Category: Digital Library Jobs

The Bodleian Libraries at the University of Oxford are recruiting a Chief of Digital Operations/Chief Operating Officer.

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We are seeking a highly experienced senior manager with an established background working in a Digital Library and/or IT to oversee the day-to-day operations of the department. Two key competencies required for this post are the ability to develop and articulate a digital vision and the ability to embed large scale cultural change into an organization. This individual will oversee the management of dozens of major digital projects concurrently and will need to ensure the provision of essential services and foster innovation and evolution in the department. In the massively growing field of digital services, the Chief of Digital Operations will establish and maintain systematic methods for the efficient and effective delivery of digital services to ensure that BDLSS is established as a leader in digital service provision. The successful candidate will also be responsible for building relationships with key stakeholders including researchers, students, lecturers, senior library staff, other university services, vendors, colleges and international counterparts. The person who occupies this role will focus on productivity and innovation and it will be a very exciting, strategic position within the Libraries in the years ahead.

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The Texas Digital Library is recruiting a Sr. Software Developer Analyst.

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Develop services and tools used by members of the Texas Digital Library Consortium including conducting systems analysis and programming for the DSpace Digital Repository System at TDL member institutions and participate and contribute to the DSpace Open Source community. Conduct systems analysis and programming for the open source Vireo ETD Management System, as well as work in a leadership capacity within the Vireo open source development community. Provide operational and customer support for DSpace and Vireo services. Provide issue investigation, documentation, project scheduling, and communication with internal and external stakeholders. Keep up with technological trends and industry standards to ensure all products exhibit excellence in robustness, availability, security, data integrity and fault tolerance. Participate in the development of team software development standards, process improvements and technical documentation.

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The UNC School of Information and Library Science is recruiting a Dryad Librarian.

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Dryad (http: datadryad.org) is a curated general-purpose repository that makes the data underlying scientific publications discoverable, freely reusable, and citable. The Dryad team is working with stakeholders from journals and scientific societies to develop data sharing policies and ensure the long-term sustainability of the repository. The Dryad project is seeking a detail oriented person with good analytical and communication skills. The position includes a variety of curatorial and metadata-specific tasks, and collaborating with Dryad development team members to improve curatorial procedures, and adding in the future design and testing of repository system functionalities.

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Film Archive is recruiting a Digital Archivist.

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The Digital Archivist works in the Academy Film Archive under the supervision of the Digital Curator. Primary duties include assisting Digital Curator with inspection, inventory and cataloging of digital collection items and prepping materials for ingest to the digital repository.

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The Virginia Tech Libraries are recruiting a Repository Collections Specialist.

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The Repository Collections Specialist (RCS) assumes responsibility for the architecture and management of collections for the institutional repository, VTechWorks. Under the general supervision of the VTechWorks Librarian and according to relevant digital library and archival standards, the incumbent will process materials; create, submit, organize, and maintain collections; and oversee and conduct quality control for the repository. Processing may also entail describing materials following locally adopted metadata standards, linking files, and assessing copyright status. The RCS will assist with policy development and identify potential materials for the repository, design workflows for single and batch uploads, serve as a consultant to collection administrators and submitters—Virginia Tech faculty, students and staff, supervise a student assistant who helps process materials for the repository, and document policies, procedures, and repository activities.

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The Digital Public Library of America is recruiting a Technology Specialist.

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• Report to the Director for Technology, working to design, develop, test, integrate, support, and document user-facing applications and back-end systems.
• Support the philosophy of open source, shared, and community-built tools, scripts, and technologies.
• Be conversant and comfortable with digital library technologies and engage cultural heritage communities and consortial efforts.
• Support content management policies, process, and workflows, and contribute to the development of new ones.
• Demonstrate knowledge of, and experience with, web application and software development and data modeling.

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The Montana State University Library is recruiting a Data Management Librarian.

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Lead development of a data management services program to serve the needs of faculty and students across the University. Participate in university and library initiatives to develop policies and offer sustainable services and infrastructure that enable management of research data over the intended data lifecycle. Work with partners in the library and on campus to develop a data-publishing model for shared access to open data. Assist researchers in developing data management plans, including those mandated by funding agencies. Provide consultation services for faculty and students on data-related issues and challenges arising from their research. Develop training and documentation for MSU Library faculty and staff to enable effective data consultation services. Help build an open data-sharing platform using data management tools and RESTful APIs or web services. Participate in the library's liaison program to create data management opportunities and liaison work. Develop a research agenda that results in publications in peer-reviewed forums.

