Category: Digital Library Jobs

Digital Scholarship Librarian at Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon is recruiting a Digital Scholarship Librarian .

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The Fred W Smith National Library at Mount Vernon seeks an innovative librarian/historian to take a lead role in the advancement of the Estate's scholarly digital initiatives. He or she will assess and integrate existing tools for digital scholarship and participate in maintaining and evaluating the Library's electronic and digital resources. The successful candidate will create scholarly digital content by working collaboratively with other stakeholders and departments across the Estate.

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Digital Scholarship Librarian at Claremont University Consortium

The Claremont University Consortium is recruiting a Digital Scholarship Librarian.

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The DSL will develop educational and programmatic activities with consortial partners, and assess the scholarly communication efforts and needs of the Claremont Colleges. This librarian will provide guidance and support to faculty and students on copyright and intellectual property rights management issues. The DSL will represent the library in rapidly developing pedagogical, digital humanities, and other intercollegiate initiatives within the consortium.

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Programmer Analyst 2 at Yale University

Yale University is recruiting a Programmer Analyst 2 .

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Reporting to the Manager of Digital Library and Programming Services, the Programmer Analyst 2 will work to deliver more library content and services to our users from our web applications by developing innovative tools that help patrons discover and use library collections and services. The incumbent plans, develops, implements, tests, and documents computer programs, applying knowledge of programming techniques and computer systems. Evaluates user requests for new or modified programs to determine feasibility, cost and time required, compatibility with current systems, and computer capabilities

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E-Research and Digital Scholarship Services Librarian at University of California, Irvine

The University of California, Irvine is recruiting a E-Research and Digital Scholarship Services Librarian.

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The E-Research and Digital Scholarship Services Unit is being formed within the Collection Development Department to capitalize on digital services offered locally and throughout the UC system to assist in the research, publication, and teaching missions of the University. The Unit will perform outreach, advertise, educate, and collaborate with faculty and researchers directly, and through the assistance and education of subject liaisons across all library departments.

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Data Management Services Librarian at University of Florida

The University of Florida is recruiting a Data Management Services Librarian.

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The Data Management Services Librarian will serve as the primary liaison for and provide consulting support to identify, store, describe (curate), retrieve, and re-use data, particularly data not available in public or government repositories. The Data Management Services Librarian will be part of a team to build a full system (with training, outreach, liaison duties, policies, procedures, technologies, tools, workflows, etc.) of data curation to support faculty in fulfilling federal mandates and enhancing curation and accessibility of their research product and the even further integrated role of the Smathers Libraries with all research and teaching on campus.

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Data Curator at New York University

New York University is recruiting a Data Curator.

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The Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP) at New York University seeks a Data Curator: an information scientist who will work with faculty, researchers, and students in applied urban science to acquire and organize data related to New York City. CUSP is a dynamic research and academic center that requires a Data Curator to manage data ingest and access workflows, to catalog data using and maintaining controlled vocabularies, and to provide reference and data services to faculty, researchers, and students. The Data Curator will manage the Data Lifecycle from beginning to end to ensure that CUSP data is indexed, curated, and stored within the CUSP Data Warehouse for discovery and access. Strategy must be employed to scale for both data volume and data access growth.

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Research Data Management Librarian at Boston University

Boston University is recruiting a Research Data Management Librarian.

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Lead Boston University Libraries efforts to support faculty and students in the management of their research data throughout its lifecycle. Educate and lead subject librarians in providing data management services. Work with other relevant university offices to develop policies and workflows related to data management, and outreach directly to students and faculty through workshops, websites, and one- on-one consulting on data management issues. Represent Boston University Libraries in regional and national groups related to the topic, while keeping up-to-date on the latest developments. Study the specific data management needs of Boston University students and faculty, and will assess the impact of the library's data management services towards furthering the research efforts at the university.

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Digital Infrastructure Librarian at Washington University

Washington University is recruiting a Digital Infrastructure Librarian.

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Washington University Libraries is seeking a creative and enthusiastic individual to design and implement a new digital library application infrastructure using the Hydra repository framework and related technologies. Reporting to the Head of Scholarly Publishing, the Digital Infrastructure Librarian will work collaboratively with Libraries' staff and campus partners to lead all aspects of system design and implementation, including gathering requirements, establishing coding standards, and participating in system testing, resulting in the delivery of a functioning digital asset management system based on the Hydra repository framework. This position will participate in writing text and project plans that will be incorporated into grant submissions.

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Digital Services Specialist at Georgetown University

Georgetown University is recruiting a Digital Services Specialist.

