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UC Davis is recruiting a Director for Online Strategy.
Here's an excerpt from the ad.
As a key member of the Library's executive leadership team and under direction of the University Librarian, responsible for strategic planning, design and analysis; technology research and development; and administration to oversee the Library's overall online delivery strategy and related operations for its scholarly collections and academic services, both print and digital.
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Quinn Galbraith, Elizabeth Smart, Sara D. Smith and Megan Reed have published "Who Publishes in Top-Tier Library Science Journals? An Analysis by Faculty Status and Tenure" in College & Research Libraries.
Here's an excerpt:
This study analyzes the status and background of authors publishing in high-impact library science journals. Twenty-three high-impact journals were selected in this study by both quantitative and qualitative measures, while the analysis of author background focuses on whether the author holds a faculty status position with a tenure track. This study finds that 76 percent of academic librarians have faculty status.
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The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is recruiting a Web Developer and User Interface Specialist.
Here's an excerpt from the ad.
Working in the Library Information Technology unit under the direction of the Technical Architect for Web Content, the Web Developer and User Interface Specialist will develop and maintain data-driven and user-centered web pages and related internet applications. The Web Developer and User Interface Specialist will initially focus on the re-design of the general Library website but may also collaborate with other Library units and groups that maintain web pages; and will contribute to the Library's evolving user experience (UX) program.
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Duke's Center for the Study of the Public Domain has released Intellectual Property: Law & the Information Society—Cases and Materials. Also available in paperback.
Here's an excerpt from the press release:
This book is an introduction to intellectual property law, the set of private legal rights that allows individuals and corporations to control intangible creations and marks-from logos to novels to drug formulae-and the exceptions and limitations that define those rights. It focuses on the three main forms of US federal intellectual property-trademark, copyright and patent-but many of the ideas discussed here apply far beyond those legal areas and far beyond the law of the United States.
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Mount Vernon is recruiting a Digital Scholarship Librarian .
Here's an excerpt from the ad.
The Fred W Smith National Library at Mount Vernon seeks an innovative librarian/historian to take a lead role in the advancement of the Estate's scholarly digital initiatives. He or she will assess and integrate existing tools for digital scholarship and participate in maintaining and evaluating the Library's electronic and digital resources. The successful candidate will create scholarly digital content by working collaboratively with other stakeholders and departments across the Estate.
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Ithaka S+R has released Faster and Cheaper: Can a Digital-Centric Workflow Transform the Book Review?.
Here's an excerpt:
In July 2014, the American Anthropological Association (AAA) received funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's Digital Information Technology Program to help underwrite the development of a new digital prototype for book reviews. This prototype will be a website that supports a digital workflow from the publisher's electronic files all the way through to online publication of the review.
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Auburn University is recruiting a Specialist III/IV, Information Technology .
Here's an excerpt from the ad.
Under the supervision of the AUL Assistant Dean for Technology and Technical Services and in close collaboration with the AUL System Department's software developers, manages the AU Libraries' overall Web presence in support of the University's teaching, research, and outreach missions and the Libraries' strategic plan (http://www.lib.auburn.edu/strategicplan/2013/).
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Corinne Hui Yun Tan has self-archived "Terms of Service on Social Media Sites".
Here's an excerpt:
This article considers the provisions within the terms of service ('TOS') of the social media behemoths of today—Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and the Wikimedia Foundation. In particular, it examines the main provisions that purport to regulate, from a copyright perspective, generative activities on social media sites. This empirical work is undertaken so that the article can shed light on the relationship between the contractual and copyright regimes. To do so, the article identifies the instances where the contractual regime is to some extent aligned with the copyright regime, and further, where there are potential incompatibilities between the two regimes.
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The California State Archives will be recruiting a Digital/Electronic Records Archivist. Individuals interested in this position should take the Archivist II exam to get on the list of qualified candidates.
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New York Public Library is recruiting a Senior Applications Developer.
Here's an excerpt from the ad.
What you will do:
- Design and implement scalable, optimized, and maintainable database driven web applications.
- Help design new open source features for the Fedora-based open source repository.
- Collaborate with a larger team across the library to create new and innovative online experiences for our users.
- Design and build APIs in order to extend our rich content and information to audiences spanning from NYC to the global community.
- Employ object-oriented analysis and design techniques including use case analysis, object modeling, and database schema design.
- Develop applications that astound us. (And document them so we know what you did).
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Lorna Wildgaard, Jesper W. Schneider, and Birger Larsen have self-archived "A Review of the Characteristics of 108 Author-Level Bibliometric Indicators."
Here's an excerpt:
An increasing demand for bibliometric assessment of individuals has led to a growth of new bibliometric indicators as well as new variants or combinations of established ones. The aim of this review is to contribute with objective facts about the usefulness of bibliometric indicators of the effects of publication activity at the individual level. This paper reviews 108 indicators that can potentially be used to measure performance on the individual author level, and examines the complexity of their calculations in relation to what they are supposed to reflect and ease of end-user application.
