Scholarly Writing & Open Access Coordinator
Scholarly Writing & Open Access Coordinator
- 513988
- Fort Worth, Texas, United States
- Staff
Title: Scholarly Writing & Open Access Coordinator
Employee Classification: Student Services Coordinator
Campus: University of North Texas - Health Science Center
Division: HSC-Provost & Exec VP
SubDivision-Department: HSC-VP, Library
Department: HSC-Library-300540
Job Location: Fort Worth
Salary: Commensurate with experience
FTE: 1.000000
Retirement Eligibility: TRS Eligible
About Us - Values Overview
Department Summary
The Gibson D. Lewis Health Science Library supports the education, research, patient care, and community service missions of University of North Texas Health Fort Worth by meeting the information needs of faculty, students, staff, and the local health sciences community.
Position Overview
Primarily responsible for providing tailored scholarly writing and publication support for UNT Health student, faculty and library open access initiatives. Work involves review of manuscripts for publication, copy editing for UNT Health publications, oversight, and design of selected open access materials. This position is also responsible for educational collaboration with relevant stakeholders.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree and three (3) years of related experience; or any equivalent combination of education and experience.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Ability to work in collaborative, team-based environment.
- Excellent presentation and interpersonal skills.
- Considerable knowledge of the principles of sound English composition, grammar, rules of documentation, and requirements for publication.
- Ability to edit the works of others as it pertains to citation management, citation style, and publisher formatting requirements.
- Proficiency with publishing software or platforms, such as Adobe InDesign, Scholastica, etc.
- Strong service orientation and ability to work effectively with students, staff, and faculty to accomplish objectives.
- Functional knowledge in use of citation management tools such as EndNote, RefWorks, & Zotero.
Preferred Qualifications
- Degree in English, Education, or other writing intensive field.
- Four years of professional related experience; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
- Understanding of APA and/or AMA citation styles.
- Experience using citations management tools.
Job Duties
- Creation and shared oversight of UNT Health Open Press open access journals, currently these are only student authors. This includes designs, copy, and marketing decisions using relevant publication tools and software.
- Provides writing and citation support to align with services at other UNT campuses, especially supporting our dual degree students.
- Provide one-on-one and group writing support to UNT Health primarily to UNT Health students focusing on scholarly publishing and presentation skills, including manuscript preparation and editing for publication, and helping to enhance the quality and impact of their scholarly work.
- Consults with and provides guidance to library administration on the development of open access publishing initiatives.
- Organizes and conducts educational sessions on essential scholarly writing skills such as editing and revision of manuscripts for publication, reviewing for readability, style, content, and accuracy of documentation.
- Regularly assess the writing support needs of students and faculty, adapting services to meet evolving demands.
- Understanding of copyright, open licensing, fair use, author rights, archiving rights, and institutional repositories.
- Functional knowledge in use of citation management tools such as EndNote, RefWorks, & Zotero.
Physical Requirements
- Communicating with others to exchange information.
- Sedentary work that primarily involves sitting/standing.
- Repeating motions that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers.
Environmental Hazards
- Repeating motions that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers.
Work Schedule
Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm (Hybrid)
Driving University Vehicle
No
Security Sensitive
This is a Security Sensitive Position.
Special Instructions
Applicants must submit a minimum of two professional references as part of their application. If needed, additional references can be added after the application has been submitted.
Benefits
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EEO Statement
The University of North Texas System is firmly committed to equal opportunity and does not permit –and takes actions to prevent – discrimination, harassment (including sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking), and retaliation on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status in its application, employment practices, and facilities; nor permits race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, veteran status, or sex discrimination and harassment in its admissions processes, and educational programs and activities. UNT System Administration promptly investigates complaints of discrimination, harassment, and related retaliation and takes remedial action when appropriate. System Administration also takes actions to prevent retaliation against individuals who oppose any form of harassment or discriminatory practice, file a charge or report, or testify, assist, or participate in a related investigation or proceeding.
