Bernard A. Barton Jr. Named CIO of the Librarian of Congress

Bernard A. Barton Jr. has been named the Chief Information Officer of the Librarian of Congress.

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Barton most recently served as chief information officer and deputy administrator of the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), the largest central resource for Department of Defense and government-funded research, development, technical and engineering information. . . .

Barton joined DTIC in 2009 as deputy director of Information Technology Services. In 2010, he was named acting director of Information Technology Services and, in 2012, its director. Later that year, Barton was appointed DTIC's deputy administrator and chief information officer.

In that role, Barton managed the daily operations of DTIC; developed institutional strategies; directed the planning and implementation of long-range information-technology initiatives; led the development of unique, state-of-the-art systems and technology applications; established DTIC as the Department of Defense science and technology community "cloud," providing nearly real-time communication and collaboration infrastructure; and implemented Web 2.0 technologies within the institution, providing rapid prototyping of relevant and secure products and early adoption of new or improved technologies.

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Digital Humanities and Web Services Librarian at University of Delaware Library

The University of Delaware Library is recruiting a Digital Humanities and Web Services Librarian.

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Reporting to the Head, Library Server and Data Management Department in the Library Technologies and Digital Initiatives Division, the position works closely with colleagues throughout the library in three areas of primary responsibility:

  • Facilitate and provide support to University of Delaware digital humanities initiatives. . . .
  • Coordinate the University of Delaware Library web environment, which provides worldwide access to collections, services and resources. . . .
  • Collaborate with library colleagues to plan and manage web projects to increase electronic access to Library content and collections, particularly unique and scholarly materials from the Library's digital collections.

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"The Rutgers Open Access Policy: Implementation Planning for Success"

Laura Bowering Mullen and Jane Johnson Otto have self-archived "The Rutgers Open Access Policy: Implementation Planning for Success."

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At Rutgers University, an open access resolution was passed by the University Senate in October, 2012, and was codified in the official Rutgers University Policy Library in October, 2014. All of the work that the authors coordinated to get to the point of passing the policy was only the beginning of making open access a reality at Rutgers. Since the date that the policy has passed, the authors have been leading an implementation effort (using an established timeline) which includes a new web portal for scholarship, as well as developing materials and presentations for various open access policy-focused education and outreach efforts.. . . The authors provide background and a case study to illustrate the implementation efforts underway as Rutgers comes closer to the official date that the policy will go into effect university-wide on Sept. 1, 2015.

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Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Resources at Harvard Library

The Harvard Library is recruiting an Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Resources.

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The AUL for Scholarly Resources will be responsible for advancing strategies for meeting Harvard's information needs, including purchase, licensing, collaborative agreements, and open access. The AUL for Scholarly Resources also oversees the Harvard College Library Collections unit comprised of over 30 librarians and staff and which expends over $20 million annually on materials; Information and Technical Services, a department of the Harvard Library with a budget of $16.5 m and 140 FTE which supports the acquisition, licensing and intellectual access to tangible and online collections in all formats; and the Office of Scholarly Communication, a leader in the development of Open Access policies and Harvard's institutional repository, DASH, with a budget of $1.2 m and 9 FTE.

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"Changes in Data Sharing and Data Reuse Practices and Perceptions among Scientists Worldwide"

Carol Tenopir et al. have published "Changes in Data Sharing and Data Reuse Practices and Perceptions among Scientists Worldwide" in PLOS ONE.

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In this study, the DataONE Usability and Assessment working group addresses two primary goals: To examine the current state of data sharing and reuse perceptions and practices among research scientists as they compare to the 2009/2010 baseline study, and to examine differences in practices and perceptions across age groups, geographic regions, and subject disciplines. We distributed surveys to a multinational sample of scientific researchers at two different time periods (October 2009 to July 2010 and October 2013 to March 2014) to observe current states of data sharing and to see what, if any, changes have occurred in the past 3-4 years. We also looked at differences across age, geographic, and discipline-based groups as they currently exist in the 2013/2014 survey. Results point to increased acceptance of and willingness to engage in data sharing, as well as an increase in actual data sharing behaviors. However, there is also increased perceived risk associated with data sharing, and specific barriers to data sharing persist.

