Digital Library Jobs – Page 7

Digital Collections Specialist at Santa Clara University

Reporting to the Head of Archives & Special Collections, the Digital Collections Specialist increases online access and discoverability of original and unique materials held by Archives & Special Collections. This position has increasing responsibility for leading and managing all aspects of the daily operation of the unit’s digitization activities including the training and supervision of student assistants. To complete this work, the Digital Collections Coordinator will possess intermediate technical skills required to use specialized scanners and digital cameras to create digital images.

https://tinyurl.com/2p8a47e2

Data Science Community Lead at University of California – Santa Barbara

The Data Science Education Lead will be responsible for organizing staff and volunteers who are presenting various extra-curricular data science workshops, including but not limited to version control with Git, the Unix Shell, statistical scripting with R and Python, and geospatial analysis with R. You will lead the growth of a volunteer Instructor and Helper community by performing outreach, organizing events, and mentoring new volunteers. You will ensure active participation and attendance in workshops by leading communication efforts towards Learners and other campus constituents. You will train the community to publish workshop websites and new data science curriculum materials using GitHub Pages and Markdown.

https://tinyurl.com/mrx2ppcx

Collections Digitization Archivist at Stanford University

The Archivist will participate in multiple components of collection-digitization activities, including collection-level assessments, the basic rehousing and stabilization of materials, capturing required metadata, and detailed processing and archival description, all with a focus on efficiently preparing materials for digitization. The Archivist will play a lead role in training and supporting additional processing staff in processing-for-digitization workflows, and engage in workflow evaluations, identifying and communicating proposed improvements over time.

https://tinyurl.com/bdzpt5a6

Digital Preservation Training Officer at University of Southampton

You will play a central role in the successful delivery of the Southampton Digital Preservation Advisory Unit (SDPAU), a new flagship enterprise project hosted and supported by Southampton Digital Humanities. The SDPAU will launch in 2024 with a plan to be income generating within 5 years. It will offer expert, hands-on, and targeted commercial training, advice, and support in navigating, interpreting, and implementing digital preservation best practice. Initial market research indicates a primary market for these services of galleries/gardens, libraries, archives, and museums and of community heritage groups, as well as a secondary market of corporate and civil institutions.

https://tinyurl.com/4x3w35y3

Murayama Project Archivist at University of Hawai’i at Manoa (Term)

Working under the direction of the Archivist for Manuscript Collections, the duties of the Murayama Project Archivist will include:

Arrangement and description of both the physical and born-digital portions of the Murayama collection, including data entry into the Library’s ArchivesSpace instance.

Digitization of the physical files, including quality control and metadata creation.

Integration of the digitized and born-digital materials into a unified digital collection.

https://tinyurl.com/54busxry

Digital Initiatives Archivist at University of Massachusetts Lowell

The Digital Initiatives Archivist is responsible for managing the University’s archival digital assets; creating and maintaining a digital repository for institutional scholarship and research data; and facilitating discovery, access, and preservation of these works. They also develop and recommend appropriate policies and procedures regarding digital information stewardship and overseeing digital initiatives for the University’s Special Collections at the Center for Lowell History, while also providing support for community archives initiatives.

https://tinyurl.com/msu64c5d

Law Librarian, Emerging Technology and Digital Initiatives at Vanderbilt University

Serve as a member of the Vanderbilt Law AI lab digital projects team.

Build relationships with others in the AI space both internal and external.

Engage and learn legal technologies and their implementation in law.

Develop projects utilizing innovative technology that will assist law faculty and students.

https://tinyurl.com/53st4nkn

Open Repositories Team Lead at Science and Technology Facilities Council

We are looking for a repository manager to join the team to implement and lead a programme of work to review, update, host and maintain the current institutional repositories ePubs and eData. In addition to developing the current research outputs repositories, you will build a team of data stewards who will curate the content of the repositories and any new repositories that are in development.

https://tinyurl.com/3eestj5h

"How Many Learned Societies Publish Diamond Open Access Journals?"

