Category: Digital Library Jobs

Kent State University Libraries are recruiting a Digital Projects Librarian.

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Kent State University Libraries seeks an experienced and creative Digital Projects Librarian (DPL) who will be responsible for the research, planning, execution and management of digital projects throughout the University Libraries' environment. The DPL will work with programmers and applications in a complex production environment. S/he will work closely with Library and University-wide clients, colleagues and team members to understand and satisfy complex digital project requirements and provide quality technical solutions to the University community. The position is a 12-month, full-time, tenure-track faculty position that reports to the Head of Systems.

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The University of Texas at Austin Libraries are recruiting a Librarian III, Digital Curation Services.

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Manage the Digital Curation Services department. Establish priorities, manage projects, and coordinate cross-departmental workflows. Design and implement metadata specifications for digital projects, including creating application profiles, crosswalking, and ensuring consistency of metadata strategies across a wide variety of projects and processes that rely on metadata. Supervise Digital Repository Librarian and Digital Archivist. Work within the Libraries' decentralized digital production environment. Facilitate communication between staff across the Libraries and other departments across campus working on digital projects, ensuring stakeholders remain informed and engaged. Represent activities and needs in the Libraries' strategic planning and ensure that digital curation issues are reflected in broader organizational policies and procedures. Responsible for understanding emerging trends in digital collection creation and management and for developing solutions that meet the needs of users in an academic research environment in collaboration with other UT Libraries units.

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Princeton University's Office of Information Technology is recruiting a Digital Repository Software Developer.

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This is a 3 year term position.

The Office of Information Technology seeks a Digital Repository Software Developer to establish and enhance digital repositories to house academic publications, research data, and related digital assets. The primary focus of the position will be to develop software and systems for collecting and depositing academic journal articles subject to Princeton University's Open Access Policy for Faculty Publications into an open access repository.

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Historic New England is recruiting a Digital Projects Developer.

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Serving as part of the organization's information technology team, the digital projects developer will be an expert coder with the ability to craft elegant technology solutions for a complex, multi-site cultural heritage organization. Will execute, oversee or assist with projects related to systems integration, digital asset management, electronic records management, website development, database management, and intranet development, including support of Historic New England's ongoing Collections Access Project. Will be responsible for identifying technology needs and developing project plans, coordinating with technology vendors, developing and customizing software solutions, and creating complete and accurate documentation for completed solutions.

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The Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame are recruiting a Media Digitization Specialist.

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Working within the program for Digital Initiatives and Scholarship, the Digitization Specialist produces digital surrogates from a variety of still image, text, and other formats from Library and other University holdings. S/he creates digital surrogates according to established standards to meet Hesburgh Libraries’ goals for digitizing resources. This position reports to the program co-director for Digital Initiatives and Scholarship, but works closely with the Metadata & Digital Projects Librarian and other staff for work assignments and quality controls.

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The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History is recruiting a Digital Archivist.

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Preserve, describe, and provide access to primary source digital materials, both born digital and digital content created in house. Develop processes for archiving and preserving digital material that exist on email, websites, social media as well as material residing on current or legacy formats. Prepare digital content with rigorous attention to metadata creation and oversee digitization operations and workflows. Work with staff to develop a digital repository for assets, participate in collections development, donor relations, assessments, and acquisition. Participate in reference desk rotation, assist in transferring archival collections to the Center, with some occasional travel as needed. Deliver digital content to external discovery and delivery mechanisms in collaboration with the Center's web team. Assist with the research and implementation of information architecture and emerging technologies.

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The DePaul University Libraries are recruiting a Digital Archivist.

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The Digital Archivist will report to the Head of Special Collections and Archives. The Digital Archivist will work collaboratively across the library and the University to expand the library's capacity to responsibly acquire born-digital archival content, manage existing digital holdings, and ensure the effective acquisition, appraisal, description, preservation, future migration, access to and security of digital archives. In addition, the Digital Archivist will engage library and campus partners and provide guidance on best practices for data management, training and development. The Digital Archivist may serve as a liaison librarian in assigned areas.

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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 Getty Research Institute is recruiting a Digital Humanities Specialist.

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The Getty Research Institute (GRI) seeks a creative, technology-grounded person with a background in art history and/or computer science to conceptualize, advise, and coordinate digital humanities projects and collection digitization projects. Reporting to the GRI Deputy Director, the position will interact with a diverse range of collaborators including resident scholars, curators, research staff, librarians, technologists, and external partners to increase access to collections, develop new tools for using digital collections, and facilitate original art-historical research using digital resources. The Digital Humanities Specialist will recommend strategic directions, participate in prioritizing projects, research and recommend new technologies, track advancements in the field, manage project teams, and collaborate with external partners.

