Digital Repository Librarian at University of British Columbia

The University of British Columbia is recruiting a Digital Repository Librarian .

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The Digital Repository Librarian is responsible for developing, supporting, and assessing recruitment activities as well as managing the content in cIRcle, UBC's open access digital repository. The role is also responsible for managing the repository software and technical system administration of the cIRcle database; managing the development and implementation of content policies and procedures; ensuring copyright compliance of repository content; and undertaking promotion of cIRcle and open access.

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Digital Initiatives Librarian at Emerson College

Emerson College is recruiting a Digital Initiatives Librarian.

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The Digital Initiatives Librarian works with the Executive Director of the Library to implement and maintain digital initiatives including: digital archives/repositories, digitization of analog records and digital curation. Coordinates with Head of Archives and Special Collections on digital preservation. As part of these initiatives, the DI Librarian is required to liaise with Library and IT staff, external vendors, and consortia. Core responsibilities will include identifying digitization projects, organizing teams to develop workflows, and liaising with stakeholders.

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Metadata Technologies Program Manager at Harvard University

Harvard University is recruiting a Metadata Technologies Program Manager.

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As a member of the Information & Technical Services department management team, under the supervision of the Head of Metadata Management, the Metadata Technologies Program Manager will lead and collaborate with colleagues to develop a diverse metadata program focusing on incorporating emerging technologies, such as linked data, and experimenting with innovative approaches to creating discovery metadata. . . . Not solely a metadata technologist, the incumbent would also serve as a metadata consultant for the broader Harvard community, including performing outreach and advocacy to academic or administrative departments as appropriate for developing collaborations across campus (e.g. HarvardX or other high-profile initiatives where digital assets are being created from legacy collections in the libraries, museums or archives).

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Library Technology Architect at Harvard University

Harvard University is recruiting a Library Technology Architect.

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Reporting to the Managing Director of Library Technology Services (LTS), Harvard University Information Technology (HUIT) seeks a Library Technology Architect. This new role will be a member of a high performing leadership team which focuses on the development of powerful solutions to advance scholarship and teaching through the collection, creation, application, preservation, and dissemination of knowledge. LTS works in deep collaboration with the Harvard Library (HL), one of the premier research libraries in the world, as well as with HUIT's Academic Technology team to ensure that library materials and services are effectively embedded into the academic enterprise. The Library Technology Architect will also work in close collaboration with digital library software engineers and systems librarians on specific library technology projects which will support the Harvard Library strategic objectives.

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Director of Library Digital Strategies and Innovations at Harvard University

Harvard University is recruiting a Director of Library Digital Strategies and Innovations.

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The Harvard Library seeks an innovative professional to lead the development of digital strategies and their implementation in Harvard's large and diverse library environment. Known for decades as a leader in digital library initiatives, Harvard Library today is building on this foundation to extend its reach in visualization, data management, and creative uses of technology throughout its enterprise. The Director of Library Digital Strategies and Innovations will lead in the formulation of library digital strategies, ensuring that the Library has a scalable and sustainable infrastructure; a user-friendly and effective web presence; and an environment which maximizes creative applications for the benefit of scholarship and learning. Working with talented colleagues throughout Harvard's libraries and Harvard University Information Technology, the Director of Library Digital Strategies and Innovations will identify and evaluate trends in IT and digital library development that are applicable to Harvard.

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Team Leader, Digital Research Services at Georgia State University

Georgia State University is recruiting a Team Leader, Digital Research Services.

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The team leader will facilitate librarian support of interdisciplinary data services (involving quantitative, qualitative, business, and spatial/GIS data) and digital scholarship projects in collaboration with faculty, staff, and students from across the university. The Team Leader also serves as the subject librarian for one or more academic departments. Georgia State University librarians hold faculty rank and are expected to engage in service and scholarly activities.

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Digital Architect and Infrastructure Librarian at University of Miami

The University of Miami, is recruiting a Digital Architect and Infrastructure Librarian.

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Reporting to the Associate Dean for Digital Strategies and working within a growing digital strategies team, the Digital Infrastructure Librarian, a newly defined position in the UM Libraries, will manage the current systems and technical workflows that support the digital library infrastructure. The UM Libraries are undertaking a review of our current infrastructure (principally made up of CONTENTdm, Digital Commons, Archon, Omeka, Kaltura, and homegrown web exhibits). This position will play a critical role in leading the evaluation, as well as the work to design and implement systems and workflows that will better serve our users and allow us to better leverage and support emerging technologies and standards.

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Digital Asset Manager at Carnegie Hall

Carnegie Hall is recruiting a Digital Asset Manager.

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We seek a Digital Asset Manager to manage the day-to-day timeline and establish a continued framework for Carnegie Hall's Digital Archives Project, a comprehensive initiative begun in 2012 to digitize extensive paper and audio-visual holdings documenting the Hall's close to 125-year history, ensuring that they are preserved for future generations and made increasingly accessible to the public. Manage vendor relationships, perform quality control on results of digitization work, and monitor project outcomes. Serve as Archives point person in coordinating plans to create digital repository designed to house both the Hall's legacy collections as well as newly-created digital content.

