Year: 2016

Data/GIS Technology Lead at University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley is recruiting a Data/GIS Technology Lead.

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This position supports the Library's data applications, including GIS, and other digital library programs and will adopt, adapt, develop and maintain software to provide a web-based geospatial discovery and access portal using open source technologies in an inter-institutional, community-based, development effort. The successful candidate will work to provision the necessary computing systems to support data services and implement and manage spatial data infrastructure, including administration of specialized GIS applications, including geoserver, geohydra, geoblacklight.

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"Bibliometric and Benchmark Analysis of Gold Open Access in Spain: Big Output and Little Impact"

Daniel Torres-Salinas et al. have published "Bibliometric and Benchmark Analysis of Gold Open Access in Spain: Big Output and Little Impact" in El Profesional de la Información.

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This bibliometric study analyzes the research output produced by Spain during the 2005-2014 time period in Open Access (OA) journals indexed in Web of Science.. . . . Spain is the second highest ranking European country with gold OA publication output and the fourth highest in Open Access output (9%). . . . Spain's normalized citation impact in Open access (0.72) is lower than the world average and that of the main European countries.

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Web Developer at Ohio State University

Ohio State University is recruiting a Web Developer.

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Here's primarily what you'll be doing: Building websites and digital exhibits on PHP-based content management systems; developing modules and plugins with custom functionality; translating graphic designs into HTML, CSS and JavaScript; making sure websites are mobile responsive and universally-accessible Providing CMS technical support; may supervise student employees.

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Amazon and Empty Storefronts

The American Booksellers Association and Civic Economics have released Amazon and Empty Storefronts.

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In 2014, Amazon sold $44.1 billion worth of retail goods nationwide, all while avoiding $625 million in state and local sales taxes.

That is the equivalent of 3,215 retail storefronts. . . which might have paid $420 million in property taxes.

A total of more than $1 billion in revenue lost to state and local governments, $8.48 for every household in America.

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"An Update on Peer Review and Research Data"

Fiona Murphy has published "An Update on Peer Review and Research Data" in Learned Publishing.

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As has been outlined here, the question of how to review research data and incorporate this into the publication process remains a knotty one. Various groups have made a certain amount of progress with potential recommendations, and domain-related and technical support functions are also emerging. However, the critical mass of active researchers has so far failed to engage.

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"Peer Review in Megajournals Compared with Traditional Scholarly Journals: Does It Make a Difference?"

Bo-Christer Björk and Paul Catani have published "Peer Review in Megajournals Compared with Traditional Scholarly Journals: Does It Make a Difference?" in Learned Publishing.

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We report on a small pilot study in which we looked at the citation distributions for articles in megajournals compared with journals with traditional peer review, which also evaluate articles for contribution and novelty. We found that elite journals with very low acceptance rates have far fewer articles with no or few citations, but that the long tail of articles with two citations or less was actually bigger in a sample of selective traditional journals in comparison with megajournals.

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Web Services Librarian at University of Texas at Dallas

The University of Texas at Dallas is recruiting a Web Services Librarian.

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The position will provide leadership in designing, developing and supporting the Library's virtual presence on the web. This position will supervise Library web support staff and collaborate with librarians and staff to offer innovative, new digital library services at UT Dallas.

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TRLN Technology Initiatives Coordinator at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is recruiting a TRLN Technology Initiatives Coordinator.

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A newly-envisioned position, the TRLN Technology Initiatives Coordinator will work closely with talented librarians, technologists, and developers across four academic institutions to lead the development of a variety of applications and systems that support the discovery and delivery of library materials owned by the four member institutions in support of research and instruction for faculty, staff and students at all four universities.

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Software Engineer at Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech is recruiting a Software Engineer.

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The successful candidate will engage in digital preservation strategies and repository systems research within the Digital Library Development team and support an expanding suite data and informatics technologies within the library.

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"Data Literacy Training Needs of Biomedical Researchers"

Lisa M. Federer, Ya-Ling Lu, and Douglas J. Joubert, have published "Data Literacy Training Needs of Biomedical Researchers" in the Journal of the Medical Library Association.

