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The European Landscape of Institutional Publishing — A Synopsis of Results from the DIAMAS Survey

The Institutional Publishing Landscape Report is built on 685 survey responses from institutional publishers and publishing service providers across the European Research Area. The findings illustrate the state of institutional publishing in Europe and show that a large portion of these organisations are operating with a diamond OA model. The report also discusses how institutional publishers are run and sustained, what activities they are involved in, and which services are outsourced. While the surveyed group is not necessarily representative of all institutional publishers and service providers in Europe, the findings broadly demonstrate the current operations of institutional publishers, their challenges, and the opportunities for supporting them in the future.

https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10551709

Research & Data Repository Coordinator at Florida International University

Leads the curation, accessibility, discoverability, and long-term preservation of the university’s research, creative output, scholarly publications, and data.

Promotes the availability and capacity of the Institutional Repository (IR) and Data Repository to the university community, faculty, researchers, and students.

Collects, organizes, and digitally archives research, scholarly works, and other university content within the IR and Data Repository.

Participates in the ongoing identification and recruitment of content through outreach initiatives in collaboration with departmental liaisons.

http://tinyurl.com/wxr364a9

"Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) Initiative Releases Reports on Expenses of Making Data Publicly Accessible, Project Methodology"

This report presents data on the average yearly cost of DMS activities for institutional units, as well as direct DMS expenses incurred by researchers per funded research project. These expenses were then analyzed together, showing an average combined overall cost of $2,500,000 (with total institutional expenses ranging from approximately $800,000 to over $6,000,000).

http://tinyurl.com/5xsw32we

Digital Production Librarian (Contractual) at Morgan State University

Coordinates the daily operations of the Digital Production Center, including digitization, color management, and quality control activities.

Designs, documents, and oversees efficient digital production workflows supporting the creation of digital objects that conform to digital library standards.

Contributes to the development of policies, guidelines, and best practices; maintains documentation on digitization best practices and digital preservation policies and implements same.

http://tinyurl.com/26d48dx3

"Elsevier Launches Complete HeartX, the World’s First Heart Education Experience in Spatial Computing"

Elsevier Health, a global leader in medical information and data analytics, today launches Complete HeartX, a groundbreaking educational tool designed exclusively for Apple Vision Pro, the world’s first spatial computer. The tool unlocks an immersive and powerful experience that allows users to discover the heart like never before.

Designed to take advantage of the unique capabilities of Apple Vision Pro, Complete HeartX seamlessly merges the digital and physical world. By being able to explore the heart in stunning detail, users can bridge the gap between theory and practice. Complete HeartX combines detailed 3D models, animations, images, videos, educational scenes and clinical simulations to make learning about the heart engaging and informative. The app is based on Elsevier’s evidence-based content including Complete Anatomy, Osmosis and Gray’s Anatomy and has been created by Elsevier’s experts in anatomy and 3D modeling.

http://tinyurl.com/ya6d7ek6

Systems Librarian at University of North Florida

As a member of the Digital Strategies & Technology Team, this library faculty position is responsible for the support, development, enhancement, and integration of library systems and technologies in support of teaching, research and services needs of the library and university community. The Systems Librarian supports innovative spaces in the library, and enhances the functionality, accessibility, and effectiveness of the Thomas G. Carpenter Library’s website.

https://www.unfjobs.org/postings/26791

"The University of North Carolina Selects Ex Libris Library Solutions"

As part of its transition to Ex Libris library platforms, UNC will implement:

Alma and Primo

Leganto, Ex Libris’ course resource management system

Library Mobile, Ex Libris’ integrated mobile library app and

Rapido, Ex Libris’ interlibrary loan system

http://tinyurl.com/rvumvpeh

Digital Asset Metadata Librarian at Washington University in St Louis

Under the supervision of the Head of Metadata Services, the Digital Asset Metadata Librarian will lead creation, enrichment, and maintenance of metadata representing digitized materials in the (Digital Asset Metadata System) DAM system. This position will work closely with the Digital Initiatives Metadata Librarian to define and implement metadata schemas and standards for digital assets, create and sustain controlled vocabularies, and oversee maintenance activities.

