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Digital Collections Specialist at College of the Holy Cross

The Digital Collections Specialist primarily supports the digital activities of Archives & Distinctive Collections (ADC). Tasks include digitization, description, preservation and uploading content to various digital platforms. They also will assist with the creation of in-person and digital exhibits, contribute to the Holy Cross Libraries’ social media accounts as well as staff the Reading Room’s desk and respond to reference requests.

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Web Administrator at Chicago Public Library

Reporting to the Assistant Commissioner of Collections,Content and Access, this position designs, edits and maintains the web presence for the Chicago Public Library using content management software for the library website, blogs, events, apps, and marketing emails. . . Leads teams of site curators and bloggers from various library departments to develop editorial calendar and create engaging, timely content. Establishes and maintains content standards, including voice and tone guidelines, with a focus on taxonomies and search engine optimization (SEO). Writes copy and edits content for formatting, clarity, length, accessibility, reading level and consistency. . . . Oversees software-as-a-service (SAAS) agreements with vendors including monitoring performance and setting software development priorities. . . . Responsible for software troubleshooting, user acceptance and usability testing.

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Director, Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship at University of Notre Dame

The Center Director strengthens the role of the Hesburgh Libraries as a support hub and partner for literacies and fluencies in digital scholarship areas such as data use and visualization, digital humanities, media archaeology, research data management, immersive technologies, digital ethics, and other computationally engaged research and teaching methods and tools. The Director manages the Center budget, builds relationships across campus, and represents the University, the Libraries, and the Center externally through a broad network and a public presence at conferences and across the global digital scholarship community.

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Digital Projects Coordinator at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

This position supports the handling and digitization of a wide variety of special collections materials for the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center. They coordinate the drop off and pick up of batches of materials from the Center’s partner organizations, assess the materials and determine the appropriate workflow, review finished images for quality and accuracy, and write blog posts related to the historical context of the materials. This position will supervise and train digitization staff.

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Project Digitization Archivist at St. Olaf College [Term]

The Project Imaging Archivist is a full-time project-based position working with the Norwegian-American Historical Association (NAHA) archivist to digitize and describe World War II archival materials, including the records of American Relief for Norway, Camp Little Norway Association, Campbell Norsgaard, Hermana Rye Haugen, and Jacob Stefferud. The three-year project is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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Open Knowledge and Research Impact Librarian at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The Open Knowledge and Research Impact Librarian will have knowledge of open access, scholarly communications, copyright law, and collection development. They will gather, analyze, and interpret publication data on UNC authors and will analyze publishing costs and compare models. The librarian will develop and maintain a deep understanding of author, publishing, and collecting trends, and will advise on how to align library collection development and scholarly communications priorities within those trends.

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Digital Humanities Research Facilitator at University of California Santa Barbara

Reporting to the Director of Research Data Services, the Digital Humanities Research Facilitator is responsible for the planning and implementation of scholarly initiatives in support of data-intensive research and digital scholarship in the humanities on campus with the goal of ensuring the high functionality, discoverability, and preservability of digital research data throughout its lifecycle. . . . The successful candidate will join a team that is re-envisioning the Library’s role within the research data lifecycle and who can respond to and support new research methods being used by researchers as well as lead the adoption of new methods. Research Data Services is also actively engaged with using, and informing development of, the digital asset platforms that are increasingly a core component of the toolset of the modern research university.

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Scholarly Communications and Research Librarian at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

The Scholarly Communication and Research Librarian is responsible for assisting in managing the university’s institutional repository and ensuring the proper handling and dissemination of scholarly works, datasets, and special collections. Collaborates with university and campus stakeholders to develop and enhance digital collections, advising on best practices for data management and copyright compliance, and promoting and advocating for open access publishing. Provides expertise in the administration of research information systems and supports researchers in creating data management plans, organizing and preserving data, and improving metadata for discoverability. Assists with copyright issues, analyzes scholarly metrics, and supports faculty in managing their research profiles. Develops outreach programs and engages with the academic community.

