Month: May 2016

Digital Curation News (5/5/2016) #digitalcuration #digitalpreservation #datamanagement #researchdata #rdm

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Library Systems Analyst at Brown University

Brown University is recruiting a Library Systems Analyst.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Working within a large team of technical experts, the Systems Analyst will be charged to creatively improve the efficiency of the overall workflows in Library Access Services and to allow effective systems' interoperability while dealing with traditional and unconventional metadata and its wide range of uses in acquisitions, electronic resources, cataloging, circulation, resource sharing, and off-site storage. In addition, the Systems Analyst will assist in developing effective, user-friendly training modules and documentation for staff in the use of such tools.

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An Analytical Review of Text and Data Mining Practices and Approaches in Europe

OpenForum Europe has released An Analytical Review of Text and Data Mining Practices and Approaches in Europe: Policy Recommendations in View of the Upcoming Copyright Legislative Proposal.

Here's an excerpt:

Europe needs a regime which enables any researcher, citizen, company or other entity to engage in TDM activities, using material to which they have lawful access, wherever they feel there is a good idea. The exact commercial rewards can be managed at subsequent stages, depending on the implementation of the mining outcome. The protection could be considered at the point at which some clearly commercially beneficial project, product, service, business or company has emerged.

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Information Technology Specialist at Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution is recruiting an Information Technology Specialist.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

  • Manages the life cycle of digital assets created by contractors performing large-scale and item-level digital reformatting of analog collections in an archival repository involving diverse formats and resulting in various digital file types; oversee scanning equipment, hardware and software and ingest of data into in-house digital collections information system and export to industry-standard enterprise Digital Asset Management System (DAMS) to ensure long-term accessibility.
  • Manage the Archives' existing and ongoing acquisition of born-digital collection formats in a wide variety of media formats through application of professional digital curation practices and national and international standards to support long-term preservation and access; develop and maintain born-digital survey data, documentation to assess strategies and implementation plans for backup, migration, accessioning, description, access, rights, and file storage.

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Digital Curation and Digital Stewardship Certificate Programs

The following universities offer digital curation and digital stewardship certificate programs:

This digital preservation certificate program may also be of interest:

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Metadata Librarian at University of Kansas

The University of Kansas is recruiting a Metadata Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The Metadata Librarian develops workflows for efficiently incorporating high-quality metadata into repositories, publishing platforms, and other systems. In close collaboration with colleagues throughout the Libraries, the position defines, coordinates, and completes projects that improve management of and access to digital resources. The Metadata Librarian consults with faculty and campus researchers on metadata and data in support of digital scholarship to enhance research, teaching, and learning at the University of Kansas.

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"Breaking Down Pros and Cons of Preprints in Biomedicine"

Hilda Bastian has published "Breaking Down Pros and Cons of Preprints in Biomedicine" in Absolutely Maybe.

Here's an excerpt:

The pros and cons on this are arguably different for physics and biomedicine. It might be easier to copy or fold in someone else's insights into an experiment or paper and beat them to press, so the argument goes. Perhaps this is in part a concern about losing out on a citation in a higher impact journal if your work is no longer seen as exciting. If it's a common concern, then it's a serious hurdle for preprint acceptance.

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Metadata/Discovery Librarian at Amherst College

Amherst College is recruiting a Metadata/Discovery Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

You will work with a cross-departmental team to a) create and maintain metadata that provides or improves access to digital library collections and b) enable and facilitate the discoverability of resources. The Metadata/Discovery Librarian will participate in the development, implementation, and evaluation of metadata policies, goals, and procedures and also work to provide optimal access to e-resources through user-focused practices with existing and potential discovery tools and systems.

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Addressing the Challenges with Organizational Identifiers and ISNI

OCLC Research has released Addressing the Challenges with Organizational Identifiers and ISNI.

Here's an excerpt from the announcement:

This report focusses on organizational identifiers from the perspective of academic institutions. Their ranks and reputation often determine their success in obtaining funding and attracting or retaining faculty. Identifiers provide the "glue" for institutions and funder systems to support comparing and ranking the outputs of the research process; assessing the impact of grants between institutions and their funders; and tracking and collating publications between researchers and their publishers. The report outlines a number of scenarios where the International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI) can be used to disambiguate organizations, including real-world examples.

