Month: October 2016

"The Location of the Citation: Changing Practices in How Publications Cite Original Data in the Dryad Digital Repository"

Christine Mayo, Todd J. Vision, and Elizabeth A. Hull have published "The Location of the Citation: Changing Practices in How Publications Cite Original Data in the Dryad Digital Repository" in the International Journal of Digital Curation.

Here's an excerpt:

While stakeholders in scholarly communication generally agree on the importance of data citation, there is not consensus on where those citations should be placed within the publication – particularly when the publication is citing original data. Recently, CrossRef and the Digital Curation Center (DCC) have recommended as a best practice that original data citations appear in the works cited sections of the article. In some fields, such as the life sciences, this contrasts with the common practice of only listing data identifier(s) within the article body (intratextually). We inquired whether data citation practice has been changing in light of the guidance from CrossRef and the DCC. We examined data citation practices from 2011 to 2014 in a corpus of 1,125 articles associated with original data in the Dryad Digital Repository. The percentage of articles that include no reference to the original data has declined each year, from 31% in 2011 to 15% in 2014. The percentage of articles that include data identifiers intratextually has grown from 69% to 83%, while the percentage that cite data in the works cited section has grown from 5% to 8%. If the proportions continue to grow at the current rate of 19-20% annually, the proportion of articles with data citations in the works cited section will not exceed 90% until 2030.

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Web Designer at University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley is recruiting a Web Designer.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

  • Designs website and application information architectures and user interface components
  • Maintains and updates the communications content on the Library website
  • Conceptualizes and executes digital presentation for the Library's most important stories

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NCSU Libraries Fellows, 2017-2019 at North Carolina State University

North Carolina State University is recruiting NCSU Libraries Fellows, 2017-2019.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The NCSU Libraries is proud to offer a unique opportunity to a select group of M.L.S. and M.I.S. graduates whose degrees will be conferred between September 2016 and August 2017. Fellows are appointed at the faculty rank of librarian for a two-year term from July 2017 through June 2019. An option for January or September placement may be available, depending upon graduation date. The NCSU Libraries Fellows Program offers the opportunity to launch your career in a leading research library.

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"Michigan Publishing Announces Beta Launch of New Publishing Platform, Fulcrum"

Michigan Publishing has released "Michigan Publishing Announces Beta Launch of New Publishing Platform, Fulcrum."

Here's an excerpt:

In its beta phase, Fulcrum is focused on the presentation of digital source and supplemental materials that cannot be represented adequately in print form. Fulcrum allows for a richer experience and deeper understanding for the reader and enables authors to make better, multi-faceted arguments. The platform readily supports multimedia content, including playback for audio and video files and pan-zoom capability for high resolution images. All content is discoverable and preserved via durable URLs. Structured metadata and faceted search results also allow for further exploration of the materials.

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Digital Curation News (10/28/2016) #digitalcuration #digitalpreservation #datamanagement #researchdata #rdm

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Scholarly Impact & Social Sciences Librarian at University of Texas at Arlington

The University of Texas at Arlington is recruiting a Scholarly Impact & Social Sciences Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

1. Scholarly Impact and Digital Identity a. Outreaches to and advocates for faculty and graduate students on different tools to enhance their digital identity, such as unique scholarly identifiers, institutional repositories, blogs, and academic social networks b. Consults with faculty on the research metrics associated with their scholarship and on research metrics platforms like plumx c. Constructs data visualizations to display faculty research metrics d. Assesses the campus climate around altmetrics and other new research metrics

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The State of Open Data

Figshare has released The State of Open Data.

Here's an excerpt from the announcement:

The report gathers insights and narratives from leading professionals in the open data space from around the globe and a foreword from Sir Nigel Shadbolt, Chairman and co-founder of the Open Data Institute (ODI), UK.

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Digital Preservation Librarian at Northwestern University

Northwestern University is recruiting a Digital Preservation Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Reporting to the Head of Repository and Digital Curation, the Digital Preservation Librarian designs, coordinates and executes the day-to-day operations of repository preservation services for significant digitized and born-digital collections. The Digital Preservation Librarian will provide leadership and collaborate with library experts to help manage digitized and born digital collections for preservation and access, develop digital preservation policies, design and coordinate the implementation of and manage digital preservation workflows.

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Finding the Public Domain: The Copyright Review Management System

Ithaka S+R has released Finding the Public Domain: The Copyright Review Management System .

Here's an excerpt from the announcement:

The project team documented these lessons in a book called Finding the Public Domain: Copyright Review Management System Toolkit. The Toolkit shares practical insights gained in this effort in the hope of supporting others interested in copyright review. This brief complements the practical toolkit. It explains the history of CRMS and introduces the basics of the CRMS procedure. It then discusses some of the lessons, successes, surprises, and challenges of the work.

