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Systems, Access, & Discovery Librarian at Heritage University

The primary responsibility of this full-time position is to improve and sustain a variety of library systems to ensure reliable and efficient access to the library’s collections and resources. This librarian is responsible for ensuring optimal and accurate discovery and access to library resources. This position requires advanced competence with integrated library systems (currently Ex Libris’ Alma Primo VE). Provides ongoing technical support for a variety of library systems and applications, including the proxy server, link resolver, open URL, off-campus authentication, interlibrary loan management system, and other web-based applications including Springshare.

https://tinyurl.com/2s3n9853

D3.2 Extensible Quality Standard in Institutional Publishing (EQSIP) V2.0 for Diamond Open Access

The objective of EQSIP for Diamond Open Access is to set a common quality standard for IPs that publish scholarly journals, based on the seven core components of scholarly publishing outlined in the Action Plan for Diamond Open Access[3] (Ancion et al. 2022, 4), which were subsequently revised and modified by the DIAMAS project team. These are:

Funding

Legal ownership, mission and governance

Open Science

Editorial management, editorial quality and research integrity

Technical service efficiency

Visibility, communication, marketing, and impact

Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging (EDIB), multilingualism and gender equity

EQSIP for Diamond Open Access applies to scholarly journals. EQSIP’s underlying goal is to set a common quality standard for publishing as a public good, i.e. defined and controlled by the public through expert communities, thus guaranteeing that academic contributions in scholarly journals are also a public good.

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10726732

Manager of Library Systems and Services at Ontario Colleges Library Service

Reporting to the Director of Services, the LSS Manager manages OCLS’s LSS team (3-4 direct reports) and collaborates with staff across the organization and within the Ontario college library system. The LSS Manager is accountable for operational planning and management, customer relations, and the development and delivery of LSS services in line with OCLS strategy.

https://tinyurl.com/2kk2uxen

"The Latest ‘Crisis’ — Is the Research Literature Overrun with ChatGPT- and LLM-generated Articles?"

Elsevier has been under the spotlight this month for publishing a paper that contains a clearly ChatGPT-written portion of its introduction. The first sentence of the paper’s Introduction reads, "Certainly, here is a possible introduction for your topic:. . . ." To date, the article remains unchanged, and unretracted. A second paper, containing the phrase "I’m very sorry, but I don’t have access to real-time information or patient-specific data, as I am an AI language model" was subsequently found, and similarly remains unchanged. This has led to a spate of amateur bibliometricians scanning the literature for similar common AI-generated phrases, with some alarming results.

https://tinyurl.com/4a8bjmzy

Web Development Librarian at University of Oregon

As the Web Development Librarian, you will provide leadership, management, and coordination to the University of Oregon Libraries’ digital and web presence in support of Libraries and UO strategic objectives including implementation, integration, evaluation, and improvement of user interface customizations, with a focus on enhancing information and knowledge discovery, access, and use.

https://tinyurl.com/2tafbt8p

"Support for OSF Preprint Infrastructure and Community Servers"

Numerous Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation (IPLC) partner institutions* will provide three years of financial support for the Center for Open Science’s OSF Preprints, an open source platform and infrastructure that enables the facilitation and discovery of scholarship. COS notes that submission and consumption of preprints continues to grow with "~150,000 preprints hosted across all of the current and prior preprint communities, and 1.7 million views on preprint pages since September 2023."

https://tinyurl.com/yn9nntvu

Digitizer Archives Professional at Los Alamos National Laboratory

As a Library Professional 1 you will digitize different types of materials from the NSRC’s physical collections with a focus on supporting audio-visual digitization in cooperation with the A/V Lead. You will also help to construct metadata/indexing information that will be used to develop a robust catalog and conduct quality control of digitized materials and their metadata. You will occasionally assist librarians to upload digitized materials into the Online Vault or other access repositories, assist archivists to improve organization and tracking of archived materials and provide information to fulfill customer research requests.

https://tinyurl.com/yv6k92hy

Paywall: "Starting In-House Copyright Education Programs: Commonalities and Conclusions from Two Southeastern Us Academic Libraries"

This case study introduces two copyright education programs and summarizes the state of copyright education within library and information science (LIS) and academic libraries. . . . The following themes within the two copyright education programs were identified through a case study: the complexity of copyright, the engagement (or lack thereof) across a college or university, the necessity of including copyright in information literacy instruction and the calls for professional development with copyright.

https://doi.org/10.1108/RSR-09-2023-0069

Digital Collections Librarian, Education & Research Services at University of Wyoming

The Digital Collections Librarian will oversee the digitization of materials in a variety of formats, both 2D and 3D, planning and execution of new digital collections and exhibits, and the maintenance of existing digital collections. The Digital Collections Librarian will coordinate with the university community and appropriate library departments for collection building, metadata creation, and discovery of and access to digital collections.

https://tinyurl.com/5xhj6p49

"The British Library Hack Is a Warning for All Academic Libraries"