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The Boston University School of Theology Library is recruiting a Digital Projects Librarian.

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Reporting to the Head Librarian, manage and develop the digital collections of the School of Theology Library. Take the lead in the development of digital initiatives. Identify and select items in the library's collections for digitization working with the university Information Services & Technology Department to select and/or procure appropriate technology for digitization. Act as a liaison with faculty to identify and develop digital projects related to faculty teaching and research. Manage student staff involved in digitization. Promote the use of library digital resources by library patrons. Work with the library archivist in assisting in the processing of archival collections, especially those related to digital projects.

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Rutgers University Libraries are recruiting a Metadata Librarian for Continuing Resources, Scholarship and Data.

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The individual will provide leadership, management, and strategic planning for bibliographic access to print and electronic continuing resources, scholarly papers and presentations, and research data in all formats, ensuring effective and accurate access to these resources in the library's catalog, institutional repository and forthcoming webscale discovery layer environments. This position will provide metadata for resources in the scholarly information cycle, from research data to scholarly articles and published journals. The successful candidate will collaborate with library and academic faculty to describe and facilitate access to faculty publications and complex research data resulting from grants and other research activities, using the libraries' RUcore cyberinfrastructure.

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The University of Minnesota Libraries are recruiting a Digital Preservation Analyst.

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The Analyst holds responsibilities in the Digital Preservation and Repository Technologies (DPRT) department in the Data & Technology Division of the University of Minnesota Libraries. The department's mission is to preserve and ensure continuing access to objects under the digital preservation stewardship of the University Libraries. This work is accomplished through the implementation and support of robust high quality discovery, access and preservation systems and applications, achieved in coordination with relevant Data & Technology departments, the Office of Information Technology (OIT), the Minnesota Digital Library (MDL), and other partners and collaborators

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

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The incumbent will coordinate the digital projects team in carrying out the planning and execution of scalable and sustainable digital projects to make scholarly output and research resources available online. Responsibilities include providing leadership in setting goals, and implementing policies and priorities for digital project work in collaboration with the digital scholarship librarian, and other library and faculty stakeholders; coordinating project planning and ensuring technical project definition; overseeing creative and technical project execution; working in close consultation with stake holders to ensure completion of high-quality digital projects on time, within budget, and in accordance with established standards; cultivating and maintaining collaborative relationships with faculty, librarians and staff; contributing to the field through research, professional service, and participating in library, university and external committee and actively seeking out and engaging in opportunities for professional development.

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The J. Murrey Atkins Library at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte is recruiting a Digital Programs Archivist.

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The Digital Programs Archivist will continue to evolve the Atkins Library's digital programs by developing and executing processes enabling effective and efficient acquisition, appraisal, ingest, preservation, and management of born-digital and reformatted archival collections. These programs include digitization of text, image, audio, and video formats in Special Collections, born-digital University content, metadata formation, digital preservation, and data curation. The archivist will provide leadership in creating structural and administrative metadata for all formats and the physical cataloging of rare books, maps, oral histories and digital collections.

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The Digital Public Library of America is recruiting a Director of Technology.

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The Director of Technology will be responsible for the overall technology vision for the DPLA. As an early-stage organization, we expect substantial growth, including in unexpected areas. The Director of Technology must be able to plan and map this future, creating new initiatives as necessary in consultation with the DPLA team. The Director of Technology will report to the Executive Director.

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The Harvard Library is recruiting a Repository Manager.

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The Harvard Library's Office for Scholarly Communication is looking for a technically-savvy and charismatic Repository Manager with a passion for democratizing access to knowledge.

As part of our team of librarians, scholars, and software engineers, you will work on the cutting edge of the open access movement to make academic research produced at Harvard and elsewhere available to anyone, throughout the world, free of charge.

This position is part technical; you will work closely with software developers to maintain and improve our repository, and research new technological directions for tools to support open access. But it also has a big education and outreach component; working closely with the program manager, you will serve as a front-line representative of the OSC to help increase the awareness and visibility of open access issues within and beyond the University.

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The New York University Division of Libraries is recruiting a Digital Scholarship Specialist.

