Category: Digital Library Jobs

The Library of Congress is recruiting a Digital Conversion Specialist.

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This position is located in the World Digital Library, Office of the Librarian and reports to the Supervisory Information Technology Specialist within WDL. The incumbent serves as a digital conversion specialist and facilitates the development and expansion of the WDL through participation in digital library activities, such as preparation of physical materials for WDL conversion, and quality control of digital assets (digital objects and metadata) received from WDL partners for inclusion in the WDL programs. This position involves constant contact with overseas partners and working with materials in the English language and languages other than English.

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The California Digital Library is recruiting a Manager, Infrastructure and Applications Support.

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Reporting to the Executive Director, the Manager of Infrastructure and Applications Support is responsible for technical design, implementation, maintenance, and operations of the common technology enterprise services that support all program and service areas. The Manager is responsible for the Computing and Storage Resource Center comprising a distributed network of CDL-owned resources at two physical locations and for managing the overall integration architecture for computing systems, database management systems, storage systems and network infrastructure. The Manager also provides support to application developers in the CDL's program areas for the development, staging and production environments, partnership support for desktop computing services provided by UCOP's TechDesk,and for collaboration tools supporting the work of CDL and its partners.

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The University of North Texas Libraries are recruiting a Collection Development Librarian.

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The University of North Texas Libraries Collection Management Division is looking for a collection development librarian to frame, conceptualize, create, and maintain a collection of born-digital and other open-access electronic materials that support the institution's scholarly pursuits.

The Collection Development Librarian, with an emphasis in open-access and born-digital materials, is responsible for the identification, acquisitions, classification, and accessibility of these resources. This librarian will also work with stakeholders to pinpoint online resource needs, and formulate the scope of various born-digital collections.

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The Columbia University Libraries are recruiting a Digital Scholarship Coordinator.

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The Columbia University Libraries invites nominations and applications for the position of Digital Scholarship Coordinator, Humanities and History Libraries division. The Digital Scholarship Coordinator will provide leadership in incorporating technologies and new research methodologies into the scholarly activities of the humanities community at Columbia University. The Digital Scholarship Coordinator will work with colleagues from across the University to develop outreach strategies and partnerships with faculty and students supporting digital research projects in the humanities. The Digital Scholarship Coordinator will engage technologies emerging as critical to research and teaching in the humanities to meet the evolving needs of faculty, students, and staff. The Digital Scholarship Coordinator will assist in planning for the programmatic and physical expansion of the Digital Humanities Center, http://library.columbia.edu/indiv/dhc.html, within Butler Library, including the creation of a graduate student fellows program focusing on the digital humanities. The Digital Scholarship Coordinator will also assist in the identification of funding opportunities and preparation of grants supporting the programmatic needs of the Digital Humanities Center. The Digital Scholarship Coordinator will work closely with colleagues from the Humanities and History Libraries, the Digital Humanities Librarian, and the Center for New Media Teaching and Learning, http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu, and the Center for Digital Research and Scholarship, http://cdrs.columbia.edu. The position will report to the Director of the Humanities & History Libraries division.

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The Oregon State University Libraries are recruiting a Data Management Specialist.

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OSU Libraries seeks a self-motivated individual to establish a robust research data and data set curation and management program at Oregon State University. Reporting to the Head of the Center for Digital Scholarship and Services, the Data Management Specialist plays a central role in developing services and data management plans to support the data generated by the OSU research enterprise. The position collaborates with faculty, graduate students, academic units and research center personnel to identify, manage, describe, preserve and make research data available and accessible to appropriate audiences. The Data Management Specialist assists faculty and graduate students with writing data management plans required by funding agencies such as the National Science Foundation. The position identifies and recommends appropriate methods for data storage and retrieval and instructs researchers in contributing to and using digital repository systems including ScholarsArchive@OSU.

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Tufts University is recruiting an Archivist for Digital Collections – Digital Collections and Archives.

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The Archivist for Digital Collections (ADC) oversees the formulation, preparation, and management of digital objects and collections for the DCA with a particular focus on developing tools and workflows to maximize efficiency in digital collections management. This work includes: database manipulation, scripting, supervising student workers, developing policies and procedures concerning digital objects and metadata, implementing appropriate standards and best practices, conducting quality assurance for digital collections, undertaking preservation activities, and managing the DCA's locally-developed collections management system, CIDER. The ADC, working closely with the Director, acts as project manager for projects yielding digital collections including proposal development, and implementation and oversight of funded projects, and serves as a primary point of contact for faculty requiring assistance managing electronic research materials.

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The University of Texas–Pan American Library is recruiting a Digital Project Librarian.

