Category: Digital Library Jobs

The Pepperdine University Libraries are recruiting a Director of Digital Initiatives and Technology Strategy.

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Reporting to the Dean of Libraries, this senior administrative position is responsible for all activities related to digital library infrastructure development and content delivery, including the design and deployment and maintenance of digital repository and publishing platforms and related tool sets, representations of digital content, digital conversion, interoperability of digital platforms, archiving of datasets, and integration of digital resources into learning management systems and into classrooms.

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The University of Wyoming's American Heritage Center is recruiting a Digital Programs Archivist.

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The Digital Programs Archivist will continue to evolve the AHC's electronic records program by developing, implementing, and executing processes enabling effective acquisition, appraisal, ingest, preservation, and management of born-digital archival collections. This position works closely with a variety of stakeholders, including Libraries, IT, donors, and archivists in other AHC departments (including University Archives). The Digital Programs Archivist will manage a very active mass digitization program, and provide leadership in the creation and delivery of digital content to meet the needs of the AHC's patrons and preservation priorities. This includes digitization of text, image, audio, and video formats.

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The University of Houston Libraries are recruiting a Metadata Coordinator.

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Reporting to the Head of Metadata and Bibliographic Services, the successful candidate will work closely with the Digital Services and Special Collections Departments to provide leadership and support in metadata creation, maintenance and enhancement for digital resources. This incumbent will also develop approaches to ensure the quality and consistency of metadata in core library systems; translate metadata among different formats and integrate metadata from a variety of sources; be responsible for exploring, evaluating and recommending alternative metadata and emerging technologies that can be applied in the libraries' broader discovery environment; participate in reviewing, developing and implementing metadata application policies and procedures; lead projects, workflow design and training involving metadata and use of metadata in digital repositories and other discovery systems; assist in loading or batch loading of electronic theses and dissertations into the library catalog; keep current with trends, innovations and best practices affecting library metadata and digital collections.

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The North Carolina State University Libraries are recruiting an Academic Technology and Rich Media Librarian.

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The NCSU Libraries invites applications and nominations for the position of Academic Technology and Rich Media Librarian to join the Libraries' Information Technology Department (21 staff plus student assistants). The NCSU Libraries is working to make available advanced technologies that support university teaching and research. With the opening of the James B. Hunt Jr. Library, the IT department will provide technical and infrastructure support for new advanced technology spaces including the Creativity Studio, the Teaching and Visualization Lab, the Gaming Lab, the Immersion Theater, and media production studios. Major technologies include large-scale display, visualization, ultra-HD imagery, multi-touch computing, gaming, streaming media, classroom capture, communication technologies, collaborative software, and cloud computing.

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The University of Notre Dame's Hesburgh Libraries are recruiting a Digital Library Infrastructure Lead.

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Reporting to the Digital Library Services Department Head, we are seeking a senior candidate with strong software development and leadership skills to lead and implement automated services to support digital initiatives for both the Hesburgh Libraries and the wider campus community. Collaborating with the Digital Library Services Department Head and Digital Library Applications Lead, the incumbent will lead digital library infrastructure design to ensure access, discovery, security, data integrity, and preservation of unique library collections, campus research data, and conference event data. The incumbent will lead creation of complex software services to automate capture of metadata, archive data files, transform image and video files, automate digitization, and aggregate information from multiple sources.

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The Amherst College Library is recruiting a Digital Projects Librarian.

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Coordinates digital reformatting operations that preserve and improve access to library and archival collections in all formats and that conform to digital library standards and best practices. Contributes to the development and implementation of digital projects.

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The Harvard Library is recruiting a Digital Library Software Engineer.

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The Harvard Office for Scholarly Communication (OSC) oversees the mechanisms by which the fruits of scholarship are communicated within and without the University, with a special aim to increase the availability of the scholarly output of the University and maximize the efficiency with which scholarly materials are made available to members of the Harvard community and beyond. The OSC department of the Harvard Library seeks a programmer/analyst for development and support of the DASH open access digital scholarship repository. This is a unique opportunity to serve as the technical lead on a project to collect and share the University's research with the world. Please note: This is a one year term appointment with possibility of renewal depending on funding and performance.

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The MIT Lincoln Laboratory is recruiting a Digital Preservation Archivist.

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Under the direction of the Archivist and the Knowledge Service Sector Manager, the Digital Preservation Archivist will define and apply the methodology and standards of archival best practices to born-digital and digitized archival collections; determine specifications for a digital repository and associated tools that meet the management, access, and preservation needs of Laboratory Archives collections; and enhance processes for acquisition, description, access, preservation, and future migration of assets. This individual will develop plans, specifications, procedures, and manuals to support the collection and management of digital archival content. Will serve as the primary adviser to the Knowledge Services and Archives teams on digital preservation issues, including maintaining current awareness of new technologies and initiatives in the field.

