Month: August 2018

Vital Technologies Librarian at University of Rochester

The University of Rochester is recruiting a Vital Technologies Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

This role supports the University by assisting with the configuration, performance, and integrity of the University’s library services platform, web scale discovery interface, and other vital library systems. In close collaboration with technical and non-technical partners across RCL, this role identifies existing and emerging solutions that have potential for new and improved library services, and acts as a consultant and collaborator to frontline staff.

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"Can Beethoven Send Takedown Requests? A First-Hand Account of One German Professor’s Experience with Overly Broad Upload Filters"

Ulrich Kaiser has published "Can Beethoven Send Takedown Requests? A First-Hand Account of One German Professor's Experience with Overly Broad Upload Filters" in Wikimedia Foundation News.

Here's an excerpt:

The first video I uploaded to YouTube promoted the website where my digitized copies of public domain recordings are available to download. In this video, I explained my project, while examples of the music played in the background. Less than three minutes after uploading, I received a notification that there was a ContentID claim against my video. ContentID is a system, developed by YouTube, which checks user uploaded videos against databases of copyrighted content in order to curb copyright infringement. . . .

I decided to open a different YouTube account "Labeltest" to share additional excerpts of copyright-free music. I quickly received ContentID notifications for copyright-free music by Bartok, Schubert, Puccini and Wagner. Again and again, YouTube told me that I was violating the copyright of these long-dead composers, despite all of my uploads existing in the public domain. I appealed each of these decisions, explaining that 1) the composers of these works had been dead for more than 70 years, 2) the recordings were first published before 1963, and 3) these takedown request did not provide justification in their property rights under the German Copyright Act.

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Assessment and Scholarly Communications Librarian at University of Tennessee Health Science Center

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is recruiting an Assessment & Scholarly Communications Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

We are currently expanding our team of energetic, service-oriented, and collaborative professionals in the Electronic and Collection Services department, and are seeking applications for an Assessment & Scholarly Communications Librarian. This position will report to the Assistant Director for Electronic and Collection Services.

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"IMLS Funds DuraSpace Fedora Investigation–Designing a Migration Path: Assessing Barriers of Upgrading to the Most Current Version of Fedora–No Collection Left Behind"

DuraSpace has released "IMLS Funds DuraSpace Fedora Investigation–Designing a Migration Path: Assessing Barriers of Upgrading to the Most Current Version of Fedora–No Collection Left Behind."

Here's an excerpt:

The Institute of Museum and Library Services has awarded DuraSpace a National Digital Platform Planning Grant for $49,279 to investigate barriers to upgrading hundreds of U.S.-based libraries and archives running unsupported versions of Fedora. In consultation with stakeholders this project will conduct an environmental scan of relevant community initiatives, and gather primary research data to inform recommendations to reduce barriers to upgrading to the most current version of Fedora.

There are approximately 240 U.S.-based libraries and archives identified as target beneficiaries of the deliverables of this project including universities, liberal arts colleges, and not-for-profit special libraries hosted by historical societies and small research institutes.

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Systems Librarian at DALNET

The Detroit Area Library Network (DALNET) is recruiting a Systems Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

This incumbent provides responsive customer service and training in support of systems used by DALNET. In close collaboration with colleagues and customers, this library professional analyzes and resolves complex technical problems involving applications, data, and systems software configuration and use.

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"A Mini Survey of Digital Humanities in European Research Libraries"

Lotte Wilms has published "A Mini Survey of Digital Humanities in European Research Libraries" in the LIBER Blog.

Here's an excerpt:

Of the 22 libraries who responded, eight have been running a DH activity for under a year. Half have been active between 1-5 years and only three libraries have had a DH activity for more than five year. Most (13 libraries) have a team of 2-5 people working on DH, with teams of 6-10 people (six libraries) following closely. A majority of the libraries (16) conduct the activity as part of a policy, while six libraries do it as an ad-hoc activity. Looking at budget, over half have dedicated funding for the activity. Nine libraries are doing this without any dedicated budget.

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Digital Assets Specialist at Library of Congress

The Library of Congress is recruiting a Digital Assets Specialist.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

This position serves as the Digital Assets Specialist in the American Folklife Center (AFC) within Library Services and reports directly to the VHP Collections Head. The purpose of this position is to oversee the administration of VHP's digital asset management program, including developing and managing born-digital and reformatted collection processing workflows. The digital assets manager provides increasing leadership and coordination for a range of digital initiatives to advance AFCs/VHPs and access goals.

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"Smart Machines and Human Expertise: Challenges for Higher Education"

Diana Oblinger has published "Smart Machines and Human Expertise: Challenges for Higher Education" in EDUCAUSE Review.

Here's an excerpt:

Changes brought about by AI and robots are taking place in the professions faster than they are in higher education. Without a close connection to business and industry, higher education will be challenged to anticipate the changes in our disciplines and professions. Even if higher education is a keen observer of changes, can programs adjust quickly enough?

