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Associate Vice President for Digital Programs and Technology Services at Columbia University

Columbia University Libraries/Information Services are recruiting an Associate Vice President for Digital Programs and Technology Services.

Here's an excerpt from the ad (requisition number: 0002115):

The Columbia University Libraries/Information Services(CUL/IS) seek an experienced, innovative professional with a strong understanding of research universities to lead and direct a unique mix of digital programs and technology services that work together to support the research and teaching needs of the University. The Associate Vice President for Digital Programs and Technology Services (AVP,DPTS) provides leadership in organizational strategy, collaboration, resource development, and system-wide technological change. The AVP, DPTS is a member of the CUL/IS Executive Committee and works in close collaboration with the Associate University Librarian (AUL) for Collections and Services, the AUL for Bibliographic Services and Collections, and the AVP for Finance, Administration and Human Resources.

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Over 80% of Association of American Universities Members Now Have Institutional Repositories

The Association of American Universities is a highly selective nonprofit organization of "leading public and private research universities in the United States and Canada" whose US members "award more than one-half of all U.S. doctoral degrees and 55 percent of those in the sciences and engineering."

This post examines whether AAU institutions have operational institutional repositories. Over 80% of the 62 AAU members now have such a repository (see the below list).

Institutions that do not have an institutional repository typically have an extensive digital library of curated digital materials (including works digitized by the library), and they may also have specialized digital repositories, such as departmental digital repositories (e.g., eprints and other digital research materials) or an ETD repository. Such digital libraries and repositories are not included here.

Institutional repositories were identified by OpenDOAR, ROAR, and, in some cases, Google and institutional website searches.

  1. Brandeis University, Brandeis Institutional Repository
  2. Brown University, Brown Digital Repository
  3. California Institute of Technology, CaltechAUTHORS
  4. Carnegie Mellon University, Research Showcase
  5. Case Western Reserve University, Digital Case
  6. Columbia University, Academic Commons
  7. Cornell University, eCommons@Cornell
  8. Duke University, DukeSpace
  9. Georgia Institute of Technology, SMARTech Repository
  10. Harvard University, DASH
  11. Indiana University, IUScholarWorks
  12. The Johns Hopkins University, JScholarship
  13. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, DSpace@MIT
  14. McGill University, eScholarship@McGill
  15. New York University, Faculty Digital Archive
  16. The Ohio State University, Knowledge Bank
  17. Purdue University, ePubs
  18. Rice University, Rice University Digital Scholarship Archive
  19. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, RUCore
  20. Stanford University, Stanford Digital Repository
  21. Stony Brook University-State University of New York, State University of New York Digital Repository
  22. Syracuse University, SURFACE
  23. Texas A&M University, Texas A&M Digital Repository
  24. The University of Arizona, UAiR
  25. University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, UB Institutional Repository
  26. University of California, Berkeley, eScholarship
  27. University of California, Davis, eScholarship
  28. University of California, Irvine, eScholarship
  29. University of California, Los Angeles, eScholarship
  30. University of California, San Diego, eScholarship
  31. University of California, Santa Barbara, eScholarship
  32. University of Colorado at Boulder
  33. University of Florida, IR @ UF
  34. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IDEALS
  35. The University of Iowa, Iowa Research Online
  36. The University of Kansas, KU ScholarWorks
  37. University of Maryland, College Park, DRUM
  38. University of Michigan, Deep Blue
  39. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, digitalconservancy
  40. University of Missouri-Columbia, MOspace
  41. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Carolina Digital Repository
  42. University of Oregon, Scholars' Bank
  43. University of Pennsylvania, ScholarlyCommons Repository
  44. University of Pittsburgh, D-Scholarship@Pitt
  45. University of Rochester, UR Research
  46. The University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas Digital Repository
  47. University of Toronto, T-Space
  48. University of Virginia, Libra
  49. University of Washington, ResearchWorks
  50. The University of Wisconsin-Madison, MINDS@UW
  51. Vanderbilt University, DiscoverArchive

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U.S. Public Libraries and the Use of Web Technologies 2010

The Library Research Service of the Colorado State Library has released U.S. Public Libraries and the Use of Web Technologies 2010.

Here's an excerpt:

Since the first Web Technologies study, public libraries across the United States have made varying degrees of progress in adopting Web 2.0 tools. Using the 2008 results as a baseline, the 2010 study was an opportunity to identify new web technologies and track changes in what libraries are adopting, as well as identify characteristics of those libraries.

In general, the results of the 2010 study reveal that most web technologies are increasing in use on public libraries' websites, with some tools gaining in popularity rather quickly and others appearing to stagnate. For example, libraries' use of social media sites took off while adoption of earlier tools including blogs has slowed, and new options such as SMS reference have not yet had a chance to gain much traction. Regardless of the tool in question, most growth was concentrated in the largest libraries, where adoption of new technologies increased at a faster rate than in smaller libraries.

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Web Services Specialist at Newton Free Library

The Newton Free Library is recruiting a Web Services Specialist. Salary: $45,716-$51,431.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The web manager/programmer will be responsible for the Library's digital initiatives and online resources in order to improve access to the collection, promote the library in the community and expand patrons' online experience. Other responsibilities include developing staff resources, re-organize and re-design of the existing web, and exploring the use of 3rd party online social networking as a means of interacting with patrons. Help launch new initiatives in digitizing the Library's collection and online information portals. This position emphasizes the use of web programming to modernize the Library's online presence.

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Web Applications Developer, NYPL Labs

The New York Public Library is recruiting a Web Applications Developer, NYPL Labs .

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The New York Public Library seeks a talented web applications developer to join the Library's new research and development unit, NYPL Labs. We are looking for someone who is willing to experiment, able to build, test and debug in rapid iterations, and excited to join the intellectual life of NYPL and the wider digital humanities and creative tech community.

