May 2023 – Page 4 – DigitalKoans

How to Save ~ $2.5 Billion: "Saving Time and Money in Biomedical Publishing: The Case for Free-Format Submissions with Minimal Requirements"

By calculating average researcher salaries in the European Union and the USA, and the time spent on reformatting articles, we estimated that ~ 230 million USD were lost in 2021 alone due to reformatting articles. Should the current practice remain unchanged within this decade, we estimate ~ 2.5 billion USD could be lost between 2022 and 2030—solely due to reformatting articles after a first editorial desk rejection.

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-023-02882-y

Open Access Manager at University of Liverpool

Reporting to the Head of Open Research, the role holder takes the lead on LMG’s support for scholarly publishing and open access to research publications. You will be responsible for ensuring that services align with, and are responsive to, the University’s strategic aims. The role holder manages the university’s budgets for open access publication, playing a vital role in driving policy related to OA initiatives such as read and publish agreements, and provides expert opinion on emerging OA business models. You will both respond directly to user queries and manage the staff in the OA team (currently comprising an OA Engagement Officer and three Principal Library Assistants) whose roles are to deal with frontline queries, promote our OA activities, and provide the vital underpinning support services that allow our researchers to take advantage of open access publishing.

https://bit.ly/41thW91

"Unpicking Subscribe to Open"

Tricia Miller and Andrea Lopez explain how the [Subscribe to Open] model benefits everyone in the scholarly community.. . .The way S2O works is that existing institutional customers continue to subscribe to the journals. With sufficient support, every new volume is immediately converted to OA under a Creative Commons license and is available for everyone to read and re-use. If support is insufficient, the paywall is retained. The ethos of the model is "equity": there are no fees to publish and no barriers to readership, and it can be applied by journals in any field of research.

https://bit.ly/41nGqjW

Director of Library Technology Services at Tufts University

In collaboration with library directors, school leadership, and university administration across the Tufts campuses, the Director provides comprehensive and strategic management of all information technology for university libraries including a compelling vision and direction of technologies that support effective and efficient library operations and services. The Director is a proactive and collaborative partner with library and academic leadership in developing a vision, strategy, and implementation of library technology and digital initiatives. This oversight and responsibility for this role include budget management, communications, and assessment of the library management system, discovery services, digital repository systems, archival platforms, website services, and other applications that support the mission of the individual libraries across the Tufts campuses.

https://bit.ly/3MlOHkk

Open Science: A Practical Guide for Early-Career Researchers

Beginning researchers are an important link in the transition to Open Science, so this guide is aimed at PhD candidates, Research Master Students, and early-career researchers from all disciplines at Dutch universities and research institutes. [This guide will be very useful to non-Dutch researchers.] It is designed to accompany researchers in every step of their research, from the phase of preparing your research project and discovering relevant resources (chapter 2) to the phase of data collection and analysis (chapter 3), writing and publishing articles, data, and other research output (chapter 4), and outreach and assessment (chapter 5). Every chapter provides you with the best tools and practices to implement immediately.

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7716152

Paywall: "Google is Changing the Way We Search with AI. It Could Upend theWeb."

At the same time, the talk of replacing search results with AI-generated answers has roiled the world of people who make their living writing content and building websites. If a chatbot takes over the role of helping people find useful information, what incentive would there be for anyone to write how-to guides, travel blogs or recipes?

https://cutt.ly/s6kmQpF

Systems Librarian at University of North Dakota

Collaborating with the Online Dakota Information Network to manage CFL’s library services platform.

Maintaining CFL’s EZ Proxy server.

Provisioning & maintaining a LAMP environment for hosted web applications, in coordination with the Web Services Librarian.

Digitize objects from university collections using the library’s 3D scanner.

https://bit.ly/3povEwp

"Sustainable Futures for OA Books: The Open Book Collective"

This article describes and explains the need for the work of the Open Book Collective (OBC). The OBC is a major output of the COPIM project (Community-Led Infrastructures for Open Access Monographs). The collective will bring together diverse small-to-medium open access (OA) publishers, open publishing service providers, libraries, and other research institutions to create a new, mutually supportive, and interdependent community space and platform designed to sustainthe future of OA book publishing. The OBC is founded upon equitable, community-led governance and helping publishers move beyond Book Processing Charges (BPCs). Central to the functioning of the Open Book Collective is an online platform that will make it far quicker and easier for libraries and other potential subscribers to compare, evaluate, and subscribe to different OA publishers and open service providers via membership packages. The OBC supports small-to-medium OA publishers by way of the COPIM (Community-Led Publication Infrastructures for Open Access Books) philosophy of "scaling small." This allows publishers and other members to operate sustainably and collaboratively whilst retaining their diverse and singular editorial missions, rather than operating from philosophies centered on economic growth, competition, and monopoly.

https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.3372

Senior Digital Archivist at National Archives of Ireland

Supporting the senior team in positioning the National Archives as a leader in digital archiving and delivery to safeguard, and ensure continued access to national collections in digital form;

Contribute to the development and implementation of a new Digital Strategy for the National Archives in a changing information management landscape;

