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 .

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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."

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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.

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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."

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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.

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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.

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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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Library Applications Developer III at Tulane University

Tulane University is recruiting a Library Applications Developer III.

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The Library Applications Developer III will gather client requirements and translate into application features. Reporting to the Director of Library IT, s/he will design prototypes according to specifications and write source code for applications and test and debug applications by stated deadlines. S/he will ensure the optimal performance of assigned library platforms such as Islandora, ArchivesSpace, Omeka, or Open Journal System and evaluate applications to update and add new features. The position will develop appropriate documentation to accurately represent application design and code. S/he will also have secondary responsibilities for the design, development, and maintenance of the library's web applications and content management system and support staff computers and equipment.

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"Cultural, Ideological and Practical Barriers to Open Access Adoption within the UK Academy: An Ethnographically Framed Examination"

Gareth J. Johnson has published "Cultural, Ideological and Practical Barriers to Open Access Adoption within the UK Academy: An Ethnographically Framed Examination" in Insights.

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This article presents the results of part of an ethnographic study which examined the perceptions, development and conceptions of open access (OA) practice across the UK higher education environment. It details a qualitative semi-structured interview data capture approach with many institutionally based OA practitioners, which provided a narrative picture of academic and institutional responses to emerging OA dissemination paradigms. Through an analytical process incorporating qualitative content analysis and ideological critique, it focuses on practitioner perceptions of the types and configuration of barriers between scholars and a greater cultural adoption of OA practices. While the greatest problems perceived relate to academic intellectual disengagement or indifference to publishing praxis change, no singular cause of resistance was identified. The study reveals practitioners' perceptions of a multiplicity of operational, technological and ideological barriers blocking progress, and consequently a picture of academic engagement remaining disappointingly patchy. Moreover, moves to increase scholarly compliance through allying it to modalities of fiscal income and metrics, while potentially enhancing practical compliance, appear to risk distorting any revolutionary configuration of OA practices.

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Supervisor, Library Applications Programming at University of Oregon

The University of Oregon is recruiting a Supervisor, Library Applications Programming.

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The Supervisor, Library Applications Programming, provides high level technical leadership, management and direction in planning, developing and maintaining the library’s public and staff Web environment and applications to support library workflows and services. The Supervisor supervises the programming staff of the Application Development & Integration team (ADI), coordinates needs assessment, design, testing, maintenance and support of a wide variety of library applications, working to ensure compliance with accessibility guidelines and standards.

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Turning FAIR Data Into Reality: Interim Report from the European Commission Expert Group on FAIR Data

The European Commission Expert Group on FAIR Data has released Turning FAIR Data Into Reality: Interim Report from the European Commission Expert Group on FAIR Data.

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The central chapters of the report focus on existing practice in certain fields to ascertain what can be learned from those research areas that have already standardised practices and developed international agreements and infrastructure to enable FAIR data sharing. These examples have helped to define models for FAIR data and the essential components of a FAIR data ecosystem. Naturally the main building blocks in the ecosystem are technology-based services, however the social aspects that drive the system and enable culture change are also addressed in sections of the report covering skills, metrics, rewards, investment and sustainability.

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Digital Scholarship Research Developer at Stanford University

Stanford University is recruiting a Digital Scholarship Research Developer.

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Reporting to the head of CIDR, the successful candidate will join a distinguished and widely-recognized team of software developers and academic and library technologists with combined decades of expertise in the computational social sciences and digital humanities. Its activities support research and teaching in these fields for the Stanford community. CIDR collaborates both with individual faculty and with Departments, Centers and Institutes engaged in digital research, such as the Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis (CESTA); the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences (IRiSS); the Stanford Humanities Center; and the Center for Computational Social Sciences. CIDR is also a hub for collaboration and communication among social science and digital humanities scholars, library curators, and professional developers, promoting a sense of shared purpose in support of the Stanford mission of research and teaching.

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Director of the Office of Digital Research & Scholarship at Florida State University

Florida State University is recruiting a Director of the Office of Digital Research & Scholarship.

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DRS focuses on connecting people to people and providing tools, expertise, and infrastructure for new forms of scholarship. This position will foster programs and partnerships, advocate for the sustainable development of data/repository infrastructure, support digital humanities project development, and aid in the exploration and development of digital publishing initiatives.

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"’Yeah, I Guess That’s Data’: Data Practices and Conceptions among Humanities Faculty"

portal: Libraries and the Academy has released an e-print of "'Yeah, I Guess That's Data': Data Practices and Conceptions among Humanities Faculty" by Jennifer L. Thoegersen.

Here's an excerpt:

Libraries are attempting to identify their role in providing data management services. However, humanities faculty’s conceptions of data and their data management practices are not well-known. This qualitative study explores the data management practices of humanities faculty at a four-year university and examines their perceptions of the term data.

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