Year: 2016

Library Chief Technology Officer at University of Cincinnati

The University of Cincinnati is recruiting a Library Chief Technology Officer.

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The Library Chief Technology Officer has programmatic, strategic, budgetary, managerial and operational responsibilities for the units of Digital Collections and Repositories and Library Technology Services division. The division takes leading responsibilities in implementing UC Libraries digital and technology solutions. Other management portfolios may be assigned per organizational needs. The Library Chief Technology Officer will develop overall technology and digital strategies, programs and initiatives, as well as collaborative partnerships within and beyond the organization to move UC Libraries toward its goals.

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"Fostering Open Science Practice through Recognising and Rewarding Research Data Management and Curation Skills"

Joy Davidson has self-archived "Fostering Open Science Practice through Recognising and Rewarding Research Data Management and Curation Skills."

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Researchers will need to acquire new research data management and curation skills that enable them to undertake a broader range of tasks along the entire research lifecycle—from undertaking new means of collaboration, to implementing data management and sharing strategies, to understanding how to amplify and monitor research outputs and to assess their value and impact. In parallel, information professionals who work to support researchers and the open science process will also need to expand their research data management and curation skillsets. It will be equally important that current recognition and reward systems are amended to reflect the application of such skillsets within a range of disciplines. This paper will explore the potential role that librarians can play in supporting and progressing open science and discuss some of the new skills that librarians may require if they are to fulfil this role effectively.

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Digital Project Librarian at Ohio University

Ohio University is recruiting a Digital Project Librarian.

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The Digital Projects Librarians will support the Ohio University Libraries' efforts to advance its digital presence in the execution of digital projects and the laying of a foundation for a robust digital curation program.

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Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics Publishes 10,000th Article

The Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3) has published its 10,000th article.

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SCOAP3 celebrates the publication of its 10,000th Open Access article. Since the start of its operation in 2014, the initiative has supported Open Access publication of High-Energy-Physics articles in 10 high-quality peer-reviewed journals. More than 18,000 scientists from over 90 countries have benefited from this initiative without any financial or administrative burden, retain copyright of their work and automatically comply with their institutional or funders Open Access mandates.

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Core Services Librarian at Washington State University

Washington State University is recruiting a Core Services Librarian.

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This librarian will provide leadership in the planning, management, and support of the WSU Libraries' Discovery and Unified Resource Management [ILS] services. The WSU Libraries currently use the ExLibris products Primo and Alma to deliver these core services to the Washington State University community.

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"Translating Theory to Practice: Defining Digital Preservation Planning in Museums"

Emma Palakika James has self-archived "Translating Theory to Practice: Defining Digital Preservation Planning in Museums."

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In this thesis, digital preservation in museums is examined, specifically the development, planning, and implementation of digital preservation initiatives. First, a literature review of digital preservation basics, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and digital preservation policy is presented, followed by case studies of three best-practicing museums. Four key themes are discussed, including defining digital preservation, integration of digital preservation technology, collaboration, and policy development. Finally, several conclusions and recommendations are presented, most notably that digital preservation in a museum context must be viewed and implemented from a collections management perspective.

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Systems Programmer II at University of Delaware

The University of Delaware is recruiting a Systems Programmer II.

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Reporting to the head of the Data and Server Management Department and working closely with others in the Information Technology and Digital Initiatives Division, this position supports development and maintenance of the technological infrastructure for University of Delaware Library services and digital library initiatives. This infrastructure includes the Institutional Repository, library discovery services, digital collections, digital humanities, and internal services.

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OA2020 Initiative Launched

The OA2020 Initiative has launched with an "Expression of Interest in the Large-scale Implementation of Open Access to Scholarly Journals."

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A growing number of research organizations want to establish an international initiative which aims to convert the majority of today's scholarly journals from subscription to Open Access (OA) publishing. This is the result of the 12th Berlin Open Access Conference hosted by the Max Planck Society in December 2015. An Expression of Interest, published today and already adopted by thirty signatories, invites all parties involved in scholarly publishing to collaborate on a swift and efficient transition for the benefit of scholarship and society at large.

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Applications Programmer at University of Michigan

The University of Michigan is recruiting an Applications Programmer.

