Category: Digital Library Jobs

The Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries is recruiting an Alliance Digital Repository Services Director. Degree: MLS.

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The ADR Services Director oversees the administration, development and implementation of consortial digital repository services at the Alliance. This position plays a key role in the continuing development and operation of a shared Fedora Commons/Islandora installation which provides the foundation for Alliance members’ and affiliates’ institutional digital repository initiatives. This position directs budget and resource allocations, including oversight of hardware and infrastructure procurement, software development, recruitment and management of personnel, contractor and vendor relations, collaborative communications, and member support services. This position coordinates the investigation, adoption, and adherence to established and emerging digital repository, digital preservation, and data curation standards, best practices, and trends, including content and metadata development, distributed data storage and disaster recovery, and rights, usage, and general policy compliance by participating institutions.

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Carroll College is recruiting a Digital Projects/Web Services Librarian (10 month/year position). Degree: MLS.

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Responsibilities include developing and implementing projects related to digitization and web services; promoting awareness and use of electronic resources, providing reference service and instruction to student and faculty; developing the library collection.

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Lafayette College is recruiting a Digital Production Manager. Degree: "Master’s degree in the visual arts or library and information science preferred. Bachelor’s degree plus five years relevant experience, preferably in an academic setting, or an equivalent combination of education and experience."

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Responsible for advanced image and metadata production in direct support of teaching and research at Lafayette College, the Digital Production Manager takes a lead role in the selection and implementation of digital imaging, color correction, and metadata management standards for campus-wide projects supported by Library Digital Services. Manages the Digital Imaging Center in Lafayette’s William's Center for the Arts, making sure that the Digital Image Instruction Specialist is well-trained, and meets all image production deadlines. Provides expert advice to individuals and departments planning or working on digital projects. Works closely with faculty members and librarians to design digital projects that complement, support, and strengthen the College’s teaching and research mission.

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The University of California Santa Barbara Library is recruiting a Computer & Network Tech II. Degree: "Education and/or background in web development or computer science." Salary: $3,751-$4,688 per month.

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Under the supervision of the Programming Manager (CNT III/Supr) enhances, designs and implements Library web applications with an emphasis on user-oriented design. Works with library staff and others to build, customize, secure, install, and maintain web applications. Provides programming support for websites, existing web applications and all digital library initiatives. Responsible for maintenance, enhancement, upgrading, security and deployment of Drupal based applications. Performs SQL programming of queries for spatial and text searching across multiple distributed databases. Provides operational support for web applications. Provides programming and implementation for non-web based system software in support of the department and other campus systems. Following direction from supervisor researches and tests software to enhance services such as digital asset management systems, workflow management and collaboration systems, digital preservation and digital repository systems.

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The University of Pittsburgh Libraries are recruiting a Web Developer. Degree: "B.S. in Computer or Information Science or related field." Salary: $32,184.00-$51,312.

Here's an excerpt from the ad (position number: 0128866):

This is a temporary grant-funded position through September 30, 2013 in the University Library System/Information Technology Department, responsible for planning, development and implementation of Web-based applications and interfaces for content management and e-publishing systems, with emphasis on local software development, integration and configuration of open source content management software and data migration tasks to export, transform and import content and metadata between systems.

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The Archives of the Episcopal Church (Austin, TX) is recruiting a Digital Archivist and Electronic Content Manager.

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Position Summary Digital Archivist and Electronic Content Manager is responsible for leading the development of digital content and web-based delivery systems for the historical records of The Archives of the Episcopal Church, and working with other curatorial staff to receive, organize, and manage the Church’s electronic records. The archivist for this area will collaborate to create born-digital documents for Church-wide access, preferably in open source formats, and to convert electronic and paper-based records to searchable online data sets. The individual will also define and develop industry standard descriptive data and metadata for archival preservation and digital data/document persistence. The Digital Archivist assists in shaping the Archives’ online presence and strategic marketing to Church audiences and the public.

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The New York Public Library is recruiting a Front-End Web Developer/Designer, NYPL Labs. Degree: Bachelor's degree in Web Development, Computer Science, Digital Design, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

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Work will be situated in midtown Manhattan within NYPL's larger web group, but will focused on projects that break new ground in digital humanities research and/or facilitate new forms of networked participation in library activity. Projects may range from building crowdsourcing tools for enhancing library collections, rethinking established genres such as archival finding aids, or developing multi-modal (potentially cross-institutional) digital archives of special collections material.