http://tinyurl.com/4cfrd6z4

White Paper: AI Perceptions at the University of Baltimore

This white paper, produced by the UBalt AI team, explores the perceptions of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and generative AI within the UBalt community. It aims to uncover how students, faculty, and staff view AI’s role and implications in the educational landscape. The university collaborated with Ithaka S+R to acquire established, reliable and valid surveys from the AI literature, which was then adapted by the UBalt AI team to meet the needs of our academic community. This survey included a blend of both quantitative and qualitative questions, ensuring a deep understanding of the respondents’ views. . . . The responses obtained were then analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics, as well as an exploratory qualitative analysis to extract meaningful insights, setting the stage for informed discussions and decision-making around AI in education.

http://tinyurl.com/mr47zx3j

Integrated Library Systems Specialist at University of Northern Iowa

Specific duties include: Manages the Integrated Library System (ILS) and serves as library’s Ex Libris specialist; works with appropriate staff to recommend and implement procedures, configurations, and workflows for effective and efficient use of and interoperability between the ILS’ Alma repository and the PrimoVE discovery layer to provide a positive user experience; manages and oversees the Alma repository in support of cataloging and metadata operations; serves as coordinator of the Ex Libris Management Group and its three sub-groups, supporting the activities of the group in meeting its charge; and provides leadership in the use of Ex Libris Analytics to improve workflows, documentation, quality, and efficiency of work and to inform the management of enhancements.

https://jobs.uni.edu/pands/view/53202

Paywall: "Open Educational Resources on Preservation: An Overview"

This article aims to provide an overview of the available open educational resources on preservation through an investigation of open educational resource platforms, finding open educational resources on preservation, and analysing them according to the theoretical background on preservation. This provides an understanding of what kinds of open educational resources exist in the field of preservation and also informs the way a new open educational resource should be created.

https://doi.org/10.1177/03400352231219660

Ex Libris Product Manager at Northeastern University

The Northeastern University Library seeks an enthusiastic and creative individual to serve as the Library’s primary contact with Ex Libris and coordinates use of various Ex Libris platforms (Alma, Primo, and Leganto) throughout the Library. Reporting to the Head of Library Technology Services, the ExLibris Product Manager serves as the Library’s expert on system configurations, analytics, and provides instruction for and assists in the creation of custom reports, as well as co-chairs the Alma and Primo operations committees.

http://tinyurl.com/587nybzk

"Deepfake Scammer Walks off with $25 Million in First-of-Its-Kind AI Heist"

The scam featured a digitally recreated version of the company’s chief financial officer, along with other employees, who appeared in a video conference call instructing an employee to transfer funds.

http://tinyurl.com/9aspy8u7

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.

http://tinyurl.com/5bpwu6yu

"Is Gold Open Access Helpful for Academic Purification? A Causal Inference Analysis Based on Retracted Articles in Biochemistry"

The results showed that compared to non-OA, Gold OA is advantageous in reducing the retraction time of flawed articles, but does not demonstrate a significant advantage in reducing citations after retraction. This indicates that Gold OA may help expedite the detection and retraction of flawed articles, ultimately promoting the practice of responsible research.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2023.103640

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

http://tinyurl.com/6narck8a

"Enhancing the FAIRness of Arctic Research Data Through Semantic Annotation"

The National Science Foundation’s Arctic Data Center is the primary data repository for NSF-funded research conducted in the Arctic. There are major challenges in discovering and interpreting resources in a repository containing data as heterogeneous and interdisciplinary as those in the Arctic Data Center. This paper reports on advances in cyberinfrastructure at the Arctic Data Center that help address these issues by leveraging semantic technologies that enhance the repository’s adherence to the FAIR data principles and improve the Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability of digital resources in the repository. We describe the Arctic Data Center’s improvements. We use semantic annotation to bind metadata about Arctic data sets with concepts in web-accessible ontologies. The Arctic Data Center’s implementation of a semantic annotation mechanism is accompanied by the development of an extended search interface that increases the findability of data by allowing users to search for specific, broader, and narrower meanings of measurement descriptions, as well as through their potential synonyms. Based on research carried out by the DataONE project, we evaluated the potential impact of this approach, regarding the accessibility, interoperability, and reusability of measurement data. Arctic research often benefits from having additional data, typically from multiple, heterogeneous sources, that complement and extend the bases – spatially, temporally, or thematically – for understanding Arctic phenomena. These relevant data resources must be ‘found’, and ‘harmonized’ prior to integration and analysis. The findings of a case study indicated that the semantic annotation of measurement data enhances the capabilities of researchers to accomplish these tasks.

