Month: March 2019

Digital Initiatives and Special Collections Librarian at William Paterson University

William Paterson University is recruiting a Digital Initiatives and Special Collections Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Under the supervision of the Assistant Director for Resource Management, the Digital Initiatives and Special Collections Librarian leads and manages the University’s digital initiatives and special collections activities, including its digital repository and archival collections. The Librarian also coordinates planning, implementation, and monitoring of digital projects, creates metadata, develops and conducts outreach, and assesses the effectiveness of collections, initiatives, and services.

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"Open Access Journal Publishing in the Nordic Countries"

Bo-Christer Björk has published "Open Access Journal Publishing in the Nordic Countries" in Learned Publishing.

Here's an excerpt:

The number of open access (OA) journals and their share of all scholarly journals are usually estimated based on indexing in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). DOAJ's coverage of OA journals from different regions of the world is, however, far from complete, particularly of journals publishing in languages other than English. Using alternative data sources for identification and manual verification, 437 scholarly OA journals published in the five Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) were identified, and some key characteristics were studied. Of these, only 184 were indexed in DOAJ.

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Digital Archivist Librarian at California State University Channel Islands

California State University Channel Islands is recruiting a Digital Archivist Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The Digital Archivist works with the CSU Channel Islands (CI) campus to establish an effective and sustainable digital preservation program (including managing CI's Institutional Repository); actively participates in the processing and description activities taking place in Unique Collections for digital materials; and develops best practices and training in metadata for digital scholarship. Creates policies, procedures, and work flows to establish, implement, and coordinate a digital preservation program for Unique Collections.

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"Case Study: the University of Glasgow’s Digital Preservation Journey 2017-2019"

Alison Spence, Valerie McCutcheon, and Matt Mahon have published "Case Study: the University of Glasgow's Digital Preservation Journey 2017-2019" in Insights.

Here's an excerpt:

This case study documents the University of Glasgow's digital preservation journey during 2017 and 2018. The University recognized that action was required to ensure the long-term preservation of key corporate records and archival material. Staff from the University’s Digital Preservation Working Group were therefore tasked with identifying the University’s priorities and requirements for preserving its key records, with the aim of producing recommendations for a preservation programme. Knowledge and skills were enhanced by participating in a national digital preservation pilot project and learning from practitioners through workshops and information exchange. The case study shares our reflections on the questions which emerged about metadata, workflows and integrating systems. A key priority will be to engage the support of key decision makers within the University, as it was emphasized repeatedly that successful digital preservation depends as much on resources and organizational strategy as it does on technology. Two of the authors have a particular interest in terminology and we share our work to examine digital preservation’s confusing and obscure vocabulary. We conclude that transforming digital preservation into standard practice within organizations can best be achieved through continued collaboration within the digital preservation community.

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Digital Preservation Specialist at Library of Virginia

The Library of Virginia is recruiting a Digital Preservation Specialist.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The Library of Virginia is searching for a highly skilled, and passionate, Digital Preservation Specialist to join our team and develop the processes, standards, and workflows to administer, support and maintain the authenticity and availability of the Library's digital and born electronic collections. This position will lead the Library's digital preservation planning efforts and will oversee the application of digital preservation policies in Rosetta, the Library’s digital preservation system.

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"Researchers May Need Additional Data Curation Support "

Robin E. Miller has published "Researchers May Need Additional Data Curation Support " in Evidence Based Library and Information Practice.

Here's an excerpt:

Twelve data curation activities were identified as "highly rated" services that academic institutions could focus on providing to researchers. Documentation, Secure Storage, Quality Assurance, and Persistent Identifier were the data curation activities that the majority of participants rated as "most important." Participants identified the data curation practices in place at their institutions, including documentation (80%), secure storage (75%), chain of custody (64%), metadata (63%), file inventory or manifest (58%), data visualization (58%), versioning (56%), file format transformations (55%), and quality assurance (52%). Participants reported low levels of satisfaction with their institutions’ data curation activities.

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Digital Preservation Program Manager at Emory University

Emory University is recruiting a Digital Preservation Program Manager.

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The Digital Preservation Program Manager will play a lead role to establish a cohesive, effective, and achievable digital preservation program, ensuring the long-term viability of the university’s digital assets regardless of format. The position will be responsible for the design, implementation, and management of policies, procedures, software, and workflows.

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NEH Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants (Up to $750,000)

The National Endowment for the Humanities has released "Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants."

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Through these awards organizations can increase their humanities capacity through capital expenditures to support the design, purchase, construction, restoration, or renovation of facilities for humanities activities and the purchase of equipment and software. . . .

Challenge grants may also support long-term humanities projects with funds invested in a restricted, short-term endowment or other investment fund (or spend-down fund) that generate expendable earnings to support and enhance ongoing humanities activities. Eligible activities include the preservation and conservation of humanities materials, and the sustaining of digital infrastructure for the humanities.

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Data Librarian and Instructor at University of Nevada, Las Vegas

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas is recruiting a Data Librarian and Instructor.

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Based in the Research & Education Division and reporting to the Head of Knowledge Production, the DLI will develop and extend the Library's role in providing services centered on the acquisition, development, and utilization of research data.

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"Assessing Data Management Support Needs of Bioengineering and Biomedical Research Faculty"

Christie A. Wiley and Margaret H. Burnette have published "Assessing Data Management Support Needs of Bioengineering and Biomedical Research Faculty" in the Journal of eScience Librarianship.

Here's an excerpt:

Results: This study revealed the majority of researchers explore broad research topics, various file storage solutions, generate numerous amounts of data and adhere to differing discipline-specific practices. Researchers expressed both familiarity and unfamiliarity with DMP Tool. Roughly half of the researchers interviewed reported having documented protocols for file names, file backup, and file storage. Findings also suggest that there is ambiguity about what it means to share research data and confusion about terminology such as "repository" and "data deposit". Many researchers equate publication to data sharing.

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Digital Technologies Development Librarian at North Carolina State University

North Carolina State University is recruiting a Digital Technologies Development Librarian.

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The Digital Technologies Development Librarian works as an active participant in a team that advances library services through applied research and application development and manages the entire life cycle of projects, from requirements gathering to deployment. They provide technical leadership and hands-on programming expertise for a portfolio of library projects.

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MIT: "Open Access Task Force Releases Draft Recommendations"

The MIT News Office has released "Open Access Task Force Releases Draft Recommendations."

Here's an excerpt:

The Ad Hoc Task Force on Open Access to MIT's Research has released a set of draft recommendations that aim to support and increase the open sharing of MIT publications, data, software, and educational materials. . . .

The recommendations include ratifying an Institute-wide set of principles for open science; broadening the MIT Faculty Open Access Policy to cover all MIT authors; adopting an open access (OA) policy for monographs; and asking department heads to develop discipline-specific plans to encourage and support open sharing from their faculty, students, and staff.

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