Month: September 2013

Digital Curation News (9/10/2013) #digitalpreservation

Digital Scholarship | DigitalCurationNews

Discovery Systems Technology Specialist at New York University Division of Libraries

The New York University Division of Libraries is recruiting a Discovery Systems Technology Specialist .

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Administer, develop, and evaluate metadata-driven applications that underlie BobCat, the primary discovery portal for the NYU Division of Libraries. Receive, submit, and respond to bug reports; consult with vendors and open-source community members as needed; and implement fixes or enhancements. Advise and consult colleagues on discovery system capabilities and strategies for mapping and searching across metadata schemes and across diverse collections and materials.

Digital Scholarship | Sitemap

Research Data Curation Bibliography, Version 8 | Digital Scholarship | Digital Library Jobs | Library IT Jobs | Sitemap

"How Portable Are the Metadata Standards for Scientific Data? A Proposal for a Metadata Infrastructure"

Jian Qin and Kai Li have self-archived "How Portable Are the Metadata Standards for Scientific Data? A Proposal for a Metadata Infrastructure."

Here's an excerpt:

The one-covers-all approach in current metadata standards for scientific data has serious limitations in keeping up with the ever-growing data. This paper reports the findings from a survey to metadata standards in the scientific data domain and argues for the need for a metadata infrastructure. The survey collected 4400+ unique elements from 16 standards and categorized these elements into 9 categories. Findings from the data included that the highest counts of element occurred in the descriptive category and many of them overlapped with DC elements. This pattern also repeated in the elements co-occurred in different standards. A small number of semantically general elements appeared across the largest numbers of standards while the rest of the element co-occurrences formed a long tail with a wide range of specific semantics. The paper discussed implications of the findings in the context of metadata portability and infrastructure and pointed out that large, complex standards and widely varied naming practices are the major hurdles for building a metadata infrastructure.

Digital Scholarship | Digital Scholarship Publications Overview | Sitemap

Digital Resources Librarian at University of Mary Washington Libraries

The University of Mary Washington Libraries are recruiting a Digital Resources Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The Digital Resources Librarian works collaboratively with the Special Collections Librarian and other personnel to create, maintain, and promote UMW Libraries' digital collections, including creating policies and usage guidelines, planning and implementing workflows, and overseeing quality control. Under the supervision of the Special Collections Librarian, this position will develop strategies for the management of digital assets, advise faculty and students on best practices for preserving scholarship and digital projects, and participate in campus-wide conversations on scholarly communications.

Digital Scholarship | Sitemap

"Copyright in the Digital Age"

Kyle K. Courtney has self-archived "Copyright in the Digital Age" in SSRN.

Here's an excerpt:

The goal of this chapter is to provide the fundamental instruction for some of the most popular topics facing law libraries in the digital age. Whether it is scanning chapters for e-reserves or accessing databases online, knowledge of copyright law can help mitigate risk, and enhance our patron's services. As librarians, we want to provide whatever our patron's desire. But, we also must balance the law versus the patrons needs. Fortunately, copyright law does not always restrict a patron's uses. In many cases a solid understanding of copyright can help ease a patron's fears, or provide legal alternatives to a patron's request, or help educate the community at large.

Digital Scholarship | Digital Scholarship Publications Overview | Sitemap

Current News: DigitalKoans Twitter Updates for 9/9/2013

Member of the Week: William M. Cross

Digital Scholarship

Executive Director at HathiTrust

HathiTrust is recruiting an Executive Director.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Under the general supervision of the Dean of Libraries at the University of Michigan and reporting to the HathiTrust Board of Governors, the Executive Director serves as the chief executive officer of HathiTrust and is responsible for the administration of all HathiTrust operations and programs. The HathiTrust Executive Director serves in a non-voting role on the HathiTrust Board of Governors and its Executive Committee. The Executive Director also serves in a non-voting capacity on the Program Steering Committee and provides counsel to that body, relating programmatic initiatives to operational activities underway in HathiTrust and relating new initiatives to legal frameworks within which HathiTrust works. The Executive Director is an employee of the University of Michigan, and operates within the rules and policies of the University of Michigan.

Digital Scholarship | Sitemap

New Roles for New Times: Transforming Liaison Roles in Research Libraries

ARL has released New Roles for New Times: Transforming Liaison Roles in Research Libraries.

