The Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Library is recruiting a Numeric & Spatial Data Specialist.
Here's an excerpt from the ad (requisition number: 102681):
Under the general direction of the Data Services Librarian, the Numeric and Spatial Data Specialist provides technical expertise and support for developing and evolving library services that assist students, staff and faculty with finding, using, managing, and visualizing numeric and spatial data.
The Harvard Open Access Project has released Good Practices For University Open-Access Policies.
Here's an excerpt:
This is a guide to good practices for university open-access (OA) policies. It’s based on the type of policy adopted at Harvard, Stanford, MIT, U of Kansas, U of Oregon, Trinity, Oberlin, Rollins, Wake Forest, Duke, U of Puerto Rico, Hawaii-Manoa, Columbia, Strathmore U, Emory, Princeton, Jomo Kenyatta, Utah State, Bifrõst, Miami, California-San Francisco, and the U Massachusetts Medical School (listing some but not all, and in chronological order). However, it includes recommendations that should be useful to institutions with other sorts of OA policy as well.
The guide is designed to evolve. No early version will cover every point on which good practices would be desirable or might be discernible. We plan to revise and enlarge it over time, building on our own experience and the experience of colleagues elsewhere. We welcome suggestions.
| Transforming Scholarly Publishing through Open Access: A Bibliography | Digital Scholarship |
The SURA Research Data Management Group has released "A Step-By-Step Guide to Data Management."
Here's an excerpt from the press release:
SURA has launched an institutional tool for Research Data Management (RDM), developed by a working group formed with the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL). The working group brings together CIOs and library professionals from SURA member institutions to explore collaborations for improving their ability to manage the rapidly growing volume of research data.
The working group produced an institutional "Step-By-Step Guide to Data Management," which is being used to identify gaps in existing RDM processes and guide future efforts of the group. The group has also built a discipline specific metadata scheme directory to assist researchers in finding existing metadata models for their research data.
Thomson Reuters has launched the Data Citation Index within the Web of Knowledge.
Here's an excerpt from the press release:
This new research resource from Thomson Reuters creates a single source of discovery for scientific, social sciences and arts and humanities information. It provides a single access point to discover foundational research within data repositories around the world in the broader context of peer-reviewed literature in journals, books, and conference proceedings already indexed in the Web of Knowledge. . . .
The Thomson Reuters Data Citation Index makes research within the digital universe discoverable, citable and viewable within the context of the output the data has informed. Thomson Reuters partnered with numerous data repositories worldwide to capture bibliographic records and cited references for digital research, facilitating visibility, author attribution, and ultimately the measurement of impact of this growing body of scholarship.
| Digital Curation Bibliography: Preservation and Stewardship of Scholarly Works | Digital Scholarship |
The University of Notre Dame Hesburgh Libraries are recruiting a Senior Technical Analyst/Programmer.
Here's an excerpt from the ad:
The Sr. Technical Analyst/Programmer is responsible for developing, implementing, and administering applications in support of business process automation, shared information management, and resource discovery for the Michiana Academic Library Consortium (MALC—Notre Dame, Saint Mary's College, Holy Cross College, and Bethel College). The incumbent is responsible for cooperatively managing commercially licensed and locally developed applications, including but not limited to an Integrated Library Management System, an Information Discovery System, and other related systems. The incumbent is responsible for the development and administration of locally programmed productivity tools that help the organization operate more efficiently, including developing specialized databases in support of collections, preservation, and cataloging, writing programs that assist in the ingest of unique data formats into the local discovery system, and implementation of electronic data interchange processes for ordering and payment, to name a few.
The Tarleton State University Library is recruiting a Systems Librarian.
Here's an excerpt from the ad:
Reporting to the Assistant Director for Collection Management, the Systems Librarian is responsible for planning, coordination, and administration of the Library Systems Department, providing all library network and technical support. Maintains knowledge of developing technologies, bibliographic resources and tools as appropriate to library operations. Monitors, directs, and evaluates the work of Systems staff to ensure quality, adherence to policies and procedures, accuracy and productivity, and a collaborative working environment.
The Ferrum College Library is recruiting a Systems and Emerging Technologies Librarian.
Here's an excerpt from the ad:
The Stanley Library invites candidates to apply for this position who will provide leadership and expertise in managing the Stanley Library's electronic materials collections and its Web presence. This position is also responsible for identification, assessment, and implementation of emerging technologies that further the Libraries' mission.
ALA has released E-Books And Libraries: An Economic Perspective.