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Under the supervision of the Digital Services Librarian, the Digital Services Specialist participates in the addition, maintenance, and expansion of digital library and institutional repository collections and content. Responsible for digital production processes and quality assurance during the digital conversion process, and digital content management within traditional file systems as well as content management systems and digital access platforms such as DigitalGeorgetown. Leverages a variety of tools to ensure digital content integrity, and ingest content into various platforms.

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Digital Collections Librarian at University of Nevada Las Vegas

The University of Nevada Las Vegas is recruiting a Digital Collections Librarian.

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This faculty position, reporting to the Head, Digital Collections, is primarily responsible for managing digital library workflow as part of a fast-paced and highly collaborative team. The librarian is responsible for coordinating several functional areas of a growing digital library; including: management of a digitization lab and scanning operations, digital file management and digital preservation; metadata and linked open data creation, quality control for large scale production, and administration of specialized digital asset management software (currently CONTENTdm).

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Associate Director for the Digital Library at NCSU

NCSU is recruiting an Associate Director for the Digital Library.

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The Associate Director for the Digital Library provides vision and leadership for information technology; resource management and discovery; and digital projects and associated research and development. The position serves as administrator for three departments: Information Technology (23 FTE), Acquisitions & Discovery (24 FTE), and Digital Library Initiatives (11 FTE). The Digital Library Division designs, develops, manages, and maintains a flexible, reliable, and innovative technology environment that enables access to research collections and facilitates user-centered services, along with a robust computing and data storage infrastructure that supports the library as both repository and research platform, both physically and virtually.

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Digital Initiatives Librarian at Kansas State University

Kansas State University is recruiting a Digital Initiatives Librarian.

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This new position will be responsible for coordinating, evaluating, and optimizing digitization procedures, including capture, presentation, preservation, and other digital asset management activities. The incumbent will lead and participate in the strategic development of innovative, scalable, and sustainable digital collections through the establishment of benchmarks and specific objectives. The individual will directly supervise 2 FTE in the Digital Initiatives Unit, and collaborate with librarians, faculty, and staff to identify, implement, and promote access to digital collections.

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Geospatial Data Librarian at Queen's University

Queen's University is recruiting a Geospatial Data Librarian.

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Reporting to the Head, Academic Services Division the Geospatial Data Librarian is primarily responsible for identifying, developing, promoting, delivering and evaluating Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and print cartographic information services. The Geospatial Data Librarian has primary responsibility for maintaining the Library's map and geospatial data collections, and delivering the Library's GIS service.

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Emerging Technology Librarian at Rochester Institute of Technology

The Rochester Institute of Technology is recruiting an Emerging Technology Librarian.

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This position will identify and implement innovative uses of emerging information and web technologies to enhance the delivery of online content in a university setting including projects related to libraries, instruction, and student learning.

Specific projects may include piloting vendor applications, or using web services to improve the user experience in discovering, searching, or acquiring library materials and content. Additionally, the position will assist users in working with the Drupal CMS, customizing the interface for various applications, and integrating services from separate applications, including library databases and services supporting digital collections.

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Digital Preservation Analyst at UC San Diego

UC San Diego is recruiting a Digital Preservation Analyst.

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The UC San Diego Library is seeking an experienced digital preservation analyst to play a central role building and maintaining national digital preservation systems, to ensure future generations will have open access to our digital cultural materials. This person will be integral to several important digital preservation enterprises including Chronopolis, the Digital Preservation Network (DPN) and significant digital curation efforts on the UC San Diego campus. This position will also have the opportunity to work with, and influence, UC, national and international preservation developments.

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Library Applications Developer at University of Miami

The University of Miami is recruiting a Library Applications Developer.

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This position will develop and deploy new and existing web and backend applications for the University of Miami Libraries. The Library Applications Developer will be involved in all stages of software development and maintenance: Gathering and writing requirements; designing system architecture; and writing, maintaining, troubleshooting and documenting code. The Web & Emerging Technologies department supports a mix of open source (WordPress, Blacklight, etc.), proprietary (ContentDM, III) and homegrown applications; shares responsibility with other Web & Emerging Technologies staff for the creation of applications and assisting in the development and implementation of web resource services and digital library projects and services. Work with system architecture, evaluate, and implement commercial and/or open-source software solutions to meet programmatic needs.

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Data Services Librarian at George Washington University

George Washington University is recruiting a Data Services Librarian.

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The Data Services Librarian proactively collaborates and coordinates with teams to develop services relating to data management plans for faculty and researchers and supports students and faculty through appropriate research consultation, referrals and instruction. This position provides opportunities for programmatic development, initiating best practices in E-Research and investigating and implementing new technologies and research tools in support of data services initiatives.

