Month: April 2018

Digital Library Infrastructure Software Engineer at Stanford University

Stanford University is recruiting a Digital Library Infrastructure Software Engineer.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Stanford Libraries is seeking an enthusiastic and talented software engineer to support infrastructure and services as part of its digital library, an internationally recognized technology program developing innovative solutions to advance teaching, learning and research at one of the world’s leading universities. . . .He/she will define the evolving information architecture for the libraries as its data models expand to embrace linked data, and represent Stanford in the open source communities in which the Libraries actively engage.

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"Congress Will Finally Make Its Research Reports Public"

Joe Mullin has published "Congress Will Finally Make Its Research Reports Public" in DeepLinks.

Here's an excerpt:

Open access activists have long been asking for reports by the Congressional Research Service, or CRS, to be made publicly and easily available. . . .

Now, those reports will be published directly by Congress. If you dig down to page 1092 of the omnibus bill [PDF] passed last week, you'll find the provision requiring all CRS reports to be published on a public website. The law specifies that the reports must be "searchable, sortable, and downloadable, including downloadable in bulk." Finally, it notes that CRS reports "are not subject to copyright protection in the United States."

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Associate Librarian for Collection Description and Imaging at Folger Shakespeare Library

The Folger Shakespeare Library is recruiting an Associate Librarian for Collection Description and Imaging.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Reporting directly to the Eric Weinmann Librarian, the Associate Librarian for Collection Description and Imaging (ALCDI) oversees the cataloging, metadata, and digital imaging functions of the Collections team, collaborates with colleagues on projects that will enhance pathways to discovery within the collection, and is a key participant in digital initiatives. The ALCDI is responsible for the smooth operation of the Voyager ILS, Aeon, and LUNA environments, database loads and maintenance, global changes, electronic resources management, and customized electronic reports.

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"Archiving Large-Scale Legacy Multimedia Research Data: A Case Study"

Claudia Yogeswaran and Kearsy Cormier have published "Archiving Large-Scale Legacy Multimedia Research Data: A Case Study " in the International Journal of Digital Curation.

Here's an excerpt:

In this paper we provide a case study of the creation of the DCAL Research Data Archive at University College London. In doing so, we assess the various challenges associated with archiving large-scale legacy multimedia research data, given the lack of literature on archiving such datasets. We address issues such as the anonymisation of video research data, the ethical challenges of managing legacy data and historic consent, ownership considerations, the handling of large-size multimedia data, as well as the complexity of multi-project data from a number of researchers and legacy data from eleven years of research.

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User Experience Designer at Stanford University

Stanford University is recruiting a User Experience Designer.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

A key focus of the User Experience Designer will be to lead the business analysis and design process for SULK's development and maintenance, with a focus on the integration and development of systems based on Linked Open Data technologies. S/he will drive an agile design process that includes determining requirements, defining business logic, designing systems, supporting the software development process, and testing and quality control. In many cases this role will extend beyond Stanford and into the broader digital library community.

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"Push Versus Pull"

Sheldon H. Jacobson has published "Push Versus Pull" in Communications of the ACM.

Here's an excerpt:

The access subscription fee model represents a "Push Model" for financing publications, whereby publishers push access onto institutions, for an access subscription fee. An alternative "Pull Model" positions publishers to pull submissions to their journals. In such a model, no access subscription fees are paid, and hence, anyone can access research publications. What institutions would pay are submission subscription fees, an institution-wide fee that permits their entire faculty to submit papers to a particular journal or a publisher's portfolio of journals.

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Digital Collections Curator at Florida International University

Florida International University is recruiting a Digital Collections Curator.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The Digital Collections Curator, in collaboration with the curatorial and library team, drives the creation of innovative digital products produced by and for The Wolfsonian at FIU and actively engages with a wide variety of communities, both online and in real life, as a means of engaging audiences using and creating digital technology and new media.

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Global Access to Research Software: The Forgotten Pillar of Open Science Implementation

The Global Young Academy has released Global Access to Research Software: The Forgotten Pillar of Open Science Implementation .

Here's an excerpt:

The Global Young Academy (GYA), in collaboration with the Oxford-based organisation INASP, carried out a pilot survey to assess the quantity and quality of access to proprietary and open source software among researchers from all disciplines. . . .Emphasis was placed on gathering data from researchers based in Bangladesh, Ghana and Nigeria, whose access to and use of research software had not yet been extensively documented.

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