Here's an excerpt:
This paper provides a preliminary economic analysis of how publishers provide digital content to libraries, focusing mainly on the value that libraries place on access to e-books and how that is affected by the various restrictions that publishers place on access and use. However, because publishers are just starting to adapt to the new environment, and appear uncertain as to how to adapt, we consider not only the behavior of publishers that we currently observe in the marketplace but also possible "models" of the library-publisher relationship that may come into existence in the future.
| Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog | Digital Scholarship |
Peter S. Menell and Ben Depoorter have self-archived "Copyright Fee Shifting: A Proposal to Promote Fair Use and Fair Licensing" in SSRN.
Here's an excerpt:
In this Article we propose a novel mechanism that would afford a limited, cost-effective process for pre-clearing works, promote fair negotiation over cumulative uses of copyrighted works, and reduce the exposure of cumulative creators from the inherent risks of relying on copyright's de minimis and/or fair use doctrine. Under this mechanism, a cumulative creator has authority to make a formal offer of settlement to use copyrighted material for a project. If the copyright owner does not respond to the offer, the cumulative creator would be permitted to use the work provisionally by paying the settlement amount into escrow. If the copyright owner rejects the proposed license fee and sues for infringement, the copyright owner will bear the cumulative creator's litigation costs (1) if the court determines that the use of the material qualifies as fair use or (2) if the court determines that the fair use doctrine did not excuse the use but where the cumulative creator's offer of settlement (the proposed license fee) exceeded the amount of damages that the court determines to be appropriate. In the former case, the escrow amount is returned to the cumulative creator. In the latter case, the copyright owner receives the infringement award from the escrow account and the remainder returns to the cumulative creator.
| Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography 2010 | Digital Scholarship |
Joseph J. Esposito has released PDA and the University Press.
Here's an excerpt:
Patron-driven acquisitions (PDA) is a method by which libraries acquire books that delays purchase until the moment of first use. The aim of this report is to provide guidance to publishers, especially university presses, as to how to offset any sales losses from PDA and, through a tighter weaving of publishers' and libraries' interests, even identify means to augment sales and to improve the service that libraries provide for their constituencies.
| Digital Scholarship's Digital/Print Books | Digital Scholarship |
The University of Arizona Libraries are recruiting a Metadata Librarian.
Here's an excerpt from the ad (job number: 51195):
The University of Arizona Libraries' Scholarly Publishing and Data Management Team (SPDM) seeks an assistant librarian to lead the Libraries' efforts and coordinate best practices in developing a holistic approach to our metadata practices in support of improving and increasing the discoverability of the Libraries' local and unique digital collections. The position, in addition to its core duties with metadata, tracks the Libraries' overall success with discovery, and maintains the Libraries' discovery strategy. This position will also provide consulting and support for both Libraries' and campus' metadata needs, including support for the Libraries' data management support services.
Alawi A. Alsheikh-Ali et al. have published "Public Availability of Published Research Data in High-Impact Journals" in PLOS ONE.
Here's an excerpt:
We reviewed the first 10 original research papers of 2009 published in the 50 original research journals with the highest impact factor. For each journal we documented the policies related to public availability and sharing of data. Of the 50 journals, 44 (88%) had a statement in their instructions to authors related to public availability and sharing of data. However, there was wide variation in journal requirements, ranging from requiring the sharing of all primary data related to the research to just including a statement in the published manuscript that data can be available on request. Of the 500 assessed papers, 149 (30%) were not subject to any data availability policy. Of the remaining 351 papers that were covered by some data availability policy, 208 papers (59%) did not fully adhere to the data availability instructions of the journals they were published in, most commonly (73%) by not publicly depositing microarray data. The other 143 papers that adhered to the data availability instructions did so by publicly depositing only the specific data type as required, making a statement of willingness to share, or actually sharing all the primary data. Overall, only 47 papers (9%) deposited full primary raw data online. None of the 149 papers not subject to data availability policies made their full primary data publicly available.
The University of Houston Libraries are recruiting a Web Developer 3.
Here's an excerpt from the ad:
Performs administrative, development, maintenance, and other technical duties in support of the University of Houston Libraries. Provides advanced web skills in the areas of interface design, accessibility, utilization and application integration. This position reports to the Web Projects Manager.
Project Information Literacy has released Learning Curve: How College Graduates Solve Information Problems Once They Join the Workplace.
