Literatures & Digital Humanities Librarian at UC Berkeley


In the digital humanities, this librarian will work within the Arts and Humanities Division as well as with partners across the Library and campus to support digital approaches to humanistic research, teaching, and learning. In collaboration with the division head, they will promote learning and development among subject specialists and other Library staff around digital humanities issues, tools, and projects. In collaboration with the Associate University Librarian for Digital Initiatives, they will work with a network of other Library units such as the Library Data Services Program, Scholarly Communications Office, and Library IT to develop and support Library services for digital scholarship. Finally, they will serve as a liaison to and participate in campus digital humanities groups and departments that support digital scholarship in the humanities.

https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04057

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"Introducing the Open Resource Sharing Coalition (OpenRS)"


The Open Library Foundation (OLF) is introducing the Open Resource Sharing Coalition (OpenRS), a resource sharing initiative created in partnership with library consortia, open source developers, and vendors. OpenRS is a heterogeneous resource sharing system that is ILS and Discovery agnostic and accommodates the full spectrum of mediated and unmediated resource sharing.

OpenRS acts upon a "consortia first" mentality, striving to provide libraries with the tools needed for robust and extended functionality for resource sharing. The project will focus on developing and implementing software systems, protocols, and best practices that foster collaboration and support various library services, including seamless unmediated intra-consortial borrowing functionality and expanded sharing across multiple consortia. The software will provide a containerized code base configured for ease of deployment, maintenance, and upgrades. Libraries and consortia can choose to host the service locally or with a third party. . . .

While yet to be an official project, OLF is expected to approve the OpenRS charter by the end of August. An official web presence will be added to the OLF site soon. Core OpenRS functionality for direct consortial borrowing will be rolled out as part of the MOBIUS release in May 2024. Additional features and functionality will be determined based on coalition feedback and implemented over the coming months and years.

https://tinyurl.com/5n8b2yxx

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Library User Experience Web Developer at Western Carolina University (3 Year Term)


Working in a highly collaborative, small team environment, the candidate’s leadership responsibilities will intersect with many of the library’s key strategic initiatives. Serving as a member of the COMET Department (Content, Organization & Management, eResources and Technology), the person in this position will work closely with the Systems Librarian to ensure systems integrate seamlessly with one another. They will also supervise the work of one Technology Support Analyst and may also supervise student employees.

https://jobs.wcu.edu/postings/25124

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"Article Processing Charges in Gold Open Access Journals: An Empirical Study"


This study focuses on analyzing the trends in article processing charges (APCs) levied by open access journals. . . . Among the 17,379 journals included in the DOAJ, only 5,122 journals were found to charge APCs. Through the examination of the collected data, it was discovered that the highest APC amount recorded was INR 518,334.95 (equivalent to USD 6680.46), while the lowest APC observed was INR 1.04 (equivalent to USD 0.013).

https://doi.org/10.1080/15424065.2023.2243801

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Digital Media Metadata Analyst at Ball State University


Ball State University Libraries is searching for an energetic, detail-oriented person to join our committed and highly-engaged team of Metadata and Digital Initiatives staff, responsible for evaluating, describing, and codifying a variety of digital assets for inclusion in University Libraries Digital Media Repository, a full-text searchable database of over 250,000 digital assets in over 300 collections of primary source materials and learning objects. The repository is visited by over 115,000 researchers per year who view over 800,000 individual digital resources annually.

https://bsu.peopleadmin.com/postings/38871

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Data Sharing for Research: A Compendium of Case Studies, Analysis, and Recommendations


This report contains eight case studies that look at specific corporate/academic data-sharing partnerships in depth, from initiation through the publication of research findings. These case studies illuminate practical challenges for implementing corporate data sharing with researchers. Some common themes that emerged from the case studies include:

  • Successful data-sharing partnerships use Data-Sharing Agreements that require both the company and researchers to take steps to protect privacy.
  • Some of the challenges of data sharing include technical knowledge and infrastructure gaps between companies and researchers, and the continuing need for ethics and privacy review for industry-based research.
  • Promising practices for data sharing include the use of Privacy Enhancing Technologies and company-created, public-facing data-sharing menus to facilitate new partnerships.
  • While data sharing has significant costs and inherent risks, the risks can be managed, and the benefits to researchers, companies, and society make data sharing worth the effort.

