Category: Digital Library Jobs

The Wheaton College Library is recruiting a Digital Initiatives Coordinator.

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In the context of teamwork and mutual support, the Digital Initiative Coordinator advances the above-stated missions as follows:

• Proposes and implements digital innovations that advance faculty and students' discovery and use of library resources, including the creation of digital collections
• Proposes and implements digital innovations to support the library's operations
• In collaboration with others, maintains and enhances the library's Web presence and other electronic services

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries are recruiting a NCDHC Digital Projects Librarian.

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill seeks an organized, collaborative, and collegial individual for the position of Digital Projects Librarian in the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center (http: digitalnc.org ). The North Carolina Digital Heritage Center is a statewide digital library program housed in the North Carolina Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill. The Digital Heritage Center provides digitization and digital publishing services to cultural heritage institutions across North Carolina. The Center has worked with more than 100 institutions around the state on a wide variety of digital projects.

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ORCID is recruiting a Director of Community.

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ORCID (http://orcid.org) is an international non-profit organization that provides a registry of persistent unique researcher identifiers. . . .

We are seeking a Director of Community, who will have responsibility for executing ORCID's Outreach plan, including developing on-line materials and resources, planning events, supporting our Outreach Working Group, and developing regional programs to support understanding and integration of ORCID identifiers.

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The Columbia University Libraries are recruiting a Web Archiving Project Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad (requisition number: 0003542):

The Web Archiving Project Librarian will work with Columbia's collecting partners at other research libraries to identify content areas of mutual interest, propose and test models for collaboration using Columbia's web archiving infrastructure, and identify issues relating to policy, governance and financing of a collaborative program. Through data mining and interviews with scholars at Columbia and elsewhere, the Web Archiving Project Librarian will identify current and potential uses of web content and archives in scholarly research, and identify any changes in strategy or procedures for the web archiving program to improve outcomes. The incumbent will work with website managers at Columbia and elsewhere to identify and test technical changes that would improve harvesting of the website, and alternate means of acquiring content. . . .This is a temporary 2-year position, commencing in March 2013.

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The University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries are recruiting a Digital Archivist.

Here's an excerpt from the ad (requisition number: 20120710):

• In strong collaboration with Library Systems, University Archivist and Manuscripts Curator, develop processes, procedures, and specifications for collecting, preserving, and providing access to born-digital records and hybrid collections that use MARC cataloging and XML encoding.
• Investigate, plan, and manage format conversions and migrations.
• Plan, coordinate, and implement workflows for digital content creation, including quality control procedures, prioritization of production, developing high levels of productivity.
• Provide training in processes and specifications for digital collection creation.

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The Dartmouth College Library is recruiting a Digital Publishing Production Manager.

Here's an excerpt from the ad (position number: 1011489):

This position manages all aspects of production for Elementa, a new multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary digital publishing platform within the Dartmouth Digital Library Program. The Production Coordinator handles day-to-day tasks to ensure the smooth running of the publishing platform and its subject domains. Key tasks include assisting authors and reviewers with the submission system, managing and providing quality control for electronic manuscript files and graphics accepted for publication, updating the platform's webpage, and supporting the geographically dispersed editors-in-chief overseeing the publication's six domains. This is a four-year term position ending December 31 2016, with potential for renewal.

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The University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries are recruiting a Digital Image Metadata Librarian, Image Collection Library.

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The Digital Image Metadata Librarian will collaborate with faculty, librarians and information technology staff to develop, deliver and integrate digital images and other objects into the curriculum. Provide user support for generation, classification, retrieval, and use of images through on-site consultation, print resources, and online documentation. Catalog materials in a variety of formats, with emphasis on electronic and visual image resources. Advise on the application of appropriate current and emerging metadata schema and file standards to facilitate access to digital image resources and other collections. Train others on metadata creation and management; and work closely with staff throughout the Library to provide access to the Image Collection Library's collection.

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The University of Texas at Austin Libraries are recruiting a Director of Texas Digital Library.

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Provide leadership and vision to the Texas Digital Library (TDL) organization, assisting the Governing Board and the staff with the development of long range and annual plans and report the progress of the plans. Develop working relationships with the deans and directors of member libraries, as well as with other member library staff to ensure management with TDL programs and awareness of TDL member needs. With the assistance of the TDL Governing Board, direct activities aimed at recruitment of new members for the TDL consortium. Develop and nurture relationships with academic and research libraries across the state of Texas and promote the work of TDL to potential member libraries. Serve as chief spokesperson for TDL in the digital library and academic library communities. Work to elevate TDL's standing with these communities, and articulate the value of digital libraries generally, and TDL specifically. Work with the Governing Board to develop TDL as a nationally recognized digital collaborative. Develop, implement, and supervise programs and services that support its Strategic Plan and the needs of member libraries.

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University of Florida Libraries are recruiting a Digital Production Manager.

