, research output, faculty scholarship, and data sets.
• Utilizes and optimizes software that supports the collection and distribution of electronic theses and dissertations and the long-term storage and preservation of institutional records.
• Promotes awareness of library repositories and repository resources through instruction, marketing, search engine visibility, and engagement with Johns Hopkins faculty and the larger scholarly community.
• Defines and implements strategies to streamline repository management, simplify workflows, and improve the experience of all repository users.
• Collaborates with specialist and liaison librarians to support the deposit, discovery, and sharing of the scholarly output of JHU faculty and students.
• Collaborates with the university archives to ensure scholarly records are structured and preserved to enable long-term access.
• Acts as product owner for IT development work associated with repository systems to ensure software platforms meet strategic goals.
• Works in collaboration with IT to identify and develop capabilities that support repository systems and/or utilize repository systems to provide additional services.
• Works with User Experience Librarian and software developers to improve the user experience of software platforms and discoverability of content by researchers.
• Defines, collects, and distributes statistics that measure the use of the institutional repository and the materials contained in the repository.
• Manages the content and metadata assets in each repository system.
• Creates and leads training, workshops, and other educational programs to encourage the use of repository resources and materials.
• Administers users, application configuration, workflow, and policies in repository systems to ensure efficient functioning and adherence to institutional guidelines.
• Coordinates the work of repository collections administrators to ensure consistent approaches are utilized for review, curation, and organization of repository materials.
• Works with metadata librarians and other stakeholders to define and enforce best practices around metadata management and compliance to standards.
• Works with archives, IT, and other stakeholders to ensure appropriate management and preservation of all repository assets.
• Works with external open access and repository groups to ensure JHU repositories and repository practices remain state of the art.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Special Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Familiarity with software development technologies and practices, especially related to open-source technologies.
• Familiarity with content standards, metadata standards, and file format specifications.
• Familiarity with scholars’ needs and use of digital content and services.
• Familiarity with approaches to open access publications and the role of institutional repositories in the open access ecosystem.
• Familiarity with digital preservation standards and best practices.
• Knowledge of copyright, licensing, sharing, and use standards as they relate to repositories.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively as well as independently with limited direction.
• Excellent organizational, project management, interpersonal and communication skills.
  

• Ability to convey technical concepts in understandable ways to non-technical staff, faculty, and students.

Note: The referenced salary range is based on Johns Hopkins University's good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level.

• Bachelor's Degree.
• Three years related experience.
• Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

• Experience in repository management, digital content management, and/or program leadership.
• Experience with digital archives, electronic publishing systems, and other systems commonly used in conjunction with digital repositories.
• Experience with current versions of digital repository systems (e.g. DSpace, Islandora, InvenioRDM).
• Experience utilizing APIs, harvesting protocols, and access mechanisms commonly supported by cultural heritage repository systems.
• Experience developing educational programs and facilitating training courses.
• Experience working closely with software development teams.
• Academic experience, especially in working with faculty.
• Project management experience.

Classified Title: Sr. Systems Administrator 
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Digital Repositories Manager   
Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PD  
Starting Salary Range: $62,900 - $110,100 Annually (Commensurate with experience) 
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: Mon-Fri, 8:30am-5pm 
Exempt Status: Exempt 
Location: Mount Washington Campus 
Department name: ​​​​​​​GIS & Data Services  
Personnel area: Libraries