After casting the net wide for societies and associations, I ended up finding over 1600 journals which both charge authors and readers no fees (diamond) AND are associated with a learned society. For transparency, I have uploaded this list of society associated, diamond open access journals to github here.

https://tinyurl.com/yv37unj8

Online Learning Librarian at Northern Kentucky University

This role will be engaged in NKU’s digital spaces and ensure our online, hybrid, and remote students have the necessary access to Steely Library. The librarian will raise awareness of library resources and services and seek out learning opportunities in the online learning environment. They will be responsible for developing a vision for digital learning objects and collaboratively working with Education & Outreach Services to create and maintain these objects. The Online Learning Librarian will collaborate with key partners across campus, including Center for Excellence in Teaching & Innovation (CETI), our instructional designers, Online and Professional Education, and colleagues within academic colleges focused on online education.

https://jobs.nku.edu/postings/13528

Digital Initiatives and Resources Librarian at Park University

The Digital Initiatives & Resources Librarian is responsible for designing, developing, sharing, and implementing digital-forward strategies in library content development, open-educational practices, user experience, technology, digital production and collections, and web maintenance and development. This position also provides research support and serves as a liaison to specific academic departments teaching library instruction sessions as needed.

https://tinyurl.com/yvtwpnwt

Head of Publishing (LSE Press) at London School of Economics and Political Science

Launched in May 2018, LSE Press is a platform for high quality, open access research in the social sciences. . . .

The Press is managed by a small, dedicated Library team and a well-established Editorial Board, led by the newly appointed Chair of Editorial Board.

We are seeking a highly motivated, creative individual with experience of working in academic publishing, as our Head of Publishing, to lead the next phase of LSE Press growth, one of the key deliverables of the School’s new Research Strategy. The Head of Publishing will lead the business development of the Press, managing an efficient, author-focused publishing service and building a distinctive publication portfolio of the highest academic quality.

https://tinyurl.com/256w62k7

STEAM Science and Data Visualization Librarian at University of South Florida

Actively engage with faculty, researchers, and students to understand their research and instruction needs, build collaborations, and promote library services

Collaborate with USF Libraries Research & Instruction colleagues located on the three USF campuses on various departmental initiatives such as assessment, outreach, library instruction, and supporting faculty or student research

Provide individual and small group consultations, workshops, and instruction in information, resource, and software use, and support those who seek to share data in visually compelling ways and to communicate using data

https://tinyurl.com/2uz99whe

Digital Archivist at Archives and Rare Book Library, Librarian Position at University of Cincinnati

Full-time tenure-track faculty appointment responsible for developing and implementing digital workflows including, but not limited to, born-digital archives, the digitization of existing hard copy materials, and the digital preservation of established electronic records. Coordinates and provides technological support for ARB staff including the ARB website, discovery of digital content, and maintenance of digital collections and exhibitions.

https://tinyurl.com/yp38dr6y

Research Data Manager at Harvard University

This position will work with the FASRC [FAS Research Computing] team, Harvard Library and Research Labs to develop data management and data lifecycle planning to ensure security, visibility, accessibility, and reproducibility and to drive sustainable use of FASRC resources. The Research Data Manager will also participate in University and campus data management initiatives and committees with the goal of ensuring process-driven data management.

https://tinyurl.com/47cnbxhr

Director of OpenEd at Texas A&M University

As the Director of the OpenEd program, you will have the opportunity to impact student success by building initiatives that will reduce course materials costs and promote open pedagogy. We are seeking an individual with a strategic mindset and leadership background to oversee the Libraries’ support of Open Educational Resources (OER) and strengthening of the organization’s capacity to support OER publishing (e.g. Pressbooks, OER repositories, etc.). In addition, the Director will lead expansion of the Libraries’ OER efforts through system, state, and national groups.

https://tinyurl.com/yck92h2n

Digital Collections Management Coordinator at British Library

The successful candidate will work with the Head of Digital Collection Management, the Digital Preservation Research and Services Lead, and others on the implementation of the digital elements of the Library’s Collection Management Strategy, working with curatorial colleagues from across the organisation to make sure that our approach is inclusive of all collections and covers all stages of content lifecycles. Working with colleagues from Digital Preservation, the post holder will also take responsibility for managing local services like the Digital Media Capture Unit, ensuring that digital collections stored on portable media are appropriately processed and can be preserved for the long-term.

