Month: September 2016

Analyst Programmer 1 at University of Oregon

The University of Oregon is recruiting a Analyst Programmer 1.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Reporting to the Director, Library Systems, the purpose of this position is to provide programming expertise to develop, modify, and maintain programs and applications within a framework of established procedures and specifications. The incumbent applies judgment in devising programming logic and selecting and adapting standard programming procedures, obtaining advice and direction as needed.

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Walt Crawford: "Ethics and Access"

Walt Crawford has released "Ethics and Access."

Here's an excerpt:

The last ETHICS AND ACCESS piece appeared in December 2015—not only a whole-issue essay but a long one at that. This one will also make up a whole issue (partly because I'm spending more time investigating "gray OA") but be shorter. As before, it will cover a lot of ground and may seem somewhat random. But no exclamation points.

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Digital Scholarship Outreach Librarian at Michigan State University

Michigan State University is recruiting a Digital Scholarship Outreach Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Reporting to the Head of the Digital Scholarship & Curation Unit, outreach, branding and coordination of digital scholarship services will be a significant and immediate focus for this position. Growth and assessment of services are longer-term goals.

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Public Knowledge Project: Report to the Community 2015/2016

The Public Knowledge Project has released Report to the Community 2015/2016.

Here's an excerpt from the announcement:

Highlights include:

  • New grant awards from MacArthur, CIRA, and MediaX
  • Continued progress on Open Journal Systems 3.0
  • The release of Open Monograph Press 1.2
  • The integration of user experience design into our development workflow
  • Ongoing development and improvement of our XML parsing stack’s accuracy
  • Initiating the open access publishing cooperative study
  • Launching the new PKP Index and PKP LOCKSS Network
  • The 5th PKP Conference in Vancouver

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"State of the Union 2016: Commission Proposes Modern EU Copyright Rules for European Culture to Flourish and Circulate"

The European Commission has released "State of the Union 2016: Commission Proposes Modern EU Copyright Rules for European Culture to Flourish and Circulate."

Here's an excerpt:

"I want journalists, publishers and authors to be paid fairly for their work, whether it is made in studios or living rooms, whether it is disseminated offline or online, whether it is published via a copying machine or commercially hyperlinked on the web."—President Juncker, State of the Union 2016

Read more about it at: "EU Announces Absolutely Ridiculous Copyright Proposal That Will Chill Innovation, Harm Creativity"; "EU Digital Copyright Reform Proposals Slammed as Regressive"; and "EU Copyright Plans a Big Win for Old Media, But Public Concerns Ignored."

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Project Management & Digital Collections Support at UC San Diego

UC San Diego is recruiting a Project Management & Digital Collections Support staff member.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Responsible for digital library project management, including but not limited to project milestone tracking, budget management, timeline development, in-house digitization work and QA/QC processes. Participates actively in DLDP staff meetings, the Digital Library Operations Group, and other groups as needed.

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"Rachel Frick named Executive Director, OCLC Research Library Partnership"

OCLC has released "Rachel Frick named Executive Director, OCLC Research Library Partnership."

Here's an excerpt:

Frick will lead the program of OCLC Research that undertakes significant, innovative, collective action to benefit scholars and researchers. In this role, she will direct a team of program officers who are widely recognized for their efforts to advance innovation, learning, and connecting libraries to the future.

Frick has nearly 20 years of broad-based library experience, most recently with the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) where she was Director of Business Development. In this position, she worked on DPLA's sustainability plan and forged new relationships and strategic partnerships to build DPLA's visibility and impact, such as the Open eBooks program. . . .

Prior to her work at DPLA, Frick served as the Digital Library Federation (DLF) Program Director at the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) for four years. In her capacity as DLF Director, she was instrumental in building a large and diverse community of practitioners, working to advance research, teaching and learning through the application of digital library research, technology and services.

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Applications Analyst at Triangle Research Libraries Network

The Triangle Research Libraries Network is recruiting an Applications Analyst.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

This position will play a major role in the support of both established and emerging technology-focused projects. While the primary purpose of the position is development, implementation and maintenance, the Applications Analyst also will be involved in the design and evaluation of these projects, working with TRLN staff and programmatic councils to set priorities and to evaluate and communicate progress.

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"Hybrid Open Access—A Longitudinal Study"

Mikael Laakso and Bo-Christer Björk have published "Hybrid Open Access—A Longitudinal Study" in the Journal of Informetrics.

