April 2023 – Page 4 – DigitalKoans

"University of California Agreement with Wiley Expands to All 10 UC Campuses: New Agreement Quadruples the Number of UC Articles Eligible for Free and Open Access in Wiley Journals"

The University of California, which generates nearly 10 percent of U.S. research output, and Wiley, one of the world’s largest publishers, announced today an expansion of their open access agreement. Researchers at all 10 UC campuses and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) will now receive funding support to publish open access, making significantly more UC research freely available to people around the world.

http://bit.ly/3GYDW4n

Library Programmer at Texas State University

Develop and implement FOLIO system and enhancements as well as design, code, test, implement, maintain, and support applications software for the University Library.

Work with vendors, librarians, and staff at the University Libraries to implement and support the new library systems platform.

https://jobs.hr.txstate.edu/postings/42250

"The Politics of Rights Retention"

This article presents a commentary on the recent resurgence of interest in the practice of rights retention in scholarly publishing. Led in part by the evolving European policy landscape, rights retention seeks to ensure immediate access to accepted manuscripts uploaded to repositories. The article identifies a trajectory in the development of rights retention from something that publishers could previously ignore to a practice they are now forced to confront. Despite being couched in the neoliberal logic of market-centric policymaking, I argue that rights retention represents a more combative approach to publisher power by institutions and funders that could yield significant benefits for a more equitable system of open access publishing.

https://hcommons.org/deposits/item/hc:52287

Metadata and Digital Resources Librarian at University of Chicago

The Metadata and Digital Resources Librarian creates and maintains accurate metadata in the library catalog, the library website, the Law School’s institutional repository, Chicago Unbound, and in other discovery platforms and tools. The Metadata and Digital Resources Librarian works on projects to create access to collections and resources through the web pages, online guides and digital exhibits.

https://apply.interfolio.com/123459

"Digital Information Security Management Policy in Academic Libraries: A Systematic Review (2010–2022)"

Digital information security management (DISM) is considered an important tool to ensure the privacy and protection of data and resources in an electronic environment. The purpose of this research is to look into the applications of DISM policies in terms of practices and implementation in academic libraries. It also identifies the challenges faced by academic libraries in applying these DISM practices regarding policy. A systematic literature review was conducted to achieve the objectives of the study. . . . A few libraries have developed a mechanism to protect and secure users’ sensitive data from hackers, viruses, malware and social engineering. Findings indicated that both organisations and users trust libraries due to their strict privacy and data security policies. However, some academic libraries did not adopt and implement DISM policies in their organisations, even though they had written DISM policies.

https://doi.org/10.1177/01655515231160026

Research and Data Services Librarian at University of Chicago

Reporting to the Associate Director for User Services at the D’Angelo Law Library, the Research and Data Services Librarian creates and delivers programs to support data-driven research in law.

https://apply.interfolio.com/120353

"Open Access without Open Access Values: The State of Free and Open Access to Law Reviews"

This study examines 648 currently published student-run journals as of June 2019, to determine the extent of freely available journal issues and whether those journals have adopted open access behaviors including use of Creative Commons licenses, publicly available reuse policies and model agreements, and publication agreements that maximize author rights.

https://bit.ly/3zNbiiE

Open Educational Resources Librarian at Virginia Commonwealth University

Reporting to the Head of Digital Libraries and Publishing, the Open Educational Resources (OER) Librarian will collaborate with colleagues in the VCU Libraries and across the university to increase student success by advancing the adoption of open and affordable course content. The OER Librarian will grow the Open and Affordable Course Content (OACC) initiative which has saved VCU students $7.9 million and impacted more than 87,000 students over the past six years.

https://bit.ly/40c9pH3

"The Engagement of Academic Libraries in Open Science: A Systematic Review"

Using a systematic review and meta-synthesis approach, this study analyses 65 literature related to the engagement of academic libraries in open science. The results show that the existing research mainly focuses on four aspects of open science: open access, research data management, open educational resources, and citizen science. Based on these themes, academic libraries have implemented a range of practical activities, playing the roles of open science service providers, advocates or educators, policy makers, publishers or knowledge producers, etc. At the same time, however, academic libraries are facing a number of challenges caused by inadequate security of internal resources and insufficient support from the external environment.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2023.102711

"Z-Library Plans to Let Users Share Physical Books through ‘Z-Points’"

Z-Library appears to be shrugging off a criminal investigation as if nothing ever happened. The site continues to develop its shadow library and, following a successful fundraiser, now plans to expand its services to the physical book market. Z-Library envisions a book "sharing" market, where its millions of users can pick up paperbacks at dedicated "Z-Points" around the globe.

