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Head of Library Technology Services at Eastern Illinois University’s Library Services

Eastern Illinois University's Library Services is recruiting a Head of Library Technology Services. Degree: ALA-accredited MLS. Minimum salary: $57,540.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Reporting to the Dean of Library Services, the individual will be responsible for development and management of the library’s technology resources and applications, scripting and programming for internally developed projects, supervising staff, and serving as liaison to campus technology committees. Other duties may include service at the reference desk and supervision of a technology service desk.

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NISO Receives Mellon Grant to Support E-Book Annotation Sharing Workshops

NISO has received a Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant to support two e-book annotation sharing workshops.

Here's an excerpt from the press release:

The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has been awarded a $48,500 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to fund two standards incubation workshops, which it will lead with the Internet Archive, on the topic of E-Book Annotation Sharing and Social Reading. These meetings will be held in conjunction with the Frankfurt Book Fair in Frankfurt, Germany, on October 10, 2011, and the Books In Browsers Meeting in San Francisco, on October 26, 2011. The Mellon Foundation grant will pay for the planning, organization, and direct meeting expenses for the two workshops, for which NISO will conduct the majority of the planning, organization and logistical support.

The two workshops will advance the discussions around system requirements for annotation sharing-including technical challenges of citation location and systems interoperability-and around the development and implementation of a consensus solution for these issues. The objectives of the meetings are to provide input to a NISO-sponsored working group on scope, goals and any initial work the group undertakes; and the advancement of a syntax specification that will be further vetted by a standards working group for how bookmarks and annotations are located and shared in digital books.

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Library Systems Manager at Saint Joseph’s University’s Drexel Library

Saint Joseph's University's Drexel Library is recruiting a Library Systems Manager. Degree: "ALA Accredited Masters in Library Science or Information Science." Salary: $64,000-$66,000.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The Library Systems Manager provides creative leadership and coordination in the design, implementation, management and promotion of established library systems as well as emerging technologies. This includes library servers, III Millennium system, staff computers, web applications, resource sharing systems, internal networks, staff training and spearheading the development of the Library's Digital Repository. Provides support for a user-centered library and learning commons.

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Programmer Analyst at Johns Hopkins University’s Sheridan Libraries

Johns Hopkins University's Sheridan Libraries are recruiting a Programmer Analyst. Degree: "Bachelors or higher degree in a scientific, mathematical or engineering discipline required." Starting Salary: $43,269-$59,550. Position duration is 10/1/11-9/30/14 with the possibility of extension.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Responsible for the creation, and testing of new software code for NSF Data Conservancy Project. Develops solutions requiring basic analysis and research. Resolves outstanding issues with 3rd party libraries. Maintains system code. Participates in a portion of a project life cycle or may be responsible for the complete life cycle for very small projects. Expected to apply analysis and problem solving techniques for debugging code. Develops the ability to apply basic steps to problem solving, distinguish between symptoms and causes, and utilize TQM. Uses structured programming, code with useful error and diagnostic messages, and document code with comments. Ensures programming work is well documented, modular, and can easily be shared with other programmers.

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Social Networking Sites and Their Role in Scholarly Communications

The Research Communications Strategy project has released Social Networking Sites and Their Role in Scholarly Communications.

Here's an excerpt:

In particular, the Centre was interested to determine to what extent social networking sites are usurping the role of Open Access repositories and to what extent they are likely to do so in the future. The study therefore naturally needed to consider the relationship between Open Access repositories and social networking sites, both now and in the future. Furthermore, the study needed to examine the behaviour patterns of researchers in using different web locations for research communications and to attempt to predict future trends.

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E-Science Librarian at Indiana University Bloomington Libraries

The Indiana University Bloomington Libraries are recruiting an E-Science Librarian. Degree: "ALA-accredited master's degree in library or information science or related degree."

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Reporting to the Head of the IUScholarWorks Department, the E-Science Librarian will:

  • Actively participate in university-wide initiatives to develop and design policies, sustainable services, and infrastructure to enable faculty and students to preserve and make available their research data
  • Partner with internal units (such as Digital Library Program and IU Science Libraries) and external units (such as Vice Provost for Research, UITS Research Technologies and the Data to Insight Center) to develop a data-publishing model that leverages IUScholarWorks and other library services in support of data management and preservation
  • Assist faculty with development of data management plans for grant applications

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Analysis of Chemists and Economists Survey on Open Access

The Research Communications Strategy project has released Analysis of Chemists and Economists Survey on Open Access.

Here's an excerpt:

The motivations for engaging with open access given by these academics tend to be internal, personal reasons, especially altruistic ones. Both chemists and economists see themselves as working for the wider public benefit. However, economists especially also give more selfish reasons, where OA is seen as conferring a personal benefit. External forces that attempt to push academics towards engagement with OA feature less prominently.

