Month: July 2018

Systems and Digital Scholarship Librarian at Emory University

Emory University is recruiting a Systems and Digital Scholarship Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Reporting to the Head of Collection Development, Exhibitions, and Engagement, the Systems and Digital Scholarship Librarian (SDSL) is the primary technical lead on the Pitts Theology Library staff. The SDSL is responsible for developing and maintaining library software systems, which currently include the OpenRoom room booking tool, the library entrance web application, the Digital Image Archive (http://pitts.emory.edu/dia), digital signage, the library website, and digital companions to the library's exhibitions program including the exhibitions website (http://exhibitions.pitts.emory.edu).

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Cornell University Library Repository Principles and Strategies Handbook

Erin Faulder et al. have self-archived the "Cornell University Library Repository Principles and Strategies Handbook."

Here's an excerpt:

The handbook provides support for both new and existing repository managers, comprising both recommended practices and specifically identified action steps that will allow them to track their progress and identify gaps. Each section of the handbook covers a different strategic area of repository management, standing largely on its own and linking to other sections when appropriate. Although there is no primary section order, we recommend starting with Defining Repository Scope and Service Planning. The handbook specifically addresses principles and practices pertaining to digital repositories, where a digital repository can be defined as: a system, the purpose of which is to store, present, and preserve a collection of data for which the library provides services. That is, the term refers specifically to the application as opposed to the content (collections, objects and metadata) within.

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Senior Vice Provost and Director of Libraries at North Carolina State University

North Carolina State University is recruiting a Senior Vice Provost and Director of Libraries.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The NCSU Libraries—the gateway to knowledge for the North Carolina State University community and partners—consists of D.H. Hill, James B. Hunt Jr., Harrye B. Lyons Design, Natural Resources, and William R. Kenan Jr. Veterinary Medicine Libraries. The Libraries has earned an international reputation as a technology incubator and leader in the digital library domain. Additionally, the Libraries is known for the extraordinary caliber of employees as well as the quality and innovation of the services offered. Ten departments include 210 FTE staff as well as an extensive and engaged student workforce (45 FTE). The award-winning NCSU Libraries Fellows Program is recognized for its originality, leadership and exceptionally successful impact.

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"The UK Scholarly Communication Licence: Attempting to Cut through the Gordian Knot of the Complexities of Funder Mandates, Publisher Embargoes and Researcher Caution in Achieving Open Access"

Julie Baldwin and Stephen Pinfield have published "The UK Scholarly Communication Licence: Attempting to Cut through the Gordian Knot of the Complexities of Funder Mandates, Publisher Embargoes and Researcher Caution in Achieving Open Access" in Publications.

Here's an excerpt:

Whilst take-up of open access (OA) in the UK is growing rapidly due partly to a number of funder mandates, managing the complexities of balancing compliance with these mandates against restrictive publisher policies and ingrained academic priorities, has resulted in UK higher education institutions (HEIs) often struggling with confused researchers, complex workflows, and rising costs. In order to try to address this situation, the UK Scholarly Communication Licence (UK-SCL) was formulated to bypass the root causes of many of these challenges by implementing a licensing mechanism for multiple-mandate compliance in one single policy. This is the first empirical study to focus on the genesis of the UK-SCL and how its implementation has been conceived thus far. A qualitative research method was used, taking the form of 14 semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders from the initiative across the UK. The results indicate that those working within UK HEIs are concerned with the complexity of the current OA policy landscape and are frustrated with the inertia within the current system, which has resulted in higher costs, further publisher restrictions, and has not addressed the underlying tensions in academic culture. The UK-SCL is seen by its initiators as a way to achieve further transition towards OA and take back some element of control of the content produced at their institutions. The study concludes by modelling the ways in which the UK-SCL is intended to impact relationships between key stakeholders, and discussing possible implementation futures.

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Vital Technologies Librarian at California State University, San Bernardino

California State University, San Bernardino is recruiting a Vital Technologies Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

California State University, San Bernardino's (CSUSB) John M. Pfau Library invites applications from forward-looking, collaborative, service-focused librarians to provide the leadership and effective communication to maintain, enrich, and advance the library's information technologies and Web services.

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"Defining Data Librarianship: A Survey of Competencies, Skills, and Training"

Lisa Federer has published "Defining Data Librarianship: A Survey of Competencies, Skills, and Training" in the Journal of the Medical Library Association.

Here's an excerpt:

Respondents considered a broad range of skills and knowledge important to their work, especially “soft skills” and personal characteristics, like communication skills and the ability to develop relationships with researchers. Traditional library skills like cataloging and collection development were considered less important. A cluster analysis of the responses revealed two types of data librarians: data generalists, who tend to provide data services across a variety of fields, and subject specialists, who tend to provide more specialized services to a distinct discipline.

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Humanities Research and Digital Scholarship Librarian at University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota is recruiting a Humanities Research and Digital Scholarship Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

This position includes a role in DASH, a cross-disciplinary program supporting faculty and students who employ digital methodologies and technologies in their research, teaching, and creative work. DASH is an alliance of five University partners: the Libraries, Liberal Arts Technologies & Innovation Services (LATIS), the Institute for Advanced Study, the Center for Educational Innovation, and Research Computing. Through DASH, this position will provide individual consultations, classroom and workshop teaching, and digital project guidance and prototyping for researchers and scholars in disciplines across the university.

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Humanities Research and Digital Scholarship Librarian at University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota is recruiting a Humanities Research and Digital Scholarship Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

This position includes a role in DASH, a cross-disciplinary program supporting faculty and students who employ digital methodologies and technologies in their research, teaching, and creative work. DASH is an alliance of five University partners: the Libraries, Liberal Arts Technologies & Innovation Services (LATIS), the Institute for Advanced Study, the Center for Educational Innovation, and Research Computing. Through DASH, this position will provide individual consultations, classroom and workshop teaching, and digital project guidance and prototyping for researchers and scholars in disciplines across the university.

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"ETDs in the 21st Century"

Gail McMillan has published "ETDs in the 21st Century" in EDUCAUSE Review.

Here's an excerpt:

Electronic theses/dissertations (ETDs) have been required at higher education institutions for twenty years. Although numerous goals have been realized, the majority of ETDs have not been transformed into new media.

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