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The Temple University Libraries are recruiting a Digital Projects Librarian.

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Working under the direction of the Head of Digital Library Initiatives, the Digital Projects Librarian manages a portfolio of digital library projects, providing the project management framework and technical know-how needed to complete projects successfully. S/he works in close collaboration with other librarians and archivists, metadata specialists, IT staff, scanning/digitization staff, external vendors, and partnering faculty.

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

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With general supervision, support the Library's goal to provide quality resources and expertise to students, faculty and staff by designing information, research and storage systems. Acts as project manager in designing or modifying information systems. Reports to the Assistant University Librarian for Information Technology.

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The Auraria Library is recruiting a Head of Special Collections and Digital Initiatives.

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The Auraria Library, serving the University of Colorado Denver, Downtown Denver Campus; Metropolitan State College of Denver; and the Community College of Denver seeks a dynamic, energetic and innovative individual to serve as the Head of Special Collections and Digital Initiatives. . . .

Reporting to the Associate Director of Technology and Digital Initiatives, this position is primarily responsible for:

• Providing leadership and a knowledge base for the development of special collections (in all formats) and the digital library at the Auraria Library including identifying collections, developing work flows, and working on technical issues involved in digitization and digital asset management.
• Ingesting new digital content into the Library's digital repository.
• Creating the discovery mechanisms for special and digital collections including helping to expand online presence.
• Collaborating with other institutions involved in our digital repository partnership.
• Providing knowledge of current and emerging best practices, tools, principles and standards for digital preservation and collection management.
• Operating as project manager for digital initiatives and as such communicate effectively in person and in writing.

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The Creative Commons is recruiting a Project Coordinator for Science and Data.

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To organize, coordinate and manage projects related to data policy and governance. To perform research and analysis on data governance topics across relevant sectors—particularly for science—and communicate results and recommendations from the project via writing and related outreach.

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The Florida International University Libraries are recruiting a Digital Media Librarian.

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Working within the department and with colleagues in Green Library (MMC) and Hubert Library (BBC), this librarian will have responsibility to:

• Acquire, coordinate, and manage video, audio, and image collections.
• Provide outreach services to the user community.
• Participate in the university-wide development and implementation of policies related to digital rights management, copyright, and intellectual property standards.
• Oversee the digitization of legacy media collections for both access and preservation.
• Participate in the university's development and implementation of streaming media services.

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The University of Virginia Library's Digital Curation Services department is offering a summer internship opportunity.

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The University of Virginia Library, a leader in the development of digital library initiatives and infrastructure and recognized for the strength and variety of its special collections, is excited to offer an eight-week summer internship to provide a graduate student with practical experience in both areas.

One of the primary caretakers responsible for the transformation of the Library's rare and unique materials to digital formats, as well as the stewardship of these images, Digital Curation Services, comprised of eight staff members and a dozen student employees, oversees several grants, multiple donor projects, user requests from faculty and students, and its own library collection building practices. In order to increase and create greater awareness of our digitized holdings, DCS is seeking an energetic and savvy individual to assist with grant writing and social media marketing.

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The Boston College Law Library is recruiting a Digital Services and Institutional Repository Librarian.

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Reporting to the Associate Law Librarian for Access & Organization, the Digital Services and Institutional Repository Librarian leads the law school in the creation, delivery, preservation and on-going support of digital projects and collections in the broadest sense. This librarian will provide vision and guidance for the law school's digital repository that both responds to the law school community's needs and is aligned with collections and preservation priorities.

The Digital Services and Institutional Repository Librarian manages the law school's digital repository, a Digital Commons-based platform. The person in this position will continue the development of repository policies, procedures and services by staying current on developing technologies, standards, and practices in digital preservation. The Digital Services and Institutional Repository Librarian will engage with faculty and students to secure content and craft new partnerships. The Librarian will create promotional materials, actively advertise Digital Commons to the law school community and further develop the Digital Commons@Boston College Law School repository.

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The MIT Libraries are recruiting a Library Fellow for Scholarly Publishing and Licensing.

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Reporting to the Program Manager, Office of Scholarly Publishing and Licensing (OSPL), this position will work with staff within the Libraries as well as the wider MIT community. Activities include:

• Contribution to the work of the OSPL in the areas of copyright advocacy, intellectual property, open access, and rights retention;
• Participation in building a repository collection of open access papers under the MIT Faculty Open Access Policy;
• Examination and reporting on the effectiveness and impact of the Policy in the context of faculty publishing practices and publisher policies;
• Contribution to implementing the next generation technical infrastructure for managing open access workflows.

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The MIT Libraries are recruiting a Library Fellow for Digital Curation and Preservation.

