Metadata Librarian at North Carolina State University Libraries

The North Carolina State University Libraries are recruiting a Metadata Librarian. Required degree: "ALA-accredited MLS or equivalent advanced degree in library or information science."

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

he NCSU Libraries invites applications and nominations for the position of Metadata Librarian to lead the metadata and data quality section in the Metadata and Cataloging Department. The incumbent will play a leadership role in library-wide non-MARC metadata projects and will lead projects in data management and workflow optimization. This position offers the opportunity to join a department that is committed to developing user-centered, transformative approaches to cataloging in a changing landscape of bibliographic control. The department is actively moving from workflows that emphasize item-by-item cataloging toward metadata creation processes that facilitate large-scale access to our collections and prioritize the discovery of hidden collections.

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Digital Initiatives Librarian at Montana State University Libraries

The Montana State University Libraries are recruiting a Digital Initiatives Librarian. Required degree: "ALA-accredited MLS, MIS, or equivalent." Salary: $43,000.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Facilitate the development of the Library's overall web-based and digital services programs. Act as lead worker for specific projects and working groups as needed. Train and work directly with library staff to help make them more effective content contributors. Maintain ongoing development of the Libraries' web services and digital projects. Incorporate appropriate design principles, information architectures, coding standards, and emerging technologies into the Libraries' various open source web-based systems and projects. Contribute to processes that deliver library content to external discovery and delivery mechanisms, such as: APIs and RESTful web services, search engine optimization, mobile application development, OAI harvesters, and integration with campus learning management systems and social sites. Anticipate web trends, investigate their application in academic libraries, and help to develop new web-based and digital services.

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"HathiTrust’s Past, Present, and Future"

The HathiTrust has released "HathiTrust's Past, Present, and Future" by John Wilkin.

Here's an excerpt:

My plan today is to talk about HathiTrust's past, present and future. Don't worry—I won't do a history of HathiTrust. My discussion of the "past" will be primarily about the organization's early accomplishments, and begins with a review of our Short- and Long-Term Functional Objects. I'll then talk briefly about a few things in the HathiTrust pipeline, and finally conclude with an overview of some of the larger changes that have taken place since 2008. A point I'd like to emphasize now and throughout is that this is a "libraries writ large" success story. What has happened is something that we accomplished collectively. This is not a story of an external organization—Google, a government agency, or some external champion—doing something for us. This is our story, and one that we need to understand and celebrate.

| Digital Curation and Preservation Bibliography 2010 | Digital Scholarship |

Copy(write): Intellectual Property in the Writing Classroom

The WAC Clearinghouse has released Copy(write): Intellectual Property in the Writing Classroom as an open access book under a under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.

Here's an excerpt:

The book is divided into three topic areas: Part I focuses on the law and legal landscape; Part II focuses on the tools and resources available to researchers and teachers; and Part III focuses on pedagogical practices and approaches for addressing intellectual property in the writing classroom. Each part concludes with a response by a notable scholar who helps highlight connections among the chapters and identifies enduring questions and future directions for scholarship and action.

| Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography 2010 | Digital Scholarship |

Head, Systems Development Department at Old Dominion University Libraries

Old Dominion University Libraries are recruiting a Head, Systems Development Department. Required required: "ALA accredited MLS."

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The successful candidate would provide departmental leadership and management and would develop, implement, and support all information systems for the ODU Libraries. This includes planning for new technology, managing ongoing projects, directing daily technical operations, and participating on the technology management team for the 24/5 Learning Commons. As a member of the Library Management Team, this position also plays a key role in library-wide planning, policy making, and the development, evaluation, and assessment of library services and resources.

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Best Practices for TEI in Libraries: A Guide for Mass Digitization, Automated Workflows, and Promotion of Interoperability with XML Using the TEI

The TEI Special Interest Group on Libraries has released version three of the Best Practices for TEI in Libraries: A Guide for Mass Digitization, Automated Workflows, and Promotion of Interoperability with XML Using the TEI.

Here's an excerpt from:

There are many different library text digitization projects, serving a variety of purposes. With this in mind, these Best Practices are meant to be as inclusive as possible by specifying five encoding levels. These levels are meant to allow for a range of practice, from wholly automated text creation and encoding, to encoding that requires expert content knowledge, analysis, and editing. The encoding levels are not strictly cumulative: while higher levels tend to build upon lower levels by including more elements, higher levels are not supersets because some elements used at lower levels are not used at higher levels—often because more specific elements replace generic elements.

| Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography 2010 | Digital Scholarship |

Preservation Librarian at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library is recruiting a Preservation Librarian. Required degree: "ALA-accredited MLIS or equivalent, or a graduate degree including coursework or experience in preservation administration."

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Reporting to the John "Bud" Velde Head of Preservation, the Preservation Librarian will oversee existing staff and programs in support of reformatting, media, and digital preservation efforts within the existing program. Specific duties include: . . . .

