Year: 2018

Metadata & Linked Data Strategist at Johns Hopkins University Press

Johns Hopkins University Press is recruiting a Metadata & Linked Data Strategist.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The Metadata & Linked Data Strategist:

  • Is Project MUSE’s metadata expert and is responsible for assessing, developing, and documenting internal policies for metadata creation, application, and maintenance.
  • Participates in large-scale research and development projects related to metadata discovery, interoperability, and identity management, including the development of a linked data environment and of descriptive metadata standards throughout MUSE.

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"French Publishing Attitudes in the Open Access Era: The Case of Mathematics, Biology, and Computer Science: French Publishing Attitudes"

Chérifa Boukacem-Zeghmouri et al. have published "French Publishing Attitudes in the Open Access Era: The Case of Mathematics, Biology, and Computer Science: French Publishing Attitudes" in Learned Publishing (e-print).

Here's an excerpt:

This study investigates the extent to which open access (OA) publishing models affect French researchers' attitudes. Research questions were: What place does OA have in attitudes of French researchers in mathematics, biology, and computer science? Are French researchers aware of new publishing models? Do they publish in these new outlets? What funds do they use? What kind of feedback and satisfaction can we observe?

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Digital Projects Librarian at University of Maryland, College Park

The University of Maryland, College Park is recruiting a Digital Projects Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Reporting to the Manager, Digital Conversion and Media Reformatting (DCMR), the Digital Projects Librarian will collaborate with staff in Digital Conversion and Media Reformatting, Digital Programs and Initiatives, and many other collection departments in the Libraries. . . . The candidate will provide technical guidance and support to collection managers and other project team members in pursuing and managing digitization grants, support the processes and workflows specified in projects, and manage the assets created until they are ingested and archived.

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"OpenAIRE and DuraSpace Partner to Support Greater Functionality in the Global Repository Network"

DuraSpace has released "OpenAIRE and DuraSpace Partner to Support Greater Functionality in the Global Repository Network."

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Repositories collectively act as the foundation for Open Science by collecting and providing access to research outputs, and play a key role in the emerging scholarly commons. To that end, OpenAIRE and DuraSpace aim to ensure that repositories are using up-to-date technologies and adopting international standards and protocols. Through this MOU, OpenAIRE and DuraSpace have agreed to work together on a number of aspects to support their common goals. These activities include enabling DSpace systems to comply with OpenAIRE metadata guidelines, gradual adoption of next generation repository functionalities, and working together on standardized methods for measuring and aggregating usage statistics.

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Associate University Librarians at Cornell University

Cornell University is recruiting two Associate University Librarians.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

All qualified candidates are invited to apply, however particular emphasis will be placed on the candidates' abilities to supervise personnel and support strategic initiatives in two broad areas: (1) special collections and (2) information technology and digital research.

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STM Report: An Overview of Scientific and Scholarly Publishing

The International Association of STM Publishers has released the STM Report: An Overview of Scientific and Scholarly Publishing.

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The report provides authoritative coverage of all aspects of journal publishing, including market size and statistics, peer review, Open Access and new technology and market developments.

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"What’s Next with WIPO’s Ill-Advised Broadcast Treaty?"

The Creative Commons has released "What's Next with WIPO's Ill-Advised Broadcast Treaty?" by Timothy Vollmer.

Here's an excerpt:

Six years ago we wrote a blog post titled WIPO's Broadcasting Treaty: Still Harmful, Still Unnecessary. At the time, the proposed treaty—which would grant to broadcasters a separate, exclusive copyright-like right in the signals that they transmit, separate from any copyrights in the content of the transmissions—had already been on WIPO’s docket for several years. It’s still on the table today, and now some countries are calling for actions to finalise the agreement.

The current text contains many of the same damaging provisions, such as long term of protection (possibly 50 years) and little to no support for limitations and exceptions to the right which could provide needed protections for activities such as news reporting, quotation, education, personal use, and archiving.