Here's an excerpt:

The liaison role in research libraries is rapidly evolving. An engagement model in which library liaisons and functional specialists collaborate to understand and address the wide range of processes in instruction and scholarship is replacing the traditional tripartite model of collections, reference, and instruction. New roles in research services, digital humanities, teaching and learning, digital scholarship, user experience, and copyright and scholarly communication are being developed at research libraries across the country, requiring professional development and re-skilling of current staff, creative approaches to increase staff capacity, the development of new spaces and infrastructure, and collaborative partnerships within libraries, across campus units, and among research institutions.

Digital Scholarship | Digital Scholarship Publications Overview | Sitemap

Web and Content Developer at Auraria Library

The Auraria Library is recruiting a Web and Content Developer

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

This position, will provide in house web and interface design expertise for the Auraria Library. The Auraria Library's web presence consists of the main site, the mobile site and discovery systems such as a federated searching application, intranet, institutional repository, catalog, reserves and interlibrary loan systems. The incumbent will work closely with the Web Programmer and others throughout the library to make the web site more visually appealing and develop a content management plan to develop high quality content for the site.

Digital Scholarship | Sitemap

"Federal Research Data Requirements Set to Change"

Abigail Goben and Dorothea Salo have published "Federal Research Data Requirements Set to Change" in the latest issue of College & Research Libraries News.

Here's an excerpt from:

FERPA, HIPAA, FOIA, and other sunshine laws, National Science Foundation data-management plans—grant-funded research data has had compliance strings attached for some time. Attention to research data is now even more heightened following the responses of the federal agencies in August to the Obama Administration's Office for Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) directive from February 2013.2 Research libraries will need to educate and partner with researchers to improve understanding and compliance, promote proper archiving of digital data, and expand discovery and reuse of research datasets

.

Digital Scholarship | Digital Scholarship Publications Overview | Sitemap

Head of Library Technology Services at Northern Arizona University Library

The Northern Arizona University Library is recruiting a Head of Library Technology Services.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Under the direction of the Dean and University Librarian and in cooperation with LTS staff, the Head provides strategic leadership for an advanced, innovative, and highly dedicated unit. The Head will continue to advance the unit's momentum in a complex technology environment that includes virtualized computing; networks and systems infrastructure; web-based services; and user support services, including a newly renovated Mac lab and suite of production studios. As a member of the library's leadership team, the Head will work collaboratively across library units to ensure the effective deployment and support of technology to deliver library resources and services and will cooperate with NAU's Information Technology Services (ITS) on university-wide services and issues that impact library systems and service.

Digital Scholarship | Sitemap

Director, Informatics for Research Engagement at Drexel University Libraries

Drexel University Libraries are recruiting a Director, Informatics for Research Engagement.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Reporting to the Dean of Libraries and working with librarians, system developers, researchers and faculty across campus, the Director is responsible for designing and implementing a university-wide approach to data management and curation of digital content and leading the Libraries' staff and partnerships to provide service support for preservation and access to the University's research data, digital content, records and archives. The Director will be involved in the integration of data literacy competencies with the Libraries' instructional programs and will lead development of services that apply research and system designs for effective data curation for the Libraries' partnership with the iSchool, College of Information Science and Technology Applied Informatics Group.

Digital Scholarship | Sitemap

Draft Policy on Open Access for Data and Information

The EU e-infrastructure coordination pro-iBiosphere project has released the Draft Policy on Open Access for Data and Information.

Here's an excerpt from the announcement:

The document addresses legal issues that hamper an integrative system for managing biodiversity knowledge in Europe. It describes the importance for scientists to have access to documents and data in order to synthesize disparate information and to facilitate data mining (or similar research techniques). It explores some aspects of copyright and database protection that influence access to and re-use of biodiversity data and information and refers to exceptions and limitations of copyright or database protection provided for within the relevant EU Directives.

The scientists also suggest that publicly funded institutions should refrain from claiming intellectual property rights for biodiversity data and information published or made accessible by them. Re-use of biodiversity data and information for research purposes should be allowed without any form of authorization. The only claims that publicly funded institutions should make are to ensure users fully acknowledge the sources of information that they rely on.

Digital Scholarship | Digital Scholarship Publications Overview | Sitemap

"The Publishing Delay in Scholarly Peer-Reviewed Journals"

Bo-Christer Björk and David Solomon have self-archived "The Publishing Delay in Scholarly Peer-Reviewed Journals."

Here's an excerpt:

Using a stratified random sample we studied average publishing delays in 2700 papers published in 135 journals sampled from the Scopus citation index. The shortest overall delays occur in science technology and medical (STM) fields and the longest in social science, arts/humanities and business/economics. Business/economics with a delay of 18 months took twice as long as chemistry with a 9 month average delay. Analysis of the variance indicated that by far the largest amount of variance in the time between submission and acceptance was among articles within a journal as compared with journals, disciplines or the size of the journal. For the time between acceptance and publication most of the variation in delay can be accounted for by differences between specific journals.

