Category: Digital Library Jobs

The University of California, Berkeley Library is recruiting a Digital Project Manager.

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This position will be both project manager and producer of digital images. They will be working on digital projects from conception to implementation, including the creation of digital images, working with vendors, etc.

• Project management of multiple small to medium digital projects.
• Produce and review statistics to inform decision relating to digital collections.
• Document, analyze, and communicate about problems and enhancement requests.
• Maintain existing digital projects.
• Perform digital image capture from a range of Library materials to very exacting standards, consistently and productively, using advanced equipment and techniques.
• Handle rare and or fragile originals skillfully to prevent damage.
• Organize and inspect captured image files, and deliver files and related technical metadata to next
• stage of workflow.

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Indiana University's Office of Scholarly Publishing is recruiting a Open Access Publishing Manager.

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Manages daily operations of Open Access Publishing Services, including IUScholarWorks repository, Open Folklore, and Archive-It web archiving service. Consults with researchers who want to deposit their materials into the repository about metadata, basic intellectual property policies, preservation, and technical considerations. Manages ongoing open access projects; tracks usage data and writes reports; and manages batch imports and other technical tasks.

Manages the public web presence of Open Access Publishing services; serves as technical liaison to system developers in the Libraries; and creates and maintains ongoing priority lists for functional improvements. Provides advice and technical assistance to IU researchers and editors on open access journal publishing; and consults with, and trains colleagues from other IU campuses on open access journal publishing and other forms of scholarly publishing.

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The University of California, Santa Cruz Library is recruiting a Digital Library Developer.

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This position will architect, design and develop the Omeka Curator Dashboard (OCD), and will report to the Head of Digital Initiatives. Omeka is an open source web-publishing platform supporting the display and exhibition of digital collections and is a Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP application. Work is performed using PHP, MySQL, Javascript, XML and XSLT. Position will write technical specifications, develop code enhancing existing or creating new Omeka plug-ins, test code and perform quality assurance to evaluate code against original requirements. Position works closely with University Library Information Technology Services (ITS) staff to manage applications and servers (development, staging and production) in a LAMP environment for Omeka supported websites.

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Tufts University is recruiting a Digital Resources Archivist.

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The Digital Resources Archivist is a member of the Digital Collections and Archives, a central university library which manages permanent archival collections as well as providing services for digital curation and preservation. In conjunction with TTS, the DCA manages and provides technical and policy direction for the Tufts Digital Library. The Digital Resources Archivist is responsible for oversight of ingest, modification, and indexing processes in the Tufts Digital Library as well as programming tools in support of these processes; helping to set policies, priorities, and best practices for the creation and management of digital objects; serving as a knowledge resource for the DCA and its constituents on rapidly changing standards and practices for digital object creation and management; and coordinating development and maintenance activities for the Tufts Digital Library with TTS, including systems administration, database, and website management. Works closely with staff in other libraries to enable participation in the Tufts Digital Library, including providing training, education, and support

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The Pennsylvania State University Libraries are recruiting a Social Sciences Data Curation Fellow.

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The fellow's responsibilities will focus on three fundamental, interconnected areas: 1) investigation of current research data practices to assess curation needs; 2) collection planning, based on assessment, for local research data sets, exploring approaches to ensuring data quality and optimizing for access, use, and reuse of data; and 3) pilot project investigations of curation processes to inform operationalizing a data curation service. By concentrating on these three areas, the fellow will contribute to our understanding of the costs of implementing data curation services for the social sciences at Penn State. Also central to these efforts will be Penn State's repository service, ScholarSphere, developed in 2012 as a partnership of the Libraries and ITS. . . . The fellow's contributions will test and help expand ScholarSphere to meet the curation needs of research data, initially in the social sciences and potentially extending to data from other disciplines, depending on outcomes from the sets of activities described.

This is a two-year, fixed-term appointment at the rank of assistant librarian. The Data Curation Services postdoctoral fellow will be based in the Libraries and expected to work in collaboration with a range of departments, both within and beyond the Libraries.

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The Western Carolina University Library is recruiting a Digital Initiatives Librarian.

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The Digital Initiatives Librarian provides expertise in creating and managing library digital collections, such as digital special collections, electronic theses and dissertations, and other born-digital or retrospectively digitized materials. The Digital Initiatives Librarian participates in the planning, implementation, maintenance, expansion, communication and promotion of digital library and institutional repository services, collections and content. The Digital Initiatives Librarian will serve as a member of the Digital, Access, and Technology Services Department's leadership team and, in coordination with the department head, will be responsible for developing a strategy for the current and future library's digital initiatives.

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The Arizona State University Libraries are recruiting a Engineering and Data Services Librarian.

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The successful candidate will support the discovery, use and integration of library resources and services, provide leadership in the development and implementation of data management tools and data services for e-research needs across the ASU Libraries, and with our current Engineering Librarian, share faculty liaison responsibilities for ASU's Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. Advises and assists assigned school faculty with scholarly communication, scholarly publishing, and intellectual property issues, and provides specialized assistance with advanced technologies for managing, publishing and archiving the creative and scholarly output of university faculty.