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Systems Librarian at SUNY Cortland

SUNY Cortland is recruiting a Systems Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

A full-time twelve-month academic librarian reporting to the Associate Director of Libraries. Provides support and development of library Information Technology (IT) services including the Library Management System (Aleph), library portal and webiste, EZProxy, InterLibrary Loan software (Illiad) and Online Computer Library Center (OCLC).

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"After Copyright Win, GSU Seeks $3.3 Million from Publishers "

Andrew Albanese has published "After Copyright Win, GSU Seeks $3.3 Million from Publishers" in Publishers Weekly.

Here's an excerpt:

After winning a key copyright decision, attorneys for Georgia State University want the publishers who brought the suit to pay more than $3.3 million dollars in fees and costs.

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Application Programmer at University of Toronto Scarborough

The University of Toronto Scarborough is recruiting two Application Programmers.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Reporting to the Coordinator of Digital Scholarship Unit and in collaboration with librarians and faculty leading digital scholarship projects, and taking direction from Information and Instructional Technology Services, (IITS) the incumbent is responsible for providing quality resources and technical expertise to the Library's Digital Scholarship Unit (DSU) by researching, designing, developing and implementing web-based applications and the digital library technology stack to support various digital scholarship and research projects. . .

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"Fifty Shades of Open"

Jeffrey Pomerantz and Robin Peek have published "Fifty Shades of Open" in First Monday.

Here's an excerpt:

Open source. Open access. Open society. Open knowledge. Open government. Even open food. The word "open" has been applied to a wide variety of words to create new terms, some of which make sense, and some not so much. This essay disambiguates the many meanings of the word "open" as it is used in a wide range of contexts.

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Web Services Librarian at Portland Community College

Portland Community College is recruiting a Web Services Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Under the direction of the Library Technology Manager, leads the Library's effort to enhance its virtual spaces, working closely with library reference and instructional faculty to develop and expand online library services. Participates in the selection, implementation, and maintenance of new web-based library instruction tools, including developing and delivering training. Interpersonal contacts extend to library management and staff, faculty, students, public users and library staff from external institutions.

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"Research Library Associations Endorse Open Data Accord"

ARL has released "Research Library Associations Endorse Open Data Accord."

Here's an excerpt:

IARLA [International Alliance of Research Library Associations] views the Science International accord on "Open Data in a Big Data World" as an important step towards creating and enabling this common vision of the importance of open data. In setting out principles for open data that are derived from emerging practices within the scientific community, the accord lends the voice of a key stakeholder to the case for open data and provides a practical road map for the implementation of open data at the global level.

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Program Director of Mountain West Digital Library at University of Utah

The University of Utah is recruiting a Program Director of Mountain West Digital Library.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The Mountain West Digital Library (MWDL) seeks an energetic, visionary, innovative, and accomplished professional for the position of Program Director. . . . MWDL serves the Mountain West region as a Service Hub for the Digital Public Library of America, and it aggregates metadata from partnering libraries, museums, and archives in six states for sharing both regionally via the MWDL portal at http://mwdl.org/ and nationally via the DPLA portal at http://dp.la/. MWDL's Member Repositories and other collections partners collaborate to develop standards for digital collections metadata and other aspects of digital collection management.

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"Are Scientific Data Repositories Coping with Research Data Publishing?"

Massimiliano Assante et al. have published "Are Scientific Data Repositories Coping with Research Data Publishing?" in Data Science Journal.

Here's an excerpt:

This study analyses the solutions offered by generalist scientific data repositories, i.e., repositories supporting the deposition of any type of research data. These repositories cannot make any assumption on the application domain. They are actually called to face with the almost open ended typologies of data used in science. The current practices promoted by such repositories are analysed with respect to eight key aspects of data publishing, i.e., dataset formatting, documentation, licensing, publication costs, validation, availability, discovery and access, and citation. From this analysis it emerges that these repositories implement well consolidated practices and pragmatic solutions for literature repositories. These practices and solutions can not totally meet the needs of management and use of datasets resources, especially in a context where rapid technological changes continuously open new exploitation prospects.

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