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Metadata Librarian at Louisiana State University

Louisiana State University is recruiting a Metadata Librarian.

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Coordinates and manages the development and implementation of metadata strategies that support the discovery and management of the Libraries' digital context, such as research data, digital scholarship, born-digital archives, digitized content, and digital humanities projects. Leads the selection and development of relevant metadata standards, ontologies, policies, procedures, and workflows for digital resources.

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"Getting Emotional about Data: The Soft Side of Data Management Services"

Amanda K. Rinehart has published "Getting Emotional about Data: The Soft Side of Data Management Services" in College & Research Libraries News.

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While I have yet to discover why researchers do not readily acknowledge that research, and the data that underpins that research, has emotional connotations, I have found that using active listening skills minimizes negativity during consultations.

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Information Technology Specialist (Internet) at Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution is recruiting a Information Technology Specialist (Internet).

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This position is located within the Digital Services Division of Smithsonian Libraries (SIL). The employee is responsible for the technical development, coordination, administration, management and maintenance of Libraries' Drupal website and WordPress blog.

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"Barriers to Open Access Publishing: Views from the Library Literature"

Amy Forrester has published "Barriers to Open Access Publishing: Views from the Library Literature" in Publications.

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The library and information science (LIS) community has an active role in supporting access to information and, therefore, is an important stakeholder in the open access conversation. One major discussion involves the barriers that have hindered the complete transition to open access in scientific publications. Building upon a longitudinal study by Bo-Christer Björk that looked at barriers to the open access publishing of scholarly articles, this study evaluates the discussion of those barriers in the LIS literature over the ten year period 2004-2014, and compares this to Björk's conclusions about gold open access publishing.

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Digital Product, Program Manager at University of Notre Dame

The University of Notre Dame is recruiting a Digital Product, Program Manager.

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The Program Manager reports to the Vice President for Information Technology & Chief Information and Digital Officer, who oversees DigitalND, and also works closely with the Library's Center for Digital Scholarship and the emerging Digital Media Center. The Program Manager coordinates the development of a campus-wide strategic plan to guide preservation, access, and dissemination of digital products. The strategy will include both legacy content and content that is "born digital." The Program Manager works with the Library, University Archives, other university units, and faculty to implement the digital product strategy.

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"Opening-up the Early Stages of Research: New Journal Rio to Publish Research Proposals"

Ross Mounce has published "Opening-up the Early Stages of Research: New Journal Rio to Publish Research Proposals" in the LSE Impact of Social Sciences.

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Research Ideas & Outcomes (RIO) is the latest scholarly journal seeking to fix the broken scientific publishing system. It has been created specifically to enable and encourage the entire research cycle to be published, including research proposals and ideas.

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Director of Services and Operations at HathiTrust

HathiTrust is recruiting a Director of Services and Operations.

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The Director of Services and Operations (DSO) has primary responsibility for the operations and services of the HathiTrust preservation and access repository, overseeing the day-to-day management of HathiTrust's core services to users and members, defining priorities for teams that manage HathiTrust's core infrastructure, and driving the development of related policy and standard processes. The DSO manages the development process and oversees service enhancements for the HathiTrust's repository and collection programs.

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PubPeer Foundation Launches

The PubPeer Foundation has been established.

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The overarching goal of the Foundation is to help improve the quality of scientific research by enabling innovative approaches for community interaction. Our initial focus will be on maintaining and developing the PubPeer online platform for post-publication peer review.

See also: "PubPeer's Secret Is Out: Founder of Controversial Website Reveals Himself."

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Ruby on Rails Software Developer at the University of Maryland

The University of Maryland is recruiting a Ruby on Rails Software Developer .

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The software developer will jumpstart adoption of Ruby on Rails as a core supported technology among the permanent developer team who have Java and Fedora 4 experience. This involves documentation, training, and support for the full software lifecycle for building Rails applications from development through promotion to production systems.

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"Sharing Research Data and Intellectual Property Law: A Primer"

Michael W. Carroll has published "Sharing Research Data and Intellectual Property Law: A Primer" in PLOS Biology.