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Paywall: "The Man Who Unleashed AI on an Unsuspecting Silicon Valley"

The rise of OpenAI and the explosion of interest in ChatGPT has catapulted Altman, 37, from a prolific investor and protege of more powerful men to a central player among the most powerful people in tech. It has also made him a key voice in the heated and globe-spanning debate over AI, what it’s capable of and who should control it.

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Search Engineer at HathiTrust

We are looking for an experienced engineer to help improve search and indexing for our large-scale digital library. You will work with developers, librarians, and other partners to provide better search experiences for our users. You will report to the HathiTrust Enterprise Technology Team Lead.

https://cutt.ly/J7bSa5V

University of Kansas: "Carol Smith Selected as Next Dean of KU Libraries"

The University of Kansas has selected Carol E. Smith to be the dean of the KU Libraries. Smith currently serves as university librarian at Colorado School of Mines, an institution with a Carnegie classification of very high research activity. Her appointment as dean of KU Libraries is effective July 3. . . .

Smith comprehensively reorganized the Colorado School of Mines library and museum in direct support of strategic goals. She established the Scholars Hub, a center for scholarly communications and open initiatives, and created a new engagement librarian role responsible for student outreach and robust curricular and cocurricular programming, including book discussions, workshops and more. She recruited new leadership that turned a static campus museum into a top regional family attraction with a K-12 outreach program.

https://lib.ku.edu/new-dean-carol-smith

Digital Library Software Developer (Front-End) at Stanford University

We are looking for a software developer who is proficient at front-end development and at translating wireframes into attractive, functional, modern full-stack applications. The successful candidate will be eager to follow and evolve best practices, to learn and adapt to new technologies and methodologies, and to identify and troubleshoot bugs within complex interrelated applications. We welcome new team members who can thrive on a team with shared, competing priorities and who can facilitate team activities on occasion.

http://bit.ly/41bJhwO

"Do Open Access Mandates Work? A Systematized Review of the Literature on Open Access Publishing Rates"

To encourage the sharing of research, various entities—including public and private funders, universities, and academic journals—have enacted open access (OA) mandates or data sharing policies. It is unclear, however, whether these OA mandates and policies increase the rate of OA publishing and data sharing within the research communities impacted by them. A team of librarians conducted a systematized review of the literature to answer this question. A comprehensive search of several scholarly databases and grey literature sources resulted in 4,689 unique citations. However, only five articles met the inclusion criteria and were deemed as having an acceptable risk of bias. This sample showed that although the majority of the mandates described in the literature were correlated with a subsequent increase in OA publishing or data sharing, the presence of various confounders and the differing methods of collecting and analyzing the data used by the studies’ authors made it impossible to establish a causative relationship.

https://doi.org/10.31274/jlsc.15444

Assistant Director, Digital Library at University of Glasgow

Lead the strategic development of the University’s Digital Library (DL) services and activities, with particular emphasis in the areas of open access/research, institutional repositories, digital preservation and research data management. Research and implement innovative new digital library services. Lead the ongoing development and performance of the University’s institutional repository service, Enlighten, and the activities supported within Enlighten.

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Essential Reading: Walt Crawford’s Books on Open Access

For over a decade, Walt Crawford been writing books about open access. With one exception published by ALA, they are all freely available as PDF files. What makes Crawford’s books stand apart is his in-depth, incisive investigation of key global open access trends. Some of the recent books were sponsored by SPARC. These books belong in every academic library’s cataloged collection.

Gold Open Access by Country 2016-2021: The Long Tail

This book looks at the long tail of gold OA—for 2021, the 13,714 DOAJ-listed journals that are not published by one of what I call the Big Eleven: eleven publishers or publishing groups, including two university presses and one society, that dominate fee-based OA. You could think of them as Corporate OA, except for the society and universities, and the fact that several traditional publishers such as De Gruyter are included in the long tail.

Chapter 6 of Gold Open Access 2016-2021: Articles in Journals (GOA7) discusses the Big Eleven and the Long Tail; the Big Eleven are named on page 45. The group publishes 17% of the serious journals, but 55% of the 2021 articles and 89% of potential fee (APC) revenues.

Gold Open Access by Country 2015-2020

Gold Open Access by Country 2014-2019

Gold Open Access Journals by Country 2012-2017

Gold Open Access 2016-2021: Articles In Journals (GOA7)

Gold OA continues to grow: by around 1,500 active journals, 170,000 articles, and nearly half a billion dollars in fees in 2021. This study attempts to answer questions about the state of serious gold OA publishing in 2021 (and how it’s changed over the past few years).

The overall picture in 2021:

1,275,212 articles, up from 1,104,179 in 2020 (for the current set of journals), an increase of 15.5%. My estimate is that around 2,200 journals were added to DOAJ during 2021 and around 700 were deleted during the year.