The British Library’s computer systems were recently attacked by the notorious ransomware group Rhysida. The attack led to many of the Library’s core systems remaining unavailable for months and the auction of 573GB of employees’ personal data on Rhysida’s .onion site. Though the Library is slowly recovering and has admirably published their cyber-incident review paper openly, the incident highlights failures of senior management and devaluing of library technical skills that are widely applicable to libraries across UK higher education.

https://tinyurl.com/bdex73fv

Library Systems Technologist at Whittier College

The Library Systems Technologist is responsible for providing support and training on library and instructional technology systems. These include printing and access to network resources. This position will also assist with the College’s learning management system, Moodle, and with the Center for Teaching and Learning. The position manages mission-critical systems and services within Wardman Library at Whittier College, in addition to the setup, maintenance, and troubleshooting of the Library’s hardware and software.

https://tinyurl.com/ywnjbffc

"The Challenges of Open Data Sharing for Qualitative Researchers"

"Open Science" advocates for open access to scientific research, as well as sharing data, analysis plans and code in order to enable replication of results. However, these requirements typically fail to account for methodological differences between quantitative and qualitative research, and serious ethical problems are raised by the suggestion that full qualitative datasets can or should be published alongside qualitative research papers. Aside from important ethical concerns, the idea of sharing qualitative data in order to enable replication is conceptually at odds with the underpinnings on most qualitative methodologies, which highlight the importance of the unique interpretative function of the researcher. The question of whether secondary analysis of qualitative data is acceptable is key, and in this commentary we argue that there are good conceptual, ethical and economic reasons to consider how funders, researchers and publishers can make better use of existing data.

https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053241237620

Electronic Resources Librarian at Tulane University

The Electronic Resources Librarian is part of the Technical Services Division of the Tulane University Libraries and is responsible for activities associated with access and management of the libraries’ e-resources. . . .The incumbent is responsible for authentication and troubleshooting resources with vendors and TU Information Technology. The incumbent prepares procedures and guidelines for e-resource management and provides leadership in developing, delivering, and assessing collections of electronic resources and investigates future directions and developments in ERM. . . . . Responsible for access and management of e-resources in Alma. . . . Develops and implements policies and procedures related to workflow in Alma and serves as the library’s expert on Alma functionality related to e-resources including licensing.

https://apply.interfolio.com/104942

Paywall: "Applying Librarian-Created Evaluation Tools to Determine Quality and Credibility of Open Access Library Science Journals"

The researchers investigate quality and credibility attributes of forty-eight peer-reviewed library science journals with open access components using two evaluative tools developed and published by librarians. The results identify common positive and negative attributes of library science journals, compare the results of the two evaluation tools, and discuss their ease of use and limitations.

https://muse.jhu.edu/article/916990

Open Publishing Librarian at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

UPUI University Library, soon to be the IU Indianapolis University Library, seeks an Open Publishing Librarian to join its Center for Digital Scholarship (Center) in supporting researchers across the research lifecycle. This position is responsible for the management and maintenance of the institutional repository and open journal publishing program. . . . The Open Publishing Librarian reports to the Director of the Center and works closely with colleagues within the Center and across the Library to support the open dissemination of research.

https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/23493

Open Data: From Theory to Practice: Case Studies and Commentary from Libraries, Publishers, Funders and Industry

From theory to practice is the first time in the nine-year history of The State of Open Data that a supplementary publication has expanded upon the main report’s years of survey results about open data, involving tens of thousands of researchers globally.

Each case study and commentary is told from the perspective of a research stakeholder group:

Funding bodies: The NIH Generalist Repository Ecosystem Initiative: meeting community needs for FAIR data sharing and discovery

Scholarly Publishers: Operationalize data policies through collaborative approaches – the momentum is now

University Libraries: One size does not fit all: an investigation into how institutional libraries are tailoring support to their researchers’ needs

Industry: How Open Pharma supports responsible data sharing for pharma research publications.

https://tinyurl.com/ytcxprn7

Software Developer at University of Utah

The Digital Infrastructure department at the J. Willard Marriott Library is seeking a customer-focused software developer to help support our software development needs and maintain digital library infrastructure. As a member of our software development team, you will play a key role in developing and shaping mission-critical infrastructure to facilitate cutting-edge research, digitization and dissemination of cultural heritage. Your contributions will directly impact the creation of knowledge that enriches the University of Utah community and serves millions of users accessing our Digital Library resources each year.

https://tinyurl.com/ymvc7k8u

"Plan S and Open Access (OA) in Quebec: What Does the Revised FRQ OA Policy Mean for Researchers?"