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The University of Arizona is recruiting a Senior Systems Administrator.
Here's an excerpt from the ad.
The Systems Administrator, Sr. will play a key role in the development and improvement of the Libraries' server infrastructure. As part of the UX-IT Operations work team, the SSA, Sr. will collaborate with other technology staff in administrating current production and development systems, with a focus on the Libraries' Linux systems.
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On 8/11/2014, Kristin Antelman became the University Librarian at the Caltech Library.
Here's an excerpt from "Improving Access to Data Across the Board: An Interview with Kristin Antelman"
Antelman worked as the associate director of libraries at North Carolina State University before coming to Caltech. Originally from Chicago, she received a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan and a master's degree from Columbia University, both in political science, before returning to Chicago to complete her master's degree in library science at the University of Chicago.
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Texas Tech University is recruiting a Web Architect Librarian.
Here's an excerpt from the ad.
This position is responsible for the development of website standards and best practices for the library web presence. The person also participates in providing access to library materials acquired by the University Libraries and contributes to the development of departmental policies and procedures.
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Peter (Jay) Smith has published "The Rise, Fall, and Rise of ACTA?" in Digital Studies.
Here's an excerpt:
In July 2012 the European Parliament defeated the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). Supposedly the attempt to impose global norms on intellectual property rights and thereby restrict digital copyright was dead. Or was it? This paper argues that the spirit of ACTA may live on in a host of other trade agreements currently being negotiated. That is, ACTA, or even more restrictive versions of it, could be imposed through the back door at least upon weaker states through bilateral agreements with the United States and the European Union. The result could be a spaghetti bowl of rules on digital copyright with some countries enjoying more digital rights, online freedom, and privacy than others.
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Stanford University is recruiting a .Technical Systems Architect
Here's an excerpt from the ad.
Providing leadership and guidance, the Technical Systems Architect ensures the Technical Systems team delivers quality solutions that aligns with faculty, staff, and student needs and interests. The managed systems under the Technical Systems Architect's purview comprise a variety of hardware and software configurations, such as, but not limited to, staff desktops and laptops; full-service workstations with general-purpose, productivity, and academic software, dual-booting into Windows and Mac OS X; specialized Windows workstations for GIS research; specialized Mac OS X workstations for multimedia production; and Linux thin clients serving as release stations for print jobs.
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Pippa Smart has published "The Big Picture: Scholarly Publishing Trends 2014" in Science Editing.
Here's an excerpt:
Technical solutions have attempted to address the growth in research but have sometimes added to the tsunami of information and increased the need to manage quality. To this end experiments with the traditional quality control and dissemination systems have been attempted, but news of improvements are frequently overshadowed by alarms about ethical problems. There is particular concern about some of the new publishers who are not adhering to established quality control and ethical practices. Within a potentially fragmenting system, however, there are also emerging collaborative projects helping to knit together the different elements of the publishing landscape to improve quality, linkages and access.
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The Claremont University Consortium is recruiting a Digital Scholarship Librarian.
Here's an excerpt from the ad.
The DSL will develop educational and programmatic activities with consortial partners, and assess the scholarly communication efforts and needs of the Claremont Colleges. This librarian will provide guidance and support to faculty and students on copyright and intellectual property rights management issues. The DSL will represent the library in rapidly developing pedagogical, digital humanities, and other intercollegiate initiatives within the consortium.
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Ariel Katz has published "STM's New Publishing Licenses Raise Antitrust Concerns Amid Wider Efforts to Pollute Open Access Standards" in LSE Impact of Social Sciences.
Here's an excerpt:
For antitrust purposes, when a group of publishers adopts a set of uniform licenses, or when it recommends that its members adopt them, they tread in the area of antitrust law's core concern: "price fixing". In antitrust lingo the term price fixing is not limited to coordinating on price, but applies to any coordination that affects the quantity, quality, or any other feature of the product. Indeed, "[t]erms of use are no less a part of 'the product,'"[1] and competition between publishers is supposed to ensure optimal license terms just as it is expected to guarantee competitive prices. Therefore, when a group of publishers coordinates license terms, their concerted action is not conceptually different for antitrust purposes from a decision to coordinate subscription fees (downstream) or submission fees (upstream), and when the group represents the leading publishers and affects the majority of publications, antitrust concerns are further heightened.
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The University of Akron is recruiting a Web Development Specialist.
Here's an excerpt from the ad.
As the University Libraries Web Development Specialist you will be responsible for designing, writing, and editing complex web pages and templates, including those which incorporate media and forms. Most work will be done using web editing software and content management systems. Following usability standards and parameters set forth by the university, you will develop and maintain the University Libraries web presence, online library catalog interface, and related locally and remotely hosted systems. You will be responsible for designing and maintaining a seamless online user experience across multiple vendor and content management platforms. Using tools such as Microsoft SharePoint and WordPress, you will assist in the development and maintenance of the library's intranet.
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