Establishing workflows for the preservation of digital materials as well as testing and implementing necessary infrastructure in close collaboration with the Digital Library Access, Repository, and Scholarly Communication Services Advisory Group Collaborating with other units and groups in the University Library and Campus that acquire, create, preserve, and provide access to digitized or 'born-digital' materials (including Digital Content Creation, Office of Information Technology Planning and Policy, IDEALS, and the University Archives, among others) to develop and coordinate a Library-wide digital preservation program and associated services.

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"The Long Wait: LJ‘s Placements & Salaries Survey 2011"

Stephanie L. Maatta has published "The Long Wait: LJ's Placements & Salaries Survey 2011" in Library Journal.

Here's an excerpt:

The challenge for many was finding a permanent professional position. Of the 1,547 graduates reporting a job of any type, a mere 59.2% described those jobs as being both permanent and professional. This was another year of decline in permanent positions, dropping from 61% in 2009 and a high of 75.8% in 2007.

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Scholarly Communications Librarian at University of North Texas Libraries

The University of North Texas Libraries are recruiting a Scholarly Communications Librarian. Required degree: "ALA-accredited master's degree in library or information sciences or an international equivalent by January 2012."

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The Scholarly Communications Librarian will serve as a key resource on copyright compliance for the UNT Libraries and supervise activities related to library reserves. The librarian exercises broad independent judgment and authority under the general direction of the Access Services Department Head. The librarian serves on library committees and work groups as assigned. Duties may also include providing additional public services, assisting with collection development, and teaching library instruction sessions.

The Scholarly Communications Librarian will be responsible for developing and implementing an educational program to increase copyright compliance awareness among UNT faculty, researchers, students, and library staff. The librarian will serve as a library resource on copyright compliance, fair use, and other copyright issues, as well as maintain an efficient reserves operation.

| Transforming Scholarly Publishing through Open Access: A Bibliography | Digital Scholarship |

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Programmer Analyst at California Digital Library

The California Digital Library is recruiting a Programmer Analyst. Required degree: "Bachelor's degree in computer science, information management or science, or a related field or an equivalent combination of education." Salary: $45,700-$71,700.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Reporting to the Technical Lead, Digital Special Collections, the incumbent participates in the Access Services Team responsible for the design and maintenance of web sites and other systems that provide access to digital resources held at the California Digital Library.

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Director of Digital Initiatives at J. Murrey Atkins Library at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

The J. Murrey Atkins Library at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte is recruiting a Director of Digital Initiatives. Required degree: "Master's degree in Computer Science or Information Systems."

Here's an excerpt from the ad (position number: 8607)

The J. Murrey Atkins Library at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is seeking a Director of Digital Initiatives. Atkins Library's Digital Initiatives Department is responsible for drawing the Library's digital presence into ever greater alignment with the campus research and teaching needs, and with University IT strategic planning.

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Digital Library Services Manager at Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources

Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources are recruiting a Digital Library Services Manager.

Here's an excerpt from the ad (job ID: 44514):

The Digital Library Systems and Services (DLSS) group is responsible for designing, developing and operating the systems that manage, preserve and provide access to the digital assets of the Stanford University Libraries, one of the world's top research libraries and an international leader in the digital library arena. SULAIR currently has a sophisticated and expanding library cyberinfrastructure that supports digital assets through all phases of their lifecycle, including a service-oriented architecture, a digital repository for management and preservation of digital assets, and a suite of web applications and tools that enable resource acquisition, digitization, description, discovery and access.

The Manager for Digital Library Services leads DLSS's team of product and project managers. S/he sets and oversees the practice for functional analysis, service definition and user-facing service operation for SULAIR's digital library services. The Manager for Digital Library Services also leads DLSS's project management framework, balancing a lightweight approach to project management with appropriate rigor for software and service development initiatives.

Reporting to the Associate Director of Digital Library Systems & Services, the incumbent in this position works as part of a dynamic management team comprising other engineering managers, and the project managers in DLSS. The management team is responsible for cooperative resource allocation, department-wide goal definition, and the timely and successful scoping and delivery of development efforts that pull on the resources and expertise of contributors from across the Libraries. The incumbent will lead the team of experts providing functional analysis and project management for DLSS initiatives, and work closely with the digitization, engineering and system administration teams and their managers.

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Investigations on Storage and Versioning of Digital Objects

The Stanford Digital Repository has released four short reports on "open source storage solutions that include the ability to efficiently and securely preserve multiple-version digital objects which contain large binary files."

| Digital Curation and Preservation Bibliography 2010 | Digital Scholarship |

Chief Technology Officer at Yale University Library

Yale University Library is recruiting a Chief Technology Officer.

