The University of Virginia Library is recruiting a Digital Archivist, Digital Curation Services (two-year position).

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The University of Virginia Library seeks a talented and dynamic individual to serve as Digital Archivist to a two-year grant funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This position will provide key leadership to a cohort of digital archivists from partner institutions (national and international) on this exciting initiative entitled: Born Digital Collections: An Inter-Institutional Model for Stewardship (AIMS). Reporting to the Director of Digital Curation Services, this position will provide the methodology and integration of archival practices to an ever-growing corpus of materials used by scholars, authors, and other notables: namely, born digital content. This is a collaborative project that will require the coordination of complex activities across several other institutions. The Digital Archivist will participate in the creation of a best practices manual for archivists and stewards of born-digital collections. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the crossroads of special collections materials and new technologies.

UKOLN is recruiting a Deputy Director.

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UKOLN is a centre of expertise in digital information management based at the University of Bath, providing advice and services to the library, information, education and cultural heritage communities.

We are seeking to recruit a Deputy Director to provide outstanding leadership and strategic direction to all technical activity within UKOLN, to assure our position at the forefront of innovative Digital Library (DL) developments. This is a key senior post within the UKOLN organisation and will be based at the University of Bath.

The post requires vision, strategic insight and innovation associated with the implementation and development of DLs within the education, research or cultural heritage sectors. Applicants should have extensive and in-depth technical knowledge of DLs and associated interoperability issues, knowledge of emerging Web technologies and an understanding of their potential for education and research. An established international reputation in the DL arena, together with a track record for leading and shaping innovative activities, is highly desirable.

The post also requires significant experience of securing funding awards and income generation. Applicants will have extensive experience of leading teams, directing multiple projects to a successful outcome/completion and be outstanding communicators with well-developed influencing and negotiating skills and a proven ability to produce high quality reports, papers and presentations.

The West Virginia University Libraries are recruiting a Digital Initiatives and Scholarly Communications Librarian.

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The Digital Initiatives and Scholarly Communications Librarian works with librarian colleagues to develop policies and procedures for the management of digital content and metadata for varied digital projects, conducts outreach to inform the campus and the state about digital initiatives, and maintains the Libraries’ open access informational web pages. The Librarian will assist with a growing collection of digital exhibits, book digitization projects, and a well-established institutional repository, WVU Scholar. The Libraries currently work with DLXS, DigiTool, and ExLibris/Voyager. The Librarian will work with the Provosts Office and the Office of Information Technology to coordinate institutional repository policy and procedures governing submission, use, access, and preservation. This position reports to the Head of the Cataloging Department.

The Centre for e-Research at King's College London is recruiting a Software Developer (C++/C and Linux/Unix) to work on the OCRopodium project, which is "investigating the use of the open source OCRopus software (http://sites.google.com/site/ocropus/) for applying Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to historical and archival material" (fixed-term contract for 18 months).

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The successful applicant will be the key technical staff member for the project, and will be responsible for:

• Carrying out technical investigations into the functionality and architecture of OCRopus. As OCRopus is an actively growing open source project and thus imperfectly documented, this will in itself require an ability to understand the source code and debug the software.
• Developing and integrating software components for OCRing historical material, and enhancing existing components.
• Contributing new and enhanced components to the OCRopus open source project.
• Benchmarking and evaluation of OCRopus, in collaboration with our project partners at Queen's University, Belfast (QUB).
• Integrating OCR within broader digitisation and digital library workflows.

The Harvard University Library is recruiting a Digital Processing Librarian (0.5 FTE five month term appointment that will end on February 28, 2010).

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Under the general direction and supervision of the Open Collections Program (OCP) Manager, incumbent serves as member of highly collaborative production team to digitize historic collections. Responsibilities and tasks will include: contributing to materials preparation, tracking, and transfer activities; and undertaking digital object review, troubleshooting, and enhancement. Will liaise with curators, conservators, digitization service providers, and other members of the OCP team to designate selected items to appropriate workflows in a timely manner. Performs regular updates to the OCP Workflow Database to ensure that item and batch-level information is accurate and complete.

Dickinson State University is recruiting a Theodore Roosevelt Center Digital Library Coordinator/Archivist.

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Dickinson State University invites applications for the Theodore Roosevelt Center Digital Library Coordinator/Archivist position. The goal of the Theodore Roosevelt Center is to serve scholars, tourists, teachers, curious citizens, and students of all ages as they explore the life and achievements of the 26th President of the United States. The Theodore Roosevelt Center Digital Library Coordinator/Archivist will manage the acquisition and cataloging of materials to be included in the Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library; maintain imaging and metadata standards for the project and provide support to contributing entities and train and supervise volunteers to assist with the cataloging of the collection. The Coordinator/Archivist will be expected to explore and guide the implementation of new technologies, including Web 2.0; meet research and reference needs of patrons; manage project resources and establish processing priorities and oversee day-to-day production workflows. As part of the Center project team, the Coordinator/Archivist will participate in planning the promotion of the collection for use by a wide variety of patrons and will respond to requests for digital images in support of Theodore Roosevelt Center and other university initiatives. Explore the initiatives of the Theodore Roosevelt Center at http://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.com

The University of the Arts London is recruiting both an institutional repository manager and an institutional repository administrator.

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[Manager] Working with the University research community and other stakeholders, you will manage and develop the Institutional Repository (UAL Research Online) to meet the needs of the University, with particular reference to the University Research Strategy and HEFCE's Research Excellence Framework.

