Category: Digital Library Jobs

The University of San Diego's Copley Library is recruiting a Digital Initiatives Librarian.

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Reporting to the University Librarian and working under the direction of the University Archivist/Special Collections Librarian, the Digital Initiatives Librarian is responsible for assisting librarians and faculty with digital projects and developing and managing the University's institutional repository based in Copley Library. He/she plans services and standards for digital projects and repository projects and prepares related workflow, long-term preservation and perpetual access documentation and procedures. . . . He/she works closely with the library faculty and teaching faculty to identify and to advise on issues related to intellectual property and open access of scholarly output at the University.

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Colgate University Libraries are recruiting a Rare Books, Manuscripts and Digital Projects Librarian.

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The individual in this position manages rare books, manuscripts, and other non-University Archives materials in the Special Collections and University Archives, including their development, organization, description, accessibility, digitization, preservation, promotion and assessment. S/he engages in educational planning and instruction, reinforcing the significance of primary source materials as curricular resources, and explores the use of technology to advance teaching, learning and research with special collections materials. S/he manages the Libraries' major digital projects involving Special Collections materials (student newspaper, yearbooks, alumni magazine, course catalogs, etc.) including digital outsourcing, quality control, preservation, and storage and creates and describes resources digitized locally.

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The Princeton University Library is recruiting a Digital Archivist.

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The Digital Archivist will be integrated into the functions of the Library and the Mudd Library Technical Services Unit. The position will participate in the archival processing, accessioning, and reference programs of the Mudd Manuscript Library and contribute to work relating to development and evaluation of infrastructure for digital archives, access systems and tools, digitization, and related technical issues. This position also works with a variety of stakeholders, including archivists and librarians, developers, IT staff, and donors, and will supervise the work of student assistants.

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The University of Virginia Library is recruiting an Institutional Repository Services Librarian.

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This position will promote repository services to the university community through training and outreach activities, assist members of the university community with Libra deposit and access, and help determine strategic directions for Libra, ensuring that Libra services support current and future scholarship of the UVA community. The position also plays a key role in the library's scholarly communication initiatives by serving as one of a team of experts on open access, scholarly publishing, fair use and copyright issues.

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The University of Cincinnati Libraries are recruiting a Digital Archivist/Records Manager.

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Full-time tenure-track faculty appointment responsible for developing and implementing digital workflow including, but not limited to, born-digital archives, the digitization of existing hard copy materials, and the digital preservation of established electronic records. Also responsible for implementation and management of the University of Cincinnati Records Management Program. Coordinates and provides technological support for ARB staff including the ARB website.

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Utah State University Libraries are recruiting a Metadata Librarian:

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This new position will play a major role in furthering the success of the Library's digital initiatives by enhancing discovery and access for digital content through metadata creation and enrichment according to local and national cataloging and metadata standards. The Metadata Librarian will document and implement adopted metadata standards, practices, and workflows. He/She will lead efforts to provide metadata for archival and special collections materials, explore innovative ways to enhance metadata, and contribute to making the library's digital content more readily discoverable.

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The Five Colleges of Ohio are recruiting a Mellon Digital Scholar.

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The successful candidate will

• Foster the conceptualization, design, development, and assessment of scholarly digital projects;
• Serve as a liaison to faculty, educating them about the wide range of options offered by the libraries and collaborating with them on the use of digital collections and projects in the curriculum;
• Train and coordinate training opportunities for library staff to increase their understanding and awareness of the emerging field of digital scholarship;
• Engage faculty and students, as appropriate, in collaborative scholarship and the creation of knowledge using digital collections and emerging analytical tools;

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The University of Waterloo Library is recruiting a Head, Digital Initiatives.

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Demonstrated ability to lead change, and identify and implement new technologies, services and work methods; ability to learn and evaluate new technologies quickly. Competencies will include strategic thinking, project management, metadata, information technology, human resources management, interpersonal, organizational and communication skills, instruction and training. Demonstrated ability to independently, as well as collaboratively, plan, coordinate, and implement effective digital projects, including managing multiple and simultaneous projects. Knowledge and understanding of emergent and best practices, standards, current programming languages and frameworks, issues and trends relating to web technologies and digital initiatives in the library environment.

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Stanford University Libraries are recruiting a Discovery Metadata Librarian.

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The Discovery Metadata Librarian is responsible for the accessioning of digital objects into the Stanford Digital Repository (SDR). Stanford University Libraries' (SUL) SDR manages hundreds of terabytes of assets and the successful, automated ingestion of digital objects and their metadata will be key to its success. The objects ingested may come from many sources, from digital library collections to Google-scanned books and the metadata for the collections will need to be examined with an eye both to schema and successful discovery in SUL's discovery environment, SearchWorks.

This is a four-year, fixed-term position.

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Stanford University Libraries are recruiting a Digital Library Software Engineer, Revs Program.

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This is a two-year, grant-funded position.

The Repository Developer will primarily develop digital library software to enable management, preservation, and online discovery of Revs materials. This will involve deployment of a new repository and web application using the Hydra technology stack (http://projecthydra.org). The Repository Developer will be a core contributor to the open source Hydra project in the process of building the Revs digital repository.

