Atkins Fellow - Open Access
Please see Special Instructions for more details.
- Applications submitted by January 28th will receive first consideration.
- Applicants can apply for more than one position.
- Applicants will need to upload a resume, cover letter, unofficial transcripts from MLIS program, and references with their application.
- Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. to be considered for these positions.
- Applicants must be able to move to and live in Charlotte for the duration of the fellowship.
- Participants joining from outside the Charlotte area will receive a $2,500 housing and transportation stipend to help with the cost of moving to Charlotte for the fellowship. The stipend and the hourly pay for the first week of work will be distributed on the second Friday of June. There are no options for advanced payment.
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Temporary staff employees are ineligible to receive benefits (leave, health coverage, State service credit, etc.). They are, however, covered by Worker's Compensation provisions.
However, any non-permanent employee hired to work 30 or more hours per week for three months or more (cumulative of all positions, and not designated as variable hour worker), must be offered the chance to enroll in the High Deductible Health Plan, within 30 days of their eligibility. Any non-permanent employee hired to work less than 30 hours per week (cumulative of all positions or designated as variable hour worker - i.e. student workers) are measured during designated measurement periods. If they average 30 or more hours per week over a designated measurement period, they will be offered the chance to enroll in the High Deductible Health Plan and will be notified of instructions.
*Special Notes Regarding Eligibility for the High Deductible Health Plan
- Temporary hourly workers (eligibility based on FTE, duration of more than 30 days) FTE .75+ (cumulative of all jobs) or measured full-time, offered the high deductible health insurance
- Temporary salaried workers (regardless of the FTE, duration of more than 30 days) Reported as full-time & offered the high deductible health insurance
https://hr.charlotte.edu/benefits/benefit-plans/health-insurance
Position Information
General Information
| Position Number |
STMP15 |
| Working Title |
Atkins Fellow - Open Access |
| Division |
Academic Affairs |
| Department |
Library (Adm) |
| Work Unit |
Digital Scholarship & Innovation |
| Work Location |
Atkins Library |
| Vacancy Open To |
All Candidates |
| Position Designation |
Non-Student Temporary |
| Employment Type |
Temporary - Full-time |
| Hours per week |
40 |
| Work Schedule |
M-F, Typically 8am-5pm |
| Pay Rate |
$25/hour |
| Minimum Experience/Education |
Applicants must have completed 24 credits (or two full semesters of work) toward a
Master's in Library and Information Science from an ALA-accredited program
or have graduated from such a program in the last year. |
| Departmental Preferred Experience, Skills, Training/Education: |
- Interest in scholarly communication and research support
- Experience or interest in working with metadata
- Experience or interest in developing outreach skills
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Excellent time management skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
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| Duties and Responsibilities |
Open access policies-wherein research institutions promote and preserve faculty scholarship by archiving faculty work in an open access repository-are important mechanisms for supporting faculty scholarship and promoting open access to research.
UNC Charlotte has
recently adopted an open access policy, which went into effect December 2025. Atkins Library is supporting the university in this work by helping facilitate the ingest of journal scholarship into the university's open access repository.
This fellowship offers an opportunity to learn about the ways that academic libraries support research through scholarly publishing support. The Open Access Fellow will evaluate the library's new workflows related to supporting the campus open access policy, conducting several runs of ingests of faculty publications with an eye for recommending improvements. These workflows include citation generation, metadata transformation, batch ingests into the repository, and outreach. The Open Access Fellow will also develop instructional and outreach materials for faculty and administrators related to the open access policy and other repository services. Meetings with subject librarians and possibly some faculty will help provide some context for the outreach and instructional component of the project.
Duties and responsibilities:
- Test and evaluate the current workflow for soliciting and ingesting postprints related to the campus open access policy. Draft recommendations for process improvements.
- Research other universities with long-standing open access policies for the instructional and promotional materials they provide related to their open access policy.
- Meet with subject librarians to learn about scholarly publishing priorities and needs, by discipline.
- Create instructional and promotional materials related to the open access policy and the open access repository.
- Create outreach plans for instructional and promotional materials.
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| Other Work/Responsibilities |
Atkins Fellows will be expected to participate in department/unit and all staff meetings, and other professional development opportunities scheduled for them.
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| Necessary Licenses or Certifications |
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| Proposed Hire Date |
05/25/2026 |
| Contact Information |
Amanda Binder
Program Coordinator, Atkins Fellows
abinder3@charlotte.edu |
| Expected Length of Assignment |
10 weeks |
| Posting Open Date |
12/16/2025 |
| Posting Close Date |
02/02/2026 |
| Special Notes to Applicants |
- Applications submitted by January 28th will receive first consideration.
- Applicants can apply for more than one position.
- Applicants will need to upload a resume, cover letter, unofficial transcripts from MLIS program, and references with their application.
- Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. to be considered for these positions.
- Applicants must be able to move to and live in Charlotte for the duration of the fellowship.
- Participants joining from outside the Charlotte area will receive a $2,500 housing and transportation stipend to help with the cost of moving to Charlotte for the fellowship. The stipend and the hourly pay for the first week of work will be distributed on the second Friday of June. There are no options for advanced payment.
Temporary staff employees are ineligible to receive benefits (leave, health coverage, State service credit, etc.). They are, however, covered by Worker's Compensation provisions.
However, any non-permanent employee hired to work 30 or more hours per week for three months or more (cumulative of all positions, and not designated as variable hour worker), must be offered the chance to enroll in the High Deductible Health Plan, within 30 days of their eligibility. Any non-permanent employee hired to work less than 30 hours per week (cumulative of all positions or designated as variable hour worker - i.e. student workers) are measured during designated measurement periods. If they average 30 or more hours per week over a designated measurement period, they will be offered the chance to enroll in the High Deductible Health Plan and will be notified of instructions.
Special Notes Regarding Eligibility for the High Deductible Health Plan
- Temporary hourly workers (eligibility based on FTE, duration of more than 30 days) FTE .75+ (cumulative of all jobs) or measured full-time, offered the high deductible health insurance
- Temporary salaried workers (regardless of the FTE, duration of more than 30 days) Reported as full-time & offered the high deductible health insurance
https://hr.charlotte.edu/benefits/benefit-plans/health-insurance
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Posting Specific Questions
Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
Where did you learn about this posting?
(Open Ended Question)
How did you hear about this employment opportunity?
- UNC Charlotte Website
- HERC Job Board
- Inside Higher Education
- Circa (formerly known as Local JobNetwork)
- Another Website
- Agency Referral
- Advertisement/Publication
- Personal Referral
- Other
Required Documents
- Resume / Curriculum Vitae
- Cover Letter / Letter of Interest
- Unofficial Transcripts
- Contact Information for References
Optional Documents
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University of North Carolina Charlotte
Dec 16, 2025