See also the related study Further Exploration of the Views of Chemists and Economists on OA Issues in the UK.

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Data Services Librarian at Kansas State University Libraries

The Kansas State University Libraries are recruiting a Data Services Librarian. Degree: "MLS/MLIS degree from an ALA accredited institution or other relevant advanced degree."

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Kansas State University Libraries (www.lib.k-state.edu) are completing a major reorganization where we are evaluating long-standing practices and redefining the work of a research library. We are seeking an energetic, creative, and committed individual for the newly established position of Data Services Librarian. The Data Services Librarian will provide assistance and instruction in the discovery, use, and management of locally and externally available data in support of science and social science research at Kansas State University.

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"The Copyright Self-Help Movement: Initiatives in the Library Community"

Gail P. Clement has published "The Copyright Self-Help Movement: Initiatives in the Library Community" in the latest issue of College & Research Libraries News.

Here's an excerpt:

In the library context, the self-help concept refers to collective actions by practitioners to maximize the balancing features in American copyright law. These features include the various limitations to owner's rights and the provision for a public domain. Copyright self-help complements scholarly communication initiatives that help campus authors retain the rights to reuse and share their own publications. In combination, both types of collective community action serve to maximize allowable uses of copyrighted materials (or identify public domain materials) in order to fuel scholarship, innovation, education, and culture.

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Web Services Librarian at UCLA’s Hugh & Hazel Darling Law Library

UCLA's Hugh & Hazel Darling Law Library is recruiting a Web Services Librarian. Degree: "ALA-accredited Master's Degree in Library or Information Science OR significant graduate-level coursework toward such a degree OR equivalent education and experience (subject expertise combined with professional library education and/or experience)."

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Under the general direction of the Director, Access & Information Services (AIS), the newly created Web Services Librarian will have overall responsibility for the integrity, structure and currency of the UCLA School of Law Website. The Librarian will also provide training and guidance to Website content editors across the Law School in the various departments, centers and programs and creates user-oriented documentation and reference guides to enable them to easily perform web-related functions. The Librarian will: conduct training seminars and user group information sessions addressing Website maintenance and policies, use of new technologies, etc.; provide support for departments in organizing and presenting information; provide assistance when more complex updates or special design is needed for important events, fundraising drives, etc.; and develop and enhance templates for departmental pages within the school's content management system to facilitate a common look and feel across the Law School Website. The Librarian will work with the Director of Communications to maintain the site home page and to make sure the appropriate UCLA Law brand/image is maintained across the site.

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New Open Access Journal: Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication

The Pacific University Libraries and the Robert E. Kennedy Library at California Polytechnic University San Luis Obispo have launched the Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication.

Here's an excerpt from the announcement:

A joint publishing partnership between the libraries at Pacific University (Ore.) and California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo has announced a new open access, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to library-led scholarly communication initiatives, online publishing and digital projects.

The Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication will provide a focused forum for library practitioners to share ideas, strategies, research and pragmatic explorations of library-led initiatives related to such areas as institutional repository and digital collection management, library publishing/hosting services and authors' rights advocacy efforts. As technology, scholarly communication, the economics of publishing, and the roles of libraries all continue to evolve, the work shared in JLSC will inform practices that strengthen librarianship.

Marisa Ramirez (Cal Poly) and Isaac Gilman (Pacific University) will co-edit the journal in collaboration with an editorial board composed of experienced and respected library practitioners.

Founding board members include Allyson Mower (University of Utah), Amy Buckland (McGill University), Ann Lally (University of Washington), Faye Chadwell (Oregon State University), JQ Johnson (University of Oregon), Katherine Johnson (California Institute of Technology), Lisa Schiff (California Digital Library), Michael Boock (Oregon State University), Pamela Bluh (University of Maryland, School of Law), Paul Royster (University of Nebraska), Rebecca Kennison (Columbia University), Sarah Shreeves (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Shawn Martin (University of Pennsylvania), Susan Wells Parham (Georgia Institute of Technology) and Terry Owen (University of Maryland).

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"Making Sense of Fair Use"

Neil W. Netanel, Pete Kameron Endowed Chair in Law at the UCLA School of Law, has self-archived "Making Sense of Fair Use" in SSRN.

Here's an excerpt:

Specifically, the Article traces the rise to prominence of the transformative use paradigm, as adopted by the Supreme Court in Campbell v. Acuff-Rose, over the market-centered paradigm of Harper & Row v. The Nation and its progeny. The Article presents data showing that since 2005 the transformative use paradigm has come overwhelmingly to dominate fair use doctrine, bringing to fruition a shift towards the transformative use doctrine that began a decade earlier. The Article also finds a dramatic increase in defendant win rates on fair use that correlates with the courts' embrace of the transformative use doctrine.

