Director For Digital Partnerships
Philadelphia, Pa
Provide leadership and oversight for strategic efforts by the University of Pennsylvania Libraries related to Kuali OLE Library Services Platform, the Global Open Knowledgebase (GOKb) that supports management of licensed and subscribed electronic content, and Researcher Services that enhance researcher profiles, business intelligence, and research data management. Provide direction for service design and local implementations, participate in and advise collaborative cross-library and cross-institutional teams, and engage with stakeholders to improve understanding of needs for and use of relevant portfolio services. Advocate for and architect portfolio services integration with existing and developing library and university services to improve data flows and reuse between systems, to provide ergonomic and efficient user interaction, and to leverage common and shared infrastructure for new strategic initiatives. Services in this portfolio includes Penn’s efforts to implement Kuali OLE, efforts to maintain and enhance portions of GOKb, implementation of Expertise@Penn that combines VIVO’s researcher networking and Symplectic Elements profile data aggregation and management, and deployment of data management planning using DMPTool. Additional responsibilities for this position are to engage deeply in the collaborative communities that nourish and develop shared investment and direction in software, data, and human capital. Beyond simply representing Penn’s interests, this effort includes providing technical and functional leadership, and participate in planning driven by strategic community goals and vision. Represent and advocate the value of these communities to the wider higher education domain through presentations, publications, and direct engagement with potential collaborators and partners. Contribute to the governance and sustainability of these communities including significant contributions in grant writing, strategic planning, and technical architecture.
