Hours 20 hours/week; Monday - Friday during the hours of 8:00am - 4:30pm
Description
Would you like to help make the research the University of Tennessee creates more accessible, useful, and open? The Research Impact & Open Access unit seeks an enthusiastic and collaborative graduate student to join our team. The Scholarly Communication Graduate Research Assistant will have the opportunity to gain experience supporting the unit in assessing, promoting, and delivering services related to research impact, open access and scholarly publishing.
We offer a flexible schedule and can tailor projects to your interest areas.
Term of Appointment: 12 month appointment at 20 hours per week with stipend and tuition waiver starting in Spring Semester 2025. Additional details about benefits can be found in the Policy for the Administration of Graduate Assistantships (https://tiny.utk.edu/assistantships)
Responsibilities & Duties
Collaborate with library staff in developing assessment projects aimed at improving library services
Develop surveys, questionnaires, card sorting, and other tools for evaluating user satisfaction, assessing web resources, and messaging
Conduct and analyze literature reviews and other data sources to benchmark the program against library trends
Collaborate to answer questions and update web resources and LibGuides related to research impact, copyright, intellectual property, publishing models, scholarly visibility, and related topics
Assist in developing outreach materials and at engagement events
Assist in compiling information for internal newsletters
Maintain documentation and training materials
Participate in meetings, programs, and events at the library and campus levels
Contribute to the continued success of the V.O.L. Journals program, TRACE, and other related projects as assigned
Required Qualifications
Graduate student at UT Knoxville in information sciences or a related program
Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
Strong customer service ethic
Ability to work independently and as a member of a team
Comfortable working with computers and various software programs
Willingness to learn new topics and software
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in customer service
Interest in research impact, open access, scholarly publishing and/or assessment
Application Procedures
Please submit a short cover letter resume/C.V. and contact information for 2-3 references to Peter Fernandez at pfernand@utk.edu.
All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment and admission without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, and parental status, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state law. In accordance with the requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the University of Tennessee affirmatively states that it does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, or disability in its education programs and activities, and this policy extends to employment by the university. Requests for accommodations of a disability should be directed to the Office of Equity & Diversity, 1840 Melrose Avenue Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-3560 or oed@utk.edu or (865)974-2498. Inquiries and charges of violation of Title VI (race, color and national origin), Title IX (sex), Section 504 (disability), the ADA (disability), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (age), sexual orientation, or veteran status should be directed to the Office of Investigation & Resolution 216 Business Incubator Building 2450 EJ. Chapman Drive Knoxville, Tennessee 37996 or (865)974-0717 or investigations@utk.edu