Category: Digital Library Jobs

The Department of Transportation is recruiting a Librarian (Data Curator).

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• Be responsible for researching best practices in data curation and preservation and making recommendations for improving NTL systems. Provide recommendations for (a) data standards, formats, and metadata policies; (b) data management and preservation plans; and (c) data dissemination and outreach activities.
• Research metadata standards for all data formats and types, with a focus on needs for mid- and long-term preservation in order to keep abreast of developments in the areas of data management, data curation, and information sciences.

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East Carolina University is recruiting a Digital Archivist.

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Reporting to the Assistant Director for Special Collections, the Digital Archivist provides key support to the University Archives and Records Program. The successful candidate will: 1. Develop a sustainable born digital e-records management system; 2. Develop procedures for ensuring the long-term preservation of digital materials found in manuscript collections; 3. Participate in the division's ongoing implementation of archival content management systems; 4. Work with the Digital Collections Librarian to ensure the online accessibility of finding aids; and 5. Work with staff throughout the division to select materials for digitization.

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Grinnell College is recruiting a Humanities And Digital Scholarship Librarian .

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The Humanities and Digital Scholarship Librarian will serve as academic liaison for Chinese and Japanese, Classics, German, Music, Russian, and Theatre and Dance, providing faculty contact, reference consultation with students and faculty, research literacy teaching, and collection development. In addition, this librarian will be responsible for consulting with faculty, staff, and students from across the College on projects related to digital publishing and digital exhibitions, as well as on emerging forms of digital scholarship. In collaboration with other College staff, the Humanities and Digital Scholarship Librarian will help to ensure that these projects reflect best practices related to long-term digital preservation, accessibility, copyright, open access, and emerging methods of scholarly communication.

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The University of Michigan is recruiting a Digital Publishing Coodinator.

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The Digital Publishing Coordinator is primarily responsible for the management, performance, and completion of digital publishing projects, including overseeing the publication of journal issues, books, and digital projects. This position is responsible for preparing and producing scholarly content for publication online and in print. The Digital Publishing Coordinator also assists in acquiring and developing new scholarly publication projects.

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The University of Pennsylvania, is recruiting an Assistant Director For Digital Scholarship.

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Under the general direction of the Director of Teaching, Research, and Learning Services, the Assistant Director for Digital Scholarship leads of a team of professionals that initiate and collaborate on digital scholarship initiatives throughout the Penn Libraries, with Penn faculty and staff partners campus-wide, and beyond. The ideal candidate is knowledgeable of contemporary digital library standards for the creation, management, description and preservation of digital objects in all formats, both simple and complex, and tracks development of standards and community practice in emerging areas of digital library engagement, such as data management/curation and linked data. S/he is familiar with the use of technology, digital analytical and processing techniques, and markup standards used by faculty instructors and researchers, has experience with open access publishing, and repository services, and is comfortable engaging faculty to foster digital library integration into the scholarly enterprise as appropriate.

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Cornell University is recruiting a Digital Projects Librarian.

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Cornell University Library's Digital Scholarship and Preservation Services (DSPS) unit seeks a Digital Projects Librarian who will coordinate digital collection projects and provide oversight for objectives of digital preservation. Reporting to the Digital Curation Services Lead, the Digital Projects Librarian will be an important member in the Digital Curation Services team, which has as its mission to coordinate CUL's overall digital preservation program and facilitate the creation of a cohesive service framework.

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Louisiana State University is recruiting a Digital Projects Programmer.

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The Computer Analyst 3 works as part of a team to ensure the successful development, implementation and maintenance of the applications and digital infrastructure that support LSU Libraries' digital projects and services.

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The University of Waterloo is recruiting a Digital Archivist.

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Reporting to the department Head, the Digital Archivist will play a key role in planning and implementing a robust digitization program for the department. The incumbent will also work with Special Collections & Archives staff in providing research and information services to the Library community and beyond.

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Duke University is recruiting a Head of Enterprise Services and Portfolio Management.

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The Head of Enterprise Services and Portfolio Management plans, develops, leads, and manages Duke University Libraries' enterprise services and associated technical infrastructure, and provides strategic project portfolio management of the ITS project portfolio. The primary services within Enterprise Services are the Digital Repository Services and Discovery Services (integrated library systems and access/discovery systems).

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The University of Texas at Austin is recruiting a Data Management Coordinator.

