Digital Library Jobs – Page 6

Open Publishing Coordinator at Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech Publishing launched in 2017 and currently publishes open access books, journals, digital scholarship, and audiovisual media. Reporting to the Publishing Director, the Open Publishing Coordinator will manage book publishing projects, consult with researchers on campus, and build awareness for the program. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a firm grasp of the changing landscape of academic publishing, particularly with respect to emerging digital publication initiatives within libraries and university presses.

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Web Developer at Yiddish Book Center

The Center seeks a full-time in-house web developer to support the Center’s extensive digital projects and programs. The primary initial responsibility is to support the development of the Universal Yiddish Library, a groundbreaking project to digitize nearly all Yiddish books ever published and make them searchable with OCR. This project, already in development, will include opportunities for the candidate to work in the fields of digital humanities, library archiving and cataloging, machine learning and OCR using a wide variety of web technologies and programming languages, such as Python, Java, Drupal, PHP, HTML/SCSS, JavaScript, and other web development tools. T

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Unit Manager — Digital Archives at Texas Tech University

Developing processes and specifications for collecting, preserving, arranging, describing, and providing access to born digital and hybrid archival collections.

Creating digital archiving workflows, procedures, and policies.

Arranging, describing, and providing access to born-digital archival collections and describing them into finding aids.

Ingesting and migrating digital items from a variety of current and legacy media formats.

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Open Knowledge and Research Impact Librarian at University of North Carolina Wilmington

Randall Library at the University of North Carolina Wilmington seeks an Open Knowledge and Research Impact Librarian to serve as the campus expert on open access, research impact, scholarly publishing, copyright and fair use, author rights, and open education.

https://jobs.uncw.edu/postings/31172

Educational Technologies Librarian at University of Virginia

This position will join a team responsible for the creation and delivery of instructional programming that develops students’ digital literacy and maker mindsets. The successful candidate will develop and deliver media production classes and workshops; create asynchronous teaching and training materials; assess curricular needs for audio visual production; consult with students and faculty; and collaborate with fellow Library staff on the operation of and training for the 3D Printing Studio.

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Librarian for Geospatial Systems and Data at Vanderbilt University

The Librarian for Geospatial Systems and Data advances GIS services broadly through a combination of training, consultation, project management, and management of a newly created GIS lab. The incumbent manages hardware, software, data resources and user support to facilitate geospatial analysis, research and teaching activities within the GIS lab, and in partnership with units across campus. Working closely with the Assistant Director of Geospatial Initiatives, the Librarian for Geospatial Systems and Data actively contributes to the Libraries’ and University’s strategic priorities by promoting and fostering the use of GIS technology in research and learning.

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Digitization Project Manager at Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library (Term)

The Digitization Project Manager will coordinate and implement in-house digitization, metadata creation and online access of a range of unique and original archival materials including but not limited to, photographs, documents, publications and audio and video formats from HBCU Libraries located around the U.S. The incumbent will also provide support for participating libraries as they prepare collections for digitization including basic archival processing and preservation techniques. The incumbent will coordinate outsourced digitization of audiovisual formats including working with commercial vendors as needed. The Digitization Project Manager will report to the Assistant Director for Digital Services throughout the four-year project and will oversee the work of project staff and students and will coordinate with Archivists and HBCU Digital Library Trust staff.

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Director, Collections and Open Strategies at Emory University

Reporting to the Associate University Librarian for Research, Engagement, and Scholarly Communications, and collaborating with colleagues across the organization, the Director of Collections and Open Strategies provides leadership, vision, and strategic direction for the Emory Libraries crucial role in the life cycle of research and scholarship, transforming the processes of creating, disseminating, collecting, storing, managing, and preserving scholarship.

The Director will directly supervise the Head of Collection Management, Head of Scholarly Communications, and the Research Data Program Manager, as well as work collaboratively with other divisions and libraries across the organization, to foster shared initiatives enhancing information access, research support, and scholarly output.

https://apply.interfolio.com/140093

Open Science Librarian at Utah State University

The Utah State University Libraries seeks a collaborative, innovative and user-centered candidate for the position of Open Science Librarian to join a team supporting our communities in discovering, creating, and sharing knowledge. Working with a team of librarians, the Open Science Librarian engages with students and faculty to support emerging open science and scholarly communication initiatives in all fields. This position also contributes to the Libraries’ scholarly communications team by developing skills and expertise with copyright.

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Scholarly Communication Librarian at Utah State University

The Scholarly Communication Librarian will support data literacy across the institution and provide expertise and guidance for managing, preserving, and sharing research data. Collaborating with library colleagues and groups across campus, including the Office of Research, this position will also help develop strategic initiatives and partnerships to promote open scholarship, including conducting outreach and providing training on topics such as research impact, open access, and open science.

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Open Press Editorial Manager at University of Sussex

This is an exciting opportunity to help shape a new open access University Press from scratch. Following a highly successful12-month textbook pilot project, the Library is looking to expand its open publishing capacity; we’re keen to broaden our textbook offering and explore opportunities to develop a monograph imprint. The press is currently using the Pressbooks and OJS platforms.

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Digital Archivist at Carnegie Mellon University

In this role, you will be responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining the Carnegie Mellon University Archives’ born-digital program. This includes developing policies and procedures for accessioning, ingesting, preserving, managing, and providing access to electronic records; developing procedures and workflows for describing born-digital records within hybrid collections; managing web-archiving activities; and advising departments and donors on the management of electronic records.

https://apply.interfolio.com/139836

Bridge to Faculty Research Associate — Digital Publishing Librarian at University of Illinois Chicago (Term)

The Bridge to Faculty Digital Publishing Librarian will establish a research agenda during this time and work towards publishing their scholarship. There will be limited librarianship responsibilities and no service expectations during this year. The primary focus on research during this year is provided to ensure that the individual can establish a robust research agenda to support a possible transition to a tenure-track faculty position as Assistant Professor.

