Month: June 2018

Deputy University Librarian at Brown University

Brown University is recruiting a Deputy University Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Direct reports to the Deputy will include the Associate University Librarian for Access Services and Collection Management (unit of 55 staff), the Associate University Librarian for Digital Technologies (unit of 13 staff), and the Director of the Center for Digital Scholarship (unit of 7 staff). In addition, the Deputy will oversee Research and Outreach Services (ROS), a unit comprised of 15 subject specialists engaged in collections and campus outreach responsibilities.

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"Keeping Up With. . . General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)"

ACRL has released "Keeping Up With. . . General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)" by Margaret Heller.

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Anyone who holds data must make sure their practices and tools work with GDPR. . . .Librarians have been deleting data about people for a long time. It is standard practice to delete the borrowing records for patrons when the book was returned or a fine paid. . . . But since then, the trails people leave through libraries have become easier to track as more and more reading happens online. A lot of the systems we use haven't offered the ability to delete search logs or other information about individuals, but as of right now are starting to roll out those tools to be compliant with GDPR. Some of the tools are blunt instruments: for example, Ex Libris offers the option to delete patrons from Primo entirely, but this doesn't really address issues like search logs [2].

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Executive Director for Information Technology at University of Virginia

The University of Virginia is recruiting a Executive Director for Information Technology.

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This position directly manages a budget of about $1.2 million annually and 34 full time staff, including four department head direct reports. Areas of responsibility include: information architecture; system and enterprise integration; software development; user experience interfaces and research; open source technologies; the integrated library system; repository solutions; information security; as well as support for research and teaching, discovery and access, digital preservation, and metadata.

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Social Media Use Continues to Rise in Developing Countries but Plateaus Across Developed Ones

The Pew Research Center has released Social Media Use Continues to Rise in Developing Countries but Plateaus Across Developed Ones.

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Across the 39 countries, a median of 75% say they either use the internet occasionally or own a smartphone, our definition of internet use. In many advanced economies, nine-in-ten or more use the internet, led by South Korea (96%). . . .

Across 39 countries, a median of 53% say they use online social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter. However, that figure conceals large differences around the world, and the relationship between social media use and national wealth is not as strong as it is for overall internet use and smartphone ownership.

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"Open Science Support as a Portfolio of Services and Projects: From Awareness to Engagement"

Birgit Schmidt et al. have published "Open Science Support as a Portfolio of Services and Projects: From Awareness to Engagement" in Publications.

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Together with many other universities worldwide, the University of Göttingen has aimed to unlock the full potential of networked digital scientific communication by strengthening open access as early as the late 1990s. Open science policies at the institutional level consequently followed and have been with us for over a decade. However, for several reasons, their adoption often is still far from complete when it comes to the practices of researchers or research groups. To improve this situation at our university, there is dedicated support at the infrastructural level: the university library collaborates with several campus units in developing and running services, activities and projects in support of open access and open science. This article outlines our main activity areas and aligns them with the overall rationale to reach higher uptake and acceptance of open science practice at the university. The mentioned examples of our activities highlight how we seek to advance open science along the needs and perspectives of diverse audiences and by running it as a multi-stakeholder endeavor. Therefore, our activities involve library colleagues with diverse backgrounds, faculty and early career researchers, research managers, as well as project and infrastructure staff. We conclude with a summary of achievements and challenges to be faced.

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"Current Trends and Goals in the Development of Makerspaces at New England College and Research Libraries"

Ann Marie Lynn Davis has published "Current Trends and Goals in the Development of Makerspaces at New England College and Research Libraries" in Information Technology and Libraries.

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This study investigates why and which types of college and research libraries (CRLs) are currently developing Makerspaces (or an equivalent space) for their communities. Based on an online survey and phone interviews with a sample population of CRLs in New England, the investigator found that more than two dozen (26) CRLs had or were in the process of developing a Makerspace in this region. In addition, a number of other CRLs were actively engaged in promoting and diffusing the Maker ethos. Of these libraries, most were motivated to promote open access to new technologies, literacies, and STEM-related knowledge.

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Research Data Specialist at Case Western Reserve University

Case Western Reserve University is recruiting a Research Data Specialist.