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The University of New Mexico University Libraries & Learning Sciences are recruiting a Director of Research Data Services.

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The Director of Research Data Services leads the scientific data curation initiative that is aimed at assisting researchers with collection, management, preservation, and sharing of research data. The Director also serves as UL&LS scientific data lead on policy, service, and cyberinfrastructure development and will guide the innovative use of technology to advance the mission and goals of the University. The Director 1) advises UL&LS senior leadership on emerging technologies and opportunities in data services and 2) in collaboration with existing technology teams, develops and manages technology services, solutions, and staff to meet and exceed research goals within the University of New Mexico (UNM). The Director may teach graduate and undergraduate courses in information sciences and advise master's degree and doctoral students. The Director will conduct research and produce scholarly publications in the area of information sciences.

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Yale University's Cushing/Whitney Medical Library is recruiting a Biomedical Sciences Research Support Librarian.

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The Biomedical Sciences Research Support Librarian serves as the primary liaison between the Library and research departments, laboratories, and individual scientists within the Medical Center, and is pivotal to defining and expanding the Library's role in supporting e-Science and biomedical research data management. . . . Through consultation and collaboration, the librarian works to enable these researchers to leverage information and data resources to the fullest. With experience using a wide range of bibliographic databases in the health and life sciences, the librarian develops and provides training in the use of biomedical knowledge management, information and data resources, tools, and strategies. . . The librarian assists researchers manage their data, navigate Yale University's available data management, curation and preservation landscape, and adhere to federal or other grant funding agencies' data management and public access policies and requirements.

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Pennsylvania State University's Digital Library Technologies is recruiting a Programmer/Analyst 3.

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DLT performs this work in collaboration with the University Libraries and other units of ITS. DLT is looking for an enthusiastic software developer to work on the development team that created ScholarSphere and ArchiveSphere. Our team develops opensource Rails applications and Ruby gems to support repository services for content such as digital library collections, scholarly communications, electronic record archiving, and research data. This is an opportunity to work with an innovative team on building sustainable repository services for a multicampus institution, as an active member of the international Project Hydra community. The Developer will receive support for professional development and skill advancement in the form of training, facilitated code sprints, and conference participation. This position will have the opportunity to connect with established opensource communities, such as the Rails and Hydra communities, and leverage collective strengths; apply best practices around all phases of software development and deployment; and collaborate proactively with team members, sharing knowledge across multiple projects.

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The University of Michigan Library is recruiting a Research Data Services Manager.

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The Research Data Services Manager will help build and enhance Research Data Services (RDS), which are responsible for strategic planning, coordination and deployment of research data services directed at facilitating the research lifecycle. This includes creating and implementing data management assistance for the campus, outreach to faculty in collaboration with subject specialists, training, and assessment of RDS programs and services. The Research Data Manager will provide leadership in the selection, creation and maintenance of the library data management solution, and participate in library-wide strategy and planning for data services and policies.

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The University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries are recruiting a Head of Digital Scholarship Strategy.

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The Head of Digital Scholarship Strategy is a newly created role tasked with developing content strategies aligned with our priorities to provide access to the latest digital scholarly resources, capture unique UNLV scholarly output, and integrate born-digital scholarly products into our collecting portfolio. This role will work through a library wide collections team that includes faculty from across the Libraries with designated collecting responsibilities such as Library Liaisons, the Director of Special Collections and the Head of Collection Management. The team will clarify collecting scope and responsibilities across all collecting areas and will identify and engage cross-organizational expertise in the collection, infrastructure, description and delivery of digital content.

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The Western Washington University Libraries are recruiting a Scholarly Communications Librarian.

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Western Washington University Libraries seeks an innovative, forward-looking librarian who will build and promote the Institutional Repository (IR), as well as further scholarly communication as a strategic priority for Western Libraries. Reporting to the Director of Scholarly Resources and Collection Services, this position is a 12-month, tenure track faculty appointment. The Scholarly Communications Librarian promotes the availability and capacity of the Institutional Repository (IR) to the university community, faculty, researchers, and students, and ensures compliance with relevant law and policy.

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The University of Minnesota Libraries are recruiting a Digital Content Developer/Project Manager.

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The University of Minnesota Libraries invites applications for the position of Digital Content Developer/Project Manager for project with the Givens Collection of African American Literature/Performing Arts Archives.

The University of Minnesota Libraries' "African American Theater Project" will work with partner institution Penumbra Theatre Company local and national libraries, museums, and large content providers (OCLC, HathiTrust, Digital Public Library of America), to develop an online search tool that brings together archival content relevant to African American theater and cultural history.

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The University of Nebraska—Lincoln Libraries are recruiting a Data Curation Librarian.