Here's an excerpt from the ad (STARS no.: 14387BR):

Yale University Library (YUL) seeks an innovative and experienced leader to fill its senior technology position. A member of YUL's executive team, and reporting to the University Librarian, the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) has responsibility for programmatic, strategic, budgetary, managerial and operational responsibilities for YUL digital library and information technology support throughout the YUL system. Additionally, the CTO will represent the goals and interests of YUL in University-wide and national endeavors.

As a result of significant personnel changes and organizational restructuring, the CTO will have the opportunity to realign the IT staff and technology infrastructure of YUL, as well as develop multi-year strategic planning initiatives that further YUL's mission and goals.

The portfolio of activity under the CTO will include web development, digital asset management, infrastructure services, enterprise technologies, digital and persistent access, and workstation support. The CTO directly oversees a department of 15 FTE that rests within a library organization that has IT projects and additional IT staff distributed widely throughout. YUL's expansive IT systems include one of the largest integrated library systems in the country, nearly half a petabyte of storage over 75 licensed, open-source and locally developed systems, and more than 1,000 workstations.

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IFLA Establishes Open Access Taskforce

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) has established an Open Access Taskforce.

Here's an excerpt from the announcement:

Following the endorsement of IFLA's Statement on Open Access by the Governing Board, April 18th 2011—and the subsequent approval from the Governing Board during the WLIC in Puerto Rico August 2011 of a number of key initiatives—IFLA's Open Access Taskforce has been established.

The taskforce will work on the following issues:

  1. Advocate for the adoption and promotion of open access policies as set out in IFLA's Statement on Open Access within the framework of the United Nations institutions (UN, UNESCO, WHO, FAO);
  2. Build Capacity within the IFLA Membership—to advocate for the adoption of open access policies at the national level, through the development of case studies and best practices for open access promotion;
  3. Furthermore the taskforce will connect to the various organizations working for Open Access—as indicated in the statement—such as SPARC (US/Europe/Japan), COAR, OASPA,EIFL, Bioline International & DOAJ, among others.

| Transforming Scholarly Publishing through Open Access: A Bibliography | Digital Scholarship |

Director, Integrated Library Information Technology Systems at University of Maryland Libraries

The University of Maryland Libraries are recruiting a Director, Integrated Library Information Technology Systems. Required degree: "MLS Degree from an ALA-accredited school or program."

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The Director of Integrated Library Systems (ILS) department provides leadership and support to the University System of Maryland and Affiliated Institutions (USMAI) Library Consortium in the integration, operation and maintenance efforts of the consortium's software and database applications. The ILS Director serves as a senior member of the College Park Libraries Information Technology Division (ITD), reporting to the Associate Dean of Information Technology at the University of Maryland Libraries. The incumbent works directly with the Council of Library Directors (CLD) of USMAI and its administrative structure. He/she provides leadership and direct supervision to a professional technical staff. The ILS director will be responsible for developing and managing budgets for approved projects and initiatives of the USMAI. The director will also be responsible for developing annual budgets for the ILS team, for presenting that budget to the CLD and for executing budgets, once they are approved by the CLD. The ILS Director will be responsible for the research, planning, pro

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JISC Issues Call for Digital Infrastructure Proposals

JISC has issued a call for Digital Infrastructure proposals.

Here's an excerpt from the announcement:

The call seeks projects in the following areas:

  • Resource Discovery—up to 10 projects to implement the resource discovery taskforce vision by funding higher education libraries archives and museums to make open metadata about their collections available in a sustainable way. Funding up to £250,000 is available for this work.
  • Enhancing the Sustainability of Digital Collections—up to 10 projects to investigate and measure how effectively action can be taken to increase the prospects of sustainability for specified digital resources. Funding of up to £500,000 is available for this work.
  • Research Information Management—3 projects to explore the feasibility and pilot delivery of a national shared service for the reporting of research information from Research Organisations to funders and other sector agencies, to increase the availability of validated evidence of research impact for research organisations, funders and policy bodies, and to formally evaluate JISC-funded activities in the Research Information Management programme and to gather robust evidence of any benefits accruing to the sector from these activities. Funding of up to £450,000 is available for this work.
  • Research Tools—5 to 10 projects on exploiting technologies and infrastructure in the research process as well as innovating and extending the boundaries to determine the future demands of research on infrastructures. Funding of up to £350,000 is available for this work.
  • Applications of the Linking You Toolkit—Up to 10 projects investigating the implementation and improvement of the "Linking You Toolkit" for the purpose of demonstrating the benefits that management of institutional URLS can bring to students, researchers, lecturers and other University staff. Funding of up to £140,000 is available for this work.
  • Access and Identity Management—5 to 10 projects investigating the embedding of Access and Identity Management outputs and technological solutions within institutions. Funding of up to £200,000 is available for this work.

| Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography 2010 | Digital Scholarship |

Digital Library Programmer at Lafayette College Library

The Lafayette College Library is recruiting a Digital Library Programmer. Required degree: "Bachelor's degree."

