September 2015 – Page 4

Metadata Librarian at Louisiana State University

Louisiana State University is recruiting a Metadata Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Coordinates and manages the development and implementation of metadata strategies that support the discovery and management of the Libraries' digital context, such as research data, digital scholarship, born-digital archives, digitized content, and digital humanities projects. Leads the selection and development of relevant metadata standards, ontologies, policies, procedures, and workflows for digital resources.

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"Getting Emotional about Data: The Soft Side of Data Management Services"

Amanda K. Rinehart has published "Getting Emotional about Data: The Soft Side of Data Management Services" in College & Research Libraries News.

Here's an excerpt:

While I have yet to discover why researchers do not readily acknowledge that research, and the data that underpins that research, has emotional connotations, I have found that using active listening skills minimizes negativity during consultations.

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Information Technology Specialist (Internet) at Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution is recruiting a Information Technology Specialist (Internet).

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This position is located within the Digital Services Division of Smithsonian Libraries (SIL). The employee is responsible for the technical development, coordination, administration, management and maintenance of Libraries' Drupal website and WordPress blog.

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"Barriers to Open Access Publishing: Views from the Library Literature"

Amy Forrester has published "Barriers to Open Access Publishing: Views from the Library Literature" in Publications.

Here's an excerpt:

The library and information science (LIS) community has an active role in supporting access to information and, therefore, is an important stakeholder in the open access conversation. One major discussion involves the barriers that have hindered the complete transition to open access in scientific publications. Building upon a longitudinal study by Bo-Christer Björk that looked at barriers to the open access publishing of scholarly articles, this study evaluates the discussion of those barriers in the LIS literature over the ten year period 2004-2014, and compares this to Björk's conclusions about gold open access publishing.

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Digital Curation News (9/3/2015) #digitalcuration #digitalpreservation #researchdatamanagement #rdm

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Digital Product, Program Manager at University of Notre Dame

The University of Notre Dame is recruiting a Digital Product, Program Manager.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The Program Manager reports to the Vice President for Information Technology & Chief Information and Digital Officer, who oversees DigitalND, and also works closely with the Library's Center for Digital Scholarship and the emerging Digital Media Center. The Program Manager coordinates the development of a campus-wide strategic plan to guide preservation, access, and dissemination of digital products. The strategy will include both legacy content and content that is "born digital." The Program Manager works with the Library, University Archives, other university units, and faculty to implement the digital product strategy.

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"Opening-up the Early Stages of Research: New Journal Rio to Publish Research Proposals"

Ross Mounce has published "Opening-up the Early Stages of Research: New Journal Rio to Publish Research Proposals" in the LSE Impact of Social Sciences.

Here's an excerpt:

Research Ideas & Outcomes (RIO) is the latest scholarly journal seeking to fix the broken scientific publishing system. It has been created specifically to enable and encourage the entire research cycle to be published, including research proposals and ideas.

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Director of Services and Operations at HathiTrust

HathiTrust is recruiting a Director of Services and Operations.

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The Director of Services and Operations (DSO) has primary responsibility for the operations and services of the HathiTrust preservation and access repository, overseeing the day-to-day management of HathiTrust's core services to users and members, defining priorities for teams that manage HathiTrust's core infrastructure, and driving the development of related policy and standard processes. The DSO manages the development process and oversees service enhancements for the HathiTrust's repository and collection programs.

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PubPeer Foundation Launches

The PubPeer Foundation has been established.

Here's an excerpt from the announcement:

The overarching goal of the Foundation is to help improve the quality of scientific research by enabling innovative approaches for community interaction. Our initial focus will be on maintaining and developing the PubPeer online platform for post-publication peer review.

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Ruby on Rails Software Developer at the University of Maryland

The University of Maryland is recruiting a Ruby on Rails Software Developer .

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The software developer will jumpstart adoption of Ruby on Rails as a core supported technology among the permanent developer team who have Java and Fedora 4 experience. This involves documentation, training, and support for the full software lifecycle for building Rails applications from development through promotion to production systems.

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"Sharing Research Data and Intellectual Property Law: A Primer"

Michael W. Carroll has published "Sharing Research Data and Intellectual Property Law: A Primer" in PLOS Biology.

Here's an excerpt:

Sharing research data by depositing it in connection with a published article or otherwise making data publicly available sometimes raises intellectual property questions in the minds of depositing researchers, their employers, their funders, and other researchers who seek to reuse research data. In this context or in the drafting of data management plans, common questions are (1) what are the legal rights in data; (2) who has these rights; and (3) how does one with these rights use them to share data in a way that permits or encourages productive downstream uses? Leaving to the side privacy and national security laws that regulate sharing certain types of data, this Perspective explains how to work through the general intellectual property and contractual issues for all research data.

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Metadata Librarian at University of Houston

The University of Houston is recruiting a Metadata Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Reporting to the Metadata Services Coordinator within the Metadata and Digitization Services Department, the successful candidate will provide leadership and expertise in developing creative, collaborative, and sustainable solutions for metadata creation and management for UH Libraries digital collections.

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NMC Horizon Report: 2015 Library Edition

The New Media Consortium has released the NMC Horizon Report: 2015 Library Edition.

Here's an excerpt from the announcement:

What is on the five-year horizon for academic and research libraries? The NMC Horizon Report: 2015 Library Edition examines key trends, significant challenges, and important developments in technology for their impact on academic and research libraries worldwide.

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Digital Curation News (9/1/2015) #digitalcuration #digitalpreservation #researchdatamanagement #rdm

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Institutional Repository Coordinator at San Jose State University

San Jose State University is recruiting an Institutional Repository Coordinator.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The University Library Institutional Repository Specialist works respectfully and cooperatively with employees of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library to perform duties under general supervision, but works independently to achieve specified outcomes reporting to the University Library's Technical Services Manager and receiving work lead direction from the University Library's Scholarly Communications Librarian. King Library is a unique collaboration between the City of San Jose and San Jose State University.

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"Open Access to a High-Quality, Impartial, Point-of-Care Medical Summary Would Save Lives: Why Does It Not Exist?"

James Heilman has published "Open Access to a High-Quality, Impartial, Point-of-Care Medical Summary Would Save Lives: Why Does It Not Exist?" in PLOS Medicine.

Here's an excerpt:

Summary Points

Currently no open access point-of-care (POC) medical summary aimed at a professional audience exists.

Some nonprofit and multiple professional, for-profit POC medical summaries are frequently accessed by clinicians and policymakers.

Efforts to create open access POC summaries have been stymied by the difficulty of attracting high-quality contributors.

The open access medical publishing community can create this resource with engaged donors, crowd-sourcing, and technology.

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Data Repository Outreach Specialist at Purdue University

Purdue University is recruiting a Data Repository Outreach Specialist .

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The Repository Outreach Specialist works with colleagues in the Libraries, the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research and Partnerships, and Information Technology at Purdue to provide conduct outreach, training, and help to coordinate the on-going operation, support, and improvement of the Purdue University Research Repository (PURR, http://purr.purdue.edu) institutional data repository service. The position serves as the primary point of contact for PURR and collaborates on the further development and support of PURR as well as other initiatives of the Distributed Data Curation Center (D2C2) of the Libraries

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Research Data Management: A Primer Publication of the National Information Standards Organization

NISO has released Research Data Management: A Primer Publication of the National Information Standards Organization.

Here's an excerpt from the announcement:

The primer on Research Data Management provides an overview of how data management has changed in recent years, and outlines best practices for the collection, documentation, and preservation of research data. The importance of creating a data management plan (DMP) before beginning a research data project is emphasized. Crucial questions regarding how the data will be managed are answered ahead of time in a DMP, thus making it easier for the researcher to collect and document the data properly for future use and reuse. Creating research data that is easily reproducible and transparent is the ultimate goal, and following the guidelines in this primer can help educate researchers to ensure their data is available for others. The differences between publishing papers and publishing datasets and the citation challenges the data community are working on solving are also discussed.

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