The latest update of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog is now available. It provides information about new works related to scholarly electronic publishing, such as books, e-prints, journal articles, magazine articles, technical reports, and white papers.
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DigitalKoans postings will resume on 8/14/11. The next Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog will be published on 7/31/11.
The SUNY Geneseo Library is recruiting an Electronic Resources and Digital Scholarship Librarian. Degree: "Master's degree in information and/or library science from an ALA-accredited school or an ALA-approved foreign equivalent."
Here's an excerpt from the ad (approval to fill number: 2233):
SUNY Geneseo seeks a service-oriented, versatile and dynamic librarian to provide leadership for organizing and accessing digital collections, serials, and providing knowledgebase maintenance, licensing, and usage analysis of resources. This librarian will also play an integral role in shaping and implementing the Library's vision to support the creation of and access to scholarly research and publishing, and provides leadership and technical expertise:
Plays a central role in developing digital collections and the provision of digital scholarship services, including the implementation and operation of tools to support e-research, teaching and learning, scholarly communications, and planning the development of a Digital Media Lab.
Walt Crawford has published "Talking about the Public Domain" in the latest issue of Cites & Insights: Crawford at Large.
Here's an excerpt:
Ah, the public domain: Where creative work is supposed to wind up after a limited period during which the creator has exclusive control over distribution and copying. An ever-growing pool of literature, music, photography, video and art that we can use not only as inspiration but also as the direct basis for new works, annotating, deriving or just plain redistributing.
What a wonderful thing.
Too bad it's basically been frozen for quite a few years now, with almost nothing new entering the pool (except government publications—which start in the public domain) and things tagged with the Creative Commons CC0 license. Oh, and probably a few cases where a creator's been dead more than 70 years and has works produced since 1923.
Not only has it been frozen in the U.S., there are laws and treaties that would appear to shrink the public domain pool—which should, by any rational reading of the Constitution, be flatly unconstitutional.
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The New York Public Library is recruiting a Digital Archivist. Degree: "Masters degree in Library Science or Archival Enterprise/Studies or other relevant field."
Here's an excerpt from the ad:
The New York Public Library's Manuscripts and Archives Division (MSS) seeks an experienced archivist to lead its efforts to manage the Library's existing born digital archival holdings and expand its capacity to collect electronic records.
Under the direction of the Assistant Director for Archives and Manuscripts, the Digital Archivist will establish the Library's methods and procedures for the acquisition, preservation, description, and service of born digital archives and manuscripts.
James Grimmelmann reports that Michael Boni told US District Court Judge Denny Chin at the 7/19/11 status conference that the parties involved in the Google Books lawsuit "have been aiming for an opt-in settlement." The next status conference will occur on 9/15/11.
Here's an excerpt from Grimmelmann's "GBS Status Conference: Opt-in Settlement in the Works?" post:
What that might mean is not obvious. It could mean an actual opt-in settlement, one that binds only class members who send in claim forms. It could mean a settlement in which Google commits to an open-ended offer to all class members. It could mean a narrower, scanning-and-searching-only settlement, so that copyright owners can "opt in" to book sales by striking their own individual deals with Google.
Read more about it at "Judge Concerned with Lack of Progress in Revised Google Settlement Talks."
The Yale University Library is recruiting a Systems Programmer 1. Degree: "Bachelor's degree with five to eight years of experience in a computer related field or equivalent work experience and education."
Here's an excerpt from the ad (STARS requisition number: 13562BR):
Reporting to the Interim Director of Web, Desktop and Digital Services, the Systems Programmer directs the software planning, development and deployment, infrastructure planning, implementation and support of the Yale University Library's technical infrastructure. Degree: "Bachelor's degree with five to eight years of experience in a computer related field or equivalent work experience and education."
Responsible for providing high-level server administration and support for Windows servers, SQL database servers and Web servers, managing the production Active Directory and for support of Windows and Macintosh workstations and servers in classrooms, staff, and public areas, and leading in the discovery and use of new computer technologies used in the Library.
Manages support for the Library's workstation infrastructure. Responsible for managing staff, student workers, running the expert user program, intern program, help desk, documentation library along with staff, public, and classroom workstations.
JISC has released E-Journal Archiving for UK HE Libraries—White Paper (Final).
Here's an excerpt:
The aim of this white paper is to help universities and libraries implement policies and procedures in relation to e-journal archiving which can help support the move towards e-only provision of scholarly journals across the HE sector. The white paper is also contributing to complementary work JISC and other funders are commissioning on moving towards e-only provision of Journals.