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Digital Repositories & Records Archivist at University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota is recruiting a Digital Repositories & Records Archivist.

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The Digital Repositories & Records Archivist builds the University Libraries' growing digital repository programs that include the University of Minnesota's institutional repository, the University Digital Conservancy (UDC); the Data Repository for the University of Minnesota (DRUM) for the Libraries' Data Management & Curation Initiative; and the electronic records program of the University of Minnesota Archives within the broader context of the Archives & Special Collections strategic effort in digital archives.

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Associate Director for Technology and Digital Strategies at University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas at Austin is recruiting an Associate Director for Technology and Digital Strategies.

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Define and articulate vision and strategic directions for UT Libraries information technology to advance UT Libraries' mission and vision in a dynamic environment, participate in executive level decision making processes, oversee budget allocations, and engage with external collaborators

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Curator of Digital Collections at Harvard Law School

Harvard Law School is recruiting a Curator of Digital Collections.

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ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

  • Oversees all born-digital materials collected by HSC, whether acquired though manuscript acquisitions, Red Set collection development, or other means.
  • Leads and collaborates in acquiring, processing, managing, preserving, and making accessible born-digital materials.
  • Develops, updates and upholds policies and procedures for life-cycle management of born-digital materials.
  • Works with BitCurator to create forensic disk images of media acquired through manuscript donations.
  • Investigates technologies for managing, processing, and facilitating access to born-digital materials.
  • Serves as HSC's liaison for digital archives issues within HLSL, HLS, the Harvard Library, and the broader community.
  • Participates in efforts to implement web and e-mail archiving programs.

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Digital Library Data Curation Developer at University of Notre Dame

The University of Notre Dame is recruiting a Digital Library Data Curation Developer.

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The Hesburgh Libraries is seeking a passionate software developer to join our Digital Library Technology Unit in support of digital library and research data curation services. With an emphasis on data curation, the individual will design and develop digital library frameworks and applications in areas such as controlled vocabularies, digital collections, digital content harvesting. Within science, engineering, and the social sciences, the individual will work with librarians, campus partners, and researchers to embed research data curation tools and workflows into active research projects for archiving and sharing data in our institutional repository CurateND (http://curate.nd.edu), or other relevant community repositories.

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Data Analytics / Visualization Specialist at Northeastern University

Northeastern University is recruiting a Data Analytics / Visualization Specialist.

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You are: A Data Analytics and Visualization Specialist who will help mobilize and design Library services supporting statistics and information visualization activities across the University. You are excited to work with diverse groups within the Library and across campus, and proactive in outreach and communication. You are comfortable with providing many forms of education, from developing curricula and teaching classes to providing high-level research support in one-on-one consultations. You are a collegial team member who will work closely with other departments within the Library, serving as a resource for statistics and visualization tools, services, and systems. You're enthusiastic about the role of statistics and visualization in scholarship across the disciplines, and will develop both this position and the Library into focal points for statistics- and visualization-related activities across the University.

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Data Technology Lead at University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley is recruiting a Data Technology Lead.

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The Data Technology Lead will:

  • Support the Library's data applications, including GIS, and other digital library programs.
  • Adopt, adapt, develop and maintain software to provide a web-based geospatial discovery and access portal using open source technologies in an inter-institutional, community-based, development effort.
  • Work with server and database administrators to provision the necessary computing systems to support data services.
  • Implement and manage spatial data infrastructure, including administration of specialized GIS application including geoserver, geohydra, geoblacklight.
  • Develop software for the import and management of UCB's GIS data collections.
  • Manage data services, e.g., OAI, SOLR API, data set management and access.

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Emerging Technologies Librarian at Marquette University

Marquette University is recruiting an Emerging Technologies Librarian.

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The Emerging Technologies Librarian supports the exploration, integration and management of new and emerging technologies and the integration and improvement of existing systems and applications to deliver information and services to library users in support of the mission, vision and values of Raynor Memorial Libraries and Marquette University.

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Application Developer at Columbia University

Columbia University is recruiting an Application Developer.

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The Center for Digital Research and Scholarship (CDRS) at Columbia University Libraries/Information Services seeks a motivated, collaborative and creative full-time Application Developer to join our team of in-house developers and other professional staff supporting the strategic goals of the organization, with particular attention to the university's institutional repository program, Academic Commons (academiccommons.columbia.edu). Responsibilities of the Application Developer may span multiple projects and will include regular interactions and collaboration with the team of developers, designers, and project managers among the library's Digital Programs and Technology Services areas.

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Digital Humanities Specialist at Purdue University

Purdue University is recruiting a Digital Humanities Specialist.