16,620 fully-analyzed journals, of which 15,643 published articles in 2021, for an average of 82 articles per journal (up from 75 in last year’s report).

The usual articles-vs.-journals split continues: 68% of active journals are no-fee, but 69% of articles appeared in fee journals The average cost per article was $1,374 in 2021, up around $170 from 2020.

The rest of this book provides more detail and ways of looking at gold OA. The book is patterned after previous editions.

While some discussions and tables involve the full 16,620 journals, most—where 2021 article counts are fundamental—address only 15,643, ignoring 977 journals with no 2021 articles when checked.

Gold Open Access 2015-2020: Articles in Journals (GOA6)

Gold Open Access 2014-2019: Articles in Journals (GOA5)

Gold Open Access 2013-2018: Articles in Journals (GOA4)

Gold Open Access Journals 2012-2017 (GOA3)

Gold Open Access Journals 2011-2016 (GOAJ2)

Gold Open Access Journals 2011-2015

Gray OA 2012-2016: Open Access Journals Beyond DOAJ

Open Access: What You Need to Know Now

Digital Library Software Developer (Infrastructure Backend) at Stanford University

We are looking for a software developer who has a passion for implementation and technical design of applications and APIs. The successful candidate will be eager to learn new technologies and methodologies, to grow into an expert troubleshooter of interrelated systems, to analyze and manipulate textual data, and to work on a team that strives to follow best practices, often with incremental improvements. We welcome new team members who can thrive on a team with shared, competing priorities.

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Program Head for Technology Support Services at MIT

Reporting to the Department Head for Information Technology Services, the Program Head will use a set of well-defined best practices (based on the ITIL framework), and is responsible for leading the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of IT Service Management (ITSM) processes; as well as establishing, measuring, and reporting on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) related to services, processes, operations, and delivery.

https://cutt.ly/47lbWyb

Digital Library Software Developer at Stanford University

You will be contributing to the Digital Infrastructure team’s entire portfolio, including projects with external partners, by working closely with software engineers, user experience designers, and service managers. You will also work with your colleagues to ensure that our applications and services meet accessibility, security, performance, and reliability guidelines and best practices. Experience with open-source web archiving software and digital preservation standards for archived web content will be a critical part of the work of the position. Including this position, the Digital Infrastructure team comprises ten software engineers and one user experience designer.

https://cutt.ly/W7lbgiF

Digital Stewardship Coordinator at Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (Term)

Reporting to the Executive Director, the Digital Preservation Coordinator will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day development and operation of the COPPUL Digital Stewardship Network (COPPUL DSN). The COPPUL DSN enables individual member institutions to undertake effective digital preservation activities on their campuses by providing expertise and resources to develop local policies, procedures, workflows, and content management.

https://cutt.ly/H7hcMVL

Governing Scholar-Led OA Book Publishers: Values, Practices, Barriers

This report develops and focuses on some of the issues we have previously explored within COPIM with regard to community governance, such as the challenges of governing a collective and the relationship of governance to common resources, to explore how these apply in practice to the publication of books by small-to-medium Open Access publishers, as well as what barriers they have faced in implementing their governance models. It presents and discusses the results of six interviews with the small and medium Open Access publishers which make up the ScholarLed consortium. It then offers some recommendations and insights into how other small and medium Open Access publishers might set up and/or improve their governance practices, including how the Open Book Collective might support them in doing so.

https://doi.org/10.21428/785a6451.e6fcb523

eResources Coordinator & Licensing Specialist at Harvard University

As a member of the Electronic Resources unit within the Electronic Resources and Serials Section, under the supervision of the Manager, E-Resources, the incumbent will actively participate in the electronic resources life cycle, mentoring E-Resources Unit and other ITS employees; and actively working across departments to optimize access to electronic resources.

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"Guest Post — Why Interoperability Matters for Open Research — And More Than Ever"

The question remains, why have we not achieved more in delivering connectivity across the research system? While funding for this kind of underpinning infrastructure is notable in its absence (or where it is available it is often too temporary in nature), the other major challenge is in securing adoption among the service providers (funders, publishers, and institutions among the key players) that would maximize the use and potential of building those connections. It is notoriously hard for organisations to tweak or adapt existing workflows and legacy systems and to demonstrate the benefits (and hence prioritise the work) at an individual organisation level that may seem obvious at a system level.

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Publications Manager at California Digital Library

The California Digital Library (CDL) at the University of California is currently seeking candidates for a new Publications Manager position. The successful candidate will join a CDL team that collaborates closely with scholarly communication librarians and researchers across the 10-campus UC system to support eScholarship, a well-established and thriving open-access publishing and repository program. The new Publications Manager will coordinate support, training, and consultation services for our publishing and repository clients, triaging support requests that are at times technical in nature.

https://cdlib.org/about/job-opportunities/