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Digital Content Manager at University of St Andrews

The postholder will work to manage and develop the digitisation service, managing projects and processes, working with senior managers to input to the strategic development of the service.

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Data Curation Officers at he Science and Technology Facilities Council

Liaise with DAFNI [Data & Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure] Project stakeholders nationally and internationally to identify data and modelling needs within their use cases.

Identify datasets and models with a potential high utility for DAFNI’s infrastructure research community and make them available via the DAFNI platform.

Maintain a catalogue of models and datasets on the DAFNI platform, identifying under-provisioned areas for infrastructure research.

Populate appropriate metadata for assets to improve the quality of annotation for search, discovery and reuse.

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Digital Initiatives Librarian at California Institute of Integral Studies

Reporting to the Assistant Library Director for Public Services and Research Support, the Digital Initiatives Librarian is responsible for managing and leading the development of the CIIS institutional repository, archives, and digital collections, in collaboration with the Assistant Library Director for Systems and Technical Services. . . . This position will provide leadership in the areas of scholarly publishing, copyright, fair use, and open access as well as the development of digital initiatives by providing a full range of collection management, metadata, and preservation and digitization services.

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Open Resources and Scholarly Communications Librarian at Susquehanna University

faculty members and researchers in their scholarly activities and in lowering the textbook cost burden on students. This position advances research and scholarship initiatives within the academic institution, promotes open access principles, and facilitates faculty engagement with scholarly communication processes. Supports the academic community’s access to high-quality, openly available educational materials. This position is responsible for overseeing the development, organization, and promotion of open educational resources (OER) within the library.

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Data Services Librarian at Boston College

The Data Services Librarian is primarily responsible for DSG collaborations and services related to data gathering, manipulation, management, curation, documentation, and data skills training. Such activities include consulting on faculty and student data-driven projects; providing data skills training on data manipulation and management methods, best practices, and tools to faculty and staff; providing data skills instruction for undergraduate and graduate courses, and driving library-based curricula development (i.e., library instruction and modules) and resource creation/collection for data-centric and data science programs.

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OER Digital Learning Librarian at University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire

Working in a team-based environment, the OER and Digital Learning Librarian identifies instructional needs that can be addressed with digital tools. This position has primary responsibility for creating interactive online tutorials, course modules, and digital learning objects, advancing library and campus information literacy efforts. The OER and Digital Learning Librarian plays a pivotal role in advancing access to and adoption of affordable and open educational resources on campus.

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Visual Resources Metadata Librarian at Cornell University Library

The Visual Resources Metadata Librarian’s focus is to facilitate the discovery and use of digital images for research and education, while ensuring that diversity and inclusion are guiding factors in our metadata practices. As a member of the cross-departmental Digital Consulting and Production Services (DCAPS) team, this position has consultation, project management, and metadata production oversight components.

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Digital User Experience Librarian at University of Denver

The Digital User Experience Librarian reports to the Associate Dean for Scholarly Communication & Collections Services and is an important member of the Library Technology Services Department. The person in this position conducts user experience (UX) research and usability testing in order to continually improve the usability and accessibility of user-facing technologies. They are primarily responsible for the Libraries website and discovery layer and also provide UX support for other applications, such as Digital Commons @ DU and Special Collections @ DU. . . .The position leads the Libraries Web Committee, is a standing member of the Assessment and Metadata & Discovery Committees, and supervises hourly staff who support efforts in usability research and accessibility remediation.

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Digital Initiatives Librarian at University of Denver

The Digital Initiatives Librarian reports to the Associate Dean for Scholarly Communication & Collections Services and leads an innovative Library Technology Services Department that develops and maintains a suite of flagship software, liaises with the University’s Information Technology Division (IT@DU), coordinates support for vendor-provided core applications, and works with IT support specialists to coordinate desktop support. Supervising two full-time developers and additional hourly staff, and working alongside a Digital User Experience Librarian, this position also helps build, maintain, and enhance Special Collections @ DU (built with node.JS, Elasticsearch and JavaScript), a Drupal-based website, two internal databases (one for instruction assessment, another for donor-management), and several other applications. The Digital Initiatives Librarian provides strategic vision and direction for this department and for Libraries-wide technology decisions, such as whether vendor-hosted, open-source, or home-grown applications are most appropriate.