Our article examines the effects of Quebec’s provincial funding agency (FRQ)’s revised 2022 OA policy on researchers. Following FRQ’s participation as a cOAlition S funding agency, which involves endorsing Plan S principles, we provide an overview of the OA options for researchers. We examine these options under the FRQ 2019 and FRQ 2022 policy years, account for the effect of transformative agreements (TA) on OA publishing options, as well as the financial implications for researchers under the revised policy.

https://tinyurl.com/2wvt5bhj

Digital and Web Services Librarian at Otterbein University

Otterbein University is seeking a Digital and Web Services Librarian to lead the collection, curation, management, preservation and dissemination of university’s digital intellectual property in the institutional repository. They provide support and management for library web services and website content management systems.

https://tinyurl.com/4htzfmjd

"Evaluating an Instructional Intervention for Research Data Management Training "

At a large research university in Canada, a research data management (RDM) specialist and two liaison librarians partnered to evaluate the effectiveness of an active learning component of their newly developed RDM training program. . . . This study relies on a pre- and post-test quasi-experimental intervention during introductory RDM workshops offered 12 times between February 2022 and January 2023. . . . Comparing the overall average scores for each participant pre- and post-instruction intervention, we find that workshop participants, in general, improved in proficiency. The results of a Wilcoxon signed-rank test demonstrate that the difference between the pre- and post-test observations is statistically significant with a high effect size.

https://tinyurl.com/2wvt5bhj

Head, Technology & Digital Imaging at Stanford University

The Hoover Institution Library & Archives at Stanford University, home to a world–renowned physical and digital collection of manuscripts, paintings, posters, photographs, film, artifacts, and other library materials related to twentieth and twenty-first-century political and economic history, is seeking well-qualified candidates for the position of Head, Technology & Digital Imaging.

This position provides leadership and technical expertise in the administration, design, development, configuration, maintenance, and continuing enhancement of systems and infrastructure used to collect, digitize, manage, and provide access to digital collections. In addition to managing a technology-focused team, the Head also oversees Digital Imaging, led by an experienced cultural heritage photographer and manager.

https://tinyurl.com/p86s89pf

"[AAP] Publishers File Brief Opposing Internet Archive Appeal of Loss"

Controlled digital lending is a frontal assault on the foundational copyright principle that rightsholders exclusively control the terms of sale for every different format of their work — a principle that has spawned the broad diversity in formats of books, movies, television and music that consumers enjoy today.

"[T]here is no resemblance between IA’s conversion of millions of print books into ebooks and the historical practice of lending print books. Nor does IA’s distribution of ebooks without paying authors and their publishers a dime conform with the modern practices of libraries, which acquire licenses to lend ebooks to their local communities and enjoy the benefits of digital distribution lawfully."

The Internet Archive ("IA") operates a mass-digitization enterprise in which it copies millions of complete, in-copyright print books and distributes the resulting bootleg ebooks from its website to anyone in the world for free. Granting summary judgment, the District Court properly held that IA’s infringement is not saved by fair use as each of the four factors weighs against IA under longstanding case law.

https://tinyurl.com/5ah5vx3x

Web Developer at George Mason University

Provides management of the library’s web and digital services area. Contributes to IT projects in the library and provides other services as required. The Web Developer also consults and works collaboratively with library faculty and staff, instructional faculty, researchers and students on a variety of digital projects.

https://tinyurl.com/3956ct49

"OurResearch Receives $7.5M grant from Arcadia to Establish OpenAlex, a Milestone Development for Open Science"

OurResearch is proud to announce a $7.5M grant from Arcadia, to establish a sustainable and completely open index of the world’s research ecosystem. With this 5-year grant, OurResearch expands their open science ambitions to replace paywalled knowledge graphs with OpenAlex. . . .

OpenAlex indexes more than twice as many scholarly works as the leading proprietary products and the entirety of the knowledge graph and its source code are openly licensed and freely available through data snapshots, an easy to use API, and a nascent user interface. . . .

Development of OpenAlex started only two years ago and it already serves 115M API calls per month; underlies a major university ranking; is displacing proprietary products at Universities; and has established partnerships with national governments. We are excited by these early successes of OpenAlex and its promise to revolutionize scholarly communication and democratize the world’s research.

You can use OpenAlex‘s Author Profile Change Request Form, to correct certain types of errors about your publications, such as "My work has been incorrectly attributed to another author."

There is also a Submit a Request form, but it is not clear if this can be used to correct citation count or other types of errors not covered by the above form.

https://tinyurl.com/3396s27m

University Librarian and Dean of Libraries at Simon Fraser University

In alignment with What’s Next: The SFU Strategy (https://tinyurl.com/yc3z9k87) and SFU Library’s Strategic Plan (https://tinyurl.com/mr33r3fk) the Dean will lead the continued transformation of the library; will sustain, support and grow library initiatives; and will be committed to furthering decolonization and reconciliation (per the statement at (https://tinyurl.com/55284ns4), diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. As an accomplished librarian with strong experience in post-secondary and academic environments, the Dean will lead through collaboration and relationship building to advance the mission and mandate of SFU and SFU Library. Reporting to the Provost and Vice-President Academic and working closely with the Office of the Vice-President Research and International as an active partner in the life cycle of research and scholarship, the successful candidate serves as a member of SFU’s senior administration with shared responsibility for the overall strategic leadership and management of the institution. Building on the strong foundation that SFU has established in academic and research excellence,

https://tinyurl.com/mryakkd9