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The Smithsonian Institution is recruiting a Supervisory Information Technology Specialist.

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This position is located in the Smithsonian Institution's Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (FSG), Network Services Division. The incumbent serves as the head of Digital Access and Outreach with responsibility for long-range planning, direction and implementation of the museum's digital strategy. The incumbent reports to the Director of the FSG.

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The Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities is recruiting a BitCurator Community Lead.

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The Community Lead will be responsible for representing the BitCurator project in public contexts; conducting site visits to work with the partner institutions represented on our Professional Experts Panel and Development Advisory Group; promoting BitCurator through social media, online community-building, and at conferences; gathering and analyzing user feedback in conjunction with our developers; creating and maintaining documentation; and working with the project team to develop a long-term sustainability plan for BitCurator's deliverables.

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Columbia University Libraries are recruiting a Programmer/Analyst.

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Columbia University Libraries seeks an enthusiastic programmer / analyst to work on a variety of important, innovative knowledge applications and to help maintain and develop Columbia's overall digital library infrastructure. The incumbent will work collaboratively with programmers, analysts and designers—as well as faculty and library specialists—on projects such as: Columbia's long-term digital archiving service, custom research portals, search and retrieval interfaces and repository-based scholarly publishing systems.

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Wake Forest's Z. Smith Reynolds Library is recruiting a Digital Initiatives Librarian.

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The Digital Initiatives Librarian will develop, coordinate, and guide a formal program designed to cover the wide range of digital needs that span the academic and administrative domains of the University. This person will develop a digital initiatives program framework that includes developing policies, planning and implementing workflows, prioritizing projects and building productive partnerships with internal and external collaborators. Key internal partners include the Library's Special Collections, Scholarly Communication, and Technology Team. External partners include WFU Digital Publishing, the WFU Digital Humanities initiative, and other University faculty, staff and units.

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Indiana University Libraries are recruiting a Programmer/Analyst, Digital Media Services, Libraries.

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Performs software design, programming, database administration, and other tasks required for the ongoing maintenance and enhancement of Library Technologies (LT) software systems, primarily in support of digital media (audio and video) online services delivery.

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Florida International University Libraries are recruiting a Digital Media Librarian.

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Working within the department and with colleagues at the Green Library (MMC) and Hubert Library (BBC), this librarian's primary responsibilities include:

• Leading the Sound & Image Department staff in the planning, provision, development and implementation of digital media resource projects and services.
• Collaborating with liaisons and Digital Collections Center staff to coordinate and manage best practices for video, audio, and image collections.
• Maintaining knowledge of the legal landscape for digital file conversion and usage of media materials in online formats.

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The Western Oregon University Library is recruiting an Institutional Repository & Systems Librarian.

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This person will take the lead in promotion and continued development of our institutional repository, DigitalCommons@WOU, which is hosted on the Bepress Digital Commons platform. Additionally, this person will share leadership and responsibility for planning, developing, integrating, implementing, and maintaining other digital systems and services through which the library supports users in finding and using information

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The Princeton Theological Seminary is recruiting a Digital Library Application Developer.

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Seeking a Digital Library Application Developer. Reporting to the Digital Initiatives Librarian, this position works with a small, collaborative team of librarians and technologists to design, develop, and test web applications using Agile practices for searching and displaying the Library's digital resources. Responsibilities include writing and refactoring XQuery, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code for new and existing web applications built on native XML databases (MarkLogic Server); and testing web applications in multiple browsers on multiple platforms to identify, track, and resolve bugs.

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Colorado State University Libraries are recruiting an Assistant Dean for Scholarly Communications and Collection Development.

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The Assistant Dean for Scholarly Communications and Collection Development provides dynamic and visionary leadership, management, planning, policy development, and strategic direction of all aspects for the library-wide scholarly communication activities, including the college liaison program, archives and special collections, and collection development. The Assistant Dean is a member of the Libraries' executive leadership group and represents the Dean of Libraries as appropriate. This position offers an exciting opportunity to lead the development and management of library collections and instruction and outreach services within the rapidly evolving environment of higher education.

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Ball State University Libraries are recruiting a Digital Archivist for Manuscript Collections.

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Responsibilities: engage in acquisition, processing, preservation, digitization, promotion, and use of the unit's collections, programs, and services; develop and promote digital research and education through the University Libraries' digital library program.

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The Enoch Pratt Free Library is recruiting a Digitization Supervisor/Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage Coordinator.

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Under the supervision of the Web Manager, the Digitization Supervisor / Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage Coordinator is responsible for planning, directing, and implementing digitization projects for both the Enoch Pratt Free Library/State Library Resource Center and the Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage Program, including the oversight of staff, policy, and workflow. Manages the continued growth and development of current projects and implements new projects as they arise, including identifying and evaluating potential digitization projects; selecting materials for digitization; resolving intellectual property and privacy issues; overseeing the scanning of materials and creation of descriptive metadata; and publishing of digital collections to the web using appropriate software and technologies.

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