Here's an excerpt:

This study estimates the development of hybrid open access (OA), i.e. articles published openly on the web within subscription-access journals. Included in the study are the five largest publishers of scholarly journals; Elsevier, Springer, Wiley-Blackwell, Taylor & Francis, and Sage. Since no central indexing or standardized metadata exists for identifying hybrid OA an explorative bottom-up methodological approach was developed. The individual search and filtering features of each publisher website and a-priori availability of data were leveraged to the extent possible. The results indicate a strong sustained growth in the volume of articles published as hybrid OA during 2007 (666 articles) to 2013 (13 994 articles). The share of hybrid articles was at 3.8% of total published articles for the period of 2011-2013 for journals with at least one identified hybrid OA article. Journals within the Scopus discipline categorization of Health and Life Sciences, in particular the field of Medicine, were found to be among the most frequent publishers of hybrid OA content. The study surfaces the many methodological challenges involved in obtaining metrics regarding hybrid OA, a growing business for journal publishers as science policy pressures for reduced access barriers to research publications.

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Web Services Coordinator at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is recruiting a Web Services Coordinator.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

This position is responsible for coordinating strategy and direction of the University Library's web content management platform as well as overarching Library web presence. Working with the Library Content and Web Teams, the Web Services Coordinator organizes integration of a variety of web-related technologies into a coherent Library user experience.

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"Collaborative Academic Library Digital Collections Post-Cambridge University Press, HathiTrust and Google Decisions on Fair Use"

Michelle M. Wu has published "Collaborative Academic Library Digital Collections Post-Cambridge University Press, HathiTrust and Google Decisions on Fair Use" in the Journal of Copyright in Education and Librarianship.

Here's an excerpt:

Academic libraries face numerous stressors as they seek to meet the needs of their users through technological advances while adhering to copyright laws. This paper seeks to explore one specific proposal to balance these interests, the impact of recent decisions on its viability, and the copyright challenges that remain after these decisions

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Systems Administrator at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is recruiting a Systems Administrator.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Reporting to the Manager of Infrastructure Management and Support, the Systems Administrator will manage IT infrastructure services for administrative, research, and instructional purposes within the Library. This includes maintaining physical and virtual servers, as well as a variety of Library services, such as Web hosting, enterprise printing services, and file storage. We anticipate this position will focus primarily on Linux server environments.

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"More than a House of Cards: Developing a Firm Foundation for Streaming Media and Consumer-Licensed Content in the Library"

William Cross has published "More than a House of Cards: Developing a Firm Foundation for Streaming Media and Consumer-Licensed Content in the Library" in the Journal of Copyright in Education and Librarianship..

Here's an excerpt:

This article will introduce traditional library practice for licensing multimedia content and discuss the way that consumer-licensing and streaming services disrupt that practice. Sections II and III describe the statutory copyright regime designed by Congress to facilitate the socially-valuable work done by libraries and the impact of the move from ownership to licensed content. Collecting multimedia materials has always presented special legal challenges for libraries, particularly as licensed content has replaced the traditional practice of purchasing and circulation based on the first sale doctrine. These issues have grown even more complex as streaming services like Netflix and Amazon and video game downloads through services like Steam have come to dominate the landscape. Section IV will describe the way that consumer-licensed materials, which not only remove the ownership that undergirds library practice, but also the ability to negotiate for library use, imperil the congressionally-designed balance. Section V will present a path forward for libraries to develop robust, cutting-edge collections that reflect a sophisticated understanding of the contractual and copyright issues at play.

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Manager of Institutional Repository at University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge is recruiting a Manager of Institutional Repository.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The post holder will work within the growing and friendly Office of Scholarly Communication at the University Library. He/she will manage the digital content of the institutional repository and provide assistance to end users, including advice relating to third party copyright issues. He/she will be also responsible for reviewing and where necessary, modifying, the structure of digital collections in the repository, as well as the organisation of various types of research outputs stored in the repository. The role holder will participate in the ongoing upgrades and integration of the repository within existing and future Library and University systems.

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Open Library Foundation Launched

The Open Library Foundation has been launched.

Here's an excerpt from the announcement:

The Open Library Foundation has been established to promote open source projects for libraries and to foster and support contribution, distribution, and sustainability of the benefits of these projects. . . . .

The foundation was inspired by the creation of the FOLIO project. FOLIO was announced in June and is now building a diverse community of libraries, vendors and software developers. The goal of FOLIO is to create an open source Library Services Platform that can power innovative approaches to current practice, and encourage new and expanded library services that more fully support scholarly inquiry and knowledge production. The Foundation's inaugural projects also include two existing open source communities, the Open Library Environment (OLE) and the Global Open Knowledgebase (GOKb). . . .

The Open Library Foundation will make sure the code created from open source projects remains available and act as a "safe haven" for the projects' output-separated from the needs and goals of any contributor, user or affiliated party. The Open Library Foundation also will ensure that the code is freely available under an Apache v2 license.