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Responsible for coordinating data management program at UT Libraries. Collaborates with staff, Texas Advanced Computing Center, Information Technology Services and other campus partners to ensure the UT community is making the best use of the services available to them. Reports to Scholary Communications Librarian.

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The Committee on Institutional Cooperation is recruiting a Director–Center for Library Initiatives.

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Reporting to the Executive Director of the CIC, the CLI Director works in concerted action with the CIC university librarians to leverage institutional resources and collections (both print and digital); to provide access to information resources; to advance library-based strategies in support of CIC academic initiatives; and to enhance opportunities for collaborative services in the CIC libraries. The CLI Director is responsible for advancing this broad library cooperative agenda. As a member of the CIC headquarters Executive Team, the Director also works closely with the Executive Director and other Team members to set strategic priorities, establish operating policies, and develop and sustain a high-performing collaborative culture.

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The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is recruiting a Repository Services Coordinator.

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Reporting to the Associate University Librarian for Research and Associate Dean of Libraries, through the Head of the Scholarly Commons, the Coordinator helps support new models for the dissemination of the results of research, scholarship, teaching, and learning. In conjunction with the Digital Repository Management Team, the Coordinator leads the Library's campus-wide program for repository services which includes the institutional repository (IDEALS), the Vireo ETD (electronic dissertations and theses) service, and the research data repository. The Coordinator for Repository Services develops outreach and shapes services that promote the deposit of research output, including data, into university, disciplinary, and other repositories as a critical step in the University Library's ongoing preservation and sharing effort for University of Illinois scholarship.

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Arizona State University is recruiting a Digital Asset Coordinator.

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Under direction, leads and supports processing and stewardship of born-digital collection materials and facilitates digital access to analogue materials; provides expertise on issues related to the management of digital special collection materials, research data file management and digital forensics workflows by actively engaging in the acquisition, appraisal, arrangement and description of digital collections

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Northeastern University is recruiting a Digital Scholarship Programmer/Analyst.

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The Programmer/Analyst designs applications that interact with core components of the Library's digital repository service (Hydra) and programs in such languages as Ruby, PHP, CSS, and JavaScript. Reporting to the Director of the Digital Scholarship Group, the Programmer/Analyst works collaboratively with colleagues in the Library and across campus, and participates in an ongoing evaluation of emerging academic and library technologies. The position works closely with the library and faculty colleagues to develop a sustainable software ecology that can be applied to range of scholarly projects in the humanities, social sciences, and related disciplines.

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The University of Delaware Library is recruiting a Digital Humanities and Web Services Librarian.

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Reporting to the Head, Library Server and Data Management Department in the Library Technologies and Digital Initiatives Division, the position works closely with colleagues throughout the library in three areas of primary responsibility:

• Facilitate and provide support to University of Delaware digital humanities initiatives. . . .
• Coordinate the University of Delaware Library web environment, which provides worldwide access to collections, services and resources. . . .
• Collaborate with library colleagues to plan and manage web projects to increase electronic access to Library content and collections, particularly unique and scholarly materials from the Library's digital collections.

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The Harvard Library is recruiting an Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Resources.

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The AUL for Scholarly Resources will be responsible for advancing strategies for meeting Harvard's information needs, including purchase, licensing, collaborative agreements, and open access. The AUL for Scholarly Resources also oversees the Harvard College Library Collections unit comprised of over 30 librarians and staff and which expends over $20 million annually on materials; Information and Technical Services, a department of the Harvard Library with a budget of $16.5 m and 140 FTE which supports the acquisition, licensing and intellectual access to tangible and online collections in all formats; and the Office of Scholarly Communication, a leader in the development of Open Access policies and Harvard's institutional repository, DASH, with a budget of $1.2 m and 9 FTE.

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Louisiana State University is recruiting a Metadata Librarian.

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

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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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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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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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The University of Houston is recruiting a Metadata Librarian.

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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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San Jose State University is recruiting an Institutional Repository Coordinator.

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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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Purdue University is recruiting a Data Repository Outreach Specialist .

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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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Lafayette College is recruiting a Digital Library Interface Developer.

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The person selected for this position will lead design and programming efforts for all public-facing elements of Lafayette's digital library ecosystem, including elegant UI/UX design for repository systems and a growing number of repository-backed digital research projects with faculty members. Typical UI developer tasks include requirements gathering, initial design, implementation, testing and refinement within a larger agile/extreme software development methodology.

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