Month: November 2018

Associate Librarian (Scholarly Resources & Digital Strategies) at Hong Kong Baptist University

Hong Kong Baptist University is recruiting an Associate Librarian (Scholarly Resources & Digital Strategies) .

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The University Library invites applications for a creative, forward-thinking, energetic and collaborative Associate Librarian to lead, coordinate, and manage the Library's Scholarly Resources & Digital Strategies Division. As the Library continuously enhances its provision of scholarly resources, this person will lead efforts to expand the Library's digital scholarship programs and to transform the Library's approach to the acquisition, processing, and management of its physical and electronic collections.

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"A New Text and Data Mining Exception Restrictive vs. Extensive Interpretations of Copyright Limitation"

Gaia Sofia Muto has self-archived "A New Text and Data Mining Exception Restrictive vs. Extensive Interpretations of Copyright Limitation."

Here's an excerpt:

This dissertation aims to explore copyright issues related to TDM, showing if and how TDM can fit within the current legal framework of rights and limitations. A three-step-test analysis will be provided, justifying the introduction of a more flexible, technology-neutral exception for TDM, in light of the public interest to free access to research information. Lastly the new legislative proposal will be assessed.

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Digital Strategies Librarian at Oakland University

Oakland University is recruiting a Digital Strategies Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

In collaboration with both faculty and staff, the Digital Strategies librarian explores, discovers, acquires, plans, implements, and manages digital projects and assets.

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Pew Research Center: Public Attitudes Toward Computer Algorithms

The Pew Research Center has released Public Attitudes Toward Computer Algorithms.

Here's an excerpt:

At a broad level, 58% of Americans feel that computer programs will always reflect some level of human bias—although 40% think these programs can be designed in a way that is bias-free. And in various contexts, the public worries that these tools might violate privacy, fail to capture the nuance of complex situations, or simply put the people they are evaluating in an unfair situation. Public perceptions of algorithmic decision-making are also often highly contextual. The survey shows that otherwise similar technologies can be viewed with support or suspicion depending on the circumstances or on the tasks they are assigned to do.

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Geospatial Metadata Coordinator at University of British Columbia (Grant Funded)

University of British Columbia is recruiting a Geospatial Metadata Coordinator (18-month grant).

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The UBC Geospatial Metadata Coordinator provides technical expertise for the creation, collection, preservation and presentation of geospatial metadata in all formats. This member of the UBC Library data services team develops and oversees all metadata related activities for the project including template creation, metadata crosswalks, processes documentation, and ingestion for self-depositing researchers.

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"Defining the Relevant Market in Fair Use Determinations"

Xiyin Tang has self-archived "Defining the Relevant Market in Fair Use Determinations."

Here's an excerpt:

Whereas current copyright analysis and scholarship focuses overwhelmingly on the infringer's conduct, this Article argues, instead, that a copyright holder’s own actions should define the scope of the market for the work. In what I term a copyright owner’s "negative" uses of her own work—such as engaging in holdup strategies that make fair market value impossible to determine, failing to update Copyright Office records, refusing to mitigate damages, or using a copyright for litigation value rather than copyright value—the copyright owner herself has much to tell us about whether she is likely to suffer market harm.

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Data Analyst 3 at Pennsylvania State University

Pennsylvania State University is recruiting a Data Analyst 3.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The Analyst will be involved in curation of research data, facilitating ingest of data into the institutional repository, providing training to researchers and librarians in the realm of data management, both in person and by developing online content. Responsibilities of the position include: curation of research data and similar content as it is ingested into the Institutional Repository; working with the repository team to improve ingest workflows for research data and improve metadata and documentation; developing curatorial workflows for different data types, file formats, and subject areas; contributing to educational content concerning data management best practices and developing workshops for researchers and librarians about data management and curation best practices.

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"Quadcopters or Linguistic Corpora: Establishing RDM Services for Small-Scale Data Producers at Big Universities"

Viola VoB and Gõran Hamrin have published "Quadcopters or Linguistic Corpora: Establishing RDM Services for Small-Scale Data Producers at Big Universities" in LIBER Quarterly.

Here's an excerpt:

Our research hypothesis is that small-scale data producers have similar needs in engineering and the humanities. This hypothesis is based on the similarities in demands from funding agencies on (open) research data and on the assumption that research in different subjects often creates results which are different in content but similar in structure.

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Archivist and Digital Preservation Librarian at Marshall University

Marshall University is recruiting an Archivist and Digital Preservation Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

This position is responsible for managing digitization projects and the preservation of digital assets within an academic archives/library environment.

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"Towards More Consistent, Transparent, and Multi-Purpose National Bibliographic Databases for Research Output"

Linda Sile et al. have published "Towards More Consistent, Transparent, and Multi-Purpose National Bibliographic Databases for Research Output" in the LSE Impact Blog.

Here's an excerpt:

Even though the various national databases differ in terms of implementation and organisation, the challenges faced are rather similar. These range from specific technical tasks such as record deduplication, to more theoretical debates on principles that should guide the work with national bibliographic databases. However, perhaps the most pertinent issue is the need for reliable (persistent) identifiers for all research information entities. Author identifiers, research organisation identifiers, digital object identifiers – all of these could, in the long run, establish a more stable research information environment where different datasets can be integrated across institutional, regional, and even national contexts.

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Director of Library Systems at Cornell University

Cornell University is recruiting a Director of Library Systems.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

You would manage a team of DevOps engineers, database developers, and applications support specialists who work to support the Library’s IT development teams, cloud-based applications, and mission-critical 24x7x365 production services. You would have an opportunity to participate in an international collaboration of university libraries and vendors working on creating and implementing FOLIO (https://folio.org), an open source library services platform.

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