https://tinyurl.com/a9axcscp

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Chief Data Officer, Office of Digital Transformation at Smithsonian Institution


The Chief Data Officer leads development of the SI Data Strategy for the Institution to include associated policies, guidelines, best practices, and an implementation approach to enable Smithsonian’s digital transformation, aligned with the Smithsonian’s Strategic Plan, best practices and federal data strategies and requirements where applicable. Spearheads Institutional efforts to manage data and data assets at every stage of the data lifecycle by establishing effective procedures, standards, and controls to ensure quality, accuracy, access, and protection of data, as well as managing information resources.

https://www.usajobs.gov/job/743322800

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"Open Access and University IP Policies in the United States"


Although the existing, somewhat messy, maze of institutional IP policies, publishing agreements, and OA policies can seem daunting, understanding their terms is important for authors who want to see their works made openly available. I’ll leave for another day to explore whether it’s a good thing that the rights situation is so complex. In many situations, rights thickets like these can be a real detriment to authors and access to their works. In this case the situation is at least nuanced such that authors are able to leverage pre-existing licenses to avoid negotiating away the bundle of rights they need to see their works made available openly.

https://tinyurl.com/3ttpd7my

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Systems Librarian at Middle Tennessee State University


  • Lead the unit responsible for managing the library’s systems, which includes the day-to-day operation and support of the following: the library’s LSP (FOLIO); the servers and configurations for Nagios, EZproxy, VuFind, Matomo, DSpace, Open Journal Systems (OJS), Open Monograph Press (OMP); ILLiad configuration and upgrades; and Veeam, the systems’ data backup solution. . . .
  • Advise the CDM Chair in articulating a user-centered, holistic vision to meet current and emerging information needs, technology, and new collection/content building and delivery models. Collaborate with relevant stakeholders and vendors to develop, coordinate, and implement policies and practices within the LSP (FOLIO).

https://tinyurl.com/yc35hfff

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"Code Sharing Increases Citations, but Remains Uncommon"


Overall, R code was only available in 49 of the 1001 papers examined (4.9%) (Figure 1). When included, code was most often in the Supplemental Information (41%), followed by Github (20%), Figshare (6%), or other repositories (33%). Open-access publications were 70% more likely to include code than closed access publications (7.21% vs. 4.22%, X2 = 4.442, p < 0.05). Code-sharing was estimated to increase at 0.5% / year, but this trend was not significant (p=0.11). The year of 2021 and 2022 showed a shift towards more frequent sharing, but the percentage of code-sharing has been consistently below 15% over the past decade (Figure 1).

We found papers including code disproportionately impact the literature (Figure 2), and accumulate citations faster (i.e., a marginally significant year-by-code-inclusion interaction; p = 0.0863). Further, we found a significant interaction between Open Access and code inclusion (p = 0.0265), with publications meeting both Open Science criteria (i.e., open code and open access) having highest overall predicted citation rates (Figure 2). For example, Open Science papers are expected to receive more than doubled citations (96.25 vs. 36.89) in year 13 post-publication compared with fully closed papers (Figure 2).

https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3222221/v1

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User Experience Designer at University of Arizona


The User Experience (UX) Designer (Web Designer II) is a member of the Libraries’ UX team and is dedicated to improving the digital experience for library users. They partner with colleagues to conduct UX research, identify themes and insights, and recommend changes to library websites, digital products, and services. . . .

They serve as Website Product Manager for the Libraries, providing oversight to several (mostly Drupal-based) websites and ensuring that colleagues make user-centered content and design decisions. They chair the library’s Web Strategy Group, the cross-departmental team that makes decisions and recommends priorities for the library’s public-facing web presence.

https://tinyurl.com/mrxxkp4j

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NASA’s Public Access Plan for Increasing Access to the Results of Scientific Research


This section highlights the significant changes to this document since the original plan was released in 2014. To wit:

  • There shall be no publication embargo period for peer-reviewed publications
  • Data that support peer-reviewed publications shall be made available in a public archive at the time of publication
  • Software should be included as part of Open Access, subject to NASA software release requirements
  • Software used to generate research findings/results should be made available in a public archive at the time of publication
  • Other data products beyond peer-reviewed publications and software should be considered as part of Open Access

https://tinyurl.com/4h9ezkk8

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Project Manager at University of Chicago (4 Year Term)


The Project Manager will manage and coordinate the NEH-funded UChicagoNode project (https://tinyurl.com/53azpe9v). UChicagoNode is initially a four-year partnership between the University of Chicago Library and the Humanities Division to bring together existing digital resources and services from Library and Faculty projects into a comprehensive, modernized, sustainable digital ecosystem.