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The University of Houston Libraries are recruiting a Digitization Operations Librarian.

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Responsibilities: Reporting to the Metadata and Digitization Operations Coordinator in the Metadata and Digitization Services (MDS) Department, the Digitization Operations Librarian will provide leadership and expertise in digitization activities for the unit. This incumbent will work closely with Special Collections and other departments to manage digital projects from inception to completion; develop and implement policies and procedures; participate in planning, goal-setting, and assessing the effectiveness of staff and operations; provide training and direction to staff in digitization routines; and keep current with new trends, standards and practices. The incumbent will also coordinate the UHDL Internship Program and work with stakeholders to promote the digital library to key audiences. This position supervises the work of 2 digitization technicians, student workers and library student interns.

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The Wheaton College Library is recruiting a Digital Asset Curator.

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The Digital Asset Curator serves as an instructional consultant, a technology specialist, an educator, and a research partner with an emphasis on the use and development of online information resources for teaching and learning, including web-based resources. The position works closely with faculty and colleagues to develop, administer, and coordinate services associated with digital assets and learning objects used by faculty and students of the college, including the college's teaching collection of 100,000+ digital images (used primarily but not exclusively by the Art and Art History Department), academic materials for the web, and the college's digital repository (maintained in close collaboration with the Archives).

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DuraSpace is recruiting a Senior Software Developer.

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This person will lead an effort to integrate three key software platforms DuraCloud, Chronopolis, and the Digital Preservation Network (DPN) that all play a critical role in keeping our digital materials safe and accessible to all. This position will involve designing and building software to integrate these three systems as well as coordinating with each of the technical teams to ensure that the strategy for interoperability works well for all involved.

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The American University in Cairo is recruiting a Digital Collections Archivist.

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The Digital Collections Archivist plays a leadership role in digital initiatives, including building collections of digitized and born-digital archival materials, and facilitating access to those collections. The position holder reports to the University Archivist and supervises the RBSCL's digitization staff. The Digital Collections Archivist is responsible for managing the CONTENTdm-based Rare Books and Special Collections Digital Library, setting standards for digital preservation and metadata input, and providing related training and supervision for RBSCL staff. The position holder is also responsible for managing AUC's Digital Archive and Research Repository (a DSpace-based institutional digital repository) and managing the RBSCL's Web Archive, based on the ArchiveIt subscription service. The position holder also coordinates the RBSCL's website, blog, LibGuides, AUC Wiki, and social media sites, working cooperatively with other library staff.

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The Creighton University Health Sciences Library is recruiting a Digital Repository Librarian—Health Sciences.

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The Digital Repository Librarian will work in the Health Sciences Library under the supervision of the Head of Information Services. The CDR (Creighton Digital Repository) team presently consists of two librarians and one support staff position. Librarians from all three libraries contribute to the management of particular collections. The CDR is well established and continues to grow in both size and complexity with over 32,000 items in more than 175 collections.

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The Virginia Tech Libraries are recruiting a Software Engineer—Java.

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This position writes code to improve locally developed and community-driven software from application development through deployment. Automates metadata discovery, extraction, creation and/or migration. Supports digital preservation strategies and digital library, repository, publishing, and virtual community systems by writing and/or using programs, including Java, Python, Ruby, Perl, PHP, MySQL, CSS, HTML, and JavaScript. Performs project related work. Initial focus will be on developing Fedora and Hydra applications for local and broader initiatives.

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The Virginia Tech Libraries are recruiting a Software Engineer—Ruby.

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This position writes code to improve locally developed and community-driven software from application development through deployment. Automates metadata discovery, extraction, creation and/or migration. Supports digital preservation strategies and digital library, repository, publishing, and virtual community systems by writing and/or using programs, including Java, Python, Ruby, Perl, PHP, MySQL, CSS, HTML, and JavaScript. Performs project related work. Initial focus will be on developing Fedora and Hydra applications for local and broader initiatives.

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University of Florida Libraries are recruiting a Digital Production Manager.

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Manages the Digital Library Center production units, consisting of Ingest; Imaging; Audiovisual; Quality Control; Metadata, Markup, Loading, and Archiving.

• Establishes, maintains, and assesses overall production workflow;
• Maintains accurate tracking and inventory for production and pending queues;
• Advises the Head of Digital Services and project administrators concerning progress toward overall project goals and relevant day-to-day operations (scheduling, hardware/software needs and failures, etc.) via formal reports and informal communication;
• Identifies risks and analyzes capacity;
• Consults on the development of grant proposals and in the administration of awarded projects;
• Manages budgets by tracking and assuring available funding levels for continuous operation, including multiple grant funded projects;
• Works with DLC staff to develop cost-effective and quality-control techniques for digitization;

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The UC San Diego Library is recruiting 2 Metadata Librarians

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Each position will work partly in the Metadata Services Program and partly in the Research Data Curation Program.