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Director, Digital Services at Library of Congress

The Director, Digital Services Directorate is responsible for the Library’s digital collections, discovery, and metadata management services. In addition to stewarding and optimizing ongoing operations, the incumbent will lead a series of transformational changes, including the implementation of a new enterprise discovery, collection management, and metadata management system, and keystone elements of the Library’s ambitious Digital Collections Strategy (https://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2021/12/library-of-congress-digital-collections-strategy-published), as well as oversee established and impactful programs such as web archiving, crowdsourcing (https://crowd.loc.gov), collections digitization, workflow optimization, and problem solving.

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Metadata Librarian at University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Create metadata, maintain collections, and ingest digital collections materials for institutional repository;

Manage the institutional repository as part of the repository working group, and serve as the main contact person for the institutional repository; . . .

Serves as the department’s primary resource for non-MARC metadata standards;

Develop and coordinate best practices in providing holistic approach to metadata practices, and to ensure the interoperability and sustainability of metadata in library catalog, discovery system, and search engines;

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Librarian (Metadata) at Agricultural Research Service National Agricultural Library

Create, manage, and enhance metadata to organize and provide access to USDA-funded scientific research data.

Coordinate acquisition, description, cataloging, and loading workflows for digital media. Support the development of automated systems for technical processing in the area of metadata and/or bibliographic control.

Develop new and revised methods, techniques, and procedures for dealing with a wide array of cataloging workflow, library system usage and data flows that do not lend themselves to traditional approaches.

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Metadata and Digital Resources Librarian at University of Chicago

The Metadata and Digital Resources Librarian creates and maintains accurate metadata in the library catalog, the library website, the Law School’s institutional repository, Chicago Unbound, and in other discovery platforms and tools. The Metadata and Digital Resources Librarian works on projects to create access to collections and resources through the web pages, online guides and digital exhibits. As part of the Collection Services Department, the librarian creates access to online and print content expediently and ensures that these materials are easily discoverable by our users.

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GIS Librarian at University of Maine

The GIS Librarian provides GIS-related leadership, vision, and planning to support the instructional, research, scholarship, creative activity, and public service missions of the University of Maine. The position will collaborate closely with faculty, research staff, and library colleagues to improve the discoverability of geospatial data through experimentation and innovative solutions. The successful candidate will be willing to learn and understand the process of data generation for any scientific or geospatial domain, including understanding instrumentation, keeping up-to-date on metadata standards and ontologies, assessing key discoverability parameters, and activating and implementing versioning capabilities.

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Digital Repository Metadata Specialist at Oregon State University

As a member of the Oregon Digital team, they apply metadata standards to describe born-digital and digitized items to be ingested into the repository. They ensure that the metadata is harvested by external systems such as the Digital Public Library of America to expand the points of access for digital collections. As a member of the LIT department, they offer consultations on metadata creation for OSU researchers at several levels — undergraduates, graduate students, faculty and staff. They may also support metadata work for the institutional repository (ScholarsArchive@ OSU) or other digital repository services used by the library. This position contributes to departmental research and assessment activities. They collaborate with library colleagues across departments, communicate with campus partners and research groups, and participate in professional organizations and societies.

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Digital Processing Archivist at University of Texas

This position works across departments at UT Libraries to support processing of and access to born-digital and digitized archival collection materials held at UT Libraries Special Collections, including the Alexander Architectural Archives and the Benson Latin American Collection.

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MarBina Rothblatt Assistant Digital Archivist

The MarBina Rothblatt Assistant Digital Archivist will work with the Martine A. and Bina Aspen Rothblatt Digital Archivist to ensure the organization, access, and long-term preservation of APS Library & Museum born-digital content, and participate in the accession, migration, processing, and handling of born-digital collections.

https://apply.interfolio.com/139615

Head of Library Technology Initiatives and Development at California State University San Marcos

The Head of LTID will provide leadership, guidance, and strategic direction to the Library Technology Initiatives and Development Department and foster a creative, collaborative, and inclusive work environment. The LTID Department, which is comprised of four library staff members and two student assistants, includes the work of project management, web development, discovery services, management of CSUSM’s instance of the CSU collaborative Unified Library Management System, knowledge management, systems integration, and close collaboration with the User Experience Librarian.

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Head of Digital Project Management Office at University of Greenwich

The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the overall planning, management and reporting of the Digital Strategy programme and the wider enhancement developments and projects, including resource management, risk monitoring, issue management, financial tracking, and benefits tracking, including embedding appropriate tooling to execute these effectively.

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Assistant Director Library Systems and Data at Southern New Hampshire University

Reporting to the Assistant VP Library Technology and Information Management, you will ensure the ongoing development of systems and technology under the Office of Knowledge Management and Information Science (OKMIS). Working alongside colleagues, partners, and university subject matter experts, you will help develop new technology to support OKMIS functions and student success, monitor performance, troubleshoot, and address technical issues. You will be responsible for data management within OKMIS, ensuring data maintenance, collection, and organization, and providing statistical reporting, analysis, and support to staff in data-related tasks.

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Digital Archivist at International Atomic Energy Agency

Under the supervision of the Unit Head, the Digital Archivist contributes to the formulation and implementation of processes for the digital management of IAEA archives and records in the custody of MTGS/ARMS. This entails the identification of appropriate metadata standards for the description of physical and digital records, including photographic and audio-visual material; the definition of digital preservation and digitization workflows in accordance with international best practices; and the implementation of these processes through a combination of hands-on work, communication and training.

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