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Library and Archives is recruiting a Digital Project Archivist. Degree: "ALA-accredited MLS/MLIS, or Masters degree in history or relevant subject/field."
Here's an excerpt from the ad:
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Library and Archives seeks an experienced Digital Project Archivist to join a team to catalog and to create metadata for two large archival collections. Experience with digitization projects and knowledge of copyright law as it pertains to the digitization of archival collections is preferred. This is a 15 month project.
The European Parliament has released The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA): An Assessment.
Here's an excerpt:
The ACTA was motivated by a desire to establish equivalent provisions in international trade agreements containing rules on anti-counterfeiting. This is important at a time when free trade agreements are being negotiated by different parties. For the European Union it is also of importance to protect EU intellectual property rights (IPR) as future EU competitiveness depends on its ability to move into higher value added activities such as those for which IPRs are important. At the same time international agreements on IPRs will only be sustainable when they have the support of all parties. Within the EU the ACTA has also been the source of some concerns regarding the non-transparent way it was negotiated and whether it meets to aims agreed by the European Parliament and Commission that it would be compatible with the existing acquis communautaire and the World Trade Organisation's Trade Related Intellectual Property rights (TRIPs) Agreement.
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The University of California, Santa Cruz Library is recruiting a Library IT Analyst. Salary Range: $45,200-$63,150.
Here's an excerpt from the ad:
Under the general direction of the University Library Information Technology Systems (ITS) Divisional Liaison, interacts with students, staff, faculty, and vendors, providing support for the University Library's integrated library system (ILS). Additionally, provides backup support for the primary systems administrator for all library servers.
Amazon.com has launched Kindle Textbook Rental.
Here's an excerpt from the press release:
Today, Amazon.com announced the launch of Kindle Textbook Rental—now students can save up to 80% off textbook list prices by renting from the Kindle Store. Tens of thousands of textbooks are available for the 2011 school year from leading textbook publishers such as John Wiley & Sons, Elsevier and Taylor & Francis. Students can find details about the program at www.amazon.com/kindletextbooks. . . .
Kindle Textbook Rental offers the ability to customize rental periods to any length between 30 and 360 days, so students only pay for the specific amount of time they need a book. Students can also easily extend any rental period in increments as small as one day or choose to purchase the book they are renting at any time.
Washington University is recruiting an Assistant Director for the Humanities Digital Workshop. Degree: "BA or higher degree in a humanities field." Salary range: $4,306.25-$5,598.13 per month.
Here's an excerpt from the ad (job ID: 22239):
The Assistant Director will take a lead role in bringing assigned digital projects from vision to implementation by planning, developing timelines, assessing progress, testing, and rollout. The Assistant Director will work closely with faculty and librarians and manage teams of specialists, programmers, students, and staff in projects initiated by A&S faculty. The position will require close collaboration with staff from other campus organizations such as the digital library team at Olin Library, staff in Information Systems & Technology, A&S departmental staff, etc. On certain projects, collaboration with other institutions will be important.
OCLC has released Seeking Synchronicity: Revelations and Recommendations for Virtual Reference.
Here's an excerpt from the press release:
Seeking Synchronicity: Revelations and Recommendations for Virtual Reference, from OCLC Research, in partnership with Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, and additionally funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), distills more than five years of VR research into a readable summary featuring memorable quotes that vividly illustrate very specific and actionable suggestions. Taken from a multiphase research project that included focus group interviews, online surveys, transcript analysis and phone interviews, with VR librarians, users and non-users, these findings are meant to help practitioners develop and sustain VR services and systems.
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The University of Miami Libraries are recruiting a Digital Special Collections and Oral Histories Librarian. Degree: "ALA accredited master's degree in Library and Information Science."
Here's an excerpt from the ad:
Reporting to the Head of Digital Scholarship and Programs, develops, coordinates, and manages digital initiatives primarily focused on the special collections and specifically coordinates the operations of the Libraries' growing Oral History Program; works closely with the Libraries' special collections, Cataloging & Metadata Services, and Web and Emerging Technologies staff to ensure successful and sustainable implementation of oral histories and digital initiatives.
Randal C. Picker has self-archived "After Google Book Search: Rebooting the Digital Library" in SSRN.