Leading a digital team on the management of digital archives (digitised and born digital) using appropriate systems/software; advising on formats, methods of transfer, metadata standards;

Contribute to the development of policies and procedures to build the capacity of the National Archives in the management and development of born digital and digitised collections;

https://bit.ly/41sqDAu

"Open Access at a Crossroads: Library Publishing and Bibliodiversity"

The open access movement has gained momentum since the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) first launched twenty years ago. Notably, there has been a drastic increase in the number of open access articles. Concerns have been raised about equality and diversity issues, however, for researchers without an affiliation (e.g. independent, unemployed and retired researchers) and researchers on the "scientific periphery" who are excluded from the gold open access model. This article argues that the gold open access model is destructive to the knowledge production ecosystem by addressing the importance of bibliodiversity and the ways in which library publishing can contribute to sustainable and equitable knowledge production.

https://doi.org/10.1629/uksg.613

Digital Collections Coordinator at UC Santa Barbara

Staff across several departments within the library contribute toward building and providing responsible stewardship for unique, distinctive, and special collections, including digital and born-digital materials. Collection development and management, metadata creation and management, digitization, grant management, communication, and technical infrastructure activities supporting library collections are performed by staff in various departments. This position will provide important cross-departmental and cross-functional high-level support and coordination for all these activities across the library. Reporting to the Associate University Librarian for Research Resources and Scholarly Communication, the incumbent coordinates digital collections-related initiatives in the Division of Research Resources and Scholarly Communication (DRRSC), facilitates the implementation of digital collection-related workflows and processes across departments and leads cross-functional working groups.

https://bit.ly/41tqz3n

"Open Access to Books — the Perspective of a Non-profit Infrastructure Provider"

This article describes the open access (OA) book platforms OAPEN Library and Directory of Open AccessBooks (DOAB), based on 1.the development and activities of OAPEN in the first ten years; 2. the underlying technical approach behind the platforms; 3. the current role of OAPEN and DOAB and future outlook.

OAPEN started out as a project funded by the European Commission, and become a legal non-profit Dutch entity in 2011. It hosts, disseminates and preserves open access books. OA book publishing has been explored in several pilot projects. Its current collection contains over 24,000 documents. DOAB launched in 2012, inspired and supported by DOAJ. It became a legal non-profit Dutch entity in 2019, owned by the OAPEN Foundationand OpenEdition. It’s current collection contains close to 60,000 titles.

The data model of both platforms is optimised for a multilingual collection and supports funding information. Ingesting books has been optimised to support a wide array of publishers and the dissemination of books takes into account search engines; libraries and aggregators and other organisations. The usage has grown in the last years, to 1 million downloads per month.

The future developments entail increased support of research funders with the establishment of a FunderForum and multi-year research into policy development. DOAB will invest more in bibliodiversity, by adding more emphasis on African and Asian countries. Also,DOAB will roll out its Peer Review Information Service for Monographs (PRISM).

OAPEN and DOAB will continue to work on developing reliable infrastructures, policy development and quality assurance around open access books.

https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.3303

Change Manager at Harvard University [Digital Repository Service]

The Library Technology Services (LTS) team at Harvard University is seeking an experienced and motivated Change Manager to support the implementation of the next-generation Digital Repository Service (DRS) and its integration in the current software ecosystem.

https://bit.ly/3BbUPoU

Textbook Affordability Librarian at University of Northern Colorado Libraries

The University of Northern Colorado Libraries seeks a collaborative and engaged librarian to further develop, lead, and support efforts around UNC’s Affordable and Open Education Resources (AOER) initiatives. This is a faculty contract renewable position that reports to the Head of Scholarly Communication. As a member of the Scholarly Communication Department, the Textbook Affordability Librarian works closely with their department, within the Libraries, and the campus to create and expand partnerships to promote open, free to students, and affordable course content throughout the University of Northern Colorado.

https://careers.unco.edu/postings/6244

"Is There a Case for Accepting Machine Translated Scholarly Content in Repositories?"

Multilingualism is a critical characteristic of a healthy, inclusive, and diverse research communications landscape. However, multilingualism presents a particular challenge for the discovery of research outputs. Although researchers and other information seekers may only be able to read in one or two languages, they may want to know about all the relevant research in their area, regardless of the language in which it is published. Conversely, information seekers may want to discover research outputs in their own language(s) more easily. To facilitate this, COAR Task Force on Supporting Multilingualism and non-English Content in Repositories has been developing and promoting good practices for repositories in managing multilingual and non-English content. In the course of our work, the topic of machine translation (MT) has sparked a heated discussion within the Task Group and we would like to share with you the nature of this discussion.

https://bit.ly/42D1nbF

Digital Library Front End Developer & User Experience Designer at University of California, Santa Barbara

Under the direction of the Director for Digital Library Development, and operating in a large, complex, and heterogeneous computing environment, serves as the front-end developer and user experience designer for a collaborative, cross-functional Agile development team.

https://bit.ly/3poHgjb

"Quick Poll Results: ARL Member Representatives on Generative AI in Libraries"

