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UW-Madison Libraries is hiring a Digital Scholarship Hub Data Initiatives Assistant. The role involves developing resources, trainings, and workshops for campus researchers, collaborating with staff and partners to provide data and digital scholarship services, and contributing to website content and unit projects related to research data services.

Highlights

Develop training materials and workshops for researchers on data and digital scholarship topics.
Collaborate with library staff and campus partners to deliver data services and support workshops.
Create content for Research Data Services website, newsletter, and events.
Assist with projects concerning MINDS@UW, Research Data Services, and other digital scholarship initiatives.
Contribute to documentation and reporting tasks within the unit.
Build skills in data analysis, machine learning, and digital tool instruction.
Ideal for graduate students interested in academic libraries, research data management, data visualization, and digital humanities.
Hourly wage is $34.27 with an expected 20 hours per week at a 60/40 hybrid onsite/remote schedule.
This position is within the Digital Curation and Scholarship unit supporting cross-disciplinary digital scholarship and data services.
Welcomes applicants from all disciplines, especially those aligned with libraries and research data services.

Digital Scholarship Hub Data Initiatives Assistant Full Description

Department Overview:

| This position is housed within the Digital Curation and Scholarship unit within the Libraries and works with Research Data Services, MINDS@UW - the institution’s open access repository, as well as our forthcoming digital scholarship hub.

Anticipated Start Date:

| September 15, 2025

Anticipated End Date (If Applicable):

Remote Work Eligibility Detail:

| Partially Remote

Anticipated Hours Per Week:

| 20

Schedule:

| This position is a 60/40 hybrid work position, with 60% of the time spent onsite at the library and 40% remotely.

Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum:

| $34.27

Number of Positions:

| 1

Qualifications:

| Ideal for a graduate student in the iSchool, but open to students from any discipline. We are specifically seeking those who have career interests in the following topics and skills: academic libraries, research data management and data sharing, data analysis, data visualization, data curation, scholarly communication, digital humanities, and more!

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

| This position is ideal for someone with data analysis skills who would like to build experience in cross-disciplinary work and in providing instruction in digital tools and methods across a range of experience levels. Depending on unit projects, this role may also have the opportunity to build skills in machine learning or in providing consultations.

In your cover letter, please address why you are interested in working for the Libraries in this role, how this role will help you meet your career goals, and how your interests are aligned with this position.

Position Summary/Job Duties:

| This role will be expected to:
Develop resources, materials, and trainings/workshops for campus researchers related to their role either by direction or based on special interest
Collaborate with unit staff, library staff, and campus partners to develop and provide data and digital scholarship services and assist with workshops
Develop and write content for the Research Data Services (RDS) website, newsletter, and other resources or special events
Assist with unit projects as assigned for MINDS@UW, RDS, and other services
Assist with documentation and reporting

Physical Demands:

| N/A

Institutional Statements:

| Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:UW-Madison is an Equal Employment, Equal Access Employer committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce.Institutional Statement on Diversity:Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background-people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: diversity.wisc.eduAccommodation Statement: If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website:https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/

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