Chemical Abstracts Service - Columbus, OH
posted about 2 months ago
CAS uses intuitive technology, unparalleled scientific content, and unmatched human expertise to help companies create groundbreaking innovations that benefit the world. As the scientific information solutions division of the American Chemical Society, CAS manages the largest curated reservoir of scientific knowledge, and for 117 years, has helped innovators mine, assess, and apply that information to keep businesses thriving. The CAS team is global, diverse, endlessly curious, and strives to make scientific insights accessible to innovators worldwide. CAS is currently seeking a Content Acquisition Scientist on our Content Operations team. This position will be located in our headquarters in Columbus, Ohio. The Content Acquisition Scientist cultivates relationships with publishers, patent offices, and suppliers to ensure timely and cost-effective procurement of source material to help build world-class databases of chemical, biological, and related scientific data. They monitor, review, analyze changes and impacts, and identify new sources of literature from around the world in various languages for inclusion in CAS Solutions. The role involves acquiring content for CAS databases, products, and services. The Content Acquisition Scientist applies knowledge to identify new sources of scientific material, including but not limited to patents, journals, and other serial publications, technical reports, conference proceedings, dissertations, and books. They assist acquisition accounts and ensure CAS has rights to use content in database building or in accordance with terms defined in license agreements. The position also requires participation in technical discussions with acquisition accounts and CAS Technology when adapting to format changes or acquiring electronic content from new accounts. The scientist will develop a basic knowledge of the department to suggest ideas to negotiate lower prices and provide analysis of document landscapes.