Category: Digital Library Jobs

The University of Colorado Boulder Libraries are recruiting a Scholarly Communications Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The University of Colorado Boulder Libraries, committed to the advancement of scholarly communication through digital initiatives in repositories, scholarship, and Open Access publishing, seeks a dynamic and forward looking librarian for the position of Scholarly Communications Librarian. This position will provide leadership in the development of strategic directions for scholarly communication programs as a key member of the Libraries' Scholarly Communications Working Group and the Scholarly Resource Development Department. This position advocates for new forms and practices of scholarly communications to campus and external constituencies. The successful candidate will provide in-depth guidance on author rights and Open Access publishing and will participate in developing education and outreach on scholarly communication issues for faculty, students, and the community at large. This position also serves as the Library's primary resource on copyright compliance, fair use, and other copyright issues that pertain to library collections and services.

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The Temple University Libraries are recruiting a Sr. Web Developer.

Here's an excerpt from the ad (job number: TU-15969):

Working closely with other members of the Digital Library Infrastructure Group, the incumbent will play a leading role in designing and implementing the overall architecture, workflows, and applications for Temple's digital library services. He/she will be responsible for the following duties: work with open-source applications and toolkits, design and implement a multi-purpose repository infrastructure that supports the ingestion, preservation, and delivery of digital objects, in accordance with the OAIS model, and with attention to TRAC's recommendations. Provide specialized front-end interfaces to the repository for both digital object creation and end-user delivery, by using, adapting, and extending open source and commercial applications. Design and implement efficient pipelines to extract, transform and repurpose metadata and digital objects as needed. Gather requirements and develop specifications for various aspects of the digital library architecture; work closely with digital object creators and managers to understand their needs. Test, evaluate, and recommend potential toolkits and applications for inclusion in the repository architecture.

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The Central Michigan University Libraries are recruiting a Digital Resources Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad (position number: 80456):

Central Michigan University seeks an innovative, energetic, Digital Resources Librarian in the Department of Collection Development. This 12-month tenure track faculty position will play a key role in assisting the CMU Libraries to achieve a higher level of digital services and access. The Digital Resources Librarian will possess an understanding of how digital collections are best made discoverable through various technologies (library discovery tools, proprietary database search interfaces, Google, mobile devices, etc.). The Digital Resources Librarian will also design user experience studies and conduct rigorous collection evaluation under the supervision of the Director of Collection Development while working in close collaboration with subject librarians.

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The Columbia University Libraries are recruiting an E-Book Program Development Librarian.

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This is a temporary, 2-year position (with the possibility of extension) created to provide comprehensive analyses and recommendations to support the planning and development of multiple aspects of the Libraries' program for acquiring e-books and making them available to patrons.

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The George Washington University Libraries are recruiting an Electronic Media Project Archivist.

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The Project Archivist will be responsible for taking a lead in determining the appropriate routine methodology for preserving, arranging, and providing access to electronic media materials ranging from audiotape, videotape, digital files on tape, diskette, CD-ROM, and other electronic media as they develop, in consultation with the Manuscripts Librarian and the Associate University Librarian for Collections and Scholarly Communications.

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The Brooklyn Museum is recruiting an Assistant Archivist—Digital Collections and Services.

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Under the direction of the Head of Digital Collections and Services, the Assistant Archivist (AA) will create and manage digital assets to populate the Luna DAMS and Museum website, scan analog materials, create metadata, load images and metadata into Luna, and check and maintain image and data quality.

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Artpace is recruiting a Digital Archivist.

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The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is recruiting a Digital Archivist.

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Reporting to the Director of Creative Services, the Digital Archivist oversees all aspects of the Family of Museums (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits, Hart Museum) assets, including photographs, illustrations, certain content, brand identity tools, digital media, slides, negatives and moving images from the Marketing and Communications Department. This includes: the care, organization, upkeep of assets, and providing research assistance to users; and ensuring best practices and standards, set by the Society of American Archivists, American Library Association, American Alliance of Museums, and other applicable organizations are followed for digital asset initiatives.

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The University of Missouri Libraries are recruiting a Digital Curator-Journalism/Mass Media .

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The University of Missouri Libraries seeks a highly motivated professional to exercise leadership in strategically planning, developing, and implementing policies and practices relating to the management, preservation, and access to digital media and historical documents created by the journalism profession and allied organizations. Principal duties include formulating and executing a cohesive collection development plan for journalism records in all formats. Leads in the appraisal, inventory, acquisition and storage of journalism collections and works with Missouri School of Journalism staff and faculty to locate and solicit important primary source materials. Provides curatorial and archival guidance to programs of the Missouri School of Journalism and affiliated organizations. Assists the University Archivist in developing a business plan to create sustainable archival services for journalism associations and organizations.

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Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries are recruiting a Data Management Consultant.

Here's the ad (requisition #: 54815):

Johns Hopkins University Data Management Services (JHUDMS) is seeking a highly motivated, customer oriented, data management professional to join our team. The JHUDMS is a unit within the Sheridan Libraries dedicated to providing research data management services in support of researchers across Johns Hopkins. Service provision includes providing consultative support on data management planning preparation, training and outreach to support better data management planning across the institution, and working with researchers to archive their data in the JHU Data Archive (http://dmp.data.jhu.edu.) The JHU Data Archive uses software being developed by the Data Conservancy specifically designed with data archiving, preservation, and access in mind (http://dataconservancy.org/.) This position will join a two other data management consultants within the team to not only provide service but also to help shape and grow services as we continue to respond to the needs of our community. If you have any questions about the position or services please contact Barbara Pralle at bpralle@jhu.edu.