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Senior Systems Administrator at Texas Digital Library

The Texas Digital Library is recruiting a Senior Systems Administrator.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Overseeing the administration of systems, applications and other tools supporting scholarly communication activities as key services of the Texas Digital Library, including repositories, preservation systems, the Vireo Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Management System. Provide lead system administration for DSpace repository management. Provide operational management and oversight of applications and systems for TDL services.

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Research Data Services in Europe’s Academic Research Libraries

LIBER has released Research Data Services in Europe's Academic Research Libraries by Carol Tenopir et al.

Here's an excerpt from the announcement:

Almost all of Europe's academic research libraries are working collaboratively, within and outside of their institutions, to help ensure that the scientific data of today is curated properly, so it can be accessed, shared and reused by future generations. . . .

The survey—which reflects answers from a representative sample of research libraries in 22 countries across Europe—also revealed that:

  • Libraries are currently offering more consultative-type RDS services (eg. how to find information on Data Management Plans, metadata standards, or data citation practices) than technological services (eg. own storage solutions);
  • Less than half of libraries say their institutions currently have policies relating to RDS;
  • Two-thirds of library directors express strongly that libraries need to offer RDS to remain relevant.

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Digital Publishing Specialist at Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech is recruiting a Digital Publishing Specialist.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Reports to the Director, Publishing Strategy: Virginia Tech's University Libraries seek a full-time Digital Publishing Specialist with a passion for scholarly communication and an eagerness to grow with the latest trends and best practices to help expand the libraries' publishing services into new and emerging areas of research and scholarship. Virginia Tech was an early leader in digital publishing, having hosted open access, peer-reviewed journals since 1989 and electronic theses and dissertations since 1996. The Digital Publishing Specialist will play a key role in shaping the libraries' publishing services as they grow to meet the evolving needs of the community.

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"Developments in Research Data Management in Academic Libraries: towards an Understanding of Research Data Service Maturity"

Andrew M. Cox et al. have self-archived "Developments in Research Data Management in Academic Libraries: towards an Understanding of Research Data Service Maturity."

Here's an excerpt:

This paper reports an international study of research data management (RDM) activities, services and capabilities in higher education libraries. It presents the results of a survey covering higher education libraries in Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand and the UK. The results indicate that libraries have provided leadership in RDM, particularly in advocacy and policy development. Service development is still limited, focused especially on advisory and consultancy services (such as data management planning support and data-related training), rather than technical services (such as provision of a data catalogue, and curation of active data). Data curation skills development is underway in libraries, but skills and capabilities are not consistently in place and remain a concern. Other major challenges include resourcing, working with other support services, and achieving 'buy in' from researchers and senior managers.

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Discovery Metadata Librarian at Yale University

Yale University is recruiting a Discovery Metadata Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The Discovery Metadata Librarian will participate in the ongoing development of the library's Hydra/Fedora/Blacklight/Ladybird infrastructure, and will coordinate metadata activities and advise on metadata function improvement, enhancement, and troubleshooting in Ladybird. The incumbent will perform analysis, remediation, and normalization of metadata in the library's online catalogs, and Quicksearch discovery layer. The Discovery Metadata Librarian will also manage metadata projects, develop workflows, and provide training to staff in order to advance the library's metadata and discovery services. He/She will apply programming and scripting skills in support of the technical requirements and production needs for metadata creation, conversion, enhancement, and maintenance, and will develop and/or customize applications and tools for automation and innovation.

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"OSS4EVA: Using Open-Source Tools to Fulfill Digital Preservation Requirements"

Marty Gengenbach et al. have published "OSS4EVA: Using Open-Source Tools to Fulfill Digital Preservation Requirements" in Code4Lib Journal.

Here's an excerpt:

This paper builds on the findings of a workshop held at the 2015 International Conference on Digital Preservation (iPRES), entitled, "Using Open-Source Tools to Fulfill Digital Preservation Requirements" (OSS4PRES hereafter). This day-long workshop brought together participants from across the library and archives community, including practitioners, proprietary vendors, and representatives from open-source projects. The resulting conversations were surprisingly revealing: while OSS' significance within the preservation landscape was made clear, participants noted that there are a number of roadblocks that discourage or altogether prevent its use in many organizations. Overcoming these challenges will be necessary to further widespread, sustainable OSS adoption within the digital preservation community. This article will mine the rich discussions that took place at OSS4PRES to (1) summarize the workshop's key themes and major points of debate, (2) provide a comprehensive analysis of the opportunities, gaps, and challenges that using OSS entails at a philosophical, institutional, and individual level, and (3) offer a tangible set of recommendations for future work designed to broaden community engagement and enhance the sustainability of open source initiatives, drawing on both participants' experience as well as additional research.

