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Digital Archivist at Baylor University

The Digital Archivist, in collaboration with digitization personnel, archivists, the metadata librarian, and others, will manage the complexities associated with the migration, transformation, and preservation of born-digital and digitized content. This role includes working with documents and multimedia content from donated collections, university records, and the Baylor Libraries’ special collections and archives.

https://tinyurl.com/3pe2c49w

"Text Analysis of Archival Finding Aids; Collection Scoping and Beyond"

In this study, we examine the suitability of text analysis as a method for analyzing collection scope strengths across a repository’s physical archival holdings. We apply a tool for text analysis called Leximancer to analyze a corpus of archival finding aids to explore topical coverage. Leximancer results were highly aligned with the baseline subject heading analysis that we performed, but the concepts, themes, and co-occurring topic pairs surfaced by Leximancer suggest areas of collection strength and potential focus for new acquisitions. We discuss the potential applications of text analysis for internal library use including collection development, as well as potential implications for wider description, discovery, and access. Text analysis can accurately surface topical strengths and directly lead to insights that can inform future acquisition decisions and archival collection development policies.

https://tinyurl.com/mr45f8e7

Full Stack Lead Developer at University of Georgia

The Full Stack Lead Developer reports to the Systems and Discovery Librarian and is responsible for designing, building, testing, and maintaining new features and integrations for a variety of applications across the UGA Libraries including the Library Services Platform (LSP)/OPAC, discovery layers, archival management systems, and websites. Development of these applications will involve working with open-source projects such as Blacklight, Drupal, and WordPress, using various languages and frameworks, including Ruby on Rails and PHP.

https://tinyurl.com/58443ky7

"News and Views: How Much Content Can AI Legally Exploit?"

Most OA licenses, even permissive ones like CC BY, require attribution. However, generative AI models inherently strip attribution from the data they process, making compliance nearly impossible. Specialist AIs might be trained to circumvent this, but the bulk of big-name gen AI tools don’t. Compliance with the most basic OA requirement of attribution is unworkable.

Additionally, while traditional licenses clearly delineate permissible use, OA licenses often depend on interpretations of “non-commercial” or “derivative” use that may vary by jurisdiction.

https://tinyurl.com/562k8kee

Digital Archivist at Icahn School of Medicine

Reporting to the Director of Archives & Records Management, the Digital Archivist holds primary responsibility for the implementation and maintenance of all systems used by the Arthur H. Aufses, Jr., MD Archives, including: the archives management system, Access to Memory (AtoM); the digital preservation systems, Archivematica and BitCurator; web archiving system, Archive-It; and any additional systems that may be adopted. The Digital Archivist is the Archives’ primary resource for the curation, management, and preservation of digitized and born-digital archival material.

https://tinyurl.com/5jd27w4x

Framework for Managing University Open Source Software

This document serves as a comprehensive guide for universities looking to develop or refine an open source software framework. It provides the foundational knowledge and tools needed to create an environment that supports open source that is aligned with the unique needs and goals of each institution.

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14392733

Program Lead, Digital Library of Georgia at University of Georgia

The position will serve as the primary point of contact for all DLG activities. This role will build and maintain relationships within the state archival and cultural heritage communities; collaborate closely with state organizations like GALILEO (Georgia’s Virtual Library) and Georgia Public Library Service (GPLS); manage DLG projects; engage in outreach and training efforts; help to pursue outside funding for digital collections activities; be an active participant in the national archives and digital collections communities; and serve on Library, campus, regional, and national organizations and initiatives. UGA librarians are non-tenured faculty members.

https://tinyurl.com/3kcf92a5

"OpenAI and Others Seek New Path to Smarter AI as Current Methods Hit Limitations"

To overcome these challenges [in training AIs with enormous amounts of increasingly scarce data] researchers are exploring “test-time compute,” a technique that enhances existing AI models during the so-called “inference” phase, or when the model is being used. For example, instead of immediately choosing a single answer, a model could generate and evaluate multiple possibilities in real-time, ultimately choosing the best path forward. . . .

“It turned out that having a bot think for just 20 seconds in a hand of poker got the same boosting performance as scaling up the model by 100,000x and training it for 100,000 times longer,” said Noam Brown, a researcher at OpenAI who worked on o1, at TED AI conference in San Francisco last month.

https://tinyurl.com/5n9bwkv6

Associate Dean for Collections, Systems and Digital Strategies at California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo

The Associate Dean acts as the collection development officer for the library, and with the Dean of Library Services, is ultimately responsible for the overall quality, diversity, and balance of the library’s digital and physical collection; manages the disbursement of funds for information resources ($1.8 million); and provides strategic leadership to leverage consortia managed resources. . . .

The Associate Dean is also responsible for the administration and oversight of library systems and information technology and plays a key role in ensuring that students and faculty are connected to information and information technologies critical to their learning, teaching and research.

https://tinyurl.com/bh5nm9cm

"What Have We Learned from Subscribe to Open?"