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• Responsible in managing daily operations related to the digitization, cataloging, classification, and access of archival materials.
• Creates, manages and organizes digitization projects.
• Catalogs and classifies digitized print, audio-visual and oral history.
• Creates and maintains a website for the digitized items.
• Seeks permission for copyrighted material for digitizing.
• Works in collaboration with other area libraries and museums for digitization of some archival collections.

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The MIT Libraries are recruiting a Software Engineer.

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Reporting to the Head of Software Development and Analysis, the Software Engineer will be responsible for development work, from front-end web applications to back-end data management, for a variety of projects underway in the Libraries. An initial focus will be enhancing GIS software and systems that expand access to geodata through existing services and tools. S/he will work collaboratively with the Senior GIS Specialist, the Geospatial Data Librarian, and the Digital Library Systems Manager to investigate, define, recommend, and build new services around geodata. The Engineer will maintain up-to-date system documentation and manage code in a version-control system. S/he will also advise and consult with library technical and non-technical staff to provide GIS web development expertise and guidance.

| Institutional Repository Bibliography | Digital Scholarship |

Marquette University's Raynor Memorial Libraries are recruiting a Coordinator of Digital Programs.

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Reporting to the Associate Dean for Scholarly Resources and Collections, the Coordinator of Digital Programs provides leadership and coordination for the creation, maintenance, and stewardship of the Libraries' digital collections and repositories. This position is responsible for the management, education and promotion of Marquette's institutional repository, e-Publications@Marquette (http://epublications.marquette.edu/) and, in collaboration with the Department of Special Collections and Archives, the coordination and development of the Libraries' digital collections (http://www.marquette.edu/library/archives/earchives.shtml).

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The Stanford University Libraries are recruiting a Digital Humanities Developer.

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Under supervision of the Head of the Digital Initiatives Group (DIG), the Digital Humanities Developer is responsible for designing, implementing and maintaining a variety of digital library projects and products for the humanities and social sciences. She or he will work closely with the entire DIG team (which includes librarians and specialists in assessment, digital publication, social science data, user services technology, and digital humanities) to select projects and set priorities collaboratively.

The Developer will also consult with fellow librarians outside of DIG on new library projects, will integrate and develop applications and tools that support both immediate project goals and longer-term library goals. The Developer will also help in the maintenance and improvement of existing technologies in the areas of digital humanities, the social sciences, and the digital library.

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The Purdue University Libraries are recruiting a Metadata Specialist.

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The position will specify the application of appropriate descriptive, administrative, and technical metadata schemas for digitized and born-digital content managed by the Libraries. This will include a leadership role in non-MARC metadata projects. This position will develop strategies for metadata interoperability to facilitate effective access and preservation. This includes strategies for integrating heterogeneous metadata from highly distributed collections within local services, as well as exposing locally generated metadata to external services. The position will play an active role in national and international discussions about the emerging and dynamic role of metadata in providing access to information resources.

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The University of Maryland Libraries are recruiting a Research Data Librarian (post-Master's program, two-year term).

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Reporting to the Manager, Digital Stewardship, the Research Data Librarian: actively participates in university-wide initiatives to develop and design policies, sustainable services, and infrastructure to enable faculty and students to preserve and make available their research data; partners with internal units (such as GIS and DRUM — Digital Repository of University of Maryland) and external units (such as Vice President for Research, Office of Information Technology (OIT) Enterprise Technical Infrastructure and Learning Technologies and Environments, and the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities) to develop a data-publishing model that leverages library services in support of data management and preservation; assists faculty with development of data management plans for grant applications; serves as an active member of the Information Technology Division, contributing to divisional initiatives and leading specific projects; incorporates support for data management and preservation into library services; and maintains close engagement with issues relating to scholarly communications such as copyright, open access, and data management and preservation.

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The Florida State University Libraries are recruiting a Digital Archivist.

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The Florida State University Libraries seeks a Digital Archivist to develop, implement, and provide leadership for digital initiatives involving Special Collections materials and services. The Digital Archivist will be creative, dynamic, and articulate and be skilled in digitization, metadata, project and website management, and digital preservation. The Digital Archivist will report to the Associate Dean for Special Collections and Archives.

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The University of California, Santa Cruz Library is recruiting an Associate University Librarian—Collections and Library Information Systems.

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The Assistant/Associate University Librarian Collections and Library Information Systems (AUL/CLIS) is a member of the Library's senior management team and has overall responsibility for Library collections, including collection development, the collection budget; acquisitions, cataloging, metadata creation, and serials management; digitization projects, preservation, and scholarly communication; and information systems. In addition, this position provides leadership for the Digital Library Program (DLP) which is dedicated to the production, maintenance, delivery, and preservation of a wide range of high-quality networked resources for scholars and students.