During its four-year period of NEH funding, it will make digital collections and research outputs accessible through a distributed infrastructure that will allow modelling, analysis and sharing of content while ensuring its long-term preservation. UChicagoNode will play a central role in supporting the ongoing growth of digital humanities at the University and, given the University’s role as one of the world’s leading academic institutions, promises to have global impact.

https://tinyurl.com/nfx6y2fd

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"The Rights of UC Authors Are at Stake. Here’s What We Are Doing about It."


"We have learned that many publishers are requiring UC authors to sign misleading License to Publish agreements, which undermine the spirit and intent of [UC’s open access policies]," wrote Susan Cochran, Chair of the faculty Academic Senate PDF.

By purporting to restrict an author’s abilities to reuse their own work, "these agreements essentially turn faculty authors into readers, as opposed to creators and owners of their own work," the Academic Senate chair concludes.

The team that leads negotiations with scholarly publishers on behalf of the university, including representatives from UC’s California Digital Library, the 10 campus libraries, and the Academic Senate, is now taking up the charge, making author rights the next frontier in advocating for the UC research community.

https://tinyurl.com/mry3hczw

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Assistant Librarian for Experiential Learning at Northern Arizona University


Reporting to the Head of User Services and Experience, the successful candidate will coordinate the delivery of an outstanding and immersive user experience by overseeing, expanding, and building campus-wide partnerships around creation spaces in the Cline Library. The Cline Library hosts several high-profile creation spaces including the MakerLab and the Studios (including a Virtual Reality Studio, XR Creation Studio, Photography Studio, One-Button Studio, and three AV Production Studios). All programs provide materials, tools, technologies, training, and support for immersive experiential learning. The successful candidate will lead these programs and develop new creation spaces by acting as liaison to campus departments, actively seeking out opportunities for new partnerships, and conducting environmental scans of other academic institutions.

https://tinyurl.com/mst29kk6

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"The Future of Open Source Is Still Very Much in Flux"


Today, 96% of all code bases incorporate open-source software. GitHub, the biggest platform for the open-source community, is used by more than 100 million developers worldwide. The Biden administration’s Securing Open Source Software Act of 2022 publicly recognized open-source software as critical economic and security infrastructure. Even AWS, Amazon’s money-making cloud arm, supports the development and maintenance of open-source software; it committed its portfolio of patents to an open use community in December of last year. Over the last two years, while public trust in private technology companies has plummeted, organizations including Google, Spotify, the Ford Foundation, Bloomberg, and NASA have established new funding for open-source projects and their counterparts in open science efforts—an extension of the same values applied to scientific research.

https://tinyurl.com/4ksns2ha

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User Experience Designer at Stanford University


The User Experience Designer will take a primary role in understanding user requirements, defining functionality, and designing the interface and application flow of digital library services and web properties in order to meet user needs. The successful candidate will work on a variety of projects relating to the core functions of an academic library and its digital library, including discovery and fulfillment systems, digital object access and presentation, and many other patron-facing services. You will also work with your colleagues to ensure that our applications and services meet accessibility guidelines and best practices. Understanding and designing open standards and open source software will be part of the work of the position.

https://tinyurl.com/3fb66t9k

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Pew Research Center: What Americans Know About AI, Cybersecurity and Big Tech


Overall, Americans answer a median of five out of nine questions correctly on a digital knowledge survey that Pew Research Center conducted among 5,101 U.S. adults from May 15 to May 21, 2023. The questions span a range of topics, including cybersecurity practices, facts about major technology companies, artificial intelligence and federal online privacy laws.

