Author: Charles W. Bailey, Jr.

Charles W. Bailey, Jr.

Creative Commons: State of the Commons 2017

The Creative Commons has released State of the Commons 2017.

Here's an excerpt from the announcement:

People, projects, and programs make up the bulk of this year’s report, but the data also supports our vision of a more creative, open world. 1.4 billion works is 200 million more than last year, and that growth has accelerated compared to the previous two years. To provide concrete examples: The Metropolitan Museum released 375,000 pieces of content under CC0 in February 2017. PLOS counts 7,000 editorial board members and 70,000+ volunteer peer reviewers to release 200,000 pieces of content. Wikipedia, one of our closest allies and partner in the “Big Open”, hosts 42 million freely licensed pieces of content. Our search tool has responded to 1,500,000 queries, and our website has been visited 50,000,000 times. And that’s only a part of our impact.

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eScholarship Repository Librarian at St. John’s University

St. John's University is recruiting an eScholarship Repository Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting library-led initiatives including the development and management of an institutional repository, and development and implementation of an electronic theses and dissertations (ETD) program. The eScholarship Repository Librarian will provide leadership in the area of data curation on behalf of the Libraries and work with faculty researchers to identify, recruit, ingest and deposit data in the library’s digital repository. . . . The eScholarship Repository Librarian will also be responsible for providing leadership in areas related to digital publishing, copyright, intellectual property, and other emerging trends in digital scholarship.

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"The Academic Book and Its Digital Dilemmas"

Paul Spence, Senior Lecturer in Digital Humanities at King's College London, has published "The Academic Book and Its Digital Dilemmas" in Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies.

Here's an excerpt:

Focusing in particular on the arts and humanities, this article asks how, and under what conditions, the digitally mediated long-form academic publication might hold a viable future. It examines digital disruption and innovation within humanities publishing, contrasts different models and outlines some of the key challenges facing scholarly publishing in the humanities. This article examines how non-traditional entities, such as digital humanities research projects, have performed digital publishing roles and reviews possible implications for scholarly book publishing's relationship to the wider research process. It concludes by looking at how digital or hybrid long-form publications might become more firmly established within the scholarly publishing landscape.

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Information Technology Systems and Services Coordinator at Ontario Colleges Library Service

The Ontario Colleges Library Service is recruiting an Information Technology Systems and Services Coordinator.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

OCLS invites qualified candidates to apply for this exciting full-time appointment in the area of Information Technology (IT), support services and project management for the libraries in Ontario’s 24 publicly funded colleges. The successful candidate will participate in the development, support, and coordination of a range of consortial services offered to the college libraries. The ability to understand their needs and translate that understanding into concrete action that will enhance our services is central to this position.

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"FAIR Principles for Library, Archive and Museum Collections: A Proposal for Standards for Reusable Collections"

Lukas Koster and Saskia Woutersen-Windhouwer have published "FAIR Principles for Library, Archive and Museum Collections: A Proposal for Standards for Reusable Collections" in the Code4Lib Journal.

Here's an excerpt:

Many heritage institutions would like their collections to be open and reusable but fail to achieve that situation because of organizational, legal and technological barriers. A set of guidelines and best practices is proposed to facilitate the process of making heritage collections reusable. These guidelines are based on the FAIR Principles for scholarly output (FAIR data principles [2014]), taking into account a number of other recent initiatives for making data findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable. The resulting FAIR Principles for Heritage Library, Archive and Museum Collections focus on three levels: objects, metadata and metadata records. Clarifications and examples of these proposed principles are presented, as well as recommendations for the assessment of current situations and implementations of the principles.

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Associate Dean for Technology and Technical Services at University of Alabama at Birmingham

The University of Alabama at Birmingham is recruiting an Associate Dean for Technology and Technical Services.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The Associate Dean will provide leadership for the development and implementation of digital strategies and innovations that align with strategic goals of the Libraries and the University; will provide leadership in the ongoing implementation of the Alma/Primo/Rosetta systems within the Libraries; and will help create an innovative vision for the future of the UAB Libraries. This individual will participate in a variety of departmental, campus, statewide, and national committees and professional organizations.

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Open Science Training Handbook

Fourteen authors have released Open Science Training Handbook.

Here's an excerpt:

Bringing together methods, techniques, and practices, the handbook aims at supporting educators of Open Science. The result is intended as a helpful guide on how to forward knowledge on Open Science principles to our networks, institutions, colleagues, and students. It will instruct and inspire trainers how to create high quality and engaging trainings. Addressing challenges and giving solutions, it will strengthen the community of Open Science trainers who are educating, informing, and inspiring themselves.

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Data Services and Digital Scholarship Librarian at University of California Santa Barbara

The University of California Santa Barbara is recruiting a Data Services and Digital Scholarship Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Reporting to the Director of the Collaboratory, the Data Services and Digital Scholarship Librarian develops and implements programming that supports data-centric research across the disciplines, including workshops, online learning objects, and course-connected instruction; develops the Library’s research social science data collection; provides consultation services for faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates in all Collaboratory areas, including but not limited to social science, spatial, and social media data; engages in extended project work with faculty researchers; consults on scholarly communication issues, particularly in regards to appropriate use and stewardship of research data; and maintains active Software Carpentry trainer certification (https://software-carpentry.org/).

