Month: May 2019

Systemwide Digital Library Content Program Manager at California State University, Office of the Chancellor

The California State University, Office of the Chancellor is recruiting a Systemwide Digital Library Content Program Manager.

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The California State University, Office of the Chancellor, is seeking a SDLC Program Manager will lead cross functional teams in the implementation and administration of system wide library eResources program strategies as determined by the Director of SDLC. SDLC Program Manager will lead teams through all phases of eResource acquisitions, including scope of work development, market research, proposal evaluation, negotiations, and facilitating the implementation of library access system to acquired eResource. SDLC Program Manager will also manage Systemwide Digital Library Services (SDLS) contracts.

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Software Citation Implementation Challenges

Daniel S. Katz et al. have self-archived "Software Citation Implementation Challenges."

Here's an excerpt:

The main output of the FORCE11 Software Citation working group (this https URL) was a paper on software citation principles (this https URL) published in September 2016. This paper laid out a set of six high-level principles for software citation (importance, credit and attribution, unique identification, persistence, accessibility, and specificity) and discussed how they could be used to implement software citation in the scholarly community. In a series of talks and other activities, we have promoted software citation using these increasingly accepted principles. At the time the initial paper was published, we also provided guidance and examples on how to make software citable, though we now realize there are unresolved problems with that guidance. The purpose of this document is to provide an explanation of current issues impacting scholarly attribution of research software, organize updated implementation guidance, and identify where best practices and solutions are still needed.

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Systems Librarian at Columbia University

Columbia University is recruiting a Systems Librarian.

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Reporting to the Head of Library Infrastructure Systems, the successful candidate will help support both hosted and on-premises systems and services in support of acquisition, cataloging, circulation and discovery of Library collections and related services.

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Louisiana State University Drops the Big Deal: "Elsevier Changes: Message from the Provost"

Louisiana State University has released "Elsevier Changes: Message from the Provost."

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During the Faculty Senate's final meeting of the spring semester, senators approved a resolution recommending the cancellation of the subscription package of Elsevier journals. Going forward, the Libraries will subscribe to Elsevier journals on a title-by-title basis, retaining the most highly used journals by the LSU community. The resolution further called for the creation of expedited document delivery to provide fast, unmediated access to articles in journals not on subscription.

The LSU administration supports this course of action. Once the current contract with Elsevier expires at the end of 2019, LSU will break away from the package agreement, and expects to spend $1 million on Elsevier titles, subscribing to fewer journals and providing access to all previously available material through alternate sources.

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Library Systems Administrator at University of Wisconsin–Madison

The University of Wisconsin–Madison is recruiting a Library Systems Administrator.

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The Library Systems Administrator is an experienced, service-oriented professional responsible for the administration and support of our many library systems. These include, but are not limited to, Alma, Primo, ILLiad, Link Resolver, EZProxy, our Database Library and our UW-Madison Library Catalog. . . . In addition, they will actively work with campus service providers and colleagues across UW System campus libraries to support patron accounts and access to library resources.

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"The Administrative Load of Sharing Sensitive Data—Challenges and Solutions?"

Kirsty Merrett et al. have published "The Administrative Load of Sharing Sensitive Data—Challenges and Solutions?" in the International Journal of Digital Curation.

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Sharing data openly has become a straightforward process at the University of Bristol. The University's top funders mandate or recommend data sharing as a condition of funding, and many publishers require access to research data to enable results of published articles to be verified. The University has provided a dedicated data repository to support this since 2015, and demand for open publication has risen steadily since its inception. However, an increasing number of requests for sharing data relate to data that has ethical, legal or commercial sensitivities and so cannot be published openly.

Rather than discuss the wide-ranging ethical implications of data sharing, this practice paper will focus on the secure sharing of sensitive data that has ethical approval and, where required, has the necessary consent in place, from the perspective of an institution that has already decided to undertake the work inherent in sharing sensitive data. The specific purpose is to detail the workflow and administrative tasks integral in this and to highlight the types of challenges encountered.