Digital Scholarship | Digital Scholarship Publications Overview | Sitemap

DigitalCurationNews (9/6/2013) #digitalpreservation

Digital Scholarship | DigitalCurationNews

Current News: DigitalKoans Twitter Updates for 9/6/2013

Digital Scholarship

Bruce Herbert Named Director of Digital Services and Scholarly Communications at Texas A&M University Libraries

Bruce Herbert has been named the Director of Digital Services and Scholarly Communications at the Texas A&M University Libraries.

Here's an excerpt from the announcement:

Dr. Bruce Herbert, Professor of Geology and holder of the EOG Teaching Professorship, has been appointed Director of Digital Services and Scholarly Communications at the Texas A&M University Libraries effective Aug. 15. Herbert will oversee the Libraries' institutional repository, known as the OAK Trust, and the services that support scholarly activities of faculty and students. . . .

"As a researcher and faculty member in geosciences, Dr. Herbert brings a unique perspective to his role in leading Digital Services and Scholarly Communications through the OAK Trust," said David H. Carlson, Dean of the University Libraries, in announcing the appointment. "We're excited about this collaboration between the colleges and the Libraries and look to his expertise in information technology to meet the changing needs of faculty and students in scholarly communication."

Digital Scholarship | Digital Scholarship Publications Overview | Sitemap

Digital Projects Lead Developer at Florida International University Libraries

The Florida International University Libraries are recruiting a Digital Projects Specialist.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

  • Designs, tests, and implements user interfaces and designs, codes and tests software related to library digital projects, including digital initiatives from Digital Collection Center, Sound and Image, and Special Collections departments.
  • Provides technical coordination with FCLA and/or other SUS Digital Library Centers (such as UF) to adopt, develop and enhance maintain technical platform needed for unified FIU digital library discovery system.
  • Leads the technical development, deployment and maintenance of all FIU digital library projects.
  • Leads the implementation and management of trials and pilots of new technology applications related to digital projects, including internally and externally funded ones.

Digital Scholarship | Sitemap

Digital Projects Specialist at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries are recruiting a Digital Projects Specialist.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The successful candidate will have experience working with digital collections and digital tool development in an academic library setting, and have a familiarity with common programming, web development and/or database languages such as PHP, MySQL, XSLT, JSON, and Javascript. Duties include development using open source tools, such as Omeka and Neatline, and integrating those tools with existing digital collections in CONTENTdm, interacting with faculty and staff to gather requirements for tool and digital collection development, working with Library Systems staff and campus IT to resolve technical issues, and supervising student workers in the Digitization Department. This position reports to the head of the Digitization Department.

Digital Scholarship | Sitemap

Chief of Digital Operations/Chief Operating Officer at Bodleian Libraries

The Bodleian Libraries at the University of Oxford are recruiting a Chief of Digital Operations/Chief Operating Officer.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

We are seeking a highly experienced senior manager with an established background working in a Digital Library and/or IT to oversee the day-to-day operations of the department. Two key competencies required for this post are the ability to develop and articulate a digital vision and the ability to embed large scale cultural change into an organization. This individual will oversee the management of dozens of major digital projects concurrently and will need to ensure the provision of essential services and foster innovation and evolution in the department. In the massively growing field of digital services, the Chief of Digital Operations will establish and maintain systematic methods for the efficient and effective delivery of digital services to ensure that BDLSS is established as a leader in digital service provision. The successful candidate will also be responsible for building relationships with key stakeholders including researchers, students, lecturers, senior library staff, other university services, vendors, colleges and international counterparts. The person who occupies this role will focus on productivity and innovation and it will be a very exciting, strategic position within the Libraries in the years ahead.

Digital Scholarship | Sitemap

figshare for Institutions Launched

figshare has launched an instiutional service for research data.

Here's an excerpt from the announcement:

figshare today announces the launch of 'figshare for Institutions'—a simple and cost-effective software solution for academic and higher education establishments to both securely host and make publicly available its academic research outputs. figshare, allows academic institutions to publish, share and get credit for their research data, hosting videos, datasets, posters, figures and theses in a cost-effective way.

Digital Scholarship | Digital Scholarship Publications Overview | Sitemap

DigitalCurationNews (9/5/2013) #digitalpreservation

Digital Scholarship | DigitalCurationNews

Current News: DigitalKoans Twitter Updates for 9/4/2013

Digital Scholarship