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Executive Director at Authors Alliance

The Authors Alliance is recruiting an Executive Director.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Authors Alliance is a Berkeley-based non-profit organization launched in 2014. Our mission is to further the public interest in facilitating widespread access to creative work by assisting and promoting the interests of authors who want to disseminate knowledge and products of the imagination broadly. . . .

The Executive Director is primarily responsible for managing these projects effectively and ensuring that all elements necessary for successful project completion are deployed on time and on budget. The Executive Director also manages communications with the Board of Directors, our Advisory Board, and members.

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"TRY IT OUT: DSpace 6.0 Release Candidate #3 Available"

DuraSpace has released "TRY IT OUT: DSpace 6.0 Release Candidate #3 Available."

Here's an excerpt:

The third release candidate of 6.0 is now available for download and testing. 6.0-RC3 (Release Candidate #3) is a pre-release of 6.0, and we hope that the 6.0 final release will follow closely in its footsteps. . . .

We believe the 6.0 release is nearly production-ready, but could use your help in verifying there's nothing we've overlooked.

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Digital Curation News (9/9/2016) #digitalcuration #digitalpreservation #datamanagement #researchdata #rdm

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Digital Initiatives Librarian at Gulf Coast State College

Gulf Coast State College is recruiting a Digital Initiatives Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Job duties include but are not limited to assisting patrons to discover, access, evaluate, and use information resources. Incumbent will also coordinate the digital presence of Library Services through the website, SpringShare, and other web-based library services products, database interfaces, and the Learning Management System. Other duties as assigned.

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Self-Publishing in the United States, 2010-2015: Print and Ebook

Bowker has released Self-Publishing in the United States, 2010-2015: Print and Ebook.

Here's an excerpt from the announcement:

ProQuest affiliate Bowker reveals in its latest industry report that the number of authors who are opting to self-publish continues to rise, with a growth rate of 21% between 2014 and 2015 for print and Ebooks combined. ISBN registrations for self-published titles have grown more than 375% since 2010, climbing from 152,978 ISBNs to 727,125 ISBNs.

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Online Services and Digital Applications Librarian at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth is recruiting an Online Services and Digital Applications Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The Online Services and Digital Applications (OSDA) Librarian is responsible for coordinating the development of a seamless experience that strives to meet user needs and expectations for all interfaces to the library's systems and services. The OSDA Librarian collaborates in the planning, designing, programming, and/or adapting new and existing web tools to improve the library's online platforms and interfaces.

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"Public Knowledge Launches Report on Systemic Bias at the U.S. Copyright Office"

Public Knowledge has released Public Knowledge Launches Report on Systemic Bias at the U.S. Copyright Office.

Here's an excerpt:

Today we're releasing our newest report, "Captured: Systemic Bias at the U.S. Copyright Office." This report examines the role of industry capture and the revolving door between the major entertainment industries and the Copyright Office, and the implications that capture has had on the policies the Office embraces. In the report, we investigate how the Copyright Office:

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Digital Scholarship Librarian at University of Michigan

The University of Michigan is recruiting a Digital Scholarship Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The U-M Library seeks a Digital Scholarship Librarian to coordinate digital scholarship programming and services, and to provide leadership, strategic direction, and engagement with the digital scholarship needs and activities of students, faculty, staff, and administrators across campus.

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"Truth in Science Publishing: A Personal Perspective"

Thomas C. Südhof has published "Truth in Science Publishing: A Personal Perspective" in PLoS Biology.

Here's an excerpt:

Scientists, public servants, and patient advocates alike increasingly question the validity of published scientific results, endangering the public's acceptance of science. Here, I argue that emerging flaws in the integrity of the peer review system are largely responsible. Distortions in peer review are driven by economic forces and enabled by a lack of accountability of journals, editors, and authors. One approach to restoring trust in the validity of published results may be to establish basic rules that render peer review more transparent, such as publishing the reviews (a practice already embraced by some journals) and monitoring not only the track records of authors but also of editors and journals.

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[Scholarly Communication] Librarian at University of Texas at Arlington

The University of Texas at Arlington is recruiting a Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

This position will be the primary liaison to UTA faculty on emerging issues of scholarly publication and provide legal expertise to faculty, students and colleagues within University Libraries on intellectual property issues related to scholarly communication. . . .This position serves as an advocate for new and emerging practices in scholarly communication at the University, including playing a role in shaping policies and support for the creation, delivery, and preservation of original digital scholarship produced at UTA. The librarian in this position leads fair use education and outreach to faculty and provides guidance to all members of the UTA faculty and students on issues related to scholarly publishing, including author rights, open access (OA) publishing, and current and emerging publishing trends.

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