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Library Systems and Applications Specialist at CLEVNET

Provides technical support to CLEVNET staff using integrated library management software and other applications related to library operations.

Identifies and resolves problems with integrated library management software, working with the provider of the software when necessary.

Develops scripts and produces reports to support library operations including reporting on bibliographic, patron and

Assists in planning, configuring, and executing upgrades of integrated library management software.

Tests new applications of integrated library management software.

https://tinyurl.com/3fxvcxch

"Approaching Artificial Intelligence and Open Research in Sync: Opportunities and Challenges"

AI can generate more complete and disambiguated metadata to enhance discovery and move search from the traditional keyword-based model to semantic and conversation-based searches.

AI can also help publishers improve accessibility, to make content available to a broader audience.

AI as a reader and consumer will become as important a consideration as the human reader and consumer. Publications should consider machines as consumer and provide machine readable and consumable formats.

AI can create personalized recommendations and news feeds, simultaneously helping researchers find the answers they need and allowing publishers to target specific audiences for specific publications.

Even better, AI can perform reverse engineering to measure the contribution of each source to the final answers. And publishers can charge based on the contribution. This could be new business model in the future. Many AI researchers are currently working on enabling explainable and transparent AI, but this research will take time.

https://tinyurl.com/uu4dhs9y

Senior Director of CLEVNET

Manage a highly skilled, experienced team of eight IT professionals responsible for the development, implementation, application, maintenance, and support of library systems, applications, technology, and infrastructure/networks used by CLEVNET member libraries.

Ensure necessary system upgrades are performed, server capacities remain at appropriate levels, and that other IT-related needs and service level standards meet or exceed end-user needs.

Collaborate with the Chief of CLEVNET to develop new technical and governance policies and procedures and to assist with launching new initiatives to improve offerings, services, and operations.

Oversee third party maintenance agreements, evaluate vendor performance, and participate in specification, selection, acquisition, and evaluation of system hardware and software including negotiating with vendors.

https://tinyurl.com/yvxa46vw

"The State of Green Open Access in Canadian Universities"

This study investigates the use of institutional repositories for self-archiving peer-reviewed work in the U15 (an association of fifteen Canadian research-intensive universities). It relates usage with university open access (OA) policy types and publisher policy embargoes. We show that of all articles found in OpenAlex attributed to U15 researchers, 45.1 to 56.6% are available as Gold or Green OA, yet only 0.5 to 10.7% (mean 4.2%) of these can be found on their respective U15 IRs. Our investigation shows a lack of OA policies from most institutions, journal policies with embargoes exceeding 12 months, and incomplete policy information.

https://doi.org/10.5206/cjils-rcsib.v46i2.15358

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Curator of Born Digital Special Collections at Vanderbilt University

Reporting to the Associate Director for Digital Special Collections, the Curator of Born Digital Special Collections will lead the University libraries’ curation, management, and preservation of born digital materials in its Special Collections. The Curator will work with other SCUA subject matter curators, library staff, faculty, and external donors to accession, curate, describe, and preserve unique collections of born-digital materials in multiple formats. The Curator will lead the implementation and use of digital forensic and preservation tools in SCUA as well as a new Vanderbilt University Web-Archiving program with extensive collaboration with colleagues in Library Technology and Digital Services (LTDS) and other Library teams

https://tinyurl.com/y84mvfaw

The State of Open Data 2023

Support is not making its way to those who need it

Almost three-quarters of respondents had never received support with making their data openly available.

One size does not fit all

Variations in responses from different subject expertise and geographies highlight a need for a more nuanced approach to research data management support globally.

Challenging stereotypes

Are later career academics really opposed to progress? The results of the 2023 survey indicate that career stage is not a significant factor in open data awareness or support levels.

Credit is an ongoing issue

For eight years running, our survey has revealed a recurring concern among researchers: the perception that they don’t receive sufficient recognition for openly sharing their data.

AI awareness hasn’t translated to action

For the first time, this year we asked survey respondents to indicate if they were using ChatGPT or similar AI tools for data collection, processing and metadata creation.

https://tinyurl.com/mr28u6tt

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Walt Crawford: "Cites & Insights: Use It or Lose It?"

During its peak years, C&I had quite a substantial readership–as many as 55,000 downloads for one particular essay. There were more than 600,000 downloads from 2013 through 2015 and (maybe) 800,000 downloads from 2016 through 2019. But only about 38,000 in 2019. I had sponsorship for five years, and never charged for access.