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Systems Support Librarians at Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw State University is recruiting two Systems Support Librarians.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

These librarians will work partnered with the other Systems Librarian to provide support for Alma (the KSU library system’s ILS), the library’s webpage, and other library systems as needed.

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"IMLS Announces Investment of $8.1 Million to Strengthen America’s Libraries"

IMLS has released "IMLS Announces Investment of $8.1 Million to Strengthen America's Libraries."

Here's an excerpt:

The Institute of Museum and Library Services today announced 45 grants totaling $8,155,005 to support libraries across the country. The awards were made through the FY 2018 second cycle of the National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program and the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program. The awarded grant search on the IMLS website contains a complete list of grantees and project descriptions. . . .

National Leadership Grants for Libraries support projects that address significant challenges and opportunities facing the library and archives fields and have the potential to advance theory and practice with new tools, research findings, models, services, practices, or alliances that will be widely used. During this second cycle, the National Leadership Grants for Libraries program received 113 preliminary proposals requesting $31,832,527. Forty-six projects requesting $8,101,212 were invited to submit full proposals, and of these, 31 projects were awarded $4,947,294…

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Shared Content Service Coordinator at California Digital Library

The California Digital Library is recruiting a Shared Content Service Coordinator .

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

As a member of the Licensed Content Group within the CDL's Collection Development and Management Program, the Shared Content Service Coordinator communicates with UC campus librarians and collection development officers to identify their information needs, negotiates with content vendors, drafts UC systemwide subscription/purchase proposals, supports senior-level discussions, provides outreach events and workshops related to CDL collection development activities, and informs UC librarians on CDL-licensed resources totaling nearly $50M annually.

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AI Copyright?: "Authors and Machines"

Jane C. Ginsburg and Luke Ali Budiardjo have self-archived "Authors and Machines."

Here's an excerpt:

Today, developments in computer science have created a new form of machine—the "artificially intelligent" system apparently endowed with "computational creativity"—that introduces challenging variations on the perennial question of what makes one an "author" in copyright law: Is the creator of a generative program automatically the author of the works her process begets, even if she cannot anticipate the contents of those works?

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Software Architect at J. Paul Getty Trust

The J. Paul Getty Trust is recruiting a Software Architect.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

We're looking for a lead developer to manage our Research Application Development team. This team of five is responsible for the online presentation of the Getty Research Portal, the Getty Museum collection online, the Provenance Index, AATA Online, the Getty vocabularies, and other initiatives focused on the discovery and presentation of cultural heritage information.

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Head of Scholarly Communication, Copyright & Publishing at Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College is recruiting a Head of Scholarly Communication, Copyright & Publishing.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Leads and coordinates the Library's scholarly communication, copyright, and publishing program activities across campus. Collaborates with faculty, students, administrators, and staff on innovative and emerging models for broader dissemination of the results of research, scholarship and teaching. Provides consultation services on key issues around open access to scholarly, scientific, and educational materials, copyright in publishing and teaching, fair use, researcher profile tools, and authors’ rights. . . . Leads the staff responsible for the ongoing development of Dartmouth's institutional repository. Consults on the creation of digital collections and broader publication initiatives at the College.

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Systems Librarian at Brandeis University

Brandeis University is recruiting a Systems Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The ideal candidate will be responsible for providing high quality, robust systems that facilitate search, discovery, and delivery of library services and resources. The Systems Librarian will also consult with and support faculty and staff on technology projects using library resources.

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"Towards a Culture of Open Science and Data Sharing in Health and Medical Research"

Anisa Rowhani-Farid has self-archived "Towards a Culture of Open Science and Data Sharing in Health and Medical Research."

Here's an excerpt:

This [Ph.D] thesis investigated the factors that contribute to the cultural shift towards open science and data sharing in health and medical research, with a focus on the role health and medical journals play. The findings of this research demonstrate that journal data sharing policies are not effective and that journals do not currently provide incentives for sharing. This study contributed to the movement towards more reproducible research by providing empirical evidence for the strengthening of journal data sharing policies and the adoption of an incentive for open research.

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Digital Initiatives Projects Librarian at University of Alberta

The University of Alberta is recruiting a Digital Initiatives Projects Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Reporting to the Head, Library Publishing and Digital Production Services, and working within a highly engaged team-based environment, the successful candidate proposes, guides, monitors and assesses a variety of digital library projects, with a particular focus on the UAL's digitization program and library publishing activities, eg. open journal publishing and open educational resources (OER).

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"The New Plugins—What Goals Are the Access Solutions Pursuing?"

Kent Anderson has published "The New Plugins—What Goals Are the Access Solutions Pursuing?" in The Scholarly Kitchen.

Here's an excerpt:

We now see some interesting positioning moves by entities with plugins designed to exploit Green OA or address access issues in a virtual, seemingly decentralized way—Unpaywall, Kopernio, and Anywhere Access.

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