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The Digital Scholarship Specialist will join that unit to provide client service, technical expertise, training, and support for tools and practices that are used by faculty and researchers engaged with digital scholarship and publishing, with a particular focus on the digital humanities. The Digital Scholarship and Publishing Services team works collaboratively with staff throughout NYU Libraries and NYU Information Technology Services, including the Digital Studio, Data Services, Digital Library Technology Services, Libraries subject specialists, and NYU Abu Dhabi Library.

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The University of Hawaii, West Oahu is recruiting a Head Digital Archivist.

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• Supervises the daily operations of the archive;
• Develops the archive's policies and procedures to guide all aspects of the archive's operations including collection management, cataloging, preservation, and access; . . .
• Oversees digitizing efforts including work with specialized preservation labs and vendors;
• Oversees the acquisition, installation, and support of hardware and software essential to the archive's operations;
• Develops a comprehensive digital preservation & access strategy based on best practices & national/professional standards & which includes long-term storage requirements, copyrights, metadata collection and development of a web-based virtual environment;

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The MIT Libraries are recruiting an Associate Director for Information Technology & Digital Development.

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Reporting to the Director of Libraries, the Associate Director plays an essential role in shaping the future of the MIT Libraries' digital environment. S/he provides strategic direction to ensure that the Libraries maintain a scalable and sustainable technology infrastructure, provide reliable computing services for library users and staff including robust web and virtual services, and support expanding digital initiatives for strategic priorities that include digital learning, global engagement, scholarly publishing, and content management and curation services. The Associate Director will collaborate with the Director of Research to support the advancement of the Libraries' digital technology research efforts and to facilitate technology transfer into the enterprise library environment.

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The University of California, Davis is recruiting a postdoc position in innovating scholarly communication.

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A new UC Davis initiative on "Innovating the Communication of Scholarship" is hiring a 3-year postdoctoral fellow, starting September 1, 2013. This is a cross-disciplinary project to study the future of academic publishing, involving faculty from the Center for Science and Innovation Studies, the Library, the Genome Center, and the School of Law (with additional collaborators in Computer Science, English, Philosophy, and the Graduate School of Management). Research topics include open access models, peer review, new forms of quality metrics, data publication, use of social media, and new forms of misconduct.

The successful candidate will conduct research, collaborate on or lead organization of conferences, workshops, pedagogical activities, and grant writing.

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The Harvard Art Museums are recruiting a Digital Archivist.

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The Digital Archivist provides leadership, strategic planning, and management of this content. The Digital Archivist is responsible for the long term preservation, organization, and distribution of the museums' digitized and born-digital material. The Digital Archivist works closely with the museums' Media Resources department and the Collections Information and Database Specialist to create a sustainable system to meet these goals. The incumbent also works across Harvard University departments to meet our shared goals of preservation and dissemination of digital materials.

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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 Arizona Center for Creative Photography is recruiting a Program Coordinator, Digital Projects.

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The Program Coordinator is responsible for all technical and strategic aspects of the Center's digital imaging operation. The incumbent works closely with archive, curatorial, registration, and conservation staff to plan and implement large digitization projects, aimed at preserving and exposing the Center's unique collections. Incumbent strategizes workflow for digital capture of fine prints and archive materials including prints, film, documents and 3D objects. Oversees digital preservation activities at CCP, working in collaboration with IT personnel. This includes managing workflow for quality control, backup to network servers, image processing, and metadata creation. Incumbent interfaces with registrars, archivists, collection information specialists, and licensing professionals in planning, prioritizing, storage and delivery of digitized materials. Advises on the Center's ongoing digitization strategy.

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

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Reporting to the Head of Digital Services, the Digital Operations Librarian oversees day to day digitization activities of the Digital Services Department. The position coordinates with Special Collections, Metadata and Bibliographic Services, and other units to shepherd digital projects from inception to completion, and collaborates in the development of procedures and workflow for digital collections. The Digital Operations Librarian may also provide support to the Digital Collections Committee. The position supervises the work of 2 Digital Photograph Technicians, student workers and library student interns. The Digital Operations Librarian is a two year term appointment, with the potential for renewal.

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The University of Illinois at Chicago Library is recruiting a Senior Digital Library Applications Developer.

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The Senior Digital Library Applications Developer will act as project manager in designing or modifying information systems. This position reports to the Assistant University Librarian for Information Technology.

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The District of Columbia Public Library is recruiting a Librarian (Digital Curation).

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Under the general direction of the Special Collections Manager, the Digital Curation Librarian is primarily responsible for managing digitization for the Library's unique and historical materials and curating digital content.

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