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Humanities Librarian at Lehigh University’s Library & Technology Services

Lehigh University's Library & Technology Services is recruiting a Humanities Librarian. Degree: "Master's degree in Library Science, Information Technology or equivalent program."

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

  1. Evaluate and select electronic, print and media collections for humanities and fine arts curricular and research needs.
  2. Explore and implement new services and technologies for support of scholarly publishing, including a leadership role in the development of Lehigh's digital scholarship archives.
  3. Collaborate with faculty to promote and support the use of library collections in course instruction; develop student research skills; integrate library content and services into campus course management systems.
  4. Promote and support new forms of scholarly publishing in the humanities and fine arts, including collaborative digital projects and open access.

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Systems Librarian at University of Houston-Downtown’s W. I. Dykes Library

The University of Houston-Downtown's W. I. Dykes Library is recruiting a Systems Librarian. Degree: "advanced/master's degree in library science."

Here's an excerpt from the ad (requisition number: 06048):

Basic Duties:

  • Provides technical support for library departments;
  • Supervises library technology staff in maintenance and upgrade of software and hardware;
  • Maintains and operates the library reserve server;
  • Trains library staff on systems as necessary;
  • Leads technology planning and implementation for library; \
  • Participates in reference desk rotation, collection development, and library instruction;
  • Serves as a liaison with UHD IT and other UH System campus libraries on technology issues;

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Major U.S. ISPs Agree to Copyright Alert Plan

Five U.S ISPs (AT&T, Cablevision Systems Corp., Comcast Corp., Time Warner Cable, and Verizon) have agreed to a copyright alert plan with the A2IM, IFTA, the MPAA (and major members), and the RIAA (and major members).

Here's an excerpt from the press release:

The new Copyright Alert System addresses these problems with a series of early alerts—up to six—in electronic form, notifying the subscriber that his or her account may have been misused for online content theft of film, TV shows or music. It will also put in place a system of "mitigation measures" intended to stop online content theft on those accounts that appear persistently to fail to respond to repeated Copyright Alerts. The system will also provide subscribers the opportunity for an independent review to determine whether a consumer's online activity in question is lawful or if their account was identified in error. There are no new laws or regulations established as a part of this voluntary agreement. Termination of a subscriber's account is not part of this agreement. ISPs will not provide their subscribers' names to rights' holders under this agreement.

For an explanation "mitigation measures," see the "FAQ's on The Center for Copyright Information and Copyright Alert System."

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Information Architect at University of Maryland Libraries

The University of Maryland Libraries are recruiting an Information Architect. Degree; "Bachelor's degree." Note: "This is a short-term project oriented position."

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The University of Maryland Libraries seeks a person to develop information architecture for a new library website and provide the structure for programmers and content managers to build site within a content management system.

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Podcast: Pamela Samuelson on Codifying the Google Books Settlement

In this podcast, Pamela Samuelson discusses her 2011 paper "Legislative Alternatives to the Google Book Settlement" with Jerry Brito, Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.

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Systems/Metadata Librarian at Whitman College Library

The Whitman College Library is recruiting a Systems/Metadata Librarian. Degree: "MLS or comparable degree from a program accredited by the American Library Association."

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The Systems/Metadata Librarian is accountable for the daily operation of the Innovative Interfaces Integrated Library System and for organizing access to networked information resources using traditional and emerging metadata protocol.

This position will also be responsible for associated authority control, quality control, knowledge of changing metadata standards, and other duties associated with the creation and maintenance of data related to both digital and print materials. Additionally, this individual will provide systems and metadata support for digital services and serve as the administrator of the library's website

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Setting Institutional Repositories on the Path to Digital Preservation: Final Project Report from the JISC KeepIt Project

JISC has released Setting Institutional Repositories on the Path to Digital Preservation: Final Project Report from the JISC KeepIt Project.

Here's an excerpt:

Digital preservation starts with detailed knowledge and awareness of your own content. The scope for content of institutional repositories has grown from research papers to presenting data supporting the research, also covering teaching materials, and artistic creativity. Four repositories representing each content type—the exemplars—joined the KeepIt project to investigate how effectively each could support the goals of a general repository: trustworthy storage, and preservation. This final report from the project reveals the results, outcomes and implications of the work.

| Digital Curation and Preservation Bibliography 2010 | Institutional Repository Bibliography | Transforming Scholarly Publishing through Open Access: A Bibliography | Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography 2010 |