Some projects will be proof-of-concept prototypes aimed at hatching ideas that might eventually be applied more broadly across the library, others will be fully realized applications that become staple resources in the NYPL web environment. All will place you at the intersection of scholarly, library and technological innovation taking place at one of the world' greatest public research institutions, tapped into one of the worlds largest and most creatively dynamic urban populations.

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The MIT Libraries are recruiting a Digital Archivist. Degree: MLS/MLIS or master's in history or relevant subject/field. Salary: $51,000 minimum.

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DIGITAL ARCHIVIST, MIT Libraries, to join the innovative, service-oriented staff of the Institute Archives and Special Collections in support of acquisition, preservation, management, and access to digital collections. The focus of this position is a direct outcome of the Institute's 'Digital MIT' initiative and the Libraries' strategic direction that prioritizes MIT-produced content, unique material, and born-digital and digitized collections. Will define and apply the methodology and standards of archival best practices to born-digital and digitized archival collections in collaboration with other units within the Libraries and the Institute; and implement processes for acquisition, description, access, preservation, and future migration of digital collections and lead the effort to develop policies and technical standards for MIT digital content creators. Will also develop plans, specifications, procedures, and manuals to support the collection and management of digital archival content and work with library and Institute staff to define best practices and procedures related to archival digital content management and to determine specifications for a digital repository that meets the management, access, and preservation needs of archival collections, including administrative records.

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The University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries are recruiting a Digital Services Librarian. Salary minimum $40,526. Degree: MLS.

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The University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries seek a creative, experienced, team-oriented professional to serve as Digital Services Librarian for the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center (UWDCC).

Working with UWDCC and other library staff and faculty, the successful candidate will coordinate the formulation and implementation of policies and standards for descriptive, structural, technical, and administrative metadata that are used to support the production and management of, and access to, the Libraries' digital collections. The Digital Services Librarian will work with librarians, faculty, and other project partners to determine appropriate methods of developing metadata for the libraries' digital collections, train project participants in all areas of metadata creation, and collaborate with appropriate librarians and working groups to advise on the application of current and emerging metadata standards to facilitate access to and preservation of digital content.

The Digital Services Librarian is responsible for overseeing the implementation of UWDCC's metadata strategies, profiling existing standards to meet current needs. This position will also collaborate in the development of metadata workflow processes; manage metadata entry, quality control, and data exports performed by UWDCC student and other staff; and coordinate production schedules with Reformatting Unit, ensuring efficient and timely workflows to meet project deadlines.

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The University of Cambridge Library is recruiting a DSpace@Cambridge Research Data and Digital Curation Officer. Salary: £25,854-£29,972.

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Applications are invited for the post of DSpace@Cambridge Research Data and Digital Curation Officer to support work in the areas of digital curation and research data management. The role holder will assist current projects and continue the work from completed projects in research data management.

The role holder will be working within the existing DSpace@Cambridge team, which currently consist of five members of staff, including a system manager, developer, repository manager and two part-time Support and Liaison Officers. The library's Digitisation and Digital Preservation Specialist will also provide support on aspects relating to digital curation and preservation.

The position involves undertaking a range of activities, with an initial focus on contributing to the work of the EPIC project, investigating the intentions of those depositing content within the DSpace@Cambridge repository and potential requirements of future users. The role holder would also help to embed and extend work begun with the Library's Incremental and DataTrain projects, which have developed advice and training on research data management.

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The Northern British Columbia's Geoffrey R. Weller Library is recruiting a Web Developer II (one-year term).

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Reporting directly to the Web Services Librarian and indirectly to the Admin & Enterprise Systems Manager, the Web Developer II is responsible for customizing and optimizing software for the establishment of a digital Institutional Repository while ensuring developed solutions fit with current IT infrastructures. This includes developing custom software modules to digitize the process of submission for dissemination of graduate theses and dissertations, and to build an Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) program at UNBC.

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The New York Public Library is recruiting a Web Applications Developer, NYPL Labs .

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The New York Public Library seeks a talented web applications developer to join the Library's new research and development unit, NYPL Labs. We are looking for someone who is willing to experiment, able to build, test and debug in rapid iterations, and excited to join the intellectual life of NYPL and the wider digital humanities and creative tech community.

Work will be situated in midtown Manhattan within NYPL's larger web group, but will be focused on projects that break new ground in digital humanities research and/or facilitate new forms of networked participation in library activity. Projects may range from building crowdsourcing tools for enhancing library collections, rethinking established genres such as archival finding aids, or developing multi-modal (potentially cross-institutional) digital archives of special collections material. Some projects will be proof-of-concept prototypes aimed at hatching ideas that might eventually be applied more broadly across the Library. Others will be fully realized applications that become staple resources in the NYPL web environment. All will place you at the intersection of scholarly, library and technological innovation taking place at one of the worlds great public research institutions. Tapped into one of the worlds largest and most creatively dynamic urban populations.