But the dealbreaker for CC is the fact that the treaty would essentially invalidate the permissions that users of Creative Commons grant when they share their creativity under open licenses, and instead gift new and unwarranted rights to broadcasting organizations that have added little or no value to the underlying work being transmitted. This is because the rights provided to broadcasters in the treaty would apply separately from copyright, thus permitting them to restrict how the content is shared even if the creator of the video or audio content has already released it under a Creative Commons license, or if it's already in the public domain.

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Developer for Digital Arts and Humanities at Bard College

Bard College is recruiting a Developer for Digital Arts and Humanities.

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Bard College's Center for Experimental Humanities (http://eh.bard.edu) seeks a creative and versatile software developer to design, build, and support the next generation of applications for projects in the digital arts and humanities. This developer will be an integral part of a dynamic interdisciplinary center and work closely with faculty across campus as well as academic technology services to experiment with new approaches and tools toward content creation and presentation.

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"Measuring Open Access Policy Compliance: Results of a Survey"

Shannon Kipphut-Smith et al. have published "Measuring Open Access Policy Compliance: Results of a Survey" in the Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication.

Here's an excerpt:

INTRODUCTION In the last decade, a significant number of institutions have adopted open access (OA) policies. Many of those working with OA policies are tasked with measuring policy compliance. This article reports on a survey of Coalition of Open Access Policy Institutions (COAPI) members designed to better understand the methods currently used for measuring and communicating OA policy success. METHODS This electronic survey was distributed to the COAPI member listserv, inviting both institutions who have passed an implemented policies and those who are still developing policies to participate. RESULTS The results to a number of questions related to topics such as policy workflows, quantitative and qualitative measurement activities and related tools, and challenges showed a wide range of responses, which are shared here. DISCUSSION It is clear that a number of COAPI members struggle with identifying what should be measured and what tools and methods are appropriate. The survey illustrates how each institution measures compliance differently, making it difficult to benchmark against peer institutions. CONCLUSION As a result of this survey, we recommend that institutions working with OA policies be as transparent as possible about their data sources and methods when calculating deposit rates and other quantitative measures. It is hoped that this transparency will result in the development of a set of qualitative and quantitative best practices for assessing OA policies that standardizes assessment terminology and articulates why institutions may want to measure policies.

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Scholarly Communications Officer and Program Lead at University of California, Davis

The University of California, Davis is recruiting a Scholarly Communications Officer and Program Lead.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The Scholarly Communications Program leads library and campus action on the wide range of issues related to the rapidly changing system of creating, evaluating, disseminating, and preserving the outputs of research and scholarship. Working with a wide range of collaborators from across the library, campus, University of California system, and (inter)national scholarly communications community, the program works to facilitate the transformation of scholarly publishing to provide barrier-free access to high-quality, authoritative information resources. Program partners outside of UC Davis include UC units, such as the UC Office of Scholarly Communications, and outside organizations. Additional program deliverables include applied research studies and educational initiatives, such as for-credit courses, symposia, and workshops, related to transformative scholarly communications and re­imagined use of scholarly works.

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"Surveying the State of Data Curation: a Review of Policy and Practice in UK HEIs"

Amy Pham has self-archived "Surveying the State of Data Curation: a Review of Policy and Practice in UK HEIs."

Here's an excerpt:

Through a three-part methodology, the dissertation research aimed to provide a clear picture of the current state of data curation in UK HEIs, including adherence to best practices and the existence of provisions for data curation efforts. A survey questionnaire was disseminated as the primary method of data collection, and additional information was gathered through a literature review and an analysis of online resources and institutional policies. Data curation practices were found to be mostly inconsistent with best practices and were largely focused on facilitating access to research data. However, there is an awareness of the underdeveloped areas of data curation, especially preservation, and efforts are being made to improve these areas. Institutional policies were found to be mostly documents that defined roles and responsibilities and provided little guidance for follow-through. The role of researchers was repeatedly emphasized in both policy and practice and was essential in understanding the current state of data curation.

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