https://doi.org/10.5334/dsj-2024-002

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.

http://tinyurl.com/4femj7rp

"Google Will No Longer Back Up the Internet: Cached Webpages Are Dead"

Google will no longer be keeping a backup of the entire Internet. Google Search’s "cached" links have long been an alternative way to load a website that was down or had changed, but now the company is killing them off. Google "Search Liaison" Danny Sullivan confirmed the feature removal in an X post, saying the feature "was meant for helping people access pages when way back, you often couldn’t depend on a page loading. These days, things have greatly improved."

http://tinyurl.com/uznbyacn

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

"HERITRACE: Tracing Evolution and Bridging Data for Streamlined Curatorial Work in the GLAM Domain"

HERITRACE is a semantic data management system tailored for the GLAM sector. It is engineered to streamline data curation for non-technical users while also offering an efficient administrative interface for technical staff. The paper compares HERITRACE with other established platforms such as OmekaS, Semantic MediaWiki, Research Space, and CLEF, emphasizing its advantages in user friendliness, provenance management, change tracking, customization capabilities, and data integration. The system leverages SHACL for data modeling and employs the OpenCitations Data Model (OCDM) for provenance and change tracking, ensuring a harmonious blend of advanced technical features and user accessibility. Future developments include the integration of a robust authentication system and the expansion of data compatibility via the RDF Mapping Language (RML), enhancing HERITRACE’s utility in digital heritage management.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.00477

Online Services Librarian at Walsh University

Maintains the linking system which provides seamless access to journals through the databases.

Maintains the library’s online discovery layer (Search Everything), EBSCO databases, and the e-book collections.

Serve as lead librarian in maintaining the library’s Springshare services (i.e. LibAnswer, LibChat, and LibGuides).

Maintains the library’s home page.

Serves as lead implementer for updates to OhioLINK electronic resources and eResources liaison for all OhioLINK online resources.

http://tinyurl.com/3573upfv

"Data Management in Distributed, Federated Research Infrastructures: The Case of EPOS"

Data management is a key activity when Open Data stewardship through services complying with the FAIR principles is required, as it happens in many National and European initiatives. Existing guidelines and tools facilitate the drafting of Data Management Plans by focusing on a set of common parameters or questions. In this paper we describe how data management is carried out in EPOS, the European Research Infrastructure for providing access to integrated data and services in the solid Earth domain. EPOS relies on a federated model and is committed to remain operational in the long term. In EPOS, five key dimensions were identified for the Federated Data Management, namely the management of: thematic data; e-infrastructure for data integration; community of data providers committed to data provision processes; sustainability; and policies. On the basis of the EPOS experience, which is to some extent applicable to other research infrastructures, we propose additional components that may extend the EU Horizon 2020 Data Management Guidelines template, thus comprehensively addressing the Federated Data Management in the context of distributed Research Infrastructures.

https://doi.org/10.5334/dsj-2024-005

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.

https://apply.interfolio.com/139269

"Do Disappearing Data Repositories Pose a Threat to Open Science and the Scholarly Record? "

Only little more than half of the research data repositories in the sample have detailed strategies they use to mitigate data loss. It is important to note that none of the strategies analysed offers a permanent solution; instead, infrastructure maintenance requires continuous efforts. The burden of infrastructure maintenance and data preservation is currently placed on individual repositories alone; preservation systems comparable to those for scholarly texts, such as CLOCKSS, are not widely spread and can be difficult to realise.

http://tinyurl.com/3snrhxpk