I always hoped that a few people or institutions would find C&I worth preserving—and the annual print volumes even had indexes (of a sort). No print volume has ever sold more than four copies. Four have sold none at all.

But I would like to trim my Lulu catalog. (To see the list, just go to lulu.com and search for "walt crawford." I see 51 results.) So here’s the deal: The Lulu (trade paperback) versions of any C&I volumes that have no sales between now and November 12, 2024 will be deleted.

Also see: "Essential Reading: Walt Crawford’s Books on Open Access."

https://tinyurl.com/2et9ajuh

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Digital Publishing Specialist at Indiana State University

This position will coordinate access to Electronic Theses & Dissertations (ETDs), Faculty Scholarship, Open Access (OA) Journals, and other OA creative works. This position will administrate and optimize scholarly platforms like the Institutional Repository (IR). Optimization efforts will be accomplished through refinement of metadata limiters and increasing discoverability. . . . This position will have the requisite knowledge to describe and manage metadata records in OA platforms. The Digital Publishing Specialist will document workflows and facilitate the project planning to onboard new scholarship and support existing scholarship. Developing workflows to capture campus publications will be an expectation of this position. . . . This position has broad latitude to collaborate with partners within and outside the university to pursue advancements in areas including but not limited to new conceptions and outputs of library publishing, publishing workflows and competencies, digital publishing platforms, publishing pedagogy, and digital humanities.

https://jobs.indstate.edu/postings/46135

"Judge Will Toss Part of Authors’ AI Copyright Lawsuit "

According to Reuters, judge Vince Chhabria said the authors’ allegations that text generated by Llama infringes their copyrights simply doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. "When I make a query of Llama, I’m not asking for a copy of Sarah Silverman’s book—I’m not even asking for an excerpt," Chhabria observed, noting that, under the authors’ theory, a side-by-side comparison of text generated by the AI application and Silverman’s book would have to show they are similar.

However, the judge said he will not dismiss the case with prejudice, meaning the authors will be allowed to amend and refile their claims.

https://tinyurl.com/sd4wbba4

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Electronic Resources Librarian at University of Tennessee Libraries

Leads the Resource Management unit (currently 5 FTE) in managing the lifecycle of the Libraries’ electronic resources in the library management system (Alma), discovery system (Primo VE), and other relevant library systems.

Provides direction and expertise related to negotiating and renewing electronic resources

Coordinates the resolution of license-related access issues, working with the Resource Management team, stakeholders within the Libraries, and vendor staff to resolve the issues identified

Guides the Libraries in developing and maintaining awareness of new strategies, emerging technologies, standards, and technical issues relating to electronic resource management

Participates with license agreement interpretation and licensing workflows

https://apply.interfolio.com/136181

Paywall: "Analyzing the Relationship between Citation-Based Impact Metrics and Electronic Journal Usage: A Case Study"

We focus on the impact of major JIFs on local e-journal usage and propose an alternative approach to conventional methods for collection selectors. By treating journal usage patterns as panel data and employing fixed-effects regression models, we find that journal popularity has the greatest influence on local e-journal usage and the effects of impact factors on academic article usage can vary across different disciplines.

https://doi.org/10.1080/01462679.2023.2230166

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Director of Applications Development and Integration at University of Oregon

Reporting to the Associate Vice Provost and University Librarian for Collections, Discovery, and Digital Strategy, the Director of Applications Development and Integration provides high-level technical leadership, project management, and vision and direction in planning, developing, and maintaining the library’s digital infrastructure, web interfaces, and digital applications that support and enhance library workflows and services aligned with the libraries’ strategic plan and the campus academic and research priorities. This position is responsible for conducting evaluation, designing, testing, maintaining, and supporting a wide range of library applications, ensuring compliance with accessibility guidelines and standards.

https://tinyurl.com/ttxcuw8w

"IGI Global Releases Annual OA Survey Results on Researcher Perceptions Surrounding Open Access Publishing Support"

The survey was sent to over 200,000 worldwide researchers of all ages, experiences, fields, ethnicities, etc. . . .

Respondents were asked "What funding resources have you used for OA publishing?" and they had the ability to choose all resources that they have used.