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The Texas Digital Library is recruiting a Software Engineer.

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Perform software development in support of activities at the Texas Digital Library (TDL), a consortium of higher education institutions in Texas that provides shared services in support of research and teaching.

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The New Hampshire Historical Society is recruiting a Digital Projects Manager.

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The New Hampshire Historical Society seeks a full-time digital projects manager to help lead the evolution of the Society's digital collections and services and to take charge of a portfolio of digital initiatives, some under way and others ready to begin the planning stages. The position is planned to be in place for a period of three years, and may extend beyond that time.

The digital projects manager reports to the assistant executive director and will work closely with the collections stewardship, interpretation, and technology advisory teams to determine, plan, implement, and support the development of digital collections and web-based services.

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The Virginia Tech Libraries are recruiting a Research Environments Librarian.

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Reporting to the Associate Dean for Research and Informatics, the Research Environments Librarian will participate in University Libraries efforts to integrate the library, its services and resources, to Virginia Tech’s research enterprise. Virginia Tech University Libraries is looking for a service oriented, energetic, motivated individual with an entrepreneurial spirit to work in a team-based environment to advance its strategic directions, goals, and objectives.

Virginia Tech's job system is down for an upgrade until 10/25/12.

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The Virginia Tech Libraries are recruiting a Research Data Librarian.

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Reporting to the Digital Repositories Librarian, the Research Data Librarian will participate in University Libraries efforts to map and integrate the library, its services and resources, to Virginia Tech's research enterprise. The incumbent will split time between supporting the library's digital services (e.g. virtual research communities, VTechWorks repository, data management) and applied research for externally funded research projects. Virginia Tech University Libraries is looking for a service oriented, energetic, motivated individual with an entrepreneurial spirit to work in a team-based environment to advance its strategic directions, goals, and objectives.

Virginia Tech's job system is down for an upgrade until 10/25/12.

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The Georgetown University Library is recruiting a Digital Services Librarian.

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Digital Services Librarian participates in the planning, implementation, maintenance, expansion and communication of the digital library and institutional repository services, collections and content, including the design, deployment and maintenance of DigitalGeorgetown which includes but is not limited to digital repository and publishing services and collections (such as Digital Asset Management System, Archival Management System, Art Collections Management System and other digital library related services) and related tool sets, representations of digital content, digital conversion, interoperability of digital platforms, management and archiving of datasets, and integration of digital resources into learning management systems.

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The Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Library is recruiting a Numeric & Spatial Data Specialist.

Here's an excerpt from the ad (requisition number: 102681):

Under the general direction of the Data Services Librarian, the Numeric and Spatial Data Specialist provides technical expertise and support for developing and evolving library services that assist students, staff and faculty with finding, using, managing, and visualizing numeric and spatial data.

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The University of Arizona Libraries are recruiting a Metadata Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad (job number: 51195):

The University of Arizona Libraries' Scholarly Publishing and Data Management Team (SPDM) seeks an assistant librarian to lead the Libraries' efforts and coordinate best practices in developing a holistic approach to our metadata practices in support of improving and increasing the discoverability of the Libraries' local and unique digital collections. The position, in addition to its core duties with metadata, tracks the Libraries' overall success with discovery, and maintains the Libraries' discovery strategy. This position will also provide consulting and support for both Libraries' and campus' metadata needs, including support for the Libraries' data management support services.

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The San Jose State University Library is recruiting an Institutional Repository Specialist.

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The purpose of this position is to oversee all contributions (from SJSU faculty, offices, and students) to the San Jose State University ScholarWorks Institutional Repository; establish copyright permissions for publications; maintain submissions from contributors; provide expertise to campus faculty; create and uploads digital files; and create metadata in approved formats. The incumbent also hires and schedules student assistants and monitors annual student assistant budget allocation.

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Texas A&M University Libraries are recruiting a Systems Administrator.

Here's an excerpt from the ad ( N.O.V. number: 121535 ):

Function as a systems administrator engaged in developing, maintaining, installing, and using complex operating systems or subsystems and provide consulting, technical support, and training to users and technical staff; may support certain critical subsystems. The responsibilities for this position include the support of all Digital Initiative enterprise grade servers, enterprise grade storage, and enterprise grade networking equipment (layer 2 and 3 switches and load balancers) that are used to run and develop the many projects Digital Initiatives has undertaken on behalf of the TAMU Libraries.

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Carnegie Mellon University Libraries are recruiting an Emerging Technologies & Computer Science Librarian .

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The Emerging Technologies & Computer Science Librarian works in special collaboration with library faculty, administrators, and the greater University community in support of the Libraries' new initiatives. The Emerging Technologies and Computer Science Librarian is the liaison to the School of Computer Science (SCS). This individual will lead the development of policies and procedures for data curation and management services on campus with an eye to ensuring that the university complies with federal mandates. As a member of the Science Libraries team, this position pays particular attention to emerging technological trends and supports the Libraries' reference and instruction functions. T

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The Rollins College Library is recruiting a Digital Archivist.

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Rollins College is looking for a service-oriented library archivist to help with the design, development and implementation of a digital archive and record management program at Rollins College. Reporting to the Head of Archives & Special Collections and collaborating with the Collections & Systems Department, the Digital Archivist will play a key role in collecting, organizing, and making accessible digital resources relating to the history of the institution.

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