Work will be situated in midtown Manhattan within NYPL's larger web group, but will be focused on projects that break new ground in digital humanities research and/or facilitate new forms of networked participation in library activity. Projects may range from building crowdsourcing tools for enhancing library collections, rethinking established genres such as archival finding aids, or developing multi-modal (potentially cross-institutional) digital archives of special collections material. Some projects will be proof-of-concept prototypes aimed at hatching ideas that might eventually be applied more broadly across the Library. Others will be fully realized applications that become staple resources in the NYPL web environment. All will place you at the intersection of scholarly, library and technological innovation taking place at one of the worlds great public research institutions. Tapped into one of the worlds largest and most creatively dynamic urban populations.

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Presentations from the CNI Spring 2011 Membership Meeting

Presentations and handouts from the CNI Spring 2011 Membership Meeting are now available.

Here's a brief selection of presentations:

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"Preserving Repository Content: Practical Tools for Repository Managers"

Miggie Pickton, Debra Morris, Stephanie Meece, Simon Coles, and Steve Hitchcock have published "Preserving Repository Content: Practical Tools for Repository Managers" in the latest issue of the Journal of Digital Information.

Here's an excerpt:

The stated aim of many repositories is to provide permanent open access to their content. However, relatively few repositories have implemented practical action plans towards permanence. Repository managers often lack time and confidence to tackle the important but scary problem of preservation.

Written by, and aimed at, repository managers, this paper describes how the JISC-funded KeepIt project has been bringing together existing preservation tools and services with appropriate training and advice to enable repository managers to formulate practical and achievable preservation plans.

Three elements of the KeepIt project are described:

  1. The initial, exploratory phase in which repository managers and a preservation specialist established the current status of each repository and its preservation objectives;
  2. The repository-specific KeepIt preservation training course which covered the organisational and financial framework of repository preservation; metadata; the new preservation tools; and issues of trust between repository, users and services;
  3. The application of tools and lessons learned from the training course to four exemplar repositories and the impact that this has made.

The paper concludes by recommending practical steps that all repository managers may take to ensure their repositories are preservation-ready.

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Metadata and Digital Resources Developer, University Libraries at Ball State University Libraries

The Ball State University Libraries are recruiting a Metadata and Digital Resources Developer.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Professional position available immediately. Responsibilities: create page-level metadata, analyze, create, develop and adapt metadata schemes and codes for the University Libraries’ content management systems, including developing digital resources for specialized projects; provide training and supervision as necessary and maintain quality standards to support the University Libraries’ ongoing transition from print to a predominately digital environment.

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"Tragedy of the Data Commons"

Jane Yakowitz has self-archived "Tragedy of the Data Commons" in SSRN.

Here's an excerpt:

Accurate data is vital to enlightened research and policymaking, particularly publicly available data that are redacted to protect the identity of individuals. Legal academics, however, are campaigning against data anonymization as a means to protect privacy, contending that wealth of information available on the Internet enables malfeasors to reverse-engineer the data and identify individuals within them. Privacy scholars advocate for new legal restrictions on the collection and dissemination of research data. This Article challenges the dominant wisdom, arguing that properly de-identified data is not only safe, but of extraordinary social utility. It makes three core claims. First, legal scholars have misinterpreted the relevant literature from computer science and statistics, and thus have significantly overstated the futility of anonymizing data. Second, the available evidence demonstrates that the risks from anonymized data are theoretical – they rarely, if ever, materialize. Finally, anonymized data is crucial to beneficial social research, and constitutes a public resource – a commons – under threat of depletion. The Article concludes with a radical proposal: since current privacy policies overtax valuable research without reducing any realistic risks, law should provide a safe harbor for the dissemination of research data.

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Digital Repository Coordinator at Emory University Libraries

The Emory University Libraries are recruiting a Digital Repository Coordinator.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The Emory Libraries seek applications for a new Digital Repository Coordinator to provide leadership, project management, and work in the development of repository services to promote access to the scholarship of the Emory community. In March 2011, the Emory Faculty passed an Open Access Policy calling upon the Libraries, partnering with a faculty advisory committee, to develop an open access repository (see http://guides.main.library.emory.edu/OA for more details). The open access repository will be the first project for this innovative and energetic individual, who will work collaboratively with colleagues on the faculty and in the libraries to develop and implement an open access repository in support of the Open Access Policy, including policies, procedures, workflows, metadata, recruiting and harvesting content, and marketing and outreach to the University community advocating for best practices in open access. Future projects may include data, multi-media content or learning objects. This is an exciting opportunity to work with multiple stakeholders employing a user-driven approach to launch new services for the Emory community.

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Subject Repositories: "arXiv Business Planning Update"

The Cornell University Library has released "arXiv Business Planning Update."

Here's an excerpt:

It has been 15 months since we announced the collaborative arXiv business model. As we reported in our previous update, for 2010 we were pleased to receive support from 123 institutions, totaling to $360,000 in contributions and representing 11 countries. We are encouraged with the contributions for 2011 as we already have support from 101 institutions, totaling to $275,000 in pledges from 8 countries.

We are grateful for the coordinated international support from the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) Collections in the UK, SPARC-Japan, German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB), Helmholtz-Alliance Physics (Germany), and Denmark's Electronic Research Library (DEFF). We are currently contacting additional international library consortia for their possible leadership in coordinating support within some other countries. . . .

As part of our sustainability planning, we took a critical look at arXiv's technology infrastructure and prepared a high-level plan, which includes a major change to the discovery and access component of the platform. After having the proposal reviewed by four external colleagues with expertise in repository architectures, we decided to implement Invenio as the basis of a new display and access system. The move to Invenio will facilitate improved collaboration with our partners at NASA ