DOAJ Journal Analysis: "Intersections: The Third Half"

Walt Crawford has published "Intersections: The Third Half" in Cites & Insights: Crawford at Large.

Here's an excerpt from the announcement:

Most of this essay (pp. 7-19) is the "Third Half" of the two-part Journals and "Journals" examination in the October/November and December 2014 issues-adding another 1,200-odd bio/med journals from DOAJ and looking at overall patterns. The essay also includes four briefer discussions related to DOAJ and gold OA journals.

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Digital Data Repository Specialist at Purdue University

Purdue University is recruiting a Digital Data Repository Specialist.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Purdue University Libraries seeks a Digital Data Repository Specialist to join our team at the Distributed Data Curation Center (D2C2) and coordinate our cutting-edge research data repository service, PURR. The Purdue University Research Repository (http://purr.purdue.edu) provides a platform for campus researchers to develop and implement effective data management plans, collaborate on research online, publish datasets and tools, and archive them in a secure, reliable digital repository. This administrative/professional position will work with colleagues in the Office of the Vice President for Research, Information Technology at Purdue, and the Libraries to conduct the day-to-day outreach, operation, support, and improvement of the PURR system and service.

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CNI Executive Roundtable Report: E-Book Strategies

CNI has released CNI Executive Roundtable Report: E-Book Strategies .

Here's an excerpt from the announcement:

During two separate convenings of this roundtable, we explored questions that these new directions raise for institutions, the strategies that institutions are using to make choices among the available paths, the stakeholders involved, and the new programs and projects that CNI’s members are planning or have implemented. Our emphasis was on breadth rather than deep explorations of very specific issues; often we were most interested in understanding how institutions were shaping the questions and how they were exploring them, since many of these questions are far from resolution. Roundtable participants included representatives from academic libraries and information technology units from research institutions and liberal arts colleges, library associations, publishers, and aggregators/intermediaries.

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Library Digital Services Manager at St. Edward’s University

St. Edward's University is recruiting a Library Digital Services Manager.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The kinds of things you'll likely do in this position:

  • Support the library's core systems — III's Millennium ILS and EBSCO's EDS search engine/discovery layer, as well as LibGuides, LibAnswers, ILLiad, and Ares.
  • Craft clean, maintainable, and tested code with the aid of modern MVC best practices, design patterns, and test frameworks.
  • Automate library processes, such as sending and receiving vendor data.
  • Build and support thoughtful integrations with multiple university systems.
  • Implement and support open source solutions such as Omeka, Islandora, Fedora Commons, or other similar institutional repositories.

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"A Living Open Book"

Peter Suber has published "A Living Open Book" in Ebooks in Education: Realising The Vision.

Here's an excerpt:

This is a case study of my short book, Open Access (Suber 2012a). The book is not "enhanced" in the way that a growing number of digital academic books are enhanced. It has no graphics, no multimedia, and no interactivity beyond links, and does not offer different layers or pathways for readers at different levels. From that point of the view the book is conventional and text-oriented. But it has two other enhancements worth highlighting. First, the full text is open access, which benefits authors and readers, and sometimes also publishers. Second, the book has a companion web site of open-access updates and supplements, which benefits all three groups.

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Digital Initiatives Archivist at University of South Carolina

The University of South Carolina is recruiting a Digital Initiatives Archivist.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

This position will be responsible for developing and implementing policies for the accessioning, appraisal, preservation, and description of, and access to, born-digital records collected by SCPC. The Digital Initiatives Archivist will also assist with outreach, including digitization of audiovisual materials for use in online and on-site interactive exhibits, and maintaining online presence of finding aids via ArchivesSpace.

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Archival Electronic Records: President Barack Obama Signs the Presidential and Federal Records Act Amendments of 2014

President Barack Obama has signed H.R. 1233, the Presidential and Federal Records Act Amendments of 2014.

Here's an excerpt from the announcement:

Major updates to the Presidential and Federal Records Acts include:

  • Strengthening the Federal Records Act by expanding the definition of Federal records to clearly include electronic records. This is the first change to the definition of a Federal record since the enactment of the act in 1950.
  • Confirming that Federal electronic records will be transferred to the National Archives in electronic form.
  • Granting the Archivist of the United States final determination as to what constitutes a Federal record.
  • Authorizing the early transfer of permanent electronic Federal and Presidential records to the National Archives, while legal custody remains with the agency or the President.

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Digital Curation News (12/1/2014) #digitalpreservation

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Scholarly Communications Librarian at McGill University

McGill University is recruiting a Scholarly Communications Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Provides scholarly communications services to the campus community, including preservation of and access to the research output of the McGill community, publishing, open access, and authors' rights.

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"The Adoption of Open Access Funds among Canadian Academic Research Libraries, 2008-2012"

Crystal Hampson has published "The Adoption of Open Access Funds among Canadian Academic Research Libraries, 2008-2012" in Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research.

Here's an excerpt:

To examine academic libraries' responses to OA publishing charges, this article explores the adoption of OA funds among Canadian academic research libraries from 2008 to 2012 by analyzing results from a series of previously published surveys. The findings are then examined in light of Everett Rogers' Innovation Diffusion Theory (IDT) to consider the question of whether or not OA funds are becoming a standard service in Canadian academic research institutions. Adoption in Canada is briefly compared to that in the United States and United Kingdom. The paper concludes that, as of 2012, OA funds were becoming common but were not a standard service in Canadian academic research libraries and that libraries were actively participating in the development of OA funding models.

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Coordinator, Data Curation and Scholarly Communications at McGill University

McGill University is recruiting a Coordinator, Data Curation and Scholarly Communications.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Leads the formalization, expansion, and implementation of Library-based research data curation services to the campus, and provides these services to researchers. Supervises members of the Data Curation and Scholarly Communications team within Library Digital Initiatives.

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Open Access and the Humanities: Contexts, Controversies and the Future

Martin Paul Eve has published Open Access and the Humanities: Contexts, Controversies and the Future with Cambridge University Pres.

Here's an excerpt from the announcement:

I am extremely pleased to announce that my book, Open Access and the Humanities: Contexts, Controversies and the Future has today been published by Cambridge University Press. The book offers a background to open access and its specifics for the humanities disciplines, as well as setting out the economics and politics of the phenomenon. It also has a very fine preface by Peter Suber! You can download the book for absolutely free (under a CC BY-SA license) at the official website (click the green "open access" button). You can also buy an extremely good value paperback copy, with all my royalties going to Arthritis Research UK, from the usual suspects.

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Special Projects Librarian at University of Texas at San Antonio

the University of Texas at San Antonio is recruiting a Special Projects Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries seeks a Special Projects Librarian to assist with the implementation and support of major library-wide digital initiatives.

The Special Projects Librarian will support projects by learning, configuring and training staff on new applications, helping transition projects into daily operations, creating and maintaining project documentation, coordinating project communications, developing written content and metadata, and conducting user testing on new and existing applications.

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Digital Curation: Report on Risk, Benefit, Impact and Value

4C has released Report on Risk, Benefit, Impact and Value.

Here's an excerpt from the announcement:

This deliverable of the 4C project work package "WP4-Enhancement" proposes a pragmatic method for estimating costs of digital curation in two different scenarios:

  • A "Current" scenario, where the costs of controls already exist in the repository as a means to reduce the impact of the consequence of a risk/threat, change the likelihood of an event, or reduce the exposure to a vulnerability;
  • A "Future" scenario, where the costs of controls do not yet exist, but where repository managers are able to consider alternative scenarios of repository governance.

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Humanities Curator at New York Public Library

New York Public Library is recruiting a Humanities Curator.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Under the general direction of the Library's Brooke Russell Astor Director of Collections Strategy, the Humanities Curator

  • Initiates outreach activities to promote teaching, learning, and scholarship using the Library's collections.
  • Serves as a resource and facilitator for digital humanists working on projects and recommends collections for acquisition.
  • Working closely with colleagues both internally and externally, collaborates on the development and production of digital publications, scholarly projects, and educational resources that showcase the Library's collections.
  • Serves as a change agent, partner, and resource for subject librarians and special collections curators involved in facilitating digital projects.

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Chris Bourg Named MIT Libraries Director

Chris Bourg has been named as MIT's Libraries Director ;

Here's an excerpt from the announcement:

Bourg comes to MIT from Stanford University, where she is currently associate university librarian for public services. At Stanford, Bourg oversees the largest division of the Stanford University Libraries, with six branches and a collection of more than 4 million volumes. . . .

Bourg received her BA from Duke University, her MA from the University of Maryland, and her MA and PhD in sociology from Stanford. She has written and spoken extensively on the topics of libraries, leadership, diversity, and social justice. She is a strong advocate for gender equality, and was involved in creating and leading the first Women's Voices and Influence group for Stanford staff.

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Associate Director for Consortial Library Systems at The Five Colleges of Ohio

The Five Colleges of Ohio is recruiting a Associate Director for Consortial Library Systems.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The successful candidate will provide leadership in the area of library information technology, build consensus among various constituents in the consortium, investigate and recommend library information technology solutions, and actively participate in the creation of a contemporary, user-centered information environment. The focus of the position will be the direction of CONSORT library systems used by four of the colleges (Oberlin excluded). The Associate Director will play an important role in the provision of training and development for our library staffs and in the growing library systems collaborations among all five colleges. Primary Responsibilities: Providing leadership and thinking strategically about technological solutions by taking a major role in planning, implementing, and training for the adoption and integration of new library technologies that meet the needs of library users and staff. Leading, maintaining and supporting CONSORT, the four libraries' shared Integrated Library System (currently Sierra from Innovative Interfaces, Inc.). Acting as a key resource person for issues related to the consortium's common discovery and electronic resource management tools, including but not limited to Summon, 360 Link and 360 Resource Manager. Contributing to resolving issues related to the management and discovery of shared electronic resources.

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State of the Commons

The Creative Commons has released State of the Commons.

Here's an excerpt from the announcement:

Today, we're releasing a new report that we think you will want to see. State of the Commons covers the impact and success of free and open content worldwide, and it contains the most revealing account we've ever published, including new data on what's shared with a CC license.

We found nearly 900 million Creative Commons-licensed works, dramatically up from our last report of 400 million in 2010. Creators are now choosing less restrictive CC licenses more than ever before – over half allow both commercial use and adaptations.

We're also celebrating the success of open policy worldwide. Fourteen countries have now adopted national open education policies, and open textbooks have saved students more than 100 million dollars. These are big moves making big impacts.

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Discovery Services & Data Curation Librarian at Georgia Southern University

Georgia Southern University is recruiting a Discovery Services & Data Curation Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Reporting to the Head of the Collection and Resource Services Department, the Discovery Services & Data Curation Librarian (DSDC) will promote data curation in Digital Commons (the Henderson Library's institutional repository) and other open access data repositories; manage research data sets in Digital Commons; assist faculty with data plans and structure for display in Digital Commons; serve as Library Liaison to the Office of Research; promote a service culture for technical services; manage EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) to provide maximum positive user experience;

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Adopts Open Access Policy

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has adopted an open access policy.

Here's an excerpt:

As of January 1, 2015 our Open Access policy will be effective for all new agreements. During a two-year transition period, publishers will be permitted to apply up to a 12 month embargo period on the accessibility of the publication and its underlying data sets. This embargo period will no longer be allowed after January 1, 2017.

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Digital Curation News (11/21/2014) #digitalpreservation

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Web Applications Engineer II at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center is recruiting a Web Applications Engineer II.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

  • Works with institutional parties to debug, enhance, and educate users about electronic internet systems and design.
  • Delivers content management solutions for websites and assists with technical and design recommendations for products.
  • Builds high customer satisfaction by managing end-users expectations, communicating moderately complex technical issues clearly and in a way this is easily understood. Documents agreed upon resolutions.
  • Follows up with clients to ensure successful completion of tasks. Resolves bugs in a timely manner and enforce quality assurance standards by developing high quality code which is reusable, well documented, stable, efficient, and defect free.

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Discovery Services: A White Paper for the Texas State Library & Archives Commission

The Texas State Library and Archives Commission has released Discovery Services: A White Paper for the Texas State Library & Archives Commission.

Here's an excerpt:

Discussions among libraries that have recently implemented discovery services are likely to result in agreement that implementation was challenging. However, once implemented, librarians are generally happy with their decisions to offer discovery services to their patrons. Based on librarian experiences of both the challenges and rewards of implementing a discovery service, the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) contracted with Amigos Library Services to write a white paper that would include basic information concerning discovery services, as well as an overview of the major discovery vendors.

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