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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. "

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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."

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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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"Cobweb: Collaborative Collection Development for Web Archives"

The California Digital Library has released "Cobweb: Collaborative Collection Development for Web Archives."

Here's an excerpt:

A partnership between the CDL, Harvard Library, and UCLA Library has been award funding from IMLS to create Cobweb, a collaborative collection development platform for web archiving, https://github.com/CobwebOrg/cobweb.

Web Specialist at University of the Pacific

The University of the Pacific is recruiting a Web Specialist.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Reporting to the Director of Library Technology and Digital Initiatives, this position will be responsible for designing, creating, and maintaining University Libraries websites; producing a variety of content for digital and print materials for a number of audiences, such as students, faculty, staff, and campus partners; updating and maintaining social media accounts; providing ongoing user support for Content Management System and related tools; and troubleshooting web-related technical issues

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"Publisher Revenues Up 1.6% to $1.05 Billion in May"

AAP has released "Publisher Revenues Up 1.6% to $1.05 Billion in May."

Here's an excerpt:

Professional Publishing was down 28.5% in May 2016 vs. May 2015. These categories include business, medical, law, scientific and technical books. University presses were up 4.4%. Year to date, professional books are down year-to-date, and university presses are flat.

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Director, Texas Digital Newspaper Program at University of North Texas

The University of North Texas is recruiting a Director, Texas Digital Newspaper Program.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The University of North Texas seeks an innovative leader with strong people skills to manage the Digital Newspaper Unit and to grow and maintain the digital newspapers collections of the UNT Digital Libraries Division. The Director of the Texas Digital Newspaper Program will be responsible for overseeing all digital newspaper program representation and activities for the Digital Libraries Division.

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"On the Cost of Knowledge: Evaluating the Boycott against Elsevier"

Tom Heyman Pieter Moors, and Gert Storms have published "On the Cost of Knowledge: Evaluating the Boycott against Elsevier" in Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics.

Here's an excerpt:

To get an idea about the success rate of the "won't publish" resolution, we checked signatories' publication history after they signed the petition. Using ResearchGate, Google Scholar, Academia.edu, LinkedIn, ScienceDirect, and lab or personal websites, we were able to compile a bibliography for a large sample of "won't publish" signatories. Due to the time-consuming nature of this research, we limited ourselves to two subject areas, Chemistry and Psychology, each with approximately 500 signatories.

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Assistant Manager for Audio and Moving Image Preservation at NYPL

NYPL is recruiting an Assistant Manager for Audio and Moving Image Preservation.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The New York Public Library audio and moving image preservation program safeguards the audio, video, and film research collection holdings through physical treatment and reformatting. In response to a recent Mellon-funded assessment, the Library is moving forward with an ambitious plan to digitize and preserve its critically at-risk media holdings over the next several years. . . .

The Assistant Manager for Audio and Moving Image Preservation reports to the Manager for Preservation Reformatting and Field Services within the Special Collections department. The position is responsible for daily lab operations, staff oversight, project management, and quality control for both vendor and in-house work. The position will play a key role in the development of the Library's preservation program, specifications, tools and software, and infrastructure expansion.

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"Understanding and Sustaining the Role of Academic Libraries in Research Data Management"

Ashley Sands has published "Understanding and Sustaining the Role of Academic Libraries in Research Data Management" in the UpNext Blog.

Here's an excerpt:

IMLS recently announced 41 awards made through the National Leadership Grants for Libraries program (NLG), the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian program (LB21), and Sparks! Ignition Grants for Libraries program (Sparks). Among these awards, we are pleased to support a number of projects seeking to understand and sustain the role of academic libraries in research data management. The three projects highlighted in this post represent a total investment of nearly $200,000.

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Digital Curation Librarian at Fort Hays State University

Fort Hays State University is recruiting a Digital Curation Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The Digital Curation Librarian manages Forsyth Library's locally created digital materials residing in ContentDM, Digital Commons, and Omeka. The Librarian takes the lead in the creation, maintenance and ongoing stewardship of all library digital collections and exhibits and in recruiting new content for deposit.

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"Organizational Assessment Frameworks for Digital Preservation: A Literature Review and Mapping"

Emily Maemura et al. have self-archived "Organizational Assessment Frameworks for Digital Preservation: A Literature Review and Mapping."

Here's an excerpt:

As the field of digital preservation matures, there is an increasing need to systematically assess an organization's abilities to achieve its digital preservation goals, and a wide variety of assessment tools have been created for this purpose. To map the landscape of research in this area, evaluate the current maturity of knowledge on this central question in DP and provide direction for future research, this paper reviews assessment frameworks in digital preservation through a systematic literature search and categorizes the literature by type of research. The analysis shows that publication output around assessment in digital preservation has increased markedly over time, but most existing work focuses on developing new models rather than rigorous evaluation and validation of existing frameworks.

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User Experience Content Manager at University of Virginia

The University of Virginia is recruiting a User Experience Content Manager.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The User Experience Content Manager oversees Library web content, signage (digital and physical), and other channels as needed to ensure consistent, clear, and pleasant user experiences that span online and offline environments. This role is able to translate organizational goals into strategic media deliverables to achieve the Library's overall objectives.

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"EPUB 3.1 Now Proposed Specification"

IDPF has released "EPUB 3.1 Now Proposed Specification."

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Work on EPUB 3.1 began in October of 2015, with a goal of simplifying the format and better aligning with the Open Web Platform. . . .

The EPUB 3.1 revision also introduces a new accessibility specification and techniques document. Although developed as part of EPUB 3.1 and to provide guidance on making conforming EPUB publications accessible, these new documents are designed to be equally applicable to older versions of the specification.

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Data Services and Technology Librarian at UCLA

UCLA is recruiting a Data Services and Technology Librarian. Two-year temporary position.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Oversees needs assessment and program development to increase support for big data initiatives, such as skills in creating data management plans and helping scientific researchers find appropriate data repositories.

Oversees NN/LM PSR website structure and content, and ensures that resources included on the website are compliant with requirements in Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

Provides information and consultation on NN/LM PSR funding opportunities and proposal preparation, solicits funding applications from Network members, and monitors progress of ongoing awards.

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