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Working independently and with initiative, the Research Data Specialist position is a non-supervisory position that reports to the digital learning and scholarship team leader. The RDS will provide leadership and expertise in the areas of quantitative and qualitative data analysis, geospatial data visualization, working in collaboration with campus-wide initiatives around research data management, providing guidance and creating best practices for ethical data creation, production and dissemination.

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Web Designer and Social Media Coordinator at Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University is recruiting a Web Designer and Social Media Coordinator.

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The Web Designer and Social Media Coordinator will also oversee ongoing and sustainable social media communication. The position produces relevant content for various social media sites for targeted audiences, ensuring all online venues are updated and maintained consistently to maintain positive online presence.

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"An Expertise Recommender System Based on Data from an Institutional Repository (DiVA)"

Milena Angelova et al. have self-archived "An Expertise Recommender System Based on Data from an Institutional Repository (DiVA)."

Here's an excerpt:

Finding experts in academics is an important practical problem, e.g. recruiting reviewers for reviewing conference, journal or project submissions, partner matching for research proposals, finding relevant M. Sc. or Ph. D. supervisors etc. In this work, we discuss an expertise recommender system that is built on data extracted from the Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH) instance of the institutional repository system DiVA. The developed prototype system is evaluated and validated on information extracted from the BTH DiVA installation, concerning thesis supervision of researchers affiliated with BTH. The extracted DiVA classification terms are used to build an ontology that conceptualizes the thesis domain supported by the university. The supervisor profiles of the tutors affiliated with the BTH are constructed based on the extracted DiVA data. These profiles can further be used to identify and recommend relevant subject thesis supervisors.

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"The Public Knowledge Project: Reflections and Directions After Its First Two Decades"

Juan Alperin, John Willinsky, Brian Owen et al. have self-archived "The Public Knowledge Project: Reflections and Directions After Its First Two Decades."

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As the Public Knowledge Project (PKP) enters its third decade, it faces the responsibilities of supporting the more than 10,000 journals using its software and are dependent on PKP continuing to develop the code. In the fall of 2017, PKP, with the support of the Arnold Foundation, contracted the consulting services of BlueSky to Blueprint, with its principal Nancy Maron embarking on an exploration of PKP's standing and prospects among a sample of those involved in scholarly publishing, including current, former, and potential users of its software (Maron 2018). This paper presents BlueSky's findings and PKP's responses in what may serve as a lesson on the maturing of, and challenges faced by, an open source software project seeking to sustain in-creased global access to research and scholarship.

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Online Learning Librarian at Penn State

Penn State is recruiting an Online Learning Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

This position is responsible for creating strategies and building partnerships to develop, assess, and maintain a robust online instruction program within University Libraries for strategic integration into online and blended courses and programs including, but not limited to, those that are part of Penn State’s World Campus.

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Associate Dean, Collections, Research, and Scholarly Communications at Penn State

Penn State is recruiting an Associate Dean, Collections, Research, and Scholarly Communications.

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Working collaboratively with the dean and two other associate deans, this AD position provides leadership, strategic direction, and support for a comprehensive collections and research support strategy, consisting of: acquisitions, collection development, and the office of scholarly communications and copyright. The AD also directs liaison activities including collection development, research consultation, instruction, outreach, and scholarly communications services.

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"Global OA APCs (APC) 2010–2017: Major Trends"

Heather Morrison has self-archived "Global OA APCs (APC) 2010–2017: Major Trends ."

Here's an excerpt:

The open access (OA) article processing charges (APC) project is a longitudinal study of the minority of fully OA journals (27% in 2016) that have APCs. The global average APC shows little change; in USD, 906 in 2010, 964 in 2016, 974 in 2017. The average masks currency differences and the impact of a growing market; new APC journals often start with an APC of 0. Traditional commercial scholarly publishers are entering the OA market: the largest OA journal publishers’ portfolios in 2017 were Springer, De Gruyter, Elsevier, and Wolters Kluwer Medknow. However, these are a small portion of OA journal publishing which is still marked by a very long tail and extensive involvement by very small, often university or society publishers. APC pricing shows a wide range and variability. The APC market can be described as volatile.

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