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The University of Florida Libraries seeks a versatile and energetic Digital Production Manager responsible for strategically managing staff capacities, multiple fund lines and project timelines, and the specialized equipment and resources for the operations of the Digital Library Center. The Digital Production Manager has oversight of projects and staff in the areas of bibliographic control, imaging/post-capture processing, quality control & structural metadata, audiovisual conversion/formatting, and optical character recognition/metadata enhancement/archiving. Working closely with external and internal clients this position ensures an appropriate flow of materials, manages digitization processes and services, advises customers on technical specifications, and makes project level decisions collaboratively with the Chair of Digital Services & Shared Collections.

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Clemson University Libraries are recruiting a Head of Digital Scholarship.

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Clemson University Libraries seeks an innovative and motivated professional to work with a team of vibrant library faculty to envision and implement the library’s technology initiatives. Reporting to the Director, Office of Library Technology, the Head of Digital Scholarship will manage scholarly communications and copyright initiatives, lead institutional repository planning and outreach, and oversee digital production and data management strategies. This is a 12-month tenure-track position with faculty rank and status.

The University of Utah Library is recruiting a Coordinator for the Digital Preservation System.

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The Coordinator for the Digital Preservation System will, with the Digital Preservation Archivist, administer the back office environment of the Library's digital preservation software, Rosetta. Within the software, the Coordinator configures deposit procedures for various collections, manages users, manages plug-ins, works with the technical metadata extractor, risk extractor, migration tools, custom fixity, format identifier, etc.

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NYU Digital Library Technology Services is recruiting a Programmer/Analyst—User Interface Design and Development.

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The Position is charged with working across a portfolio of projects to design, build, and maintain front end software for web-based systems that support and enhance accessibility and user experience for the Digital Libraries.

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The University of Chicago Library is recruiting a Digital Collections Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad (Posting Number: 01559):

Reporting to the Associate University Librarian for Digital Services, the Digital Collections Librarian leads the Library's collection-building activities for locally-created digital materials. Establishes priorities, manages projects, coordinates cross-departmental workflows, participates in identifying digital collection development opportunities, and ensures that our locally-digitized collections are integrated into the overall collections and services. Working with the Library's decentralized digital production environment, the Librarian facilitates communication between staff across the Library working on digital projects and ensures stakeholders remain informed and engaged.

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The Northeastern University Libraries are recruiting a Senior Digital Library Developer.

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The Senior Digital Library Developer will develop and maintain the core technical infrastructure for a comprehensive digital library/repository service. Typical activities include: working with open-source and commercial applications to develop an OAIS compliant infrastructure that supports the ingestion, storage/preservation, and distribution of digital assets.

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The California State University, Office of the Chancellor, is recruiting a Digital Repository Services Manager.

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The California State University, Office of the Chancellor, is seeking a Digital Repository Services Manager to be responsible for the design, development, implementation, maintenance, and expansion of systemwide institutional repository and digital asset management services in support of campus-led digital library initiatives. The Manager will work closely with campus libraries and academic technology departments to define needs, set out best practices, and develop and maintain systems and tools to support institutional repository projects. The Manager will additionally work with other SDLS staff in support of discovery projects and initiatives.

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The Dartmouth College Library is recruiting a Senior Programmer/Analyst II.

Here's an excerpt from the ad (position number: 1011453):

This position is the technical lead on a new multi-institutional digital publishing platform within the Dartmouth Digital Library Program. Installs, codes, documents, and maintains a digital publishing software system to deliver XML journal articles and associated supplemental files.

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The Cornell University Library is recruiting a Web Programmer/Developer (Applications Prog IV).

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Cornell University Library, Information Technologies is seeking a Web Programmer/Developer. The selected candidate will provide advanced programming support for CUL-IT digital library, discovery systems and services through design, development, programming, production, and documentation of professional-quality Web applications for digital library collections and other technical projects. Develop Web services to deliver content from CUL digital collections and networked resources. Maintain evolving sites, including Drupal implementations. A

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The University of California, Berkeley Library is recruiting a Associate University Librarian And Director of Digital Initiatives & Collaborative Services.

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As the primary technology planner for the Library, the AUL sets policy and strategic directions to ensure the Library maintains a reliable, scalable, and sustainable technology infrastructure; robust computing services for library users and library staff; vibrant web services, and expanding digital initiatives. The AUL also provides leadership and direction for the policies and services related to other collaborations reaching beyond the Berkeley campus such as the UC Berkeley Library Interlibrary Services and the Northern Regional Library Facility shared by the five northern UC campuses. With the tools to shape access to both legacy collections and newly digitized ones, the AUL will be an architect of new models for networked information.

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The New York Public Library is recruiting a Timothy Leary Papers—Digital Archival Processing Intern.

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The Manuscripts and Archives Division is offering an internship to aid the Digital and Project Archivists for the Timothy Leary Papers for the fall term to students from a Master's program in librarianship, archival studies, or preservation with an interest in the born digital materials in the papers.

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The Abilene Christian University Library is recruiting a Digital Archives Specialist.

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The Digital Archives Specialist executes the plan of work developed and directed by the Associate Dean of Digital Initiatives, Special Collections, and University Archives to provide access through the West Texas Digital Archive to rare books and archival materials held in ACU's Special Collections in service to teaching and learning. . . . This position is grant funded, renewable annually for up to three years, with the possibility of extension.

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