As we enter the 2025 renewal season, which marks the sixth year since the first S2O journals were launched, we come together here as two early S2O publishers to share our different applications of and experiences with the model: In 2020, Berghahn, of which Vivian is managing director, followed in Annual Reviews’ footsteps to become the second publisher to implement the Subscribe to Open model with their Berghahn Open Anthro initiative. EDP Sciences, of which Charlotte is director of marketing and communications, was another early adopter of the model in 2021 for several of their journals across astronomy, mathematics, and radioprotection. . . .

As of 2024, thanks to the Subscribe to Open model, over 180 journals have been able to publish entire volumes in open access, which would never have been possible otherwise because of the shortcomings of the APC models for these journals and their respective disciplines. The S2O model continues to grow, with more publishers set to launch their S2O offerings in 2025. The model is supported by a thriving cross-stakeholder S2O Community of Practice (CoP) that was formed in August 2020 by Annual Reviews and some of the earliest S2O publishers (including Berghahn and EDP Sciences), supporting libraries, funders, subscription agents, and other interested stakeholders. The CoP now has nearly 100 members (individuals and organizations alike) and meets on a monthly basis to discuss experiences, achievements, and concerns, share advice, and pool feedback.

https://tinyurl.com/mvavvvw3

Metadata Systems Librarian at Columbia University

The successful candidate will play a crucial role in advancing our library’s metadata discovery initiatives, with a strong emphasis on open-source systems and open data. This position will primarily support the implementation and utilization of FOLIO and other related library services.

https://tinyurl.com/y5a4345k

"How Librarians are Advancing Open Book Publishing at the Lever Press"

At an October 2010 meeting of the Oberlin Group, a consortium of over 80 liberal arts college libraries in the United States, one of us (BG) made an audacious proposal: that the Oberlin Group establish an open access press, devoted to the production of peer-reviewed books, rigorously edited and distributed in electronic form without fees. . . .

Fourteen years later, the Lever Press is thriving as the publisher of digital-first diamond open-access monographs on topics of interest to the liberal arts. Lever presents a unique model for how libraries, especially those from smaller institutions, can help transform the open-access landscape.

https://tinyurl.com/9hwpa2bp

Research Data Librarian at University of Kansas

In this position, the librarian will work with researchers at all levels to address their data-related needs throughout the research data lifecycle, primarily through teaching and consulting. The librarian will expand capacity in data management planning and implementation and will work with colleagues to develop capacity in data visualization, analysis, and curation. In this position, the librarian will have opportunities to collaborate on data, data management, and computing literacies for undergraduate and graduate students. The librarian also works with colleagues to develop and maintain the libraries’ awareness of federal, funder, and regulatory requirements that affect KU’s researchers. KU Research and KU Information Technology are key partners in providing data services to KU’s researchers.

https://tinyurl.com/3ssvh6hc

"Harvard Is Releasing a Massive Free AI Training Dataset Funded by OpenAI and Microsoft"

Harvard University announced Thursday it’s releasing a high-quality dataset of nearly 1 million public-domain books that could be used by anyone to train large language models and other AI tools. The dataset was created by Harvard’s newly formed Institutional Data Initiative with funding from both Microsoft and OpenAI. It contains books scanned as part of the Google Books project that are no longer protected by copyright.

https://tinyurl.com/ymen65js

Assistant Director for Research and Data Education at Indiana University School of Medicine

This position oversees our research team (Scholarly Communications Librarian, Data Services Librarian, and Research Metrics Librarian) which supports and tracks research efforts across IUSM (Indiana University School of Medicine) such as assisting with grant proposals, electronic lab notebooks, scholarly communication, artificial intelligence initiatives, and data management plan requirements. This position also coordinates with Research Affairs to support research initiatives within IUSM.

https://tinyurl.com/r777cdwj

"The Open Monograph Distribution and Acquisitions Gap: A Look at TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem) Titles"

The Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem (TOME) network of universities, and the open access (OA) monographs that have been funded and published through this program, provide a unique opportunity to study the work done by university presses and academic libraries to distribute and acquire this content. TOME is a program that supports university presses’ publication of OA monographs through locally funded subventions. Though the works have been published by universities, and the subvention programs that make them OA have largely involved the funding institution libraries in the process, the resulting OA works are not easily discoverable or accessible through library systems. Because it is so highly distributed across many academic institutions, the TOME collection of OA monograph titles offers the opportunity for libraries and publishers to more closely examine the process of creating OA content and provides the chance to study how we collectively make these works discoverable and accessible to our communities and more broadly in the world as well. The analysis presented in this paper offers insights into developing and refining procedures and management strategies at libraries participating in TOME. These recommendations provide insights into discovery of and access to OA monographs in general.

https://doi.org/10.31274/jlsc.15492

Digital Publishing Librarian at Florida State University

Manage and grow FSU Libraries’ publishing program, Florida State Open Publishing (FSOP).