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Together with other Librarians and other campus partners, the DCL will act as a resource for students and faculty with respect to issues of data stewardship, digital methods for research, and emerging digital resources; Advise librarians on data management issues; Assist in data extraction, reporting, and monitoring compliance with established data management protocols; Work closely with information technology staff and archivists to collect, prepare, and ingest data sets and other digital assets; Manage access, retention and preservation of digital assets for the University Libraries in collaboration with the University Archives; Assess Libraries faculty and staff needs for professional development and training in this area; Monitor and research new data curation approaches and technologies that may be applicable to digital asset preservation; Facilitate the implementation of data service innovations; Serve on the Data Management Group, a Libraries-wide group which coordinates training and data services best practices; Partner with interested parties on campus to coordinate stewardship of digital information; and Commitment to engage in scholarship worthy of promotion and tenure as a faculty member of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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Brown University Library is recruiting a Scientific Data Management Specialist.

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In coordination with related faculty, the Center for Computing and Visualization (CCV), the Office of the Vice President for Research and the Library's Digital Technology team, the Scientific Data Management Specialist will develop and implement strategies for life-cycle management of science data, including the development of domain-appropriate data models and systems architectures that meet faculty needs, adhere to funding agency requirements, and enhance the overall research environment at Brown as well as that of the larger scientific research community.

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The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee is recruiting a Digitization Project Manager.

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Manages all activities related to the digitization of material and data from the JDC Global Archives in New York and Israel.

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The University of Minnesota Libraries are recruiting a Spatial Data Analyst/Curator.

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Reporting to the Head of the John R. Borchert Map Library, and working closely with the U-Spatial Data Core team, the Libraries Research Data Management/Curation Initiative, the University Digital Conservancy program, and other Libraries and campus geospatial information services, the Spatial Data Analyst/Curator holds primary responsibilities in these areas:

• Consultation and Advocacy—consults with University faculty, staff, and students from across the University on policy and procedural issues related to the creation, management and dissemination of spatial data assets. . . .
• Content Recruitment—Develop and execute a multi-year, community engagement strategy to acquire and build a corpus of digital spatial data for access and preservation via U-Spatial. . . .
• Workflow Analysis and Process Development—analyzes user workflows and data flows to inform the design and development of low-barrier processes for content submission into the access and repository systems used by U-Spatial (i.e., geoportal federated web application access system, and a DPS-digital preservation repository management system). . . .
• Metadata Management—standards, creation, transformation, ingest.

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is recruiting a Digital and Audio Archivist, Special Collections.

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The Digital and Audio Archivist provides departmental support for digital collection and content management, with an emphasis on project management and workflow. The Archivist will also manage the department's audio holdings consisting of more than 35,000 recordings.

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The Southern Illinois University Carbondale Library is recruiting a Preservation Librarian.

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Under the general direction of the Associate Dean for Support Services and responsive to input from the Dean of Library Affairs, the Preservation Librarian is responsible for the administration of the Library Affairs' preservation program. The Preservation Librarian's responsibilities include: Collaborates with librarians and staff in Information Services, Special Collections Research Center, Cataloging, and Acquisitions on the planning, development, implementation, maintenance, and management of comprehensive physical and digital preservation and conservation programs for general and special collections in all formats.

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The New York Public Library is recruiting a Director, Digital Initiatives and Services.

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Reporting to the Chief Library Officer of The New York Public Library, the Director, Digital Initiatives and Services leads the experimentation, implementation and portfolio management of the digital user experience. This person partners with internal and external stakeholders to identify, design, incubate and ensure delivery of an excellent user experience across all our digital properties. This position forms part of a senior team responsible for the digital strategy and customer service across the NYPL.

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The Ohio University Libraries are recruiting an Assistant Dean for Collections & Digital Initiatives.

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As a part of the senior management team, the Assistant Dean reports to the Dean of Libraries and works closely with the Assistant Dean for Research and Education on the development and evaluation of programs, staff, budget and other resources in support of the Libraries' mission. He or she works effectively with students, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds, including nine librarians and 20 support staff in acquisitions, cataloging, circulation, digital initiatives, and preservation.

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The Hesburgh Libraries of the University of Notre Dame are recruiting a Lead Digital Library QA Developer.

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Under the direction of the Co-Director, Digital Initiatives and Scholarship Program, we are seeking an experienced quality assurance professional to establish a testing framework for our Digital Repository systems and coordinate the execution of tests by other technical staff. This position will focus on defining both manual and automated tests for a wide variety of systems to support archiving, describing, and sharing digital visual materials, documents, and research data. These include both back end services as well as public web interfaces and network clients on top of Fedora Commons and Solr including: Search Interface Tools; Digital Exhibits; Document, Data, Image, Audio, and Video viewers, User Workflows, Metadata Management Tools, Digital Collection Management, and Research Data Visualization Tools.

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The Hesburgh Libraries of the University of Notre Dame are recruiting a Digital Project Manager.

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Reporting to Associate University Librarian, Digital Access, Resources and information Technology, the incumbent will be actively engaged in managing the Libraries' current portfolio of cross-programmatic technology projects, including software development projects and infrastructure projects. He or she will lead project planning, implementation, assessment, and improvement, as well as refine, optimize, and document on-going project management protocols and practices.

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The University of Toronto Libraries are recruiting a Digital Scholarship Librarian.

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The Digital Scholarship Librarian's primary role will be to support and enable the use of digital content in new research, by connecting faculty and students to digital content held by the University of Toronto, using sustainable and scalable digital research tools, methods and frameworks.

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