Category: Digital Library Jobs

The UC San Diego Library is recruiting a Data Services and Collections Librarian.

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The Data Services and Collections Librarian is the leader within the UC San Diego Library for managing and providing data and statistical services, with a focus on social science data. The position reports primarily to the Director of the Library's Reference & Research Advisory Services Program with additional assigned responsibilities in the Library's Collection Development & Management and Research Data Curation programs.

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The Center for Research Libraries is recruiting a Digital Repository Analyst.

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The Digital Repository Analyst will assess and compare the capacity of various systems to provide long-term access to digitized news. Based on this assessment, he/she will play a key role in developing a rational methodology and process for libraries and publishers to collaborate on digitizing newspaper content to ensure broad access, interoperability, and persistence.

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The Bay Area Video Coalition is recruiting a Preservation Project Manager.

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The role of the Preservation Project Manager is to coordinate BAVC's preservation activities, oversee the timelines and workflows of fee-for-service client projects as well as deliverables of grant-funded projects. The Preservation Project Manager is responsible for the supervision of on-call technicians, and works closely with the Director of Technology to ensure BAVC's preservation services are of the highest quality.

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The University of Minnesota Libraries are recruiting a Social Sciences Data Curation Specialist.

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Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic leadership for the University of Minnesota Libraries in development and sustaining support for social science data throughout its lifecycle.
• Collect, manage, curate, provide access to and assist in the analysis of research data related to social sciences and professional program academic departments; refer researchers to disciplinary repositories as appropriate.
• Identify and propose research projects at the University of Minnesota involving data capture, management, and related issues that focus on social science data needs with potential for deeper scholarly engagement specific areas related to the specialist's background.
• Access current and/or develops innovative methods for data discovery, to enhance the library's delivery and discovery environment related to social sciences data.

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The University of Idaho Library is recruiting a Scholarly Communications Librarian.

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This position will serve as point of contact for scholarly publication at the university, with particular focus on academic library copyright issues, open access, and author rights. Working closely and collaboratively with library and university employees, the Scholarly Communications Librarian will manage the university's institutional repository, support open access publications, ensure compliance with federal mandates, and promote scholarly and professional achievements.

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The Penn State University Libraries are recruiting a Penn State University Libraries.

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Duties Serve as an expert in the University community for copyright, fair use, Teach Act, and other related issues. Consult with faculty and students on matters related to copyright in research, instruction, and scholarly communication. Develop an outreach and education program on these topics for students and faculty; provide training in the responsible conduct of research as it relates to copyright and intellectual property. Conduct workshops or provide course-related instruction to promote the understanding of intellectual property concepts in the curriculum. Enable the development of Libraries` and University policies on these and related issues. Liaise with Office of General Council to ensure consistent application of law and policy. Work with Information Technology Services to support development of online resources about copyright. Represent the Libraries as appropriate throughout the University and in the CIC, ARL or other professional venues.

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The Iowa State University Library is recruiting a Life Sciences and Scholarly Communications Librarian.

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This position will be responsible for subject-based reference, instruction, collection development, and scholarly communications outreach; participating and sharing responsibilities with a team of science and technology subject librarians for delivering high quality in-depth programs, collections and services for faculty, students and staff; teaching a required one-credit undergraduate information literacy course; and providing general reference services.

This position works closely with the Scholarly Communications Team in developing and promoting the Library Scholarly Communications Program including Iowa State University Digital Repository and issues such as open access, data management, copyright, fair use, and author rights for the campus community; and stays current with emerging scholarly communication issues, new technologies and service trends.

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The Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame are recruiting an American History/Digital Humanities Librarian.

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Serves as the primary liaison to faculty, students and researchers in the areas of American History and American Studies; works closely with these scholars to insure the Libraries have the resources and services needed for successful research and learning. . . . In addition to subject specialist duties, this position serves as a digital humanities librarian in the Center for Digital Scholarship, responsible for expanding services in response to growing demand for digital arts and humanities support and educating others within the Libraries about digital scholarship in this area. Reporting to the Director of Digital Production and Outreach within the Digital Initiatives and Scholarship Program, this position has the potential to supervise other staff and librarians.

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The Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame are recruiting a Copyright and Licensing Librarian.

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The Copyright and Licensing Librarian is the Hesburgh Libraries' coordinator and consultant on issues that span copyright, licensing, and information policies pertaining to library services and initiatives. In conjunction with the University of Notre Dame's Office of General Counsel, this individual is responsible for developing, managing, and analyzing intellectual property policies that pertain to the creation, addition, or use of copyrighted or licensed content.

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The Virginia Tech Libraries are recruiting a Unix Systems Administrator.

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Responsible for systems administration of the Unix servers; web servers and associated services; installation and management of Unix servers and workstations; and the training of library personnel using them. Provides support to information providers, assisting them in publishing their information on the various available platforms. Develop digital library solutions to specifications for various library needs.

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The Illinois Institute of Technology Library is recruiting a Digital Initiatives Librarian.

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The Digital Initiatives Librarian is a member of the Paul V. Galvin Library professional staff who, under the direction of the Head of Assessment, Planning and Scholarly Communications, provides leadership for digital collections and special collections services. The Digital Initiatives Librarian will also manage select digital resources at Galvin Library including the IIT digital repository.

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The New York Public Library is recruiting a Director, Digital Library Applications.

