Digital Resources Licensing Librarian

• Manage the contract review and negotiation process for license agreements and related documents, including Data Use Agreements, amendments, order forms, and other contractual instruments governing digital resources and services.
• Evaluate vendor-proposed terms and conditions, interpret contract language, identify legal, operational, financial, privacy, accessibility, and reputational risks, identify clauses requiring modification via redlines, draft counter-proposals and alternative contract language, and independently negotiate directly with publishers, vendors, and resource aggregators to secure terms that meet Stanford's minimum requirements and preferred licensing practices; escalate unusually complex or high-risk agreements to the Digital Collections Licensing Librarian as appropriate.
• Provide guidance to library staff, researchers, and campus stakeholders regarding the use of licensed resources and information policy matters, including questions of copyright, privacy, accessibility, data use, text and data mining, artificial intelligence, and emerging research practices.
• Maintain licensing workflows, procedures, standards, and records using systems such as FOLIO, JIRA, and Confluence; contribute to the evaluation and improvement of related tools, processes, and operational practices.
• Collaborate with library staff, subject bibliographers, publishers, vendors, consortia, and campus partners to support acquisitions, renewals, and the ongoing management of licensed resources.
• Contribute to the development of library licensing strategies, information policy initiatives, and emerging service areas supporting digital collections, research support, digital scholarship, and scholarly communication.
• Monitor developments in digital resource licensing, scholarly communication, access and authentication protocols, accessibility, privacy, artificial intelligence, open access, text and data mining, and related areas that may affect library collections, research activities, and services.

• Advanced Degree in Library Science or a relevant academic discipline with demonstrated understanding of academic libraries or a combination of education and relevant experience.

• At least three (3) to four (4) years of experience in library technical services, collections, acquisitions, scholarly publishing, licensing, or related professional work.
• Demonstrated experience reviewing, negotiating, drafting, redlining, interpreting, or administering license agreements, contracts, or related legal documents, including familiarity with standard contractual terms and conditions, risk assessment, and negotiation practices.
• Ability to analyze contract language, identify risks and opportunities, and communicate recommendations to a variety of stakeholders.
• Knowledge of digital resources and services, including online journals, databases, e-books, datasets, streaming media, software, APIs, and related products.
• Knowledge of licensing principles, copyright, privacy, accessibility, data use, or other legal and policy considerations affecting digital resources.
• Effective analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills, including the ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively to complete complex assignments and initiatives.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to establish productive working relationships with vendors, publishers, researchers, librarians, and other stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate, adopt, and apply new technologies, systems, and workflows relevant to digital resources management and licensing.

Other Relevant Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities May Include:

• At least two (2) years of experience reviewing, negotiating, or drafting agreements with academic publishers, content providers, software vendors, or resource aggregators, including experience drafting contract language, policies, guidelines, or workflows related to electronic resources and their use.
• Experience identifying contractual risks, preparing written summaries or recommendations for stakeholder review, or advising on the acceptability of proposed terms.
• Experience providing guidance to researchers, faculty, library staff, or campus stakeholders regarding rights, acceptable use, compliance, or information policy matters.
• Familiarity with issues relating to copyright, accessibility, privacy, research data use, text and data mining, artificial intelligence, open access, scholarly communications, digital scholarship, or research support services.
• Demonstrated initiative in identifying opportunities for service improvement, workflow development, or operational efficiencies.
• Experience leading or participating in projects that require collaboration across departments, stakeholder groups, or organizational units.
• Experience working with library resource management systems and related tools, including FOLIO, JIRA, Confluence, or comparable platforms.
• Understanding of electronic resource ecosystems, authentication methods (IP authentication, proxy services, SSO), licensing models, and access management practices.
• J.D., legal training, contract management experience, or equivalent experience reviewing and interpreting complex agreements is welcomed but not required.