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Lafayette College seeks a programmer with broad interests, or a librarian or scholar with programming experience, for a key role in the development of new digital initiatives, and to maintain and extend existing initiatives that directly support the teaching and research of our Faculty. As a member of the Digital Scholarship team, the Digital Library Programmer reports to the Digital Initiatives Librarian and works closely with librarians and faculty members to understand and deliver solutions that support innovative scholarship. . . .

Primary responsibilities: work with faculty and Digital Scholarship team to design and implement digital projects, program new web applications and software tools; customize and extend existing digital library platforms (currently CONTENTdm (PHP), DSpace, and MetaDB (both Java)); manage revision control for digital library projects; coordinate server maintenance with the College's central IT department.

| Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography 2010 | Digital Scholarship |

PEER Behavioural Research: Authors and Users vis-á-vis Journals and Repositories—Final Report

PEER (Publishing and the Ecology of European Research has released PEER Behavioural Research: Authors and Users vis-á-vis Journals and Repositories—Final Report.

Here's an excerpt:

Over the period of Phases 1 and 2 of the Behavioural research project the increase in the number of researchers who reported placing a version of their journal article(s) into an Open Access Repository was negligible.

Researchers who associated Open Access with 'self-archiving' were in the minority.

Open Access is more likely to be associated with 'self-archiving' (Green Road) by researchers in the Physical sciences & mathematics and the Social sciences, humanities & arts, than those in the Life sciences and the Medical sciences who are more likely to associate Open Access with Open Access Journals (Gold Road).

There is anecdotal evidence that some researchers consider making journal articles accessible via Open Access to be beyond their remit.

Authors tend to be favourable to Open Access and receptive to the benefits of self-archiving in terms of greater readership and wider dissemination of their research, with the caveat that self-archiving does not compromise the pivotal role of the published journal article.

Readers have concerns about the authority of article content and the extent to which it can be cited when the version they have accessed is not the published final version. These concerns are more prevalent where the purpose of reading is to produce a published journal article, and are perceived as less of an issue for other types of reading purpose.

Academic researchers have a conservative set of attitudes, perceptions and behaviours towards the scholarly communication system and do not desire fundamental changes in the way research is currently disseminated and published.

Open Access Repositories are perceived by researchers as complementary to, rather than replacing, current forums for disseminating and publishing research.

| Transforming Scholarly Publishing through Open Access: A Bibliography | Digital Scholarship |

Information Technology Specialist (SYSANALYSIS) at Library of Congress

The Library of Congress is recruiting an Information Technology Specialist (SYSANALYSIS). Salary range: $89,033-$115,742.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The incumbent reports to the Project Manager for Digital Initiatives in repository development and works with a specialized group of programmers on complex, multi-faceted prototype and production systems, and assists with software analysis, design, development, documentation and implementation of these systems. The incumbent updates and modifies existing Library applications, designs and implements new applications, generates documentation, and is responsible for the maintenance and upgrades. The position resolves the critical issues affecting the configuration of the information technology (IT) infrastructure and conducts information requirements analysis to identify priority areas for improvement of current systems.

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"Digital Curation:The Emergence of a New Discipline"

Sarah Higgins has published "Digital Curation:The Emergence of a New Discipline" in the latest issue of the International Journal of Digital Curation.

Here's an excerpt:

In the mid 1990s UK digital preservation activity concentrated on ensuring the survival of digital material—spurred on by the US report Preserving Digital Information (The Task Force on Archiving of Digital Information, 1996) and developed through JISC-funded activities. Technical developments and a maturing understanding of organisational activity and workflow saw the emphasis move to ensuring the access, use and reuse of digital materials throughout their lifecycle. Digital Curation emerged as a new discipline supported through the activities of the UK's Digital Curation Centre and a number of EU 6th Framework Projects. Digital Curation is now embedded in both practice and research; with the development of tools, and the foundation of a number of support units and academic educators offering training and furthering research. The International

| Digital Curation and Preservation Bibliography 2010 | Digital Scholarship |

Digital Technologies Programmer at University of Miami Libraries

The University of Miami Libraries are recruiting a Digital Technologies Programmer. Required degree: "Bachelor's degree in computer /information science or engineering, or the equivalent in education and experience." Salary: $48,356.50-$60,000.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Reporting to the Head of Web & Emerging Technologies, the Digital Technologies Programmer/Analyst provides leadership in the research, development and maintenance of the Libraries technical infrastructure. This includes web development, digital programs, user interfaces and other emerging technologies. The incumbent designs, develops, implements, and facilitates project management for the research and development of user-centered tools and applications to enhance operations and services. The DTPA is a member of the Digital Projects Team and supervises one programmer/analyst.

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