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Coordinator Library Programs for Digital Services at Palo Alto City Library

Website Projects: Serving as the Web Lead, this position works closely with stakeholders to ensure usability and accessibility of our online platforms and adherence to our Web Content Strategy. . . .

Online Resources Coordination: Test, publish and troubleshoot new and existing online resources used by the public.

Public Technology Programing: Coordinating advanced technology programs in our new Reboot Room, this position will leverage their passion for librarianship and technology to build on Palo Alto City Library’s international reputation as a leader in cutting-edge technologies like robotics, coding, web3 and artificial intelligence.

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Digital Library Systems Specialist at University of Glasgow

This role requires a good understanding of all library related systems and how they connect together, and the ability to support end to end processes across a range of teams and functional areas. It will also entail the introduction of new, innovative digital library services to the institution. As the library moves towards a system landscape increasingly based on the Software as a Service model, the emphasis in this role will be on a deep understanding of library workflows and the potential of IT systems to enhance and improve the library service, rather than upon software development skills. The successful candidate will work closely with Library Services colleagues with expertise in particular areas of the service (‘functional experts’), colleagues in IT Services, and with representatives of the system vendors.

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Data Librarian at Wichita State University

Developes and leads and programs designed to support students, faculty, and sta?on the use of data throughout the research lifecycle. . . .

Providesresearchconsultation and teaching in a variety of environments.

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Library Applications Developer at Cornell University

Cornell University Library Information Technologies (CUL-IT) seeks an enthusiastic application developer to join our Digital Lifecycle Services team and to have a substantial impact on the evolution of the Library’s custom applications and integrations. We create intuitive and inclusive web applications and user experiences that focus on library services: description, discovery and access, digital preservation, publication, and collaborative inter-institutional efforts like HathiTrust and Google Books.

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Assistant Director, Media Production and Makerspace Services at James Madison University

Provide leadership and strategic insights for the Media Production and Makerspace Services department.

Organize and manage media production activities within JMU Libraries.

Lead media production operations, including development, design, delivery, and oversight of media and related services.

Develop and maintain best practices for media production phases: video importing, editing, exporting, storage, studio recording, motion graphics, photography, graphic design, animation, and other related services.

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Open Publishing Production Editor at Iowa State University

Reporting to the Scholarly Publishing Services Librarian, the Open Publishing Production Editor supports the publication of scholarly publications and open educational resources using multiple publishing platforms, including Janeway. This may include managing open-access publishing workflows, typesetting and layout of publications, reviewing content for accessibility compliance, supervising student assistants, and providing support and training for publication authors and editors. Collaborators include the Open Access and Scholarly Communication Librarian, Metadata Services, Digital Scholarship and Initiatives, and the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching.

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Research & Open Scholarship Librarian at University of Sussex

You will provide operational management of the Library’s Open Access publication services, including use of our publishing agreements & funder block grants, deliver training & guidance on Open Access, advocate for our Publications policies, contribute to our REF2029 submission, and be a champion for the wider benefits of Open Research.

You will manage the Institutional Repository (Figshare) and CRIS (Elements) systems and provide guidance & support on deposit and publication management.

You will contribute to the University’s open publishing initiatives including our Open Press, working with colleagues in the Library and beyond to innovate and develop our publishing capacity.

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Systems & Discovery Librarian at Kenyon College

Reporting to the Director of Collections and Access, the Systems and Discovery Librarian provides support for library systems to enhance users’ ability to identify, retrieve, and use library resources. This role is dedicated to exploring and implementing user-centered library systems and applications, including the library’s web presence (currently BigTree) and its supporting platforms (most notably, the Springshare suite of tools). Along with fellow team members from the Collections & Access department, this role also co-manages the library services platform (Alma) with a particular emphasis on the discovery tool component (Primo VE).

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