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This article reports on an exploratory study that expands on the existing literature by considering the data literacy training needs of career-level researchers and related staff. This study was conducted to inform the development of the data services program at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Library, which serves staff at NIH and other agencies in the Department of Health and Human Services.

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Michigan DPLA Service Hub Coordinator at University of Michigan

The University of Michigan is recruiting a Michigan DPLA Service Hub Coordinator.

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Under the guidance of the Michigan DPLA Steering Committee, this role will serve as the primary point of contact between Michigan "sub-hubs" and DPLA, and will be responsible for coordinating metadata aggregation between partner institutions located throughout the state. Additionally, responsibilities will include managing knowledge sharing between Michigan "sub-hubs," providing training, onboarding new partners, high level metadata quality control, and liaison to statewide outreach efforts in partnership with a wide range of contributors.

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Open Science, Open Data, Open Access

UKeiG has released Open Science, Open Data, Open Access for non-members.

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Open Science is shown to be moving centre-stage, with a rationale of improving efficiency in science; increasing transparency and quality in the research validation process; speeding the transfer of knowledge; increasing knowledge spill-overs to the economy; addressing global challenges more effectively; and promoting citizens' engagement in science and research.

Open Data is shown to have undergone a surge in practical development, mirroring the well established repositories for research outputs. The development and application of model policies and of principles is also discussed.

The current major developments in Open Access are discussed in detail, including the identification and mirroring of success factors in funders' and institutions' policies and mandates for driving Open Access deposits and the growth in Gold Open Access.

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Informatics Project Coordinator at Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech is recruiting an Informatics Project Coordinator.

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The University Libraries of Virginia Tech seek a project coordinator for an expanding suite of informatics consulting services. This new position is part of a team of data and informatics consultants offering critical and sophisticated new technology development services that enhance the scholarly, scientific, and creative expression of researchers at Virginia Tech. Ideal candidates will have experience working in or alongside the software development cycle, technical project management experience, web development and programming skills, and knowledge of digital research methods.

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"Tracing Digital Footprints to Academic Articles: An Investigation of PeerJ Publication Referral Data"

Xianwen Wang, Shenmeng Xu, and Zhichao Fang have self-archived "Tracing Digital Footprints to Academic Articles: An Investigation of PeerJ Publication Referral Data."

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In this study, we propose a novel way to explore the patterns of people's visits to academic articles. About 3.4 million links to referral source of visitors of 1432 papers published in the journal of PeerJ are collected and analyzed. We find that at least 57% visits are from external referral sources, among which General Search Engine, Social Network, and News & Blog are the top three categories of referrals. Academic Resource, including academic search engines and academic publishers' sites, is the fourth largest category of referral sources. In addition, our results show that Google contributes significantly the most in directing people to scholarly articles. . . . Correlation analysis and regression analysis indicates that papers with more mentions are expected to have more visitors, and Facebook, Twitter and Reddit are the most commonly used social networking tools that refer people to PeerJ.

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Information Technology Specialist (Data Specialist) at Library of Congress

The Library of Congress is recruiting an Information Technology Specialist (Data Specialist).

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This position serves as an IT specialist (Data Specialist) on the Web Archiving team in the Office of Technology Policy, Library Services. The purpose of this position is to provide support for the technical operations of the Library's Web Archiving program, which collects and preserves born-digital web content for the Library's collections. This position will involve solving problems relate to transfer of large amounts of data from external institutions and within the Library, investigating issues with harvested data, managing and organizing content and metadata about the archived content, and to provide analysis of reports and data about the crawls to enable better capture and management of preserved born-digital content.

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Putting Down Roots: Securing the Future of Open Access Policies

Knowledge Exchange has released Putting Down Roots: Securing the Future of Open Access Policies.