Here's an excerpt:
The rejection of the Google Book Search settlement means that we are at a point of rebooting how we design our digital library future. There were many criticisms of GBS and the settlement but perhaps chief among those was the risk that approval of the settlement would have locked in a single approach to digital libraries. Google would have received unique access to the so-called orphan works and that would have provided it what may have been a decisive advantage against digital library competitors, both private and public. As we move forward on the orphan works, we need to do so with two principles in mind. First, we need to enable broad competing uses of the orphan works while, to the greatest extent possible, respecting the rights of the orphan works holders. Second, we should not repeat the mistake of the GBS settlement by somehow tilting the table in favor of digital library monopoly, either public or private.
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Purdue University Libraries are recruiting a Digital Archivist. Degree: "ALA accredited MLS, or MA in a related field."
Here's an excerpt from the ad ( Requisition ID: 1101115):
The Digital Archivist is responsible for the scanning activities of Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections (ASC) materials and creation of corresponding metadata. Acts as the resource person for ASC regarding best practices for managing donated digital materials. Organizes the metadata for compound objects to facilitate their loading into CONTENTdm. Composes descriptions as needed for digital objects and submits the descriptions to the archivist for review and approval. Performs quality control for items scanned by outside vendors for ASC. Performs custom scanning upon request. This position also processes collections of all format types by arranging, preserving, and writing finding aids using DACS.
The European Commission has launched a public consultation on digital scientific information access and preservation.
Here's an excerpt from the press release:
A public consultation on access to, and preservation of, digital scientific information has been launched by the European Commission on the initiative of European Commission Vice President for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes and Commissioner for Research and Innovation, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn. European researchers, engineers and entrepreneurs must have easy and fast access to scientific information, to compete on an equal footing with their counterparts across the world. Modern digital infrastructures can play a key role in facilitating access. However, a number of challenges remain, such as high and rising subscription prices to scientific publications, an ever-growing volume of scientific data, and the need to select, curate and preserve research outputs. Open access, defined as free access to scholarly content over the Internet, can help address this. Scientists, research funding organisations, universities, and other interested parties are invited to send their contributions on how to improve access to scientific information. The consultation will run until 9 September 2011. . . .
Interested parties are invited to express their views on the following key science policy questions:
- how scientific articles could become more accessible to researchers and society at large
- how research data can be made widely available and how it could be re-used
- how permanent access to digital content can be ensured and what barriers are preventing the preservation of scientific output
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The Wheelock College Library is recruiting a Digital Services Librarian. Degree: "Master's degree in Library and Information Science."
Here's an excerpt from the ad:
Wheelock College Library seeks a Digital Services Librarian to manage all Library systems, including the ILS, Library and Resource Center web pages, library applications, and connections for electronic database subscriptions.
The Online Publishers Association has released "A Portrait of Today's Tablet User".
Here's an excerpt from the press release:
Key findings from "A Portrait of Today's Tablet User" include:
- Today's tablet users represent 12% of the US internet population ages 8-64; that number is projected to grow to 23% by early 2012—a group that represents an estimated 54 million people
- 87% of tablet users are accessing content and information, the dominant activity for this device
- 93% of tablet users have downloaded apps; the average tablet user has downloaded 20 apps
- 79% of app downloaders have paid for apps in the last 12 months; 26% of all apps downloaded are paid
California State University, Fullerton's Pollak Library is recruiting a Library Systems Head. Degree: "Master's degree from an accredited university in Library or Information Science or equivalent degree in a relevant information technology field."
Here's an excerpt from the ad (AutoReqId: 5073BR):
Directs, manages, and administers the work of the Systems Section within the Pollak Library. Collaborates with administration, faculty, and staff to envision and guide library information technology services, as well as the library's digital initiatives. Reports to the University Librarian, develops and communicates a shared vision which includes collaboration, excellence and innovation working within the university's computing environment. Will demonstrate a command of emerging trends in scholarly information and digital libraries as well as technology.. . . Ongoing technology-related projects include charting a course in the emerging world of digital resources and collections; providing access to electronic services; evaluating, designing and implementing efficient and effective discovery tools for library users; and developing technology strategies to enhance the Library's presence in the teaching and learning process.
Heather A. Piwowar has published "Who Shares? Who Doesn't? Factors Associated with Openly Archiving Raw Research Data" in PLoS One.
Here's an excerpt:
First-order factor analysis on 124 diverse bibliometric attributes of the data creation articles revealed 15 factors describing authorship, funding, institution, publication, and domain environments. In multivariate regression, authors were most likely to share data if they had prior experience sharing or reusing data, if their study was published in an open access journal or a journal with a relatively strong data sharing policy, or if the study was funded by a large number of NIH grants. Authors of studies on cancer and human subjects were least likely to make their datasets available.
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