[Administrator; 17.5 hours per week. one-year fixed-term contract] You will be assisting in the management, customisation, promotion and exploitation of the University Institutional Repository (UAL Research Online). You will also assist in the depositing of electronic theses, including participation in the EThOS service and you will provide support and training to users of UAL Research Online.

George Washington University's Gelman Library System is recruiting a Digital Library Programmer Analyst.

Here's an excerpt from the ad (position ##0601384):

• Assists with the installation, maintenance and customization of programming related to open source and commercial, off-the-shelf software applications/enhancements and modifications to meet current and projected needs; reviews and modifies systems programs as needed to correct utility or application programs.
• Serves as the primary XML-XSLT programmer.
• Deploys XML-based product DigiTool (Ex-Libris). DigiTool is GLS's digital object management platform.
• Defines and implements programmatic interfaces with other Digital Library systems.
• Applies principles of usability, accessibility and assessment to develop effective interfaces and navigation structures to meet user needs.
• Provides web application programming; maintains web software applications; develops and/or maintains documentation and procedures/programs manuals to indicate system/program logic; and may perform content management for GLS' website.
• Designs and develops web interface to SQL databases; Linux and Windows server system administration to include installing patches and programming modules, writing Perl scripts, creating SQL Select Queries (custom Voyager Library System), and may provide programming support related to Metalib, SFX, and locally developed applications.

The Institute for Digital Arts and Humanities at Indiana University, Bloomington is recruiting a Systems Analyst/Programmer (funded for 15 months with the potential for renewal).

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Participates in the development of multimedia research and digital library applications in support of the Institute for Digital Arts and Humanities (IDAH) at IU Bloomington. Participates in the development of technical system design and implementation to application requirements. Implements technical system design as programmatic constructs, with concentration on user delivery systems and application development, including metadata; data storage; data manipulation; data integrity; indexing; search and retrieval; media synchronization, cataloging, access, and administrative interfaces; digital repositories; workflow systems; networking considerations for media delivery; synchronized multimedia display; use scenarios; usability design; interface mockups; usability testing; user documentation; technical documentation; and technical and user support for implementation. Participates in the development of software tools for the Sound Directions audio preservation project, funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to the IU Archives of Traditional Music.

The University of Illinois Library's Grainger Engineering Library is recruiting a Visiting Research Programmer (1 year initial appointment; funded for a maximum of 3 years).

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The Research Programmer will be appointed to support current digital library research projects, including grant-funded projects. Appointee will work on at least two different projects, reporting to project PIs or co-PIs. May also provide programming support towards design & development of internally funded new or experimental digital library services. . . .

Research and grant funded position(s) will provide an opportunity to participate in design, development, and testing of innovative, cutting-edge digital library systems. Incumbent will collaborate with experienced Research Programmers in Grainger and the Library's Office of Library Information Technology Planning and Policy. Grainger has been home for a series of externally funded digital library research projects continuously since it opened in 1994 and staff at Grainger has established an international reputation in the digital library research community. Technologies involved are complimentary and overlapping with those used in production library services. Grainger hosts its own developmental Linux and Windows servers, virtual server cluster, and SAN. Research projects are implemented using a wide range of programming languages and technologies, including: Microsoft ASP & ASP.Net, Ruby on Rails, Java, C++, Perl, PHP, JavaScript, VBScript/AJAX, SQL, XHTML, CSS, XML, XSL-T, XSL-FO, OAI-PMH, and OAI-ORE. Responsibilities of the position will vary over time but will include: development and/or customization of Web, Windows, and Linux applications and tools; installation, maintenance, and administration of Web services and potentially other networked applications; database design, administration, and programming; writing documentation and discussion of technical results for inclusion in conference papers and reports to project sponsors; providing technical assistance to and consultation with Library & GSLIS faculty and staff collaborating in research.

The Electronic Services and Systems Division of the Cambridge University Library is recruiting a DSpace@Cambridge Support and Liaison Officer (position ends in October 2012).

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Applications are invited for the post of DSpace@Cambridge Support and Liaison Officer (part-time) to provide technical support and guidance to all users of the DSpace@Cambridge institutional repository—including academic and research staff at all levels, librarians, museum curators, archivists, and administrative staff depositing digital files—and to liaise between users and the system manager. The post is available on a three days per week basis, with the postholder working Wednesday, Thursday and Friday each week.

Working within a team of five, including a system manager, developer, repository manager and a further part-time Support and Liaison Officer, the postholder will be responsible on a day-to-day basis for ensuring that users are able to deposit files in DSpace and for providing continuing support by e-mail and telephone. He or she will promote the service, provide advice to users on intellectual property rights and organise and give training in using the system. The post-holder will oversee metadata standards within DSpace and ensure standards compliance.

The Yale Office of Digital Assets and Infrastructure is recruiting a Senior Systems Administrator, Digital Asset Management Infrastructure.

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Yale’s Office of Digital Assets and Infrastructure (ODAI) is charged with developing a digital information management strategy for Yale and building digital collections and technical infrastructure in a coordinated and collaborative manner across the entire campus. Programs include the development and deployment of large-scale digital asset management systems, long-term preservation repositories for Yale digital content in all formats, cross-collection search capabilities to enable discovery of collections hosted by numerous departments, and many other innovative initiatives.

Reporting to the Digital Information Architect, the Systems Administrator, Digital Asset Management (DAM) Infrastructure will manage the reliable operation of hardware and software systems comprising the ODAI infrastructure and related support services. This includes but is not limited to digital asset management systems, digital library systems, knowledge management systems, media processing systems and storage systems.