The temporary position will focus 60% time on research data sets, and the permanent position will focus 70% time on the digital objects being prepared for ingest into our Digital Asset Management Systems (DAMS). . . .

Both positions will also work closely with staff in the Digital Library Program and in Information Technology Services to achieve our librarywide goal of developing and delivering a robust and high quality discovery and management tool for digital objects. Both positions will provide metadata services related to digital objects and research data.

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The University of Houston Libraries are recruiting a Metadata Librarian.

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Reporting to the Metadata Coordinator within the Department of Metadata and Digitization Services, the successful candidate will provide consulting and support for both UH Libraries and UH campus repository metadata needs, including support for the UH Libraries data management services; assist with creation and maintenance of descriptive, technical, and preservation metadata for UH Digital Library collections; participate in exploring, evaluating and recommending alternative metadata and emerging technologies that can be applied in the Libraries' broader discovery environment; review, develop and implement metadata application policies and procedures; lead metadata projects, workflow design and training; keep current with trends, innovations and best practices affecting library metadata and digital collections. This incumbent will also work closely with the Digital Services and Special Collections Departments as well as other national partners to develop a holistic metadata approach in support of UH Libraries involvement in HathiTrust Digital Library.

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The University of Houston Libraries are recruiting a Head of Digital Repository Services.

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This newly established librarian position, reporting to the Associate Dean for Public Services, will have a key role in establishing and expanding repository policies and services of the University of Houston Libraries and will:

• Convene cross-functional teams to provide repository services to faculty
• Work with stakeholders to evaluate and implement evolving and new repository services and to evaluate organizational structure and staffing to support these services
• Participate in cross-functional teams to evaluate digital asset management systems and services
• Provide leadership in the adoption of best practices for repositories in copyright and scholarly communication
• Serve as a member of the Committee on Digital Collections with the Head of Special Collections and the Head of Collection Services
• Manage, with campus partners, the submission and publication policies for electronic theses and dissertations through the Vireo submission system

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The Penn State University Libraries are recruiting a Publishing Services Web Developer.

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The Publishing and Curation Services Department (PCS) at the Penn State University Libraries seeks a Publishing Services Web Developer to support innovative library-based publishing and related services. PCS members collaborate actively with other units in the library as well as faculty and students. The successful candidate will participate in configuration, development and integration of software and functionality for a range of library applications supporting digital collections development and creative publishing and providing support to content contributors in the established suite of applications. Current unit activities in the department include collaboration on faculty web-based projects, Omeka pilot projects, the ScholarSphere repository service, journal and conference publishing, and data curation services. The Developer participates in needs assessment, benchmarking, prototype design, review, troubleshooting, and maintenance of digital products distributed via the web; is responsible for supported applications including installation, configuration, customization, and use; delivers custom application functionality including user interface customization as needed

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The NC Government & Heritage Library is recruiting a State Library Digital Collections Manager.

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The NC Government & Heritage Library (GHL) seeks an enthusiastic, innovative, and detail-oriented Digital Collections Manager (Librarian) to take a strong leadership role in the Digital Information Management Program's (DIMP) work to preserve and provide access to the valuable resources of North Carolina government. This position coordinates the DIMP's access and preservation repositories, digital preservation education and outreach initiatives, and develops policies, guidelines, best practices, and workflows regarding digital information management.

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ARL is recruiting a Director of Public Policy Initiatives.

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The Director of Public Policy Initiatives advocates for the policy priorities of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and executes strategies to implement these priorities. The position monitors legislative trends and participates in ARL's outreach to the Executive Branch and the United States Congress. The Director works closely with the Associate Executive Director, Federal Relations and Information Policy, the ARL Executive Director, the ARL Board of Directors, relevant ARL committees, task forces and ARL members.

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The University of Mary Washington Libraries are recruiting a Digital Resources Librarian.

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The Digital Resources Librarian works collaboratively with the Special Collections Librarian and other personnel to create, maintain, and promote UMW Libraries' digital collections, including creating policies and usage guidelines, planning and implementing workflows, and overseeing quality control. Under the supervision of the Special Collections Librarian, this position will develop strategies for the management of digital assets, advise faculty and students on best practices for preserving scholarship and digital projects, and participate in campus-wide conversations on scholarly communications.

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