Digital Initiatives Librarian at Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s George C. Gordon Library

Worcester Polytechnic Institute's George C. Gordon Library is recruiting a Digital Initiatives Librarian.

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The Digital Initiatives Librarian will provide the leadership and technical skills to develop further WPI's digital library. In collaboration with librarians, faculty, and administrators, the person in this position will improve access to currently fragmented digital collections such as digitized Theses, Dissertations, Project Reports, and Special Collections. The Digital Initiatives Librarian will develop and implement a forward-looking plan for WPI to archive digitized and born-digital materials collected by the library, including coordination of details such as researcher IDs, access to datasets, and management of metadata schemes. Responsibilities will include conceptual development, planning, and execution of current and future digital library projects in support of WPI's teaching and research mission.

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Author: Charles W. Bailey, Jr.

Charles W. Bailey, Jr.