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Sharing research data by depositing it in connection with a published article or otherwise making data publicly available sometimes raises intellectual property questions in the minds of depositing researchers, their employers, their funders, and other researchers who seek to reuse research data. In this context or in the drafting of data management plans, common questions are (1) what are the legal rights in data; (2) who has these rights; and (3) how does one with these rights use them to share data in a way that permits or encourages productive downstream uses? Leaving to the side privacy and national security laws that regulate sharing certain types of data, this Perspective explains how to work through the general intellectual property and contractual issues for all research data.

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Metadata Librarian at University of Houston

The University of Houston is recruiting a Metadata Librarian.

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Reporting to the Metadata Services Coordinator within the Metadata and Digitization Services Department, the successful candidate will provide leadership and expertise in developing creative, collaborative, and sustainable solutions for metadata creation and management for UH Libraries digital collections.

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NMC Horizon Report: 2015 Library Edition

The New Media Consortium has released the NMC Horizon Report: 2015 Library Edition.

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What is on the five-year horizon for academic and research libraries? The NMC Horizon Report: 2015 Library Edition examines key trends, significant challenges, and important developments in technology for their impact on academic and research libraries worldwide.

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Institutional Repository Coordinator at San Jose State University

San Jose State University is recruiting an Institutional Repository Coordinator.

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The University Library Institutional Repository Specialist works respectfully and cooperatively with employees of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library to perform duties under general supervision, but works independently to achieve specified outcomes reporting to the University Library's Technical Services Manager and receiving work lead direction from the University Library's Scholarly Communications Librarian. King Library is a unique collaboration between the City of San Jose and San Jose State University.

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"Open Access to a High-Quality, Impartial, Point-of-Care Medical Summary Would Save Lives: Why Does It Not Exist?"

James Heilman has published "Open Access to a High-Quality, Impartial, Point-of-Care Medical Summary Would Save Lives: Why Does It Not Exist?" in PLOS Medicine.

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Summary Points

  • Currently no open access point-of-care (POC) medical summary aimed at a professional audience exists.
  • Some nonprofit and multiple professional, for-profit POC medical summaries are frequently accessed by clinicians and policymakers.
  • Efforts to create open access POC summaries have been stymied by the difficulty of attracting high-quality contributors.
  • The open access medical publishing community can create this resource with engaged donors, crowd-sourcing, and technology.

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Data Repository Outreach Specialist at Purdue University

Purdue University is recruiting a Data Repository Outreach Specialist .

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The Repository Outreach Specialist works with colleagues in the Libraries, the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research and Partnerships, and Information Technology at Purdue to provide conduct outreach, training, and help to coordinate the on-going operation, support, and improvement of the Purdue University Research Repository (PURR, http://purr.purdue.edu) institutional data repository service. The position serves as the primary point of contact for PURR and collaborates on the further development and support of PURR as well as other initiatives of the Distributed Data Curation Center (D2C2) of the Libraries

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Research Data Management: A Primer Publication of the National Information Standards Organization

NISO has released Research Data Management: A Primer Publication of the National Information Standards Organization.

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The primer on Research Data Management provides an overview of how data management has changed in recent years, and outlines best practices for the collection, documentation, and preservation of research data. The importance of creating a data management plan (DMP) before beginning a research data project is emphasized. Crucial questions regarding how the data will be managed are answered ahead of time in a DMP, thus making it easier for the researcher to collect and document the data properly for future use and reuse. Creating research data that is easily reproducible and transparent is the ultimate goal, and following the guidelines in this primer can help educate researchers to ensure their data is available for others. The differences between publishing papers and publishing datasets and the citation challenges the data community are working on solving are also discussed.

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Digital Library Interface Developer at Lafayette College

Lafayette College is recruiting a Digital Library Interface Developer.

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The person selected for this position will lead design and programming efforts for all public-facing elements of Lafayette's digital library ecosystem, including elegant UI/UX design for repository systems and a growing number of repository-backed digital research projects with faculty members. Typical UI developer tasks include requirements gathering, initial design, implementation, testing and refinement within a larger agile/extreme software development methodology.

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