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Reporting to the Chief Technology Officer, and working with Director of Digital Initiatives in the Chief Library Organization (CLO), this position will establish and oversee development of our technology architecture for digital asset management, ILS (library catalogue), information discovery, digital content management (preservation, user generated, library-generated), and new areas we push the library in such as learning management systems, partnerships with other content repositories (e.g. Hathi Trust, DPLA), and of course our taxonomy and metadata work. The Director of Digital Library Applications will guide an internal team of developers, database, and system administrators in addition to external vendors, to deliver robust, supportable platforms. The Director of Digital Library Applications will also work closely with system architects and operational leads to develop the services architecture and search engine frameworks needed to power an exceptional, seamless information discovery experience across all of these systems. Additionally, there will be a strong emphasis on devising the technical framework for a library that is increasingly experienced on mobile devices.

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The Connecticut College Library is recruiting a Digital Scholarship & Visual Resource Librarian.

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The successful candidate will lead the development and coordinate the College's digital scholarship program. S/he will also promote and support the use of visual resources at the College. The successful candidate will also be responsible for collaborating with members of Information Services and other campus support organizations to plan and deliver information services and supporting resources. The position will be a member of the Instructional Technology Team and will assist in developing an instructional support program for the College.

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The New York Public Library is recruiting a Senior iOS Developer.

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With the support of the federal government and a broad coalition of library partners, The New York Public Library is building a small, empowered product team to develop a mobile platform for ebook lending and reading that could serve as model for public libraries across North America. You'll be reinventing the experience of how the public access books, and then expanding into how to rethink how people access the library from their pocket.

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The Salisbury University Library is recruiting a Scholarly Communications Librarian.

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Develop, promote, and manage the institutional repository. Serve as a campus resource and advocate for scholarly communications, open access, and alternative/digital publishing models, collaborating with faculty and staff as appropriate. Serve as the SU Libraries intellectual property rights expert. Work closely with the Head of Public Services and the Head of Circulation in the management of all Access Services functions (circulation, ILL, and reserves), recommending new policies, services, and enhancements as well as providing back-up support as needed. Oversee and process print and online reserves. Participate in University System of Maryland committees related to scholarly communications and access services.

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New York University's Information Technology Services is recruiting an Assistant Director, Research Technology Services.

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Direct all aspects of University academic technology services used for research. Direct two teams: (1) team responsible for support of scientific systems such as High Performance Computing Services and applications; and (2) team responsible for delivering research computing services directly to faculty and students. In addition to oversight of NYC-based HPC services this position will coordinate with the group providing HPC systems and services in NYU Abu Dhabi and NYU Shanghai. Co-lead Data Services, a research area managed by ITS and NYU Libraries to support faculty and researchers all phases of the data lifecycle, including data creation, analysis, visualization and data management.

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Purdue University Libraries are recruiting a Digital Data Repository Specialist.

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The Digital Data Repository Specialist will oversee and provide support for the launch and subsequent day-to-day operation of the Purdue University Research Repository (PURR) service. The position will partner with colleagues to support the adoption and improvement of PURR, as well as lead the ISO 16363 certification process for PURR as a Trustworthy Digital Repository.

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James Madison University Libraries are recruiting a Digital and Special Collections Specialist .

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Entering and maintaining data related to incoming collections in various formats; organizing and rehousing physical collections; describing the archival material for online access through databases and collection guides; supporting the transition to new access technology and software through research and testing; digitizing rare and fragile materials in a variety of formats; describing digital objects according to established standards; perform quality control review of digitized materials; provide training on JMU Scholarly Commons and other repository services to faculty and staff and other duties as assigned.

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Ohio State University Libraries are recruiting a Digital Humanities Librarian.

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The Digital Humanities Librarian will establish and grow a dynamic, multifaceted program that addresses the growing demand for digital arts and humanities support on campus. Working with arts and humanities scholars, faculty and students, the Digital Humanities Librarian will foster successful adoption and application of digital arts and humanities approaches to research, teaching, and learning. The librarian will engage deeply with the Digital Arts and Humanities Working Group, the Digital Media Collective, ACCAD (Advanced Computer Center for the Arts and Design), and other campus entities to identify innovative and evolving digital tools and resources that advance scholarly investigation, while building upon the traditional cornerstones of research methodologies in the arts and humanities disciplines. The librarian will be the liaison to the University's Humanities Institute and will collaborate with faculty participating in Institute projects and initiatives funded by the College of Arts and Sciences, and will collaborate with the Head of Digital Initiatives in the Libraries on projects originating in the Institute. The Digital Humanities Librarian will be a change agent, partner, and resource person for subject librarians and special collections curators involved in facilitating faculty and student digital projects and will be expected to conduct regular environmental scans of the campus environment to identify emerging areas of interest.

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The Library of Congress is recruiting an Information Technology Specialist (Systems Analysis).

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Temporary Not-to-Exceed 13 months . . .

The incumbent reports to the Project Manager for Digital Initiatives in repository development and works with a specialized group of programmers on complex, multi-faceted prototype and production systems, and assists with software analysis, design, development, documentation and implementation of these systems. The incumbent updates and modifies existing Library applications, designs and implements new applications, generates documentation, and is responsible for the maintenance and upgrades.

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Florida State University Libraries are recruiting a Digital Projects Librarian.

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This position is for a one year period (March 1, 2014 through February 28, 2015) for expert services in conjunction with FSU's Islandora implementation and development project. FSU is currently involved in a project with FLVC to implement Islandora as a digital platform for FSU and other SUS libraries.

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The University of Illinois at Chicago is recruiting an Information Technology Technical Associate (Senior Digital Library Applications Developer).

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Design information, research and storage systems to support the Library’s goal of providing quality resources and expertise to students, faculty and staff. Act as project manager in designing or modifying information systems. Reports to the Assistant University Librarian for Information Technology.

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The New York University Libraries are recruiting a Senior Programmer/Analyst.

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Design, plan, develop and implement high-level architecture and specifications for University-wide network information services and systems for the NYU Digital Library.

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