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Reporting to the Head of Curation and Preservation Services, the activities of this position will span the full life-cycle of digital content management through collaboration with the Institute Archives and Special Collections, Specialized Content and Services, and structured interactions with other key units of the MIT Libraries. Activities include:

• Engagement in a range of activities related to the long-term management of digital content types (e.g., video, web content, architectural or other design documentation, geospatial), including the development of principles of good practice, development of selection criteria, determination of archival storage rules, and definition of digital object packaging;
• Contribution to monitoring prevailing community standards and practice for curation and preservation to enhance and extend life-cycle practice at the MIT Libraries;
• Development of outreach materials and guides to raise awareness about the benefits and challenges of curation and preservation;
• Initiation of an experiment to address a specific curation or preservation need.

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Library is recruiting a Newspaper Digitization Project Librarian.

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Library seeks a knowledgeable, resourceful, and collaborative individual for the position of Newspaper Digitization Project Librarian. The Project Librarian will coordinate activities for the proposed, multi-year grant project, North Carolina Newspapers. In this project, the University Library will lead a collaborative effort with the North Carolina State Archives to digitize approximately 150 reels of microfilmed North Carolina newspapers in their entirety and make them available through the Library of Congress's Chronicling America website (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/).

Under the supervision of the grant's principal investigator at the University Library, the Project Librarian will coordinate the day-to-day operations of the North Carolina Newspapers project. The Newspaper Digitization Project Librarian will work to ensure microfilm selected for the project meets required technical specifications, and will prepare metadata on newspaper titles and reels selected for digitization. The Project Librarian will also create and maintain a database to track the movement of microfilm and digital files, and will oversee review of digital files received from digitization vendor.

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The Brown University Library is recruiting a Semantic Web Programmer/Developer.

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The Semantic Web Programmer/Developer is responsible for data ingest planning and execution for the VIVO semantic web application. Responsible for configuration of local extensions to the application ontology (data model) and for ongoing maintenance of ontology and data.

Develop and document scripts using XML and semantic web technologies to process data and metadata from institutional databases of record, online databases of publications, and research grant information, and other sources as identified by campus stakeholders.

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The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research is recruiting a Director of Curation Services.

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The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) seeks to appoint a Director of Curation Services to maintain and develop a comprehensive approach to data management and digital preservation. The holder of this position will lead a team with responsibility for policy implementation and planning across the data lifecycle, including metadata standards, repository management, digital preservation, and compliance with standards (such as Trusted Repositories Audit & Certification).

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries are recruiting an Electronic Records Archivist.

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Reporting to the University Archivist and Head of University Archives and Records Management Services (UARMS), the Electronic Records Archivist will have a particular focus on the management, acquisition, appraisal, description, and preservation of born-digital institutional records with historical, evidential, or administrative value to the university. The Electronic Records Archivist will be responsible for supporting UNC faculty, students, and staff with information, training, and assistance in depositing digital materials into the Carolina Digital Repository (CDR), and for working with the CDR Steering Committee and with policy, programming, and other staff to define and implement repository policies, workflows, and capabilities.

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The Yale University Library is recruiting a Librarian for Digital Humanities Research.

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The Librarian for Digital Humanities Research will promote the advancement of the use of digital technologies and resources for humanities research, teaching, and intellectual engagement. Specific activities may include:

• Building digital collections as scholarly or teaching resources
• Using digital collections and analytical tools to generate new intellectual products
• Analyzing humanities collections, data, or research processes
• Offering digital humanities training
• Collaborating with other Yale digital research and teaching specialists
• Researching new digital humanities technologies and promoting them, as appropriate, to Yale faculty, students, and staff

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The Bates College Library is recruiting a Science Research & Data Librarian.

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Bates College seeks nominations and applications for an innovative and proactive Science Research & Data Librarian. Reporting to the Associate Librarian for Research Services, this librarian shares a broad range of liaison-oriented activities with the other user-oriented professionals in the unit, including general and specialized research services, individual research consultations, group instruction, and collection development and management. This individual serves as a research partner, an instructional consultant, and a frequent point of contact to a diverse group of faculty and students on informational needs in the sciences and on issues of data management. This is an opportunity for a motivated individual to play a key role in shaping Bates College's involvement in e-science, digital data curation and standards in the science division and in other parts of the college.

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries are recruiting a Head of Kenan Science Information Services.

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Leading a team of librarians, this person oversees the operation of the Kenan Science Library, provides coordination for science information services and vision for the development of new, innovative approaches to e-science and data management. Additionally, the Head of Kenan Science Information Services will collaborate with staff in the Health Sciences Library to build strong interdisciplinary science collections and services, especially those supporting data intensive and team based science involving the biomedical sciences.

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