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The DH Specialist will establish a dynamic multifaceted digital humanities program in the Libraries' Division of Humanities, Social Science, Education and Business (HSSEB) and collaborate with other Purdue faculty to meet the growing demand for digital scholarshi p at Purdue. Working closely with the Libraries' GIS specialist, archivists, and Research Data unit, the successful candidate will consult and collaborate with faculty and students on techniques and methodologies supporting the digital humanities and prov ide instruction in their use.

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Director of Scholarly Information Resources at Wheaton College

Wheaton College is recruiting a Director of Scholarly Information Resources.

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This position supports teaching and learning by managing services focused around the identification, acquisition, creation, curation, and publication of scholarly information resources. The successful candidate will have a firm grasp of current scholarly information available via print or e-publishing options while also focusing on new models of discovery, creation, curation, and access beyond ownership, including digitization, open access research, digital humanities archives, institutional repositories, institutional publishing, data mining initiatives, open educational resources (OERs), and consortial collaborations. This position works closely with faculty to encourage the use of traditional and evolving scholarly information resources.

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Digital Projects Librarian at Binghamton University

Binghamton University is recruiting a Digital Projects Librarian.

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The Digital Projects Librarian will manage digitization projects for the Libraries, upload items into the digital preservation system (currently Rosetta by Ex Libris), manage workflows and conduct quality checks, and prepare items for retrieval and display via the Libraries' discovery layer (Primo by Ex Libris). The incumbent will also collaborate with library staff to create digital exhibits. This is a new position within the Binghamton University Libraries, which include the Glenn G. Bartle and Science Libraries, the Library Annex@Conklin, and the University Downtown Center Library and Information Commons in the College of Community and Public Affairs.

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Digital Scholarship Librarian at Duquesne University

Duquesne University is recruiting a Digital Scholarship Librarian.

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This non-tenured faculty position will report initially to the Director of Information Services. This is a newly created position, and the reporting line is subject to change as the position and organization develop. The Digital Scholarship Librarian incorporates support for digital scholarship into the library's program of services that support teaching, learning and research. Manages the Electronic Thesis and Dissertation filing process. Facilitates the use of library content for digital scholarship creation by faculty and students; serves as a resource on digital scholarship for other librarians; and keeps abreast of innovations in scholarly communication. Works collaboratively to develop the library's digital resources. Represents the library in campus discussions of implementing an institutional repository.

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Core Systems DLP Project Manager at Emory University

Emory University is recruiting a Core Systems DLP Project Manager.

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Reporting to the Director of Library Core Systems, and in close collaboration with the Digital Library Program Coordinator, the Library Software Engineering Team, and Central IT resources, the Digital Program Project Manager will provide technical leadership and assist in product development during the implementation of the Hydra Repository Framework, transition of the framework into an operationalized service, and will assume responsibility for the operational support of the DLP applications and infrastructure.

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Digital Archivist at Oregon Historical Society

The Oregon Historical Society is recruiting a Digital Archivist.

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The Oregon Historical Society is seeking a creative, energetic, and technically savvy Digital Archivist to develop and maintain the OHS Digital Vault, the institution's new digital repository. The archivist will join a team committed to collaboration, public service, and stewardship of the extensive and diverse historical collections in the OHS Davies Family Research Library.

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Programmer at University of Michigan

The University of Michigan is recruiting a Programmer .

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The University of Michigan Library is seeking an electronic publishing programmer to design, build, and maintain web sites, systems, services, and applications in support of new models in academic publishing. The ideal candidate will possess a strong knowledge of and demonstrate experience with object- oriented programming languages, web frameworks, and current best practices in code design and web technologies.

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Visualization and Digital Media Librarian at North Carolina State University

North Carolina State University is recruiting a Visualization and Digital Media Librarian.

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The NCSU Libraries invites applications and nominations for the position of Visualization and Digital Media Librarian in the Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) department. Recognizing the power of visualization to ask and answer novel questions, spark new insights, enable greater understanding, and communicate powerful ideas, the NCSU Libraries offers advanced visualization spaces, services, and technologies that support university research and teaching in all disciplines. Our state-of-the-art facilities and computing infrastructure invite scholars to engage with research data using advanced visualization software, to examine and compare high-resolution digital content, and to immerse themselves in simulations and virtual environments. This position reports to the Director of Visualization Services.

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Industry Documents Digital Manager at University of California, San Francisco

The University of California, San Francisco is recruiting an Industry Documents Digital Manager.

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The Industry Documents Digital Manager develops, supports, and maintains industry document collections that are freely available to anyone around the globe. The first and largest is the Legacy Tobacco Industry Documents followed by others including drug industry and food. The digital archives of documents were produced by the respective companies and serves as the foundation for databases to foster research that advances public health. Reporting to the University Librarian, the Industry Documents Digital Manager is responsible for the maintenance and expansion of these digital libraries, designing effective systems to ingest and manage documents and promotion and training of the collections. The individual may also design and carryout research using industry documents; work with federal and state legal offices to develop and monitor enforcement with legal remedies; and participate in grant writing and grants.

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