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Head of Imaging at Folger Shakespeare Library

The Folger Shakespeare Library is recruiting a Head of Imaging.

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The HOI, reporting to the Associate Librarian for Collection Description and Imaging, will be responsible for the leadership, management, and vision of the evolution of imaging services at the Folger, working towards increasing output capacity and turnaround time. The HOI will: assume primary responsibility for digital imaging and the imaging studio, including maintenance and troubleshooting of equipment; lead, supervise, and mentor the Imaging team in producing digital images of special collections materials; and develop, optimize, and document digitization workflows while safeguarding fragile and rare collection objects throughout the process.

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"From Passive to Active, from Generic to Focussed: How Can an Institutional Data Archive Remain Relevant in a Rapidly Evolving Landscape?"

Maria J. Cruz et al. have published "From Passive to Active, From Generic to Focussed: How Can an Institutional Data Archive Remain Relevant in a Rapidly Evolving Landscape? " in the International Journal of Digital Curation.

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Founded in 2008 as an initiative of the libraries of three of the four technical universities in the Netherlands, the 4TU.Centre for Research Data (4TU.Research Data) has provided a fully operational, cross-institutional, long-term archive since 2010, storing data from all subjects in applied sciences and engineering. Presently, over 90% of the data in the archive is geoscientific data coded in netCDF (Network Common Data Form)—a data format and data model that, although generic, is mostly used in climate, ocean and atmospheric sciences. In this practice paper, we explore the question of how 4TU.Research Data can stay relevant and forward-looking in a rapidly evolving research data management landscape. In particular, we describe the motivation behind this question and how we propose to address it.

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Digital Initiatives Librarian at University of Mississippi

The University of Mississippi is recruiting a Digital Initiatives Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The Digital Initiatives Librarian and Assistant Professor will collaborate to envision an expanded digital initiatives program for the University of Mississippi Libraries. Under the direction of the Head of the Metadata & Digital Initiatives, the incumbent will work collaboratively in a team environment to assess and implement initiatives related to digital content in the library, participate in outreach to the campus on the library’s digital and open access projects and services, assist with the development and implementation of digital preservation strategies and policies, and identify infrastructure or technologies to complement existing digital library initiatives.

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UK: "Digital Description and Metadata at the National Archives. Digital Strategy"

Jone Garmendia has self-archived "Digital Description and Metadata at the National Archives. Digital Strategy."

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Over the last eighteen years, The National Archives of the United Kingdom has delivered a wide range of online catalogues and digital services and is now transforming to deliver an ambitious digital strategy. Our Digital Strategy addresses both the challenge of digital records as well as our goal to become a digital archive by instinct and design. To achieve this goal, we must acknowledge that digital records disrupt archival practice, archival theory and the whole notion of what a professional archivist should be.

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Scholarly Communication Librarian for Research Infrastructure at University of Nevada, Las Vegas

University of Nevada, Las Vegas is recruiting a Scholarly Communication Librarian for Research Infrastructure.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

UNLV and University Libraries strives to foster a climate of innovation in which faculty and students produce high-quality, widely disseminated, and influential research, scholarship, and creative activities. As a critical partner in research and scholarly communication, the Libraries has created this new position to improve access to, and increase the impact of UNLV scholarly research outputs and to develop related services in the areas of research metrics and reputation management.

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"Behind the Scenes of Web Archiving: Metadata of Harvested Websites"

Emmanuel Di Pretoro and Friedel Geeraert have self-archived "Behind the Scenes of Web Archiving: Metadata of Harvested Websites."

Here's an excerpt:

This paper first provides more information about web archiving from a technical point of view before focusing on descriptive metadata in the context of web archiving and the WARC file format. Lastly, the experiments done within the PROMISE project with regard to integrating metadata into the WARC file format are discussed.

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