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"Exploring Possibilities to Use Bibliometric Data to Monitor Gold Open Access Publishing at the National Level"

Thed N. van Leeuwen et al. have published (Early View article) "Exploring Possibilities to Use Bibliometric Data to Monitor Gold Open Access Publishing at the National Level" in the Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology.

Here's an excerpt:

This article1 describes the possibilities to analyze open access (OA) publishing in the Netherlands in an international comparative way . . . We conducted a bibliometric baseline measurement to assess the current situation, to be able to measure developments over time. . . . The analysis presented in this article focuses on the various ways OA can be defined using the Web of Science, limiting the analysis mainly to Gold OA. From the data we collected we can conclude that the way OA is currently registered in various electronic bibliographic databases is quite unclear, and various methods applied deliver results that are different, although the impact scores derived from the data point in the same direction.

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Research Data Management Librarian at University of Houston

The University of Houston is recruiting a Research Data Management Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The Research Data Management Librarian will lead the planning, implementation, and assessment of research data management services. Such services may include instruction, consultations, and partnerships with faculty and researchers on data management plans, data management tools and strategies, and metadata standards. Reporting to the Head of Liaison Services within the University Libraries, this position is part of the Liaison Services Department and will collaborate with subject librarians to integrate data management best practices across disciplines, in research labs, and research centers. This position also will collaborate with the Data Services Librarian to expand and promote research support and data-related services across campus.

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Christopher Cox Named Dean of Libraries for Clemson University

Christopher Cox has been named Dean of Libraries for Clemson University.

Here's an excerpt from the announcement:

He has been the dean of library services for the University of Northern Iowa since 2012. Before that, he was dean of libraries at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington, and interim director of libraries at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. He is a member of the editorial board of College & Research Libraries and is the current chair of the Iowa Commission of Libraries. He was named a 2017 Leading Change Institute participant.

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"Balancing Influence in a Shifting Scholarly Communication Landscape"

Sarah Wipperman, Shawn Martin, and Chealsye Bowley have published "Balancing Influence in a Shifting Scholarly Communication Landscape" in College & Research Libraries News.

Here's an excerpt:

With the acquisition and creation of scholarly communication platforms/infrastructure by major commercial entities, the balance of influence continues to shift. The ACRL/SPARC Forum at the 2018 ALA Midwinter Meeting brought together library stakeholders for a conversation about how the library community can reassert its influence to shape the open access publishing landscape. Panelists focused on 1) Individual action: "What can one person do?" 2) Local coordinated action: "How can one group or institution effect change?" and 3) Collective action: "How can libraries work together to provide sustainable alternatives?"1

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"North, South, and Open Access: Jeff MacKie-Mason Responds from California"

Richard Poynder has published "North, South, and Open Access: Jeff MacKie-Mason Responds from California" in Open and Shut?.

Here's an excerpt:

This is the final part of an experiment in a matched interview process. It consists of Q&As with two OA advocates, one from the global North [Jeff MacKie-Mason, UC Berkeley's University Librarian and Chief Digital Scholarship Officer] and one from the global South [Mahmoud Khalifa, Library of Congress Cairo Office], along with their responses to each other’s Q&A. . . .

[MacKie-Mason] I'd like to clarify my position just a bit: I think journal flipping is the only practical way of achieving *widespread* (near-universal) open access in the near term. I do think we can make some, important but limited progress with other models, such as new overlay journals on green OA repositories, and transferring ownership of some journals from subscription-based publishers to academy (e.g., university) ownership.

See also: "North, South, and Open Access: The View from California with Jeff MacKie-Mason"; "North, South, and Open Access: The View from Egypt with Mahmoud Khalifa"; and "North, South, and Open Access: Mahmoud Khalifa Responds from Egypt."

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Emerging Technologies Librarian and Head of Library Technologies at Portland State University

Portland State University is recruiting an Emerging Technologies Librarian and Head of Library Technologies.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

This position is a key role in the leadership of the Library’s information technology infrastructure and services. Responsibilities include supervising Library Technologies staff, short- and long-term planning, and prioritizing and coordinating unit projects and activities. This position oversees library technology systems and projects and works with unit staff, programmers, system vendors, librarians, staff, the University’s Office of Information Technology, and library users to evaluate, develop, implement, maintain, and support a range of systems. This position serves as the system administrator for the Library’s shared integrated library system (SILS).

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Head, Web Services at Columbia University

Columbia University is recruiting a Head, Web Services.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Reporting to the Director of Digital Library and Scholarly Technologies, the Head of Web Services is a new position that will manage a Web Services team of four professionals and provide comprehensive leadership for, and participate in, the development of the Libraries' overall Web publishing program. The position plays a vital role in working with a variety of individuals, committees and end users to make the Libraries' web presence effective and innovative.

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