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Longwood University's Greenwood Library is recruiting a Technical Services & Digital Initiatives Librarian.

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This individual will provide leadership in areas of acquisitions and cataloging/metadata and will spearhead digitization of the Library's unique collections in order to make them available to a wider audience. The successful candidate should be a creative and service-oriented professional who will direct the daily and long-term activities of a department of six classified staff; the successful candidate's leadership should be informed by a vision for a technologically adept library that makes its collections more accessible to users in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment.

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The University of Michigan Library is recruiting a Special Projects Librarian, Library Information Technology (three year term appointment).

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The Special Projects Librarian assists the Associate University Librarian for Library Information Technology (AUL for LIT) in the coordination of major digital initiatives within the University Library. The Special Projects Librarian works with the AUL for LIT, as well as with key staff, in the delivery and management of digital library content and services, and will assist in the research and development of new library technologies. The Special Projects Librarian will assist in conducting the work of the LIT division. A significant component of this position includes coordination of activities such as digitization, which touch on a variety of LIT units. A high degree of coordination with staff within the Library is required. The Special Projects Librarian coordinates tasks, performs outreach and communication (particularly to other project staff), tracks the progress of projects, and performs a variety of duties as assigned, such as documentation. A specific area of focus currently includes coordinating our implementation of Omeka for the creation and presentation of online exhibits.

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The University of Regina Library is recruiting a Library Copyright Liaison Librarian (two year term).

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This position will report to the University’s Copyright Officer. The Copyright Liaison Librarian will be a member of the Copyright Team and will work in consultation with the Copyright Officer, Library staff and members of the University Community. The incumbent will provide assistance to faculty, staff and students in navigating copyright issues, supported by a variety of educational and marketing resources to facilitate and promote compliance with the University’s copyright and fair dealing guidelines.

| E-science and Academic Libraries Bibliography | Digital Scholarship |

The McGill University Library is recruiting an Associate Director for Digital Initiatives.

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Provides leadership and coordinates digital library initiatives and programs for all libraries. Works collaboratively with university faculty and administration to develop and advance digital initiative programs including web-based services, information technologies, and programs supporting the integration of digital collections and digital library services. Directs the work of librarians, programmers and staff with expertise in development of digital services for public services, cataloging, multimedia, information technology, web development and learning technologies. Provides support and resources for digital library initiatives emerging from other departments in the library. Supervises the digital initiatives staff. Works with University, provincial and national groups to shape the University Library information environment. Develops goals and objectives, prepares budget requests and participates actively in library-wide planning processes.

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Yale University Library's Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library is recruiting a Head, Digital Projects & Metadata.

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Under the general direction of the Head of Technical Services and working in close collaboration with the Head of Technology and Digital Assets, the Digital Imaging Studio Production Manager, and units across the Beinecke Library, the Head of Digital Projects & Metadata plays a leading role in creating, describing, and delivering digitized resources and in exploring, proposing, and developing innovative tools and services that improve the ability of scholars, students, and educators to make use of existing and emerging digital resources.

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East Carolina University's J.Y. Joyner Library is recruiting a Digital Archivist.

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The individual in this position will work with staff of the Library Technology and Collections and Technical Services divisions to ensure the long-term preservation of born-digital materials, including university records; to facilitate the digitization of special collections holdings; and to provide access to the holdings of the Special Collections Division.

| Digital Curation and Preservation Bibliography | Digital Scholarship |

The Lafayette College Library is recruiting a Digital Library Developer.

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Do you enjoy exploring how new technologies can be used to create and improve access to innovative digital scholarship? Lafayette College seeks a Digital Library Developer to help design and build tools to support the teaching and research of our faculty. Our ideal candidate will possess natural curiosity, the desire to partner with scholars, the ability to articulate project deliverables to non-technical audiences, and will feel comfortable using and contributing to Open Source software projects.

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The Simon Fraser University Library is recruiting a Data Curator.

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The Data Curator will play a leading role in providing guidance and support in long-term management of research data, including issues of data preservation and access, intellectual property rights, and security of sensitive data. The position will be based in Research Data Services with close working relationships with Library Systems, Research Commons, the Library's Liaison Librarians, and the Library's Institutional Repository staff. The position will collaborate with staff from both inside and outside the library devoted to supporting research data management throughout the different phases of the data life cycle. The Data Curator will interact with faculty, students, and various academic and administration units throughout the university and will be responsible for the development and administration of policies, workflows, and infrastructure/repositories regarding the management of datasets and related resources.

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