We conducted a quick poll of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member representatives in April 2023 to gather insights into their current perspectives on generative AI adoption, its potential implications, and the role of libraries in AI-driven environments. In this blog post, we summarize, synthesize, and provide recommendations based on the survey responses, aiming to offer valuable insights for senior library directors navigating the AI landscape.

https://bit.ly/3M9yVc2

Senior Product Manager at Preservica

Our mission at Preservica is to protect the worlds digital memory, and our award-winning software is used by leading businesses, archives, libraries, museums and government organizations across the globe. . ..This is a very autonomous role, allowing you to shape and build products to meet your customers’ needs. . . . Working as part of the Product Management team, you will report to the Chief Product Officer and will have frequent and significant exposure to the most senior leadership in the organization. You’ll have the scope to push the boundaries, to test, develop and implement disruptive new ideas and opportunities and be well rewarded and recognized for doing so.

https://bit.ly/3VGIbYk

"The MIT Press Receives $10 Million Endowment Gift for Open Access to Knowledge"

The new fund will support the MIT Press’s ground-breaking efforts to publish open access books and journals in fields ranging from science and technology to the social sciences, arts, and humanities. It will also help the MIT Press continue to develop tools, models, and resources that make scholarship more accessible to researchers and other readers around the world. . . .

Arcadia is providing an outright endowment gift of $5 million, as well as a $5 million “challenge” gift to incentivize other funders by matching their support of MIT’s open publishing activities.

https://bit.ly/3B5SWKb

Digital Initiatives and Reference Librarian at Washington and Lee University

Working under the supervision of the Deputy Director of the Law Library, the Digital Initiatives & Reference Librarian is responsible for managing and developing our Law Library’s online presence including the website, social media, electronic institutional repository, and the annual journal ranking project. In addition, this librarian is part of the reference team providing high-quality reference, research, instructional, and outreach services.

https://bit.ly/3parfx1

2023 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report: Teaching and Learning Edition

This report profiles key trends and emerging technologies and practices shaping the future of teaching and learning, and envisions a number of scenarios and implications for that future. . . .

Artificial intelligence (AI) has taken the world by storm, with new AI-powered tools such as ChatGPT opening up new opportunities in higher education for content creation, communication, and learning, while also raising new concerns about the misuses and overreach of technology. Our shared humanity has also become a key focal point within higher education, as faculty and leaders continue to wrestle with understanding and meeting the diverse needs of students and to find ways of cultivating institutional communities that support student well-being and belonging.

https://bit.ly/3panaJd

Digital Publishing Specialist at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Reporting to the Head of Scholarly Communication and Publishing, the Digital Publishing Specialist will manage editorial and production workflows including those related to publication metadata, digital archiving, and document transformation. The incumbent will act as part of the Library’s effort to offer high quality, open access publishing services to the Urbana-Champaign campus and beyond through the Illinois Open Publishing Network (https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/) and related scholarly communication efforts.

https://jobs.illinois.edu/

Digital Scholarship Has Released Digital Curation Certificate and Master’s Degree Programs

Digital Scholarship has released Digital Curation Certificate and Master’s Degree Programs. This document describes digital curation certificate and master’s degree programs in North America, identifying those that are online. It does not cover individualized certificate programs, such as those at Indiana University Bloomington or the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Nor does it cover digital curation specializations within MLS and other master’s degree programs in iSchools. It is available as a website and a website PDF with live links.

Digital Curation Librarian at Qatar National Library

Develop, document, operate, and maintain relevant digital workflow (or part thereof), including preparation of Submission Information Package (SIP), monitoring and reporting on ingest status, and troubleshoot ingest issues in the QNL Digital Preservation System and the Institutional Repository.

Prepare and maintain metadata requirements and crosswalks, facilitate cooperation with other relevant QNL departments, when necessary, to ensure metadata interoperability across library services, including digital content platforms. . . .

Prepare and maintain metadata requirements and crosswalks, facilitate cooperation with other relevant QNL departments, when necessary, to ensure metadata interoperability across library services, including digital content platforms.

https://bit.ly/3LHWTJV

"Harnessing the Power of LLMs in Practice: A Survey on ChatGPT and Beyond"

This paper presents a comprehensive and practical guide for practitioners and end-users working with Large Language Models (LLMs) in their downstream natural language processing (NLP) tasks.. . . Firstly, we offer an introduction and brief summary of current GPT- and BERT-style LLMs. Then, we discuss the influence of pre-training data, training data, and test data. Most importantly, we provide a detailed discussion about the use and non-use cases of large language models for various natural language processing tasks, such as knowledge-intensive tasks, traditional natural language understanding tasks, natural language generation tasks, emergent abilities, and considerations for specific tasks.We present various use cases and non-use cases to illustrate the practical applications and limitations of LLMs in real-world scenarios. . . . Furthermore, we explore the impact of spurious biases on LLMs and delve into other essential considerations, such as efficiency, cost, and latency, to ensure a comprehensive understanding of deploying LLMs in practice.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.13712