https://tinyurl.com/ms48pnsx

Library Open-Source Developer at Texas State University

The University Libraries Open-Source Developer will focus on open-source application development and integration for University Libraries. The position is responsible for the development and implementation of library systems and enhancements as well as designing, coding, testing, implementing, maintaining and supporting applications software. This will include the technical functions of managing data integration and API access to and from the library’s web presence. This position will also act as backup database administrator for library applications on university MS-SQL cluster.

https://jobs.hr.txstate.edu/postings/44770

Data Curator and Metadata Librarian at Carnegie Mellon

You will contribute to the department by providing critical support by curating the data deposited in BIL [Brain Image Library]. The DCML will interact with data depositors and users on a frequent basis and participate in efforts to develop community data and metadata standards. The DCML will lead continuous improvement efforts to ensure that the data deposited in the BIL is increasingly FAIR. The DCML will also establish interconnecting metadata linkages from BIL to other data repositories.

https://tinyurl.com/yzsnadts

Digital Scholarship and Technology Librarian at Governors State University

The Digital Scholarship and Technology Librarian (DSTL) manages library technology services and platforms that support discovery, learning, teaching, and research activities. This position is a strategic amalgamation of data services through effective stewardship of the library’s digital infrastructure, and support of data-intensive research and instructional projects. Specifically, managing the library’s evolving digital footprint, and serving as instructional technologist & data services librarian, this strategically blended position supports student success through scholarship discovery, production and curation. This position supports the Library Department Chair by strategically activating digital services including data management planning, aggregation & digitization, content development and distribution channeling in support of digital literacy, digital scholarship, and the digital scholar.

https://employment.govst.edu/postings/9269

Makerspace Specialist at University of Nevada, Las Vegas

The Makerspace Specialist oversees the day-to-day operations of the School of Medicine Library’s makerspace and provides expert instruction for groups utilizing multimedia and emerging technologies for educational and research purposes. The Specialist provides personalized consultation on multimedia use, creation and application. Through outreach to the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV and interdisciplinary campus groups, the Makerspace Specialist exercises leadership in developing and evolving multimedia and emerging technologies and services that support knowledge creation.

https://tinyurl.com/vbcfd3ws

Research Data Management Coordinator at University of Georgia Libraries

The Research Data Management Coordinator reports to the Director of RCDM and works as a member of a collaborative team. The Research Data Management Coordinator will be responsible for supporting researchers who are developing research data management and sharing plans in alignment with current and emerging federal compliance standards. The Research Data Management Coordinator will also assist researchers with repository deposit and assist researchers in adherence with FAIR data practices. They will use a combination of outreach techniques including but not limited to targeted outreach and recruitment, data consultation hours, synchronous instruction (in-person and virtual), and self-service asynchronous instruction to promote standards compliance and open data sharing practice at UGA.

https://tinyurl.com/4yr85tvt

Scholarly Communications Librarian at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Develops, implements, and maintains an institutional repository (IR) for the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Leads the Library’s efforts to promote the IR as an integrated tool in scholarly communication and research throughout the university

https://careers.utrgv.edu/postings/40942

UKRN Open Research Coordinator & Administrator (Term)

As the UKRN ORCA, you will be responsible for collating training, evaluation and advocacy tools to embed Open Research practices within the wider University community as described in the duties below. You will work with other coordinators and project officers across the country to accelerate the uptake of Open Research practices and promote the benefits of Open Research through project work, training, promotional activities, and communication. You will engage with a wide range of service users, including researchers, educators, technical and professional staff, students, and civic communities.

https://tinyurl.com/468k24nb

Digital Archivist at Fisk University (Term)

The John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library is currently in search of a forward-thinking, collaborative, and team-oriented Digital Archivist to play a pivotal role in our exciting project, "Forging Future Pathways Forward: Building a Portal to Rosenwald Collections for all at Fisk University." . . . .

As a Digital Archivist at our institution, you will be the driving force behind this project, offering your leadership and expertise to ensure its success. Your responsibilities will encompass various aspects of archival work, including metadata management, imaging, quality control, and digital content management. You will also assume the role of Project Manager, collaborating closely with the rest of the project team to achieve our objectives.

https://tinyurl.com/yc52nkwf