Postion available at University of Michigan Library

["Bonn, Maria" <mbonn@umich.edu>]

Colleagues,

Please find below a position description for a lead copyright 
officer for the University of Michigan Library. This may be of 
interest to members of this list. Please feel free to circulate.

Also, please feel free to contact me separately with questions or 
suggestions.

Best,
Maria

Maria S. Bonn
Director, Scholarly Publishing Office
University of Michigan, University Library

mbonn@umich.edu

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Libraries are at the center of a vitally important public debate 
over the extent to which the promise of information technology 
will be realized.  Decisions over the next several years will 
determine whether people can find and make use of scholarly and 
cultural works as well as whether we can preserve these works for 
future generations.  The University of Michigan Library has 
underway a number of major initiatives to improve both immediate 
and long-term access to information, initiatives that will have a 
transformative effect on research and scholarship.

The University and the University Library are seeking a dynamic, 
innovative, and service-oriented individual for the position of 
Lead Copyright Officer.  Reporting to the University Librarian, 
the successful candidate will provide guidance, policy 
development, and advocacy on copyright issues to the University 
and Library communities.  This includes providing guidance on the 
copyright aspects of the Library's scholarly communications and 
digital collections initiatives, on copyright use in classroom 
teaching and technology, online courses, distance education, and 
electronic course reserves, and providing regular educational 
workshops on such issues. The Copyright Officer will play an 
important role in an organization with a commitment to 
re-conceiving the academic research library as a key partner in 
new modes of scholarly communication.

Further information may be found at 
www.lib.umich.edu/hr/employment/copyright.html

Responsibilities:

The Copyright Officer will be the Library's expert on matters of 
copyright and scholarly communication and will advise library 
leadership on national and international copyright matters with 
the goal of enabling the Library to provide the fullest possible 
access to its collections. The Copyright Officer will also take 
the lead in developing copyright policy for the Library and work 
closely with a number of important UM Library collections and 
scholarly communication initiatives, including the Library's 
ongoing partnership with Google Book Search, the Hathi Trust 
Digital Library (http://hathitrust.org), Deep Blue (the UM 
institutional repository, http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu), the 
Scholarly Publishing Office (http://www.lib.umich.edu/spo), the 
Copyright Review Management System (identifying works whose 
copyrights have expired so their digital facsimiles can be made 
publicly available), and natural language processing initiatives.

The Copyright Officer will also serve as an important University 
resource on fair use and other copyright issues by working 
closely with the Office of the General Counsel on copyright 
issues, educating faculty, staff, and students about copyright 
(through workshops, websites, consultations, etc.), and helping 
members of the campus community to understand and apply both fair 
use and other principles of copyright, as well as the process to 
obtain permission to use others' works, when necessary.

The Copyright Office will supervise staff, including one .5 FTE 
Associate Library Copyright Officer and will work closely with 
that position in developing services and programs for the UM 
community.

Qualifications:

* Demonstrated knowledge of copyright and scholarly communication
   issues within higher education.

* A relevant advanced degree or combination of such degree(s) and
   experience and/or work experience in the area of copyright and
   scholarly communication.

* Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal
   skills.

* Strong service orientation.

* Collegial, team-focused, and management-oriented.

Benefits and Salary:

As a professional appointment within the University of Michigan 
University Library, this position offers full benefits and 
opportunities for professional development and travel.  The 
salary will be commensurate with the successful candidate's 
qualifications and experience.

Retirement Options:
TIAA-CREF or Fidelity Investments

Application Process:
Send cover letter and resume by US Mail to:
Robert Campe
Library Human Resources
404 Hatcher Graduate Library North
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI  48109-1205
or email cover letter and resume to libhumres@umich.edu

Call 734 764-2546 with questions or for further information.

Application Deadline:

Review of applications will begin on 1/23/09 and continue until 
the position is filled.

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