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The summary report; 'Putting down roots: Securing the future of open access policies' includes an analysis of a wide range of OA services and policies currently in use and presents:

  • an analysis of the common elements found in the current OA policies adopted by research funders and institutions
  • a set of case studies that illustrate the direct or indirect dependency of OA policies on key services
  • the views of stakeholders on the key services that enable compliance with OA policies
  • use cases, presented in accessible formats and language for a non-technical audience
  • a set of priorities for action if OA policies are to be successfully implemented

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Head of Systems Development at Old Dominion University

Old Dominion University is recruiting a Head of Systems Development.

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As a member of the Libraries' Management Team, collaboratively manage the priorities, organizational structure, budget, and future directions of the University Libraries. As Head of the Systems Development Department, lead and manage projects and initiatives for all aspects of library technology. Working closely with the Libraries' staff, campus IT, and other campus partners, this position will adopt, adapt, buy, or create the technology infrastructure necessary to meet current and future needs of faculty, students, and Libraries' personnel.

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"ARL Libraries and Research: Correlates of Grant Funding"

Ryan P. Womack has self-archived "ARL Libraries and Research: Correlates of Grant Funding."

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This study focuses on U.S. members of the ARL, the Association for Research Libraries. Research success is measured by the total grant funding received by the University, creating an ordered set of categories. Combining data from the NSF National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, ARL Statistics, and IPEDS, the primary explanatory factors for research success are examined. Using linear regression, logistic regression, and the cumulative logit model, the best-fitting models generated by ARL data, NSF data, and the combined data set for both nominal and per capita funding are compared. These models produce the most relevant explanatory variables for research funding, which do not include library-related variables in most cases.

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Department Head, Office of Digital Innovation and Stewardship at University of Arizona

The University of Arizona is recruiting a University of Arizona.

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he University Libraries seek a dynamic, innovative Head of the Office of Digital Innovation and Stewardship (ODIS), a position with the primary responsibility of providing leadership and strategic direction for digital innovation and stewardship within the broader context of the strategic plans of the University Libraries and the University of Arizona. ODIS provides a broad range of services including digital collections, data management, campus repository, metadata, journal hosting and publishing, copyright and scholarly communication, open access, and geospatial data.

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If You Build It, Will They Fund? Making Research Data Management Sustainable

OCLC Research has released If You Build It, Will They Fund? Making Research Data Management Sustainable.

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Some research libraries have been proactive in taking on the new role of supporting the research data management needs of researchers and the university, whereas others have been assigned this role without having sought it. Either way, additional financial or personnel resources rarely are in place to implement and sustain this activity. This brief document explores the pros and cons of seven possible funding sources. It also describes the current circumstances in seven countries outside the United States.

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Developer at Northwestern University

Northwestern University is recruiting a Developer.

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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 (Fedora/Hydra).

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"Academic Social Networks and Open Access: French Researchers at the Crossroads"

Christine Okret-Manville has published "Academic Social Networks and Open Access: French Researchers at the Crossroads" in LIBER Quarterly.

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For some years, researchers have been using new ways to communicate and share their work by using academic social networks. In an attempt to foster the development of Open Access in France, the French consortium COUPERIN (Unified Consortium of Higher Education and Research Organizations for Access to Numerical Publications) proposed that academic social networks could be used to convince researchers of becoming more involved in Open Access. To test this hypothesis, a nationwide survey was launched in 2014 to explore whether and how these academic social networks are used to share content, but also how they compare to other Open Access classic tools. Within a month (20 May to 20 June), 1,898 researchers answered this 28-question survey. It was fully completed by 1,698 of them.

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Digital Repository Developer at Quotient

Quotient is recruiting a Digital Repository Developer.

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This position is for a junior developer to join the Digital Repository development team at the National Library of Medicine. The Digital Repository digitally preserves and makes accessible content at the National Library of Medicine, including books, films and images. The Digital Repository is a best-of-breed system that heavily makes use of and customizes open-source software tools such as Fedora Commons, Solr, Blacklight, Djatoka, Loris, NWU BookViewer, Tomcat, Java and MySQL.

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