February 2023 – Page 4

"Are Papers Published in Predatory Journals Worthless? A Geopolitical Dimension Revealed by Content-Based Analysis of Citations"

This study uses content-based citation analysis to move beyond the simplified classification of predatory journals. We present that, when we analyze papers not only in terms of the quantity of their citations but also the content of these citations, we are able to show the various roles played by papers published in journals accused of being predatory. To accomplish this, we analyzed the content of 9,995 citances (i.e., citation sentences) from 6,706 papers indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, which cites papers published in so-called "predatory" (or questionable) journals. The analysis revealed that the vast majority of such citances are neutral (97.3%), and negative citations of articles published in the analyzed journals are almost completely nonexistent (0.8%). Moreover, the analysis revealed that the most frequently mentioned countries in the citances are India, Pakistan, and Iran, with mentions of Western countries being rare. This highlights a geopolitical bias and shows the usefulness of looking at such journals as mislocated centers of scholarly communication. The analyzed journals provide regional data prevalent for mainstream scholarly discussions, and the idea of predatory publishing hides geopolitical inequalities in global scholarly publishing. Our findings also contribute to the further development of content-based citation analysis.

https://doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00242

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University Librarian at Boston University

Boston University (BU) is seeking its next University Librarian to lead and implement a strategic vision for BU Libraries as part of our vibrant academic experience and thriving research community, with a major focus on the renovation of its central campus library, Mugar Memorial Library, a critical component of the BU2030 Strategic Plan. . . . The University today enrolls more than 36,000 students, including over 17,000 undergraduates, and employs more than 4,000 faculty members across 17 schools and colleges offering more than 300 programs of study. Its current annual operating budget is approximately $2.5 billion.

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"How Artificial Intelligence Might Change Academic Library Work: Applying the Competencies Literature and the Theory of the Professions"

As theoretical lenses to guide the analysis the paper draws on both the library and information science (LIS) literature on librarians’ competencies and the notions of jurisdiction and hybrid logics drawn from the sociological theory of the professions. The paper starts by outlining these theories and then reviews the nature of AI and the range of its potential uses in academic libraries. The main focus of the paper is on the application of AI to knowledge discovery. Eleven different potential approaches libraries might adopt to such AI applications are analyzed and their likelihood evaluated. Then it is considered how a range of internal and external factors might influence the adoption of AI.

https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24635

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Manager, Digital Preservation at the National Archives of Australia

The National Archives of Australia is looking for a digital preservation specialist who is experienced in the management of digital archival records. The successful applicant will drive the ongoing development and implementation of National Archives’ digital preservation agenda, including designing and implementing procedures to ensure the ongoing safety of, and access to, National Archives’ digitised and digital born records. This will include: developing an in-depth knowledge of the current and future needs of National Archives’ digital collection; providing high level support in relation to digital preservation formats, associated metadata and standards; carrying out activities associated with the management of unidentified digital formats; designing and implementing new methods for managing complex digital records; and, working with information technology staff to oversee and test the ongoing effectiveness of National Archives’ digital storage solutions.

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"A World in Which Your Boss Spies on Your Brainwaves? That Future Is Near"

Farahany paints a picture of a near future in which every office worker could be fitted with a small wearable that would constantly record brain activity, creating an omnipotent record of your thoughts, attention and energy that the boss could study at leisure. No longer would it be enough to look like you’re working hard: your own brainwaves could reveal that you were slacking off. . . . A Coworker.org database of bossware found that more than 550 products are already in use in workplaces. Everywhere you look, workers are being tracked, watched, measured, scored, analyzed and penalized by software, human overseers and artificial intelligence, with the aim of wringing every last cent’s worth of productivity out of the flawed and fragile flesh-and-blood units of labor who must, regrettably, be used as employees until the robots get a little bit more manual dexterity.

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Trainee Digital Archivist / Digital Archivist at Orkney Library & Archive

You will support the development and delivery of a digital preservation strategy for Orkney Archive, taking a pro-active approach in the establishment of processes which will ensure that born digital and digitised records can be managed effectively, and in keeping with requirements to maintain professional accreditation for the archive service.

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"Data Sharing and Reuse Practices: Disciplinary Differences and Improvements Needed"

This study investigates differences and commonalities in data production, sharing and reuse across the widest range of disciplines yet and identifies types of improvements needed to promote data sharing and reuse. . . .From the 3,257 survey responses, data sharing and reuse are still increasing but not ubiquitous in any subject area and are more common among experienced researchers.

https://doi.org/10.1108/OIR-08-2021-0423

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Digital Collections Officer at University of Wales

The focus of this role will be on day-to-day support and maintenance of the external supplier platforms hosting the University’s digital collections, assisting with the library’s web page content and the routine administration of self-service and security technologies supporting the library collections.

