Month: August 2015

Digital Curation News (8/24/2015) #digitalcuration #digitalpreservation #researchdatamanagement #rdm

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Intertwingled: The Work and Influence of Ted Nelson

Springer has published Intertwingled: The Work and Influence of Ted Nelson as an open access book.

Here's an excerpt from the Wikipedia page on Ted Nelson:

Theodor Holm Nelson (born June 17, 1937) is an American pioneer of information technology, philosopher, and sociologist. He coined the terms "hypertext" and "hypermedia" in 1963, and published them in 1965.

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"Data Management Outreach to Junior Faculty Members: A Case Study"

Megan Sapp Nelson has published "Data Management Outreach to Junior Faculty Members: A Case Study " in the Journal of eScience Librarianship.

Here's an excerpt:

New tenure track faculty members are generally in positions as leaders of a research laboratory or group for the first time. In addition to building up the infrastructure of a research lab (whether space, equipment, funding, or personnel), the new faculty member is also setting the research process and expectations for the first time as well. This article highlights outreach to new faculty members assisting those individuals with developing a data management protocol that effectively supports the laboratory researchers to make quality data available internally to and externally from a research laboratory. Using a self-assessment tool and reflective conversation, junior faculty were offered insight and advice into creating a data management protocol for use in their research laboratory.

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Director of Library Technology and Digital Strategies at Emory University

Emory University is recruiting a Director of Library Technology and Digital Strategies.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The Director is a key member of the Emory Libraries' administration with responsibility for a growing department focused on providing high-quality, robust systems that facilitate search, discovery, preservation, and the delivery of library services and resources to the entire Emory University campus. The Director provides leadership and vision for the enhancement, extension, and integration of the Libraries' technology and tools in support of faculty and student teaching, learning, research and scholarship. The Director collaborates with the technology team and the broader Libraries and Information Technology Services (LITS) organization to ensure a flexible, scalable, and sustainable technology infrastructure enabling library services, content management, applications support, repositories, web maintenance and development, and resources for innovation.

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Digital Archivist at Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University is recruiting a Digital Archivist.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Reporting to the University Archivist, the Digital Archivist leads the continuing development of the Archives' maturing digital archives program, establishing and implementing policies and procedures for the management of born-digital materials including university records and manuscript collections of the Sheridan Libraries Special Collections department that are informed by pragmatic application of professional standards.

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"University Data Policies and Library Data Services: Who Owns Your Data?"

Lisa D. Zilinski, Abigail Goben and Kristin Briney have published "University Data Policies and Library Data Services: Who Owns Your Data?" in the Bulletin of the Association for Information Science and Technology.

Here's an excerpt:

A review of research data and library data services presented on the websites of 206 top research universities as of July 2014 provided insights into policies and practices. Limited to publicly accessible information, the review indicated about half of the surveyed libraries offer some type of data services beyond a resource guide, about four in 10 had a librarian fully or partly dedicated to data management support and about one in 10 had a dedicated data repository. Institutions are likely to have a specific data policy if they are more involved in research and have higher research spending, have larger faculties and offer data services or a data librarian.

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Digital Curation News (8/3/2015) #digitalcuration #digitalpreservation #researchdatamanagement #rdm

Digital Curation News will resume on 8/24/2015.

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Web Software Developer at University of Utah

The University of Utah is recruiting a Web Software Developer.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

  • Develop and maintain technological infrastructure for digital library projects, which include delivering and preserving library assets using various content management systems (vendor/Open Source technologies)
  • Develop automation and processes to enable teams to deploy, manage, configure, scale, and monitor applications
  • Participate in application development meetings; Create re-usable, service based components promoting best practice application architectures and designs

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The Once and Future Publishing Library

The Council on Library and Information Resources has released The Once and Future Publishing Library .

Here's an excerpt from the announcement:

The report explores the revitalization of library publishing and its possible future, and examines elements that influence the success and sustainability of library publishing initiatives.

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arXiv Operations Manager at Cornell University

Cornell University is recruiting an arXiv Operations Manager.

Here's an excerpt from the ad (three-year appointment with the expectation of renewal):

The arXiv Operations Manager will:

  • Be responsible for the effective leadership, management, and ongoing development of arXiv's operational environment.
  • Supervise arXiv's operations staff and oversee the administration of arXiv's user-support and moderation processes, ensuring that daily operational activities are carried out thoroughly and accurately, and that all processes and procedures follow arXiv policy.
  • Regularly perform routine arXiv operational tasks and user-support activities where needed, or delegate to others.

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"The Oldest Internet Publication You’ve Never Heard Of"

Roy Tennant has published "The Oldest Internet Publication You've Never Heard Of" in Digital Shift.

Current Cites is now 25 years old. It was established by the Library Technology Watch Program at the University of California, Berkeley Library in 1990. It went online on the University of California's Melvyl system in February 1991, and it was distributed on the University of Houston's PACS-L discussion list starting eight months later. In January 1992, it became one of the first digital publications distributed on the University of Houston's PACS-P discussion list, and it was distributed on this list until May 2014. Starting in 2005, it was distributed by OCLC's WebJunction.org. As of 2011, the list has been supported by the University of Notre Dame and the website has been provided by Roy Tennant.

Current Cites is published monthly by Roy and written by Roy and his team of contributors. This serial has always been open access.

Congratulations, Roy on 25 years of publication!

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