Month: June 2018

Digital Services and Research Librarian at Bryant University

Bryant University is recruiting a Digital Services and Research Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The Digital Services and Research Librarian will facilitate and perform a leading role in the library's emerging digital scholarship and digitization initiatives. . . . The Librarian will assist in implementing strategies for publishing and integrating digital scholarship into the library and Bryant community.

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"MIT and Royal Society of Chemistry Sign First North American ‘Read and Publish’ Agreement for Scholarly Articles"

The MIT Libraries have released "MIT and Royal Society of Chemistry Sign First North American 'Read and Publish' Agreement for Scholarly Articles."

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The MIT Libraries and the Royal Society of Chemistry have signed a groundbreaking license agreement that incorporates elements of a traditional subscription purchase and open access to scholarly articles. The experimental two-year agreement is seen as an important step on the path toward making more research freely and openly available to the world.. . .

The agreement, known as "read and publish," will run through 2019. Through the agreement, articles published in Royal Society of Chemistry journals by MIT corresponding authors during this period will be made openly available at the time of publication at no cost to the author. The aim of the offsetting agreement is that, over time, as more universities adopt this type of contract, the proportion of paywalled articles will decline and funding will shift to supporting open access to research.

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Scholarly Communications Librarian at the University of Florida

The University of Florida is recruiting a Scholarly Communications Librarian .

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The Scholarly Communications Librarian is a year-round (12 month) tenure track library faculty position responsible for providing leadership for the Smathers Libraries' services in support of students and faculty seeking guidance on copyright and intellectual property, as well as outreach and training efforts to build a scholarly communications program in support of Open Access (OA), Open Data activities, and OA publishing at UF. T

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"Unbundling Open Access Dimensions: A Conceptual Discussion to Reduce Terminology Inconsistencies"

Alberto Martín-Martín et al. have self-archived "Unbundling Open Access Dimensions: A Conceptual Discussion to Reduce Terminology Inconsistencies."

Here's an excerpt:

he current ways in which documents are made freely accessible in the Web no longer adhere to the models established Budapest/Bethesda/Berlin (BBB) definitions of Open Access (OA). Since those definitions were established, OA-related terminology has expanded, trying to keep up with all the variants of OA publishing that are out there. However, the inconsistent and arbitrary terminology that is being used to refer to these variants are complicating communication about OA-related issues. This study intends to initiate a discussion on this issue, by proposing a conceptual model of OA. Our model features six different dimensions (authoritativeness, user rights, stability, immediacy, peer-review, and cost). Each dimension allows for a range of different options. We believe that by combining the options in these six dimensions, we can arrive at all the current variants of OA, while avoiding ambiguous and/or arbitrary terminology.

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Digital Repositories Development Librarian at University of South Carolina

The University of South Carolina is recruiting a Digital Repositories Development Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Reporting to the Director of Library Technology Services, the Digital Repositories Development Librarian oversees, manages and develops digital asset management systems for the University Libraries’ digitized content. Collaborating with stakeholders, this position will assess repository needs, evaluate current solutions, explore emerging technologies and recommend appropriate options. Working with the Unit Director, this position will manage system development and optimization projects as well as share programming and system administration maintenance tasks with Unit colleagues.

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The State of Digital Publishing in Canada 2017

BookNet Canada has released The State of Digital Publishing in Canada 2017.

Here's an excerpt from the announcement:

When it comes to unit sales of books in Canada, according to our quarterly consumer surveying, 18.6% of purchases in 2017 were ebooks. This is a slight increase from 2016, when ebook sales made up 16.9% of purchases. At the same time, the number of publishers producing ebooks also increased: 94% of publishers reported that they are currently producing ebooks, up 3% from 2016 (91%).

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Research, Scholarship, and Publishing Specialist at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo is recruiting a Research, Scholarship, and Publishing Specialist .

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Under the general supervision of the Research and Scholarly Services Coordinator, this position provides support to enhance the use and access of technology and information, with particular focus on the institutional repository, digital publishing, and research impact support services. The incumbent oversees a variety of services and projects ranging from advising and assisting faculty and students in dissemination of their scholarly work, to the development of innovative publishing initiatives.

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"Google Scholar as a Data Source for Research Assessment"

Emilio Delgado López-Cózar et al. have self-archived "Google Scholar as a Data Source for Research Assessment."

Here's an excerpt:

The goal of this chapter is to lay the foundations for the use of GS as a supplementary source (and in some disciplines, arguably the best alternative) for scientific evaluation. First, we present a general overview of how GS works. Second, we present empirical evidences about its main characteristics (size, coverage, and growth rate). Third, we carry out a systematic analysis of the main limitations this search engine presents as a tool for the evaluation of scientific performance. Lastly, we discuss the main differences between GS and other more traditional bibliographic databases in light of the correlations found between their citation data. We conclude that Google Scholar presents a broader view of the academic world because it has brought to light a great amount of sources that were not previously visible.

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Digital Publishing Librarian at University of Illinois at Chicago

The University of Illinois at Chicago is recruiting a Digital Publishing Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The successful candidate for this newly created position will contribute to the development and delivery of scholarly communications programs and services to the university community, including promoting new forms of scholarly publishing and communicating issues impacting the changing scholarly publishing landscape. This position will also help implement a new campus-wide faculty profile portal. This position reports to the Scholarly Communication Librarian.

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"Theorizing Success: Measures for Evaluating Digital Preservation Efficacy"

Stephen Abrams has self-archived "Theorizing Success: Measures for Evaluating Digital Preservation Efficacy."

Here's an excerpt:

There are two primary assessments of digital preservation efficacy: trustworthiness of managerial systems and programs, and successful use of preserved resources. . . . My research asks what measures can meaningful evaluate the efficacy of such communicative acts. It proposes a communicological theory in which success is evaluated with regard to situational verisimilitude. Evaluation metrics are derived from a semiotic-phenomenological model of preservation-enabled communication and the affordances supported by preserved digital resources. This work contributes new conceptual clarity to the theory and practice of digital preservation, a more rigorous basis for demarcating the limits of preservation efficacy, and a more nuanced means of stating, measuring, and evaluating intentions, expectations, and outcomes.

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Project Manager, Digital Project Management Unit at Columbia University

Columbia University is recruiting a Project Manager for its Digital Project Management Unit.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The Columbia University Libraries seek a creative, critical-thinking, and collaborative Project Manager to join the libraries newly formed Digital Project Management Unit. Reporting to the Director of Digital Project Management for Columbia University Libraries, the incumbent will manage the entire project lifecycle of multi-stakeholder, digital projects produced in partnership with various stakeholders and library units.

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"70+ Internet Luminaries Ring the Alarm on EU Copyright Filtering Proposal"

Danny O'Brien and Jeremy Malcolm have published "70+ Internet Luminaries Ring the Alarm on EU Copyright Filtering Proposal" in DeepLinks.

Here's an excerpt:

As Europe's latest copyright proposal heads to a critical vote on June 20-21, more than 70 Internet and computing luminaries have spoken out against a dangerous provision, Article 13, that would require Internet platforms to automatically filter uploaded content. The group, which includes Internet pioneer Vint Cerf, the inventor of the World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales, co-founder of the Mozilla Project Mitchell Baker, Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle, cryptography expert Bruce Schneier, and net neutrality expert Tim Wu, wrote in a joint letter that was released today:

By requiring Internet platforms to perform automatic filtering all of the content that their users upload, Article 13 takes an unprecedented step towards the transformation of the Internet, from an open platform for sharing and innovation, into a tool for the automated surveillance and control of its users.

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