Year: 2015

Dr. Kathryn K. Matthew Confirmed as Director of the IMLS

Dr. Kathryn K. Matthewhas been confirmed as Director of the IMLS.

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Trained as a scientist, Dr. Matthew's 30-year museum career began in curatorial, collections management, and research roles at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia and Cranbrook Institute of Science. She worked with a variety of collections including ornithology, paleontology, fine arts, and anthropology. She then moved into management, exhibits and educational programs development, and fundraising and marketing roles, working at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, the Virginia Museum of Natural History, The Nature Conservancy, the Historic Charleston Foundation, and The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. She was also a science advisor for the IMAX film "Tropical Rainforest," produced by the Science Museum of Minnesota.

In addition she was Executive Director of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, a state-funded museum.

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Web & Digital Scholarship Librarian at University of Mississippi

The University of Mississippi is recruiting a Web & Digital Scholarship Librarian.

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he successful candidate will be involved in the design, development and maintenance of all aspects of the University Libraries' web presence, web applications and many new and existing digital scholarship services and projects. This position resides within Public Services and reports to the Head of Web and Digital Scholarship.

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"Data Management Practices Across an Institution: Survey and Report"

Cunera Buys and Pamela Shaw have published "Data Management Practices Across an Institution: Survey and Report" in the Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication.

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A 21-question survey was distributed to approximately 12,940 faculty, graduate students, postdoctoral candidates, and selected research-affiliated staff at Northwestern's Evanston and Chicago Campuses. Survey questions solicited information regarding types and size of data, current and future needs for data storage, data retention and data sharing, what researchers are doing (or not doing) regarding data management planning, and types of training or assistance needed. There were 831 responses and 788 respondents completed the survey, for a response rate of approximately 6.4%.

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Digital Projects Librarian at Stony Brook University

Stony Brook University is recruiting a Digital Projects Librarian.

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Under the leadership of the Associate Director for Library Technology, the Digital Projects Librarian will be responsible for the planning and management of digital projects throughout the University Libraries environment. As a member of the Library Information Technology team, the Digital Projects Librarian will work across Library departments and with University-wide clients to assess complex digital project requirements and provide quality technical solutions. S/he will work with librarians and faculty members to digitize collections that will be of benefit to their courses and assignments, and faculty and/or student research projects

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"Do You Have an Institutional Data Policy? A Review of the Current Landscape of Library Data Services and Institutional Data Policies"

Kristin Briney et al. have published "Do You Have an Institutional Data Policy? A Review of the Current Landscape of Library Data Services and Institutional Data Policies" in the Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication,.

Here's an excerpt:

This study reviewed library data services efforts and institutional data policies of 206 American universities, drawn from the July 2014 Carnegie list of universities with "Very High" or "High" research activity designation. Twenty-four different characteristics relating to university type, library data services, policy type, and policy contents were examined.

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Technical Director at CLIR/DLF

CLIR/DLF is recruiting a Technical Director.

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The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) seeks a highly skilled Technical Director to develop, integrate, and oversee a cohesive, dynamic, and growing set of information systems supporting the mission of CLIR and its varied initiatives, including the Digital Library Federation (DLF), Digitizing Hidden Collections, CLIR/DLF Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, and more.

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Digital Initiatives Librarian at William Paterson University

William Paterson University is recruiting a Digital Initiatives Librarian.

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Reporting to the Assistant Directors of the library, the Digital Initiatives Librarian is responsible for coordinating the planning, implementation and monitoring of digital projects, providing leadership in advancing infrastructures that support digital collections, and collaborating with various Library departments to configure and implement systems that realize the full potential of digital objects.

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Digital Curation News (9/22/2015) #digitalcuration #digitalpreservation #datamanagement #researchdata #rdm

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Scholarly Communications Librarian at Central Washington University

Central Washington University is recruiting a Scholarly Communications Librarian.

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In collaboration with the Cataloging and Digital Initiatives Librarian, leads development and activities of the Library's Institutional Repository, including outreach initiatives and assessing the effectiveness of those initiatives and services. Collaborates with faculty, students and other campus partners on education resources, copyright compliance, scholarly communications programs, and designing and implementing assessment initiatives.

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A Selection of Research Data Management Tools Throughout the Data Lifecycle

Jan Krause has self-archived "A Selection of Research Data Management Tools Throughout the Data Lifecycle."