Manage and grow FSU Libraries’ academic web-hosting service, CreateFSU. . . .

Evaluate open publishing and website hosting needs across campus.

Provide consulting and instruction on digital publishing and web hosting to researchers at all levels.

https://tinyurl.com/2p9mhxym

"From Black Open Access to Open Access of Color: Accepting the Diversity of Approaches towards Free Science"

The aim of this article is to shed some light on ‘black open access’ model, that still remains poorly understood and largely neglected in the literature, despite being widely adopted in practice. I give an overview of the historical development of black OA and its most important projects: Sci-Hub and Library Genesis. Arguments are provided for why the term ‘black OA’ is misleading and the term ‘RGB OA’ (red, green and blue) would better describe a diverse landscape of open access projects that emerged after 2001. While practical approaches towards OA evolved dramatically in the past 20 years, theoretical discussion is still operating the same two-color scheme of ‘green’ and ‘gold’ open access from BOAI declaration of 2001: novel approaches are either not recognized as OA at all or are neglected as ‘black’. A new and more inclusive OA declaration might be needed to account for greater diversity of approaches.

https://tinyurl.com/nha7tsxd

Open Source Programs Specialist at University of California, Santa Barbara

The successful candidate will join the Department of Research Data Services at the Library, collaborating closely with campus faculty on a project dedicated to cataloging and assessing open-source software projects and paving strategies for ongoing support and sustainability. This initiative is part of a newly funded UC OSPO Network, sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, which aims to strengthen open source efforts across the University of California system.

https://tinyurl.com/4u5my2py

New Horizons in Artificial Intelligence in Libraries

This publication provides an opportunity to explore developing new library AI paradigms, including present use case practical implementation and opportunities on the horizon as well as current large ethics questions and needs for transparency, scenario planning, considerations and implications of bias as library AI systems are developed and implemented presently and for our collective future.

https://tinyurl.com/4b5juutm

Library Systems Administrator at University of Rhode Island Libraries

Lead the development and management of library systems and applications, focusing on user-centered services and sustainable information ecosystems. Oversee system configurations, programming, and technology stacks across various platforms. Collaborate with stakeholders to analyze requirements, solve issues, and guide projects to successful completion. Supervise staff and student employees while engaging with the university community to support evolving research library roles.

https://tinyurl.com/2r379x7x

"Intelligent Summaries: Will Artificial Intelligence Mark the Finale for Biomedical Literature Reviews?"

Manuscripts that only flatly summarize knowledge in a field could become superfluous, as AI-powered systems will become better and better at generating more comprehensive and updated summaries automatically. Furthermore, the use of A.I. technologies in data analysis and synthesis will greatly reduce human tasks, enabling more efficient and timely production of preliminary findings. What kind of reviews will still find room in an academic journal? It is reasonable to believe that reviews that provide critical analysis, unique interpretations of existing literature, which connect different areas, shed novel light on available data, that are aware of their human partiality, will continue to be valuable in academic journals.

https://doi.org/10.1002/leap.1648

Digital Initiatives Program Manager and SUNY Library Services Support Specialist

Empire State University, Office of Library and Information Services (OLIS), seeks an innovative professional to lead and manage SUNY-wide transformative digital initiatives to support our libraries. The Digital Initiatives Program Manager and Support Specialist will develop and leverage digital technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI) tools, to improve library services and the user experience. This position will be instrumental in developing and advancing our strategic vision and direction for the services OLIS provides to our SUNY libraries and the tools we need to help our libraries succeed.

https://tinyurl.com/4bsjy9pd

"How ChatGPT Search (Mis)represents Publisher Content"

In total, we pulled two hundred quotes from twenty publications and asked ChatGPT to identify the sources of each quote. We observed a spectrum of accuracy in the responses: some answers were entirely correct (i.e., accurately returned the publisher, date, and URL of the block quote we shared), many were entirely wrong, and some fell somewhere in between. . . .

In total, ChatGPT returned partially or entirely incorrect responses on a hundred and fifty-three occasions, though it only acknowledged an inability to accurately respond to a query seven times. . . .

Our tests found that no publisher—regardless of degree of affiliation with OpenAI—was spared inaccurate representations of its content in ChatGPT.

https://tinyurl.com/3z9dxttv

Data Access Librarian at Johns Hopkins University

We are seeking a Data Access Librarian who will be responsible for the selection, discovery, and access of institutional, open-access, community, and purchased datasets serving Johns Hopkins researchers, faculty, students, and staff. As a member of the Digital Scholarship & Data Services team, the data access librarian promotes data literacy and the discovery and use of relevant datasets through providing individual consultations and developing and delivering workshops, training programs, and research guides. The data access librarian supports and collaborates with colleagues in data services, Academic Liaisons, Hopkins researchers and faculty, the larger academic data librarian and data services community, and especially the new Data Science and AI Institute at Johns Hopkins University.

https://tinyurl.com/2evt8szt