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CCC Portal Manager and Digital Projects Librarian at University of Illinois at Chicago

The CCC Portal Manager and Digital Projects Librarian will manage Explore Chicago Collections, which provides united discovery of Chicago history materials in libraries, archives and museums throughout the Chicago area. This will include supporting staff at member institutions as they deposit new materials to the portal and playing a leadership role in the future development and expansion of the portal. This person will also work with the UIC Library’s team of digital librarians, archivists and catalogers to create digital object metadata, prepare materials for deposit into UIC’s digital preservation and access system, and contribute to quality assurance for new collections.

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Digital Public Library of America: "Palace Marketplace to Offer More Than 200,000 New Titles By Independent Authors"

Digital Public Library of America is pleased to announce the launch of a new independent author catalog in Palace Marketplace. Palace Marketplace now offers more than 1.2 million ebooks and audiobooks from all of the quot;Big 5" publishers, Amazon Publishing, Audible, hundreds of mid-sized and independent publishers, and independent authors. . . .Beginning on February 16, 2023, Palace Marketplace will offer more than 200,000 titles from Smashwords and Draft2Digital. At launch, all of these titles will be available with a perpetual one-at-a-time license, often at less than $10 per title, with more licensing options to be made available in the coming months. As an additional service to libraries, the DPLA Curation Corps of librarians will be preparing selections of recommended titles to help libraries quickly and easily identify titles appropriate for their collections.

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Head of Digitization at University of Texas, Austin

he Head of Digitization leads digitization planning and operations as an integral part of the Preservation and Digital Stewardship unit. The role supervises the team responsible for digitizing collection materials in a variety of formats, using a range of capture technologies and techniques. The Head of Digitization will collaborate with colleagues across the University of Texas Libraries to identify, plan, and implement projects and initiatives requiring digitization of UT Libraries collection materials for purposes of access and long-term preservation.

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"Analysis of U.S. Federal Funding Agency Data Sharing Policies: 2020 Highlights and Key Observations "

Federal funding agencies in the United States (U.S.) continue to work towards implementing their plans to increase public access to funded research and comply with the 2013 Office of Science and Technology memo Increasing Access to the Results of Federally Funded Scientific Research. In this article we report on an analysis of research data sharing policy documents from 17 U.S. federal funding agencies as of February 2021. Our analysis is guided by two questions: 1.) What do the findings suggest about the current state of and trends in U.S. federal funding agency data sharing requirements? 2.) In what ways are universities, institutions, associations, and researchers affected by and responding to these policies? Over the past five years, policy updates were common among these agencies and several themes have been thoroughly developed in that time; however, uncertainty remains around how funded researchers are expected to satisfy these policy requirements.

http://www.ijdc.net/article/view/791

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Librarian I/II, Publishing at Wayne State University

The Publishing Librarian works within the Discovery Services Unit under the supervision of the Assistant Dean. The Library Publishing team is focused on sustainable open publishing, with a pedagogical focus on new practitioners and a commitment to supporting our campus in its engagement with the scholarly communication ecosystem. The successful candidate will work in collaboration with scholars from a variety of backgrounds, including faculty, librarians, students, and the broader community to conceive, enact, advance, and sustain digital, open, library-centered publishing and scholarship. This position has broad latitude to collaborate with partners within and outside the university to pursue advancements in areas including but not limited to new conceptions and outputs of library publishing, publishing workflows and competencies, digital publishing platforms, publishing pedagogy, and digital humanities.. . . This position also supports Wayne State University library’s institutional repository (currently Bepress’s Digital Commons) in collaboration with the Library Publishing team, including ETD management, journal publishing, and outreach to students and faculty for projects appropriate to the IR.

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Clarivate: "The Preprint Citation Index: Linking Preprints to the Trusted Web of Science Ecosystem"

After many months of planning, we are launching the Preprint Citation Index, a multidisciplinary collection of preprints from leading repositories that helps researchers stay current with the newest research while maintaining confidence in the resources they rely on. . . . The Preprint Citation Index currently provides nearly two million preprints from arXiv, bioRxiv, chemRxiv, medRxiv and Preprints.org. We plan to add preprints from a dozen additional repositories as well as display open peer reviews on Preprint Citation Index throughout 2023.

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Discovery & Systems Librarian at San Francisco State University

We seek a colleague who will provide vision and project leadership critical for the technical infrastructure that delivers information resources to students and faculty via the Library’s discovery system and website. They will share responsibility for running local and remote systems including those supported and developed by the California State University (CSU) Library consortium, as well as coordinating workflows associated with third-party software that is crucial to resource discovery, research support, and student success.