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In this document, several useful research data management tools are listed and described for each step of their research throughout the data lifecyle management.

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Digital Archivist at Walt Disney Studios

Walt Disney Studios is recruiting a Digital Archivist.

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As a member of the Walt Disney Animation Research Library (ARL), the Digital Archivist is responsible for building, organizing and maintaining the Walt Disney Animation Studio's digital production archive. The position is also responsible for liaising with production departments to ensure long-term storage viability of assets, creating policies and the day-to-day care and feeding of the repository.

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"Using Vine to Disseminate Library Information: A Practical Guide"

Antony Groves has published "Using Vine to Disseminate Library Information: A Practical Guide" in the LSE Impact Blog.

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There are a number of blog posts recommending Vine to librarians, featuring some excellent examples of how the app is being used by libraries . . . Despite this, Vine remains an under-used tool. One reason for this may be the absence of a clear guide on how to use Vine. The following article intends to address this issue by equipping practitioners with a short guide to creating Vines. It will begin by introducing Vine, explaining what it is and why it should be considered when promoting certain aspects of the Library. This will be followed by a five-step guide to creating Vines on Android devices and iPhones.

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Digital Projects Developer at Lewis & Clark College

Lewis & Clark College is recruiting a Digital Projects Developer.

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Reporting to the Digital Services Coordinator, the Digital Projects Developer performs advanced technical and creative work essential to Watzek Library's services and digital initiatives. The Developer authors and modifies web software code and installs, configures and administers web content management software. The Developer manages technical projects and assures that deadlines are met and deliverables achieved. The Developer configures, supports and manages library systems that facilitate internal library workflows.

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Monitoring the Transition to Open Access: A Report for the Universities UK Open Access Co-ordination Group

The Universities UK's Open Access Co-ordination Group has released Monitoring the Transition to Open Access: A Report for the Universities UK Open Access Co-ordination Group.

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This study was commissioned in response to a recommendation of the Finch Group in its second report in 2013 that reliable indicators should be gathered on key features of the transition to open access (OA) in the UK. The findings presented here are thus a first attempt at generating such indicators covering five sets of issues:

  • OA options available to authors . . . .
  • Accessibility. . . .
  • Usage. . . .
  • Financial sustainability for universities . . . .
  • Financial sustainability for learned societies

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Librarian (Data Curator) at Department of Transportation

The Department of Transportation is recruiting a Librarian (Data Curator).

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  • Be responsible for researching best practices in data curation and preservation and making recommendations for improving NTL systems. Provide recommendations for (a) data standards, formats, and metadata policies; (b) data management and preservation plans; and (c) data dissemination and outreach activities.
  • Research metadata standards for all data formats and types, with a focus on needs for mid- and long-term preservation in order to keep abreast of developments in the areas of data management, data curation, and information sciences.

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"Campus Open Access Funds: Experiences of the KU ‘One University’ Open Access Author Fund"

Rachel Gyore et al. have published "Campus Open Access Funds: Experiences of the KU 'One University' Open Access Author Fund" in the Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication.

Here's an excerpt:

This report documents the group's experience in developing eligibility criteria and administering the OA Fund. Here we provide insight into our efforts implementing the project, funding results, and plans for continuation. We share the results of the first two years of the OA Author Fund pilot and the lessons learned about open access fund administration.

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Digital Archivist at East Carolina University

East Carolina University is recruiting a Digital Archivist.

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Reporting to the Assistant Director for Special Collections, the Digital Archivist provides key support to the University Archives and Records Program. The successful candidate will: 1. Develop a sustainable born digital e-records management system; 2. Develop procedures for ensuring the long-term preservation of digital materials found in manuscript collections; 3. Participate in the division's ongoing implementation of archival content management systems; 4. Work with the Digital Collections Librarian to ensure the online accessibility of finding aids; and 5. Work with staff throughout the division to select materials for digitization.

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"Scholarship beyond the Word"

Tara McPherson has published "Scholarship beyond the Word" in EDUCAUSE Review.

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If the early web tended to privilege text, today's web is deeply multimodal-full of image, sound, and video. The online photo-sharing site Flickr hosts billions of images, with roughly 1.83 million images uploaded daily in 2014; Instagram, launched in 2010, now surpasses 70 million photo uploads a day. An average of 300 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube every minute.