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Assistant Dean for Digital Scholarship and Special Collections at Ball State University

Ball State University is recruiting an Assistant Dean for Digital Scholarship and Special Collections.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Lead, manage, develop, promote, and evaluate the Libraries' digital initiatives, scholarly communications program, archives, special collections, and geospatial resources and map collections to expand user access and resource discovery; serve as co-director of Digital Scholarship Lab to advance digitally-based faculty research; serve as a member of the Dean's Cabinet and advise on issues of the University Libraries' programs, services, technologies, and collections.

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"Overly Honest Data Repository Development"

Colleen Fallaw et al. have published "Overly Honest Data Repository Development" in Code4Lib Journal.

Here's an excerpt:

After a year of development, the library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has launched a repository, called the Illinois Data Bank (https://databank.illinois.edu/), to provide Illinois researchers with a free, self-serve publishing platform that centralizes, preserves, and provides persistent and reliable access to Illinois research data. This article presents a holistic view of development by discussing our overarching technical, policy, and interface strategies. By openly presenting our design decisions, the rationales behind those decisions, and associated challenges this paper aims to contribute to the library community's work to develop repository services that meet growing data preservation and sharing needs.

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Senior Developer at Northwestern University

Northwestern University is recruiting a Senior Developer.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Senior Developer develops, codes, tests, and debugs new software or enhancements to existing software-particularly in the areas of library digital preservation, metadata, collections, discovery, scholarly projects, and repository services. Provides estimation for assigned tasks. As a senior developer, participates as technical expert, manages complex projects independently and assists in estimating and planning for future development work. Performs complex system integration tasks.

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Virginia Steel on Open Access 2020 and the Pay-It-Forward Study: "An Open Letter to the Academic Community"

Virginia Steel, UCLA University Librarian, has released "An Open Letter to the Academic Community."

Here's an excerpt:

I fully support the laudable goals of all members of the open access movement and am proud to count myself among them . However, I feel quite strongly that the mechanism OA2020 proposes to achieve those goals [article processing charges] would not be workable across the broad international spectrum of research institutions, funding bodies, and publishers. Based on the limited amount of research that has been done to date, the model appears likely to cost more in both the short and longer term, making it as financially unsustainable as the current system.

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Sr. Software Engineer at Welch Medical Library

The Welch Medical Library is recruiting a Sr. Software Engineer.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The Sr. Software Engineer is responsible for the creation, implementation, maintenance, performance, production support and documentation of various departmental and enterprise-wide application systems. Functions as technical lead for the Software Development and Support team in the Digital Systems and Services (DSS) Department of Welch Medical Library.

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"ARL Membership Convenes in Washington, DC, for Fall 2016 Meeting"

ARL has released "ARL Membership Convenes in Washington, DC, for Fall 2016 Meeting. "

Here's an excerpt:

Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member representatives, ARL leadership fellows, staff, and guests gathered in Washington, DC, on Tuesday-Wednesday, September 27-28, 2016, for the 169th Association Meeting. All available presentation slides are linked from the speakers' names or session titles in the following summary of the meeting.

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Digital Curation News (10/21/2016) #digitalcuration #digitalpreservation #datamanagement #researchdata #rdm

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Digital Initiatives Librarian at University of North Carolina Wilmington

The University of North Carolina Wilmington is recruiting a Digital Initiatives Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

UNCW's Randall Library is seeking a collaborative-minded Digital Initiatives Librarian who will coordinate the vision, planning, implementation and maintenance of the library's digital program, including digital collections, digitization, digital preservation, and digital scholarship. Reporting to the Associate Director Library Information Technology and Digital Strategies, in conjunction with other members of the Library Information Technology and Systems department, this position will also coordinate and support the development, maintenance and management of the technologies and systems needed to deliver the library's digital program.

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"Ingenta Launches New Open Access Platform"

Ingenta has released "Ingenta Launches New Open Access Platform."

Here's an excerpt:

The platform hosts content from all scholarly disciplines and caters for multiple formats, including whole books, chapters, monographs, single articles and entire journals. It will eventually provide access to millions of Open Access articles, whether they are hosted on the platform itself, indexed via third party services such as DOAJ & OAPEN.

Ingenta Open provides users with access without any registration requirements, while offering a clean and responsive design, a simple interface and an easy-to-use search function.

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Librarian and Instructional Technology Liaison–Data Services at Mount Holyoke College

Mount Holyoke College is recruiting a Librarian and Instructional Technology Liaison–Data Services.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The liaison collaborates broadly across LITS as well as with internal and external partners to support faculty and students participating in the College's data science curricular initiative and in data-intensive disciplines. The liaison coordinates the development, design, and provision of responsive and flexible data services programming for faculty and students, including data analysis, data storage, data publishing, data management, data visualization, and data preservation. The liaison consults with faculty and students in a wide range of disciplines on best practices for teaching and using data/statistical software tools such as R, SPSS, Stata, and MatLab.

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