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The Ball State University Libraries are recruiting a Metadata and Digital Resources Developer.

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Professional position available immediately. Responsibilities: create page-level metadata, analyze, create, develop and adapt metadata schemes and codes for the University Libraries’ content management systems, including developing digital resources for specialized projects; provide training and supervision as necessary and maintain quality standards to support the University Libraries’ ongoing transition from print to a predominately digital environment.

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The Emory University Libraries are recruiting a Digital Repository Coordinator.

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The Emory Libraries seek applications for a new Digital Repository Coordinator to provide leadership, project management, and work in the development of repository services to promote access to the scholarship of the Emory community. In March 2011, the Emory Faculty passed an Open Access Policy calling upon the Libraries, partnering with a faculty advisory committee, to develop an open access repository (see http://guides.main.library.emory.edu/OA for more details). The open access repository will be the first project for this innovative and energetic individual, who will work collaboratively with colleagues on the faculty and in the libraries to develop and implement an open access repository in support of the Open Access Policy, including policies, procedures, workflows, metadata, recruiting and harvesting content, and marketing and outreach to the University community advocating for best practices in open access. Future projects may include data, multi-media content or learning objects. This is an exciting opportunity to work with multiple stakeholders employing a user-driven approach to launch new services for the Emory community.

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The Historic New Orleans Collection is recruiting a Programmer/Systems Analyst.

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Reports to the Director of Systems and is responsible for providing programming support as needed for the development of new and existing digital projects, as well as for the development of new functionality and features of The Collection’s website and online catalog .

The programmer/systems analyst will assist the Digital Assets Manager in the design and implementation of digital asset repository technologies for digital preservation as well as the development of integrated digital exhibits on the institution’s website. The successful candidate will work with the Manager of Internet &Interactive Development to implement new functionalities into The Collection’s website. The position is responsible for researching, testing, making recommendations, designing and helping develop software solutions for The Collection’s collection management system, (MINT by MINISIS Inc.), digital preservation and institutional repositories, and web-based digital programs.

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The University of Arizona Health Sciences Library is recruiting an Emerging Technologies Librarian.

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Incumbent will work in partnership with librarians, staff and clientele to design, develop and implement technologically innovative services and web-based access to information resources. The successful candidate will explore and propose new technologies to support library instruction, website design, delivery of information, enhanced communication with users and digitization projects, etc. The librarian is responsible for identifying, assessing and implementing new technologies, evaluating the effectiveness of these new technologies after they have been implemented as well as finding innovative ways to use existing applications as a means for delivering information services and resources. Supports and trains librarians, staff and users in the use of these technologies.

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The Duke University Libraries are recruiting a Web and Digital Projects Developer (Analyst, IT).

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Under the direction of the Head of the Digital Experience Services Department, (a) plans and develops web sites and associated digital library services in support of all departments in the Library and (b) designs and implements web sites to support the goals of the Center for Instructional Technology (CIT).

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The Cornell University Libraries are recruiting a Scientific Data Curation Specialist/Metadata Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad (job no.: 14793):

Cornell University Libraries seeks an analytical, creative individual interested in scientific research data, digital resources, technology, and metadata to become our newest information professional. The Scientific Data Curation Specialist is actively engaged across science fields to support e-science, digital data curation, and cyberscholarship working closely with other library staff. This position has three main emphases: research data consultation, digital resources discovery, and professional and research activities. First, the Scientific Data Curation Specialist focuses on metadata issues related to the data curation lifecycle while providing consultation to Cornell researchers. Second, s/he explores semantic approaches and ontologies while working on initiatives related to the discovery of digital resources. Third, s/he is professionally involved and conducts research aligning with her/his job duties and interests. To be successful, close collaboration is essential in working with faculty and library staff devoted to digital libraries, information technologies, public services, technical services, and data working groups.

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The Thesaurus Linguae Graecae Project at the University of California, Irvine is recruiting a Programmer/Analyst III. Salary: $57,936-$78,668.

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The Thesaurus Linguae Graecae Project (TLG) at the University of California, Irvine is currently seeking a Programmer/Analyst III to join its team. The TLG Project is Digital Library of Greek Literature containing one of the largest collections of electronic text in the world and covering almost all ancient Greek literary texts from Homer to the Byzantine period. The successful candidate will be primarily responsible for developing and maintaining web applications to search and retrieve the lexical and textual materials comprising the TLG digital library.

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