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Humanities And Digital Scholarship Librarian at Grinnell College

Grinnell College is recruiting a Humanities And Digital Scholarship Librarian .

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The Humanities and Digital Scholarship Librarian will serve as academic liaison for Chinese and Japanese, Classics, German, Music, Russian, and Theatre and Dance, providing faculty contact, reference consultation with students and faculty, research literacy teaching, and collection development. In addition, this librarian will be responsible for consulting with faculty, staff, and students from across the College on projects related to digital publishing and digital exhibitions, as well as on emerging forms of digital scholarship. In collaboration with other College staff, the Humanities and Digital Scholarship Librarian will help to ensure that these projects reflect best practices related to long-term digital preservation, accessibility, copyright, open access, and emerging methods of scholarly communication.

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"The Digital Humanities Are Alive and Well and Blooming: Now What?"

Nancy L. Maron has published "The Digital Humanities Are Alive and Well and Blooming: Now What?" in EDUCAUSE Review.

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We sought to understand how institutions were handling DH projects: from conception to creation, then on to promotion and dissemination, and finally to ongoing support. Which units on campus currently "own" the different phases of support, and who should? Do the efforts contributed by different groups on one campus add up to a coherent plan for creating, supporting, and sustaining the impact of these works? And what sort of institutional model might best accomplish all of this?

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Digital Publishing Coodinator at University of Michigan

The University of Michigan is recruiting a Digital Publishing Coodinator.

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The Digital Publishing Coordinator is primarily responsible for the management, performance, and completion of digital publishing projects, including overseeing the publication of journal issues, books, and digital projects. This position is responsible for preparing and producing scholarly content for publication online and in print. The Digital Publishing Coordinator also assists in acquiring and developing new scholarly publication projects.

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"The Presence of High-impact Factor Open Access Journals in Science, Technology, Engineering and Medicine (STEM) Disciplines"

Annarita Barbara et al. have published "The Presence of High-impact Factor Open Access Journals in Science, Technology, Engineering and Medicine (STEM) Disciplines" in the Italian Journal of Library, Archives, and Information Science.

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The present study means to establish to what extent high-quality open access journals are available as an outlet for publication, by examining their distribution in different scientific disciplines, including the distribution of those journals without article processing charges. The study is based on a systematic comparison between the journals included in the DOAJ, and the journals indexed in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) Science edition 2013, released by Thomson Reuters. The impact factor of Open Access (OA) journals was lower than those of other journals by a small but statistically significant amount. Open access journals are present in the upper quartile (by impact factor) of 85 out of 176 (48.8%) categories examined. There were no OA journals with an Impact Factor in only 16 categories (9%).

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Assistant Director For Digital Scholarship at University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania, is recruiting an Assistant Director For Digital Scholarship.

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Under the general direction of the Director of Teaching, Research, and Learning Services, the Assistant Director for Digital Scholarship leads of a team of professionals that initiate and collaborate on digital scholarship initiatives throughout the Penn Libraries, with Penn faculty and staff partners campus-wide, and beyond. The ideal candidate is knowledgeable of contemporary digital library standards for the creation, management, description and preservation of digital objects in all formats, both simple and complex, and tracks development of standards and community practice in emerging areas of digital library engagement, such as data management/curation and linked data. S/he is familiar with the use of technology, digital analytical and processing techniques, and markup standards used by faculty instructors and researchers, has experience with open access publishing, and repository services, and is comfortable engaging faculty to foster digital library integration into the scholarly enterprise as appropriate.

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"Enduring Access to Rich Media Content: Understanding Use and Usability Requirements"

Madeleine Casad wt al. have published "Enduring Access to Rich Media Content: Understanding Use and Usability Requirements" in D-Lib Magazine.

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Through an NEH-funded initiative, Cornell University Library is creating a technical, curatorial, and managerial framework for preserving access to complex born-digital new media objects. The Library's Rose Goldsen Archive of New Media Art provides the testbed for this project. This collection of complex interactive born-digital artworks are used by students, faculty, and artists from various disciplines. Interactive digital assets are far more complex to preserve and manage than single uniform digital media files. The preservation model developed will apply not merely to new media artworks, but to other rich digital media environments. This article describes the project's findings and discoveries, focusing on a user survey conducted with the aim of creating user profiles and use cases for born-digital assets like those in the testbed collection.

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