As IGI Global had expected, the majority of respondents indicated they were "self-funded" at 48%, 8% stated "national funding body," 5% answered "international funding body," 18% indicated "my Institution/library/entity affiliated to my institution," 4.5% stated "non-profit institutions," 2% claimed they received funding through "private donors," 5% indicated "associations/societies," 2.5% indicated "business enterprise," 3.5% stated "foundations," 1% claimed "crowdfunding," 14% claimed they received a "publisher waiver," and 2% indicated they received funding from a "platinum open access publication" where the APC is waived by the publication. A large portion, 34% of respondents, had not used an OA funding resource.

https://tinyurl.com/mv4ty6hf

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Imaging Librarian at Florida State University

Coordinates and provides guidance on all DLC imaging activities including generation of content files for DigiNole, implementation of quality assurance workflows, derivative generation, and adherence to FADGI guidelines in digital conversion.

Creates and maintains all schedules, workflow, and documentation required for the imaging program and management of the DLC equipment.

Manages and maintains all DLC equipment so the deliverables meet FADGI and/or project-specific guidelines.

Hires and supervises staff in the DLC imaging program. This role is responsible for training, assigning, and evaluating staff work. Tracks and reports the DLC work statistics on an annual basis.

https://tinyurl.com/5xu6xvvs

Paywall: "Nature and Characteristics of Global Attention to Research on Article Processing Charges"

This paper examines research on article processing charges (APCs) to understand the extent of attention given by researchers and assess the status. The study analyses document types, source types, source titles, affiliations, and open access types of APC research. It also explores countries of researchers’ affiliations, volume and growth of literature, and visualizes keywords based on data from Scopus. . . . Many papers addressing APC were published in Green Open Access sources. Researchers from all subject categories in Scopus have contributed to APC research, but the major focus of research in the area is library and information science. Interestingly, researchers outside the field, notably from biomedicine and computer science, have also contributed significantly, reflecting interdisciplinary engagement.

https://doi.org/10.1080/01462679.2023.2230166

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Open Access and Scholarly Communications Librarian at New Jersey Institute of Technology

Assist faculty, researchers, and students in navigating a complex and challenging publishing environment (predatory publishers, open access, APCs, copyright and fair use, and creative commons licensing).

Provide individual and group consultation in guiding open access, author’s rights, and other related publishing models.

Support researchers and liaison librarians on ORCID, fair use, journal, and funder open access policies.

Provides support for compliance with funders’ data management plan and sharing policy mandates.

Support data curation and management, including technical challenges such as format migration, preservation, metadata, and data retrieval and use.

https://tinyurl.com/dffsf75b

Paywall: "Cutting the Gordian (Workload) Knot? Adding Data Services to Academic Library Public Services"

The library and information science literature wants two irreconcilable things out of its workload data: 1) aggregate comparable data to document and measure use of libraries and its value; and 2) accurate descriptions to document and measure the individual work done by librarians. . . . We propose here to change the question asked: how can we achieve a reasonable balance of workload within a group of librarians? . . . The goal was to answer a common and longstanding question: we are in continual process of assessing what needs to be done and how/where to shift workloads, but how do we know we’re doing it in a reasonable and fair way beyond anecdotes and intuitions? We developed a weighted measure of public services workload in order to assess and track and assign a) areas of declining workload, b) areas of increasing workload (data services), and c) a balance between library divisions contributing to public services.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2023.102801

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Open Access and Intellectual Property (OAIP) Librarian at Princeton University

Princeton University Library (PUL) seeks a collaborative and innovative Librarian to lead and manage Library Open Access (OA) initiatives. The Librarian also provides expertise for copyright questions, including academic and OA licensing and use agreements for research data and code, for PUL employees and for Princeton researchers. Reporting to the Assistant Director of Research Data and Open Scholarship (RDOS), the Open Access and Intellectual Property Librarian is part of the Data, Research, and Teaching Services (DaRTS) division. The Open Access and Intellectual Property Librarian leads services and programs that support and foster OA publishing, partnering with PUL and campus stakeholders to advocate for and promote open research and scholarship. The Librarian develops partnerships within the library and across campus to promote the understanding of copyright, scholarly communications, and how they apply to both traditional scholarship and emerging data and computation areas.

https://tinyurl.com/57atbb2v

"Stanford University Adopts FOLIO Library Services Platform"

Stanford’s FOLIO upgrade marks the first time Stanford has migrated to a new library services platform in over 20 years. To move from two separate legacy software systems to FOLIO, Stanford’s Library Systems team migrated bibliographic and holdings data for over 12 million library items, along with data for orders, patrons, loans, and requests. Stanford’s Digital Library Systems and Services team developed several integrations between FOLIO and other systems, including Stanford’s Searchworks discovery layer and a custom internal tool for managing vendor-supplied bibliographic data.