Here's an excerpt:
Most graduates in our focus groups said they found it difficult to solve information problems in the workplace, where unlike college, a sense of urgency pervaded and where personal contacts often reaped more useful results than online searches. Graduates said they leveraged essential information competencies from college for extracting content and also developed adaptive information-seeking strategies for reaching out to trusted colleagues in order to compensate for what they lacked. At the same time, employers said they recruited graduates, in part, for their online searching skills but still expected and needed more traditional research competencies, such as thumbing through bound reports, picking up the telephone, and interpreting research results with team members. They found that their college hires rarely demonstrated these competencies. Overall, our findings suggest there is a distinct difference between today's graduates who demonstrated how quickly they found answers online and seasoned employers who needed college hires to use a combination of online and traditional methods to conduct comprehensive research.
| Digital Scholarship's Digital/Print Books | Digital Scholarship |
The University of Southern California Libraries are recruiting a Webmaster.
Here's an excerpt from the ad:
Among other related responsibilities, position duties are to:
- Provide leadership and direction for the creation, organization and maintenance of content for the Libraries' web user interfaces, including public-facing web sites and Intranet
- Oversee content for the Libraries' web sites to ensure it is relevant, up-to-date, user-centered and accessible; coordinate and collaborate with various content owners and stakeholders to update and maintain web content
- Collaborate in the design, implementation, and management of a content management system for the Libraries, including responsibility for configuration, customization, and user support
- Manage and coordinate staff and student workers to implement content updates and provide user support
- Lead content migration activities for web redesign projects
The Copyright Clearance Center has launched a new service for Publishers called Open Access Solutions.
Here's an excerpt from the press release:
CCC helps publishers manage variable Open Access (OA) models through its RightsLink™ platform, which supports unique pricing rules, licenses and messaging for OA journals, encouraging compliance with funding agency requirements. . . .
CCC makes it easier for publishers to charge different Open Access fees pre-publication based on variables such as author affiliation/membership, funding source and journal type; communicates publisher-specified reuse rights post-publication to users seeking permissions for all content including Open Access articles; captures valuable data about user interest in and reuse of publishers' Open Access publications; and provides the ability for publishers to add RightsLink to its content wherever it resides online, even in third-party repositories such as HighWire or PubMed Central.
| Transforming Scholarly Publishing through Open Access: A Bibliography | Digital Scholarship |
The San Jose State University Library is recruiting an Institutional Repository Specialist.
Here's an excerpt from the ad:
The purpose of this position is to oversee all contributions (from SJSU faculty, offices, and students) to the San Jose State University ScholarWorks Institutional Repository; establish copyright permissions for publications; maintain submissions from contributors; provide expertise to campus faculty; create and uploads digital files; and create metadata in approved formats. The incumbent also hires and schedules student assistants and monitors annual student assistant budget allocation.
The Digital Preservation Coalition has released Intellectual Property Rights for Digital Preservation.
Here's an excerpt:
While a number of legal issues colour contemporary approaches to, and practices of, digital preservation, it is arguable that intellectual property law, represented principally by copyright and its related rights, has been by far the most dominant, and often intractable, influence. It is thus essential for those engaging in digital preservation to understand the letter of the law as it applies to digital preservation, but equally important to be able to identify and implement practical and pragmatic strategies for handling legal risks relating to intellectual property rights in the pursuit of preservation objectives. . . .
This report is aimed primarily at depositors, archivists and researchers/re-users of digital works, but will provide a concise introduction to the subject matter for policymakers and the general public.
| Digital Curation Bibliography: Preservation and Stewardship of Scholarly Works | Digital Scholarship |
The Council on Library and Information Resources and Vanderbilt University have formed the Committee on Coherence at Scale for Higher Education to examine national-scale higher education digital projects.
Here's an excerpt from the press release:
The group, called the Committee on Coherence at Scale for Higher Education, comprises college and university presidents and provosts, deans, university librarians, and association heads. The committee will provide the leadership necessary to ensure that these projects are designed and developed as elements of a larger and encompassing digital environment. . . .
The committee will focus on research and analysis of the large projects and their correlation; initial costs, operating costs and business plans for sustainability; and benefits and transformational aspects. Examples of these projects include the Hathi Trust, the Digital Public Library of America, the Digital Preservation Network, and data curation centers. Results of the committee's work will be publicized regularly.
The University of Central Missouri Library is recruiting an Information Technology Librarian.
Here's an excerpt from the ad:
- Provide leadership in the management of librarywide information systems
- Take an active role in the behind-the-scenes areas of library work with an emphasis on technology infrastructure and digital environments
- Assist in the evolution and integration of traditional and electronic workflows, with particular emphasis on ebooks
- Manage, analyze, explore, and design solutions for systems and software-related issues, including but not limited to: Integrated Library System (ILS), custom reports, interpretation of data collected by various servers, and systems upgrades
