[Rdap] Job Posting - Business & Data Analysis Librarian at University of Pennsylvania Libraries

[Janz, Margaret M]

Hello all,


We've slightly altered our position description for a Business & Data Analysis Librarian at University of Pennsylvania Libraries. The full job description and instructions for applying are available here: https://jobs.hr.upenn.edu/postings/36505


Duties:
* Work collaboratively with a team of librarians to deliver business information support services across all phases of research, teaching and learning.
* Provide a full range of data support services including assisting researchers with data analysis software packages, statistical and qualitative data analysis techniques, and data collection, management, visualization and preservation.
* Design and teach specialized classes and workshops on business data-related topics.
* Partner with subject and functional specialists to increase skills and knowledge of data resources, analysis tools and methods.
* Collaborate with other librarians to build relationships with vendors for improved customer service and communications of existing and new data products, services and tools.
* Participate in library planning and serve on library-wide committees and teams.
* Participate in evening and weekend service schedules.

Required:
* Master’s degree in library or information science/management, business, economics, statistics or related discipline; and 2-3 years of experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience (preferably at the graduate level), are required.
* Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with business, economic or social science information and data sources.
* Experience finding, acquiring, manipulating and analyzing quantitative data in a research environment.
* Demonstrated ability to instruct and guide others in the use of data sources and data analysis tools.
* Basic familiarity with one or more statistical and/or qualitative analysis software packages, for example, MATLAB, R, SAS, SPSS, Stata, NVivo.
* Demonstrated interest in business librarianship.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
* Demonstrated ability to work independently and to manage projects.
* Demonstrated ability to work within and across committees and teams, and to contribute constructively to a collegial team environment.

Preferred
* Undergraduate or advanced degree in business, statistics, economics or a related subject.
* Experience with commonly used business data platforms such as Bloomberg, Datastream, Factset, S&P Capital IQ, Thomson One, WRDS and others.
* Experience in a business-focused library or information service.
* Experience cleaning and converting multiple data formats.
* Working knowledge of Python or other scripting languages.
* Knowledge of data mining and analysis tools and textual analysis.


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I'm happy to answer questions. Please tell your friends!


Margaret


Margaret Janz

Scholarly Communication & Data Curation Librarian

University of Pennsylvania

Van Pelt Library Room 131

215-898-4836

she/her

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-6089
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