Most of the over 100 FOLIO libraries worldwide rely on a vendor to host the FOLIO software. Stanford opted for a self-hosting model, setting up a local environment that runs FOLIO.

In another notable aspect of Stanford’s FOLIO migration, five major library units (Stanford Libraries, Graduate School of Business Library, Hoover Institution Library and Archives, Lane Medical Library, and Robert Crown Law Library) collaborated to harmonize workflows in FOLIO and to train 400 staff members in the technical and patron-facing service areas. . . .

Caia Software & Solutions developed a robust remote storage management integration to meet Stanford’s remote storage requirements that are not handled out-of-the-box in FOLIO. The integration automatically updates FOLIO inventory records as items are moved in and out of Stanford’s remote storage facility using the CaiaSoft storage management application.

https://tinyurl.com/yc5zvv83

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Data Services Librarian at James Madison University

JMU Libraries seeks a Data Services Librarian who will assist in establishing campus-wide connections related to the data needs of faculty and students. They will provide support and content expertise related to the broad array of data-related activities on a research campus, including research data management, federal funding guidelines, consideration of data privacy and ethics, and awareness of data-related tools and products. As a member of the Scholarly Communications Strategies team, they will also collaborate with colleagues to support the mission of the department.

https://joblink.jmu.edu/postings/15896

Electronic Resources Librarian at Idaho State University

Facilitates the provision of access to and maintenance of electronic resources utilized by the Library. Performs ongoing management and troubleshooting of the library’s discovery tool. Provides library instruction, and serves as a subject bibliographer.

https://tinyurl.com/yc4k5vnr

"Structural Elements and Spheres of Expertise: Creating a Healthy Ecosystem for Cultural Data Initiatives"

While technology affords creation of digital collections, and promises access to all, the reality is that many cultural data collections exist in a precarious ecosystem, where erratic funding, fragmented support, and disconnected expertise threaten their continued existence. As a significant branch of the broader information ecosystem, cultural data collections range in size and scope, from national institutions to bespoke local collections supported by individuals. This exploratory, qualitative study engaged cultural data experts in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom to map the broad cultural data ecosystem and to identify opportunities for healthier growth. The development and maintenance of cultural data collections requires integration across the spheres of expertise of creators, curators, subject matter experts, information science, and computing and technology. The foundational structural elements of the ecosystem include funding, policies, access to existing data, community context, and technological infrastructure. The key elements of a healthy data ecosystem are clarity of purpose, user-focused design, sustainability, allied coproduction, and reciprocal interconnection. A healthier cultural data ecosystem means more collections and initiatives will have positive impacts for research, knowledge, and diverse communities, contributing positively to the broader information ecosystem and to society, at large.

https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24849

Systems Developer at Durham University

Systems Developers work with commercial systems such as Alma, Primo VE, Talis Aspire and Axiell Collections using their APIs to integrate our systems and create additional interfaces to our data, contributing to the development communities surrounding these products. The team also supports non-commercial open source systems based around the Samvera repository software, the Spotlight digital exhibit tool, Mirador IIIF viewer, and underlying components such as Blacklight, Solr and Fedora. There is scope to support collections-based research projects within the University and to contribute to, and learn from, cultural sector development communities internationally.

https://tinyurl.com/2ef6aue3

NYU: "From Silos to Community: The Path to a Holistic Digital Preservation Policy"

While New York University Libraries has a long history of and commitment to digital collecting and preservation efforts, the institution did not have any policies governing the services and activities of digital preservation prior to 2022. This paper details the creation of a holistic digital preservation policy statement, with contributors from across ten functional units at NYU Libraries. The policy was grounded in the Libraries’ mission and values–including deep commitments to inclusion, diversity, belonging, equity, and accessibility–and drew on themes crafted by all members of the group to ensure their work was represented in the statement. The success of the policy group was rooted in its intentional formation and processes that acknowledged the distributed nature of digital preservation and emphasized the creation of a community of practice. Further, it laid the foundation for a more complete suite of preservation policies and forward-looking conversations about how to enact ethical and sustainable stewardship in digital collecting, access, and preservation practices

https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/items/128309

Director of Research Data & Digital Scholarship at University of Pennsylvania

This position will direct the Libraries’ Center for Research Data and Digital Scholarship, the library’s home for professionals in the digital humanities, digital scholarship, and research data management and services. As the Center’s head, the Director will supervise approximately ten staff with responsibilities across the spectrum of digital scholarship and research data projects.

https://tinyurl.com/4xxt6znz