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Digital Projects Specialist at University of Notre Dame

The University of Notre Dame is recruiting a Digital Projects Specialist.

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The Digital Projects Specialist is responsible for the creation, supervision, planning, and management of the Architecture Library's growing digital collections and digital portal projects. Reporting directly to the head of the Architecture Library this position will plan and implement new digital projects based on Architecture Library collections and student and Architecture faculty projects or research. It will be responsible for creation of metadata and digitization standards, creating and managing digital surrogates, and training staff and students on various digital technologies.

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Digital Library Software Engineer at Harvard University

Harvard University is recruiting a Digital Library Software Engineer.

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This is a one year term position, with the possibility of renewal, contingent on funding, university priorities and satisfactory job performance.

Harvard University IT Library Technology Services is seeking a java software engineer to enhance existing Library software to make possible the preservation and on-line delivery of digital video material at Harvard. This project will add support for video files to the Library's large-scale digital preservation repository enabling the deposit, preservation, management and delivery of video files. Ultimately this will make Harvard's video collections more accessible to researchers, teachers and learners now and into the future.

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Digital Humanities Project Director at Princeton University

Princeton University is recruiting a Digital Humanities Project Director.

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Manage existing and anticipated digital humanities initiatives at the Library, including the ongoing Blue Mountain Project, the German Modernism Project, the Slavic Visual Resources Project, and others.

Work with librarians and curators, the Coordinator of Digital Initiatives, the Digital Studio, cataloging and preservation units, and researchers, vendors and partners, to ensure timely, efficient development of these projects, fostering communication among team members and stakeholders, resolving projects, coordinating input, tracking deliverables, managing budgets and preparing reports, and other related tasks.

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DevOps Engineer/Systems Administrator at DuraSpace

DuraSpace is recruiting a DevOps Engineer/Systems Administrator.

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DuraSpace, a not-for-profit serving the needs of hundreds of academic and cultural heritage institutions worldwide, is seeking an experienced operations specialist to manage the administration and automation of technical infrastructure and software systems used by the DuraSpace organization and the teams that are creating open source systems such as DSpace, Fedora, VIVO, and DuraCloud.

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Scholarly Communications and Faculty Services Librarian at Penn State Dickinson School of Law

The Penn State Dickinson School of Law is recruiting a Scholarly Communications and Faculty Services Librarian.

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Specifically, the SCFSL, in concert with other members of the Law Library's professional team, will be responsible for the development and leadership of creative scholarly support programs that are custom fit to provide the type of research assistance needed by individual faculty members. In providing this level of scholarly support, it is expected that the SCFSL will maintain enhanced expertise in all aspects of legal and law-related publishing, regardless of format, and will develop strategies for keeping the faculty abreast of developments and trends that increase the likelihood of placing their works in prestigious and highly-visible print and electronic publications. Additionally, the SCFSL will serve as the lead administrator of the Law Library's digital Institutional Repository—the Penn State Law eLibrary, (elibrary.law.psu.edu), working with authors, student journal editors, and publishers to populate our eLibrary with current and archival scholarly publications published by our law faculty and student journals.

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Emerging Technology and Digital Research Librarian at Penn State Dickinson School of Law

The Penn State Dickinson School of Law is recruiting an Emerging Technology and Digital Research Librarian.

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Specifically, the ETDRL will evaluate digital information products, track emerging trends in their use as research and publishing resources in an academic environment, and make recommendations of digital works that would enhance the Law Library's research collection quality. For those digital products chosen for the collection, the ETDRL will take a lead role in the process of licensing and maintaining licenses for those digital works. Additionally, the ETDRL will develop tools and training programs designed to increase faculty and student awareness and effective use of digital collections, and will draft policies related to the acquisition, use, and retention of electronic resources and online information. The ETDRL will also assist the Law Library's Scholarly Communications and Faculty Services Librarian with the maintenance of the digital Institutional Repository—the Penn State Law eLibrary (elibrary.law.psu.edu).

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Digital Initiatives Metadata Librarian at University of Miami

The University of Miami is recruiting a Digital Initiatives Metadata Librarian.

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Under the direction of the Head of the Cataloging & Metadata Services Department, the Digital Initiatives Metadata Librarian supports the discovery of and access to the Libraries' digital content through metadata creation, analysis, enrichment, and maintenance according to local and national cataloging and metadata standards. Working closely with the Digital Projects team, the core mission of this position is to apply, steward, and preserve metadata for the Libraries' digital collections, as well as explore collaborations and partnerships with other library departments, university partners, and external collaborators. The position will participate in or lead projects to enhance intellectual access to and discoverability of both digital and physical resources.

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