Some 26% of U.S. adults can answer at least seven of the nine questions accurately, but just 4% can correctly answer all nine.

https://tinyurl.com/582bwmf3

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E-Resources Licensing Librarian at Harvard University


The E-Resources Coordinator and Licensing Specialist focuses on negotiating and developing licenses to support emerging needs, and manages electronic resources collections sponsored by multiple departments. This position also provides advice and consultation for library staff negotiating licenses in individual libraries across Harvard, and provides financial oversight for a subset of Harvard’s e-resource acquisitions, valued at approximately $8.1 million.

https://tinyurl.com/43vxduk7

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"Generative AI, ChatGPT, and Google Bard: Evaluating the Impact and Opportunities for Scholarly Publishing"


My group within Wiley Partner Solutions designs and develops intelligent services that leverage advanced AI, big data, and cloud technologies to support publishers and researchers in open access and open science environments. To identify both benefits and risks of generative AI for our industry, we tested ChatGPT and Google Bard for authoring, for submission and reviews, for publishing, and for discovery and dissemination. I hope that our findings will inspire you to find fresh ideas for using Generative AI, and will stimulate further conversation about this new and controversial but potentially beneficial tool.

https://tinyurl.com/2y2ue6zr

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Software Engineer at Indiana University


Under limited supervision, performs software front-end design, programming, and other tasks required for the ongoing maintenance and enhancement of Library Technologies (LT) software systems, primarily in support of digital media services delivery. Serves as high-level technical support resource for software systems, including the Avalon Media System, coordinating with librarians, local support providers, Avalon partners and adopting institutions, and other frontend support providers as needed, as well as with other LT technical staff. Diagnoses problems reported by users and makes and tests software code changes to correct problems.

https://tinyurl.com/bdk25zfp

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"USC Appoints Alumna Melissa Just as New Dean of Libraries"


Library veteran Melissa Just has been named USC’s new dean of libraries, effective Nov. 27. Just — a Trojan who received her doctoral degree from the USC Rossier School of Education in 2007 and spent several years early in her career at USC Libraries — has worked in academic libraries for nearly three decades.

Just, who will hold the Valerie and Ronald Sugar Dean’s Chair of the USC Libraries, joins the university following 6½ years as library dean at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Canada. In that role, she oversaw the strategic, fiscal and operational success of a library system serving 26,000 students and 1,000 faculty across 17 colleges, schools and professional programs.

https://tinyurl.com/37mb2cz4

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Robert Creeley Papers Project Digital Archivist at Stanford University (Term)


The Robert Creeley Papers Project Archivist will process the born-digital component of the Robert Creeley papers. This collection documents the life and work of this influential American poet of the 20th and 21st Centuries. The Project Archivist will work with the grant project team, including the Project Director, Project Manager, and Project Assistant to determine and implement required processes for workflows, including appraisal, transfer, discovery, access, and preservation for stewarding the born-digital component Robert Creeley papers. The Project Archivist will contribute to the definition and documentation of born-digital curation processes to create a model for future processing projects

https://tinyurl.com/2348a234

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Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem (TOME) Project: TOME Stakeholder Value Assessment: Final Report


The Association of American Universities, the Association of Research Libraries, and the Association of University Presses published a final report assessing the success of the Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem (TOME) project. The five-year pilot project engaged with more than 60 university presses and more than 150 open access scholarly works to encourage sustainable digital publication of and public access to scholarly books. The Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem (TOME) project was launched in 2018 to publish humanities and social science scholarship on the internet, where these peer-reviewed works can be fully integrated into the larger network of scholarly and scientific research. The final report examines whether the pilot’s community of writers, institutions, libraries, and presses found it useful.

https://tinyurl.com/3wr7wv37

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Scholarly Communications & Social Sciences Librarian at DePaul University


Serves as the expert on scholarly communication, including open educational resources, alternative publishing models, open access publishing, scholarly visibility and impact, online identity management, and equitable access to scholarly output. Supports digital scholarship by promoting the library’s institutional repository and other scholarly communication tools.

Develops and maintains collaborative partnerships within the Library and with faculty, staff and students, facilitating a seamless, interdisciplinary, and university-wide network supporting faculty and students in research publication and impact.

https://tinyurl.com/4fn9upkr

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