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The University of Michigan Library is seeking a skilled programmer to help create and maintain large scale digital library and and publishing systems. The successful candidate will work as part of a team of programmers, librarians, and designers on major initiatives, including the creation of a new system architecture to serve the U-M Library and campus built on Hydra and Fedora.

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"Open Access Publishing in Higher Education: Charting the Challenging Course to Academic and Financial Sustainability"

Mark I. Greenberg has published "Open Access Publishing in Higher Education: Charting the Challenging Course to Academic and Financial Sustainability" in the Journal of Educational Controversy.

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The benefits, pitfalls, and sustainability of open access publishing are hotly debated. Commercial publishers dominate the marketplace and oppose alternative publishing models that threaten their bottom line. Scholars' use of open access remains relatively limited due to awareness and perceived benefits to their professional goals. Readership of open access publications is generally strong, but some people disagree that more readers leads to increased citations and research impact. Libraries have grown their influence by supporting and promoting open access, but these efforts come with significant financial costs. Today, open access has flourished most significantly as a philosophy: the belief that the world's scholarship should be freely available to readers and that publicly funded research, in particular, should be accessible to the taxpayers who paid for it.

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Head of Digital Scholarship and Technology Services at Vassar College

Vassar College is recruiting a Head of Digital Scholarship and Technology Services.

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Along with partners in the Libraries as well as Computing and Information Services, the Head of Digital Scholarship and Technology Services will identify and develop digital projects, technological resources, physical and virtual spaces, and training opportunities that address emerging needs across disciplines. The successful candidate will help to sustain and enhance the Libraries' longstanding strengths in digital collections, metadata expertise, and long-term stewardship, merging them with faculty work in the digital humanities and digitally-enhanced learning, and offering services to address changing practices in scholarly communications.

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Laying the Foundation: Digital Humanities in Academic Libraries

Purdue University Press has released Laying the Foundation: Digital Humanities in Academic Libraries.

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Laying the Foundation: Digital Humanities in Academic Libraries examines the library's role in the development, implementation, and instruction of successful digital humanities projects. It pays special attention to the critical role of librarians in building sustainable programs. It also examines how libraries can support the use of digital scholarship tools and techniques in undergraduate education.

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Data Informationist at Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University is recruiting a Data Informationist.

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The Data Informationist will build an evolving set of data services to meet the needs of clinical, public health and basic science researchers across the research data lifecycle from its creation to preservation. S/he will investigate research practices related to data creation, use, organization, management and storage across the Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Public Health (SOM, SON and SPH). S/he will also participate in the institution's effort to measure the impact of research by Hopkins scholars.

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"Researchers’ Adoption of an Institutional Central Fund for Open-Access Article-Processing Charges: A Case Study Using Innovation Diffusion Theory"

Stephen Pinfield and Christine Middleton have published "Researchers' Adoption of an Institutional Central Fund for Open-Access Article-Processing Charges: A Case Study Using Innovation Diffusion Theory" in SAGE Open.

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This article analyzes researchers' adoption of an institutional central fund (or faculty publication fund) for open-access (OA) article-processing charges (APCs) to contribute to a wider understanding of take-up of OA journal publishing ("Gold" OA). Quantitative data, recording central fund usage at the University of Nottingham from 2006 to 2014, are analyzed alongside qualitative data from institutional documentation. The importance of the settings of U.K. national policy developments and international OA adoption trends are considered. Innovation Diffusion Theory (IDT) is used as an explanatory framework.

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Senior Software Engineer for Discovery Services at University of Virginia

The University of Virginia is recruiting a Senior Software Engineer for Discovery Services.

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This position creates, enhances, and maintains web application services that give patrons access to library resources, with an emphasis on Ruby-on-Rails programming with access to Solr indexes through Blacklight and the Project Hydra stack.

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Web Archiving Environmental Scan

The Harvard Library has released the Web Archiving Environmental Scan.

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The purpose of the environmental scan was to explore and document current web archiving programs (and institutions desiring a similar capacity) to identify common concerns, needs, and expectations in the collection and provision of web archives to users; the provision and maintenance of web archiving infrastructure and services; and the use of web archives by researchers.