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Forthcoming: Discoverability in Digital Repositories: Systems, Perspectives, and User Studies

It examines discoverability in digital repositories from both user and system perspectives by exploring how users access content (including their search patterns and habits, need for digital content, effects of outreach, or integration with Wikipedia and other web-based tools) and how systems support or prevent discoverability through the structure or quality of metadata, system interfaces, exposure to search engines or lack thereof, and integration with library discovery tools.

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Team Lead for Core Technology and Applications at University of Colorado

The University Libraries encourage applications for a Team Lead for Core Technology and Applications (CTA)! The Team Lead provides broad technical experience and strong project/people-management skills to lead a service oriented IT team that develops, supports, and extends CTA solutions for the Libraries.

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"Beyond Web of Science and Scopus There Is Already an Open Bibliodiverse World of Research — We Ignore It at Our Peril"

Discussing their analysis of a new dataset of journals published via the Open Journals Systems publishing platform, Saurabh Khanna, Jon Ball, Juan Pablo Alperin and John Willinsky argue that rather than being an aspiration an open, regional and bibliodiverse publishing ecosystem is already in existence.

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Research Data Librarian at University of Utah

We seek to recruit 2 tenure-track research data librarians with broad knowledge and experience in data-intensive research, including managing or analyzing data in at least one field of academic research, such as engineering, social science or humanities. The data librarians will develop and maintain workflows in support of data lifecycle, will engage researchers to develop an understanding of their needs for the reproducibility of their work, and provide technically-focused advice to improve data management practices and enable Open Science and FAIR data (including working with regulated data, compliance needs, research data management and sharing plans, and data use agreements).

https://utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/144396

"FOSS Could Be an Unintended Victim of EU Crusade to Make Software More Secure"

But FOSS is in the most danger. The underlying assumption of the regulation is that cybersecurity exists in the digital market like fire resistance does in that for soft furnishings. Putting regulatory cost burdens on a part of the market with no revenue and no gatekeeping on its distribution channels cannot work; there are no prices to increase to absorb compliance costs and no tap to turn off to keep the stuff off the market.

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System & Application Administrator at Washington State University

As an independent, customer focused IT professional, this position has lead responsibility for the WSU Libraries and Center for Digital Scholarship and Curation services and applications. This position also provides advanced support for other IT groups, institutions and individual users of library supported services. Includes system and application support, end-user support, infrastructure planning and design for application hosting, and process documentation.

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Electronic Resources Acquisitions & Licensing Librarian at at Duke University

The Electronic Resources Acquisitions & Licensing Librarian supports the acquisition, licensing, and renewal of electronic resources and print serials for Duke University Libraries (DUL) in a complex, multi-consortia environment, with an emphasis on electronic resources licensing support. In addition, they collaborate with departmental colleagues to communicate and build relationships with publisher and vendor representatives, evaluate e-resources, and maintain acquisitions and license records in library systems.

https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/24272

"Licensing Challenges Associated With Text and Data Mining: How Do We Get Our Patrons What They Need?"

Today’s researchers expect to be able to complete text and data mining (TDM) work on many types of textual data. But they are often blocked more by contractual limitations on what data they can use, and how they can use it, than they are by what data may be available to them. This article lays out the different types of TDM processes currently in use, the issues that may block researchers from being able to do the work they would like, and some possible solutions.

https://doi.org/10.31274/jlsc.15530

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"Outside the Library: Early Career Researchers and Use of Alternative Information Sources in Pandemic Times"

Presents findings from a study into the attitudes and practices of pandemic-era early career researchers (ECRs) in regard to obtaining access to the formally published scholarly literature, which focused on alternative providers, notably ResearchGate and Sci-Hub. . . . Findings show that alternative providers, as represented by ResearchGate and Sci-Hub, have become established and appear to be gaining ground. However, there are considerable country- and discipline-associated differences.

https://doi.org/10.1002/leap.1522

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Director of Distinctive Collections and Digital Scholarship at The Claremont Colleges

Reporting to the Dean of The Claremont Colleges Library, and serving as a member of the Library’s senior leadership team, this position requires a capacity to thrive and respond effectively to the changing, and unique, needs of The Claremont Colleges, a distinctive consortium comprised of five undergraduate colleges and two graduate institutions located forty miles from Los Angeles in the college town of Claremont, California. In addition to supervisory responsibilities for TCCL’s Digital Initiatives Coordinator and Digital Production Lead, the position has oversight over three main units within the newly-formed DCDS division: Digital Scholarship, Scholarly Communications and Open Publishing and Special Collections and Archives. The distinctive and unique collections of the Asian Library are also included within this division.

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