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Operating Systems Programmer, Library IT at Yale University

Yale University is recruiting a Operating Systems Programmer, Library IT.

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Reporting to the Enterprise Systems and Services Technical Lead in Library IT, the Operating Systems Programmer will serve as systems and database administrator, with responsibility for local and hosted infrastructure, as well as for other critical services and storage in a 24/7/365 on-call production environment. The incumbent will design, install, configure, integrate, document, and manage core systems, storage, and applications for the Yale University Library.

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Converting Scholarly Journals to Open Access: A Review of Approaches and Experiences

The Harvard Library Office for Scholarly Communication has released a draft of Converting Scholarly Journals to Open Access: A Review of Approaches and Experiences for comment.

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This report identifies ways through which subscription-based scholarly journals have converted their publishing models to open access (OA). The major goal was to identify specific scenarios that have been used or proposed for transitioning subscription journals to OA so that these scenarios can provide options for others seeking to "flip" their journals to OA.

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Web Programmer at California State University, Northridge

The California State University, Northridge is recruiting a Web Programmer.

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The incumbent installs, configures and maintains web-based and mobile applications; assists in the design and development of new mobile and web-based applications; processes digital audio and video media, and provides support for multimedia content distribution; assists in the tracking and analysis of user statistics; automates routine tasks, writes and documents scripts, and identifies areas in need of changes; installs, configures, maintains and administers monitoring and performance tools; conducts periodic testing, and recommends improvements; provides support to other members of the Web Services team as needed; works on special projects, and performs other duties as assigned.

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"The FAIR Guiding Principles for Scientific Data Management and Stewardship"

Mark D. Wilkinson et al. have published "The FAIR Guiding Principles for Scientific Data Management and Stewardship" in Scientific Data.

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A diverse set of stakeholders-representing academia, industry, funding agencies, and scholarly publishers-have come together to design and jointly endorse a concise and measurable set of principles that we refer to as the FAIR Data Principles. The intent is that these may act as a guideline for those wishing to enhance the reusability of their data holdings.

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Digital Curation News (3/16/2016) #digitalcuration #digitalpreservation #datamanagement #researchdata #rdm

| Research Data Curation Bibliography, Version 5 | Digital Curation Bibliography: Preservation and Stewardship of Scholarly Works and Supplement | Digital Scholarship | Digital Scholarship Sitemap

HBO Manager, Archives & Metadata at HBO

HBO is recruiting an HBO Manager, Archives & Metadata.

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The Manager of Archives, Metadata and Asset Management, plans and implements media asset management tools, metadata standardization projects, and best practice development in support of the HBO Archives digital toolkit and asset lifecycle roadmap.

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"A New Approach to Configuration Management for Private LOCKSS Networks"

Tobin M. Cataldo has published "A New Approach to Configuration Management for Private LOCKSS Networks" in D-Lib Magazine.

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The node-based configuration management model is an alternative approach to configuration management for Private LOCKSS Networks that reduces external dependencies and subsequent vulnerabilities by flattening the hierarchical vendor-consumer model into a preservation node-based service. The node-based configuration management model also describes approaches for leveraging the LOCKSS preservation protocols to distribute and preserve the configuration data, and maintain continuous service regardless of network membership changes or infrastructural failure.

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Data Support Specialist at Yale University

Yale University is recruiting a Data Support Specialist.

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Under the supervision of the Director, StatLab and Technology Programs for Center for Science and Social Science Information, the Data Support Specialist position provides consultations, instruction, and outreach in support of data collection, manipulation, storage, cleaning, analysis, and management for scholarship. As part of the CSSSI team, the Data Support Specialist works closely with librarians and statistical specialists delivering a broad range of data services to the academic community.

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"Humanities Data in the Library: Integrity, Form, Access"

Thomas Padilla has published "Humanities Data in the Library: Integrity, Form, Access" in D-Lib Magazine.

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Digitally inflected Humanities scholarship and pedagogy is on the rise. Librarians are engaging this activity in part through a range of digital scholarship initiatives. While these engagements bear value, efforts to reshape library collections in light of demand remain nascent. This paper advances principles derived from practice to inform development of collections that can better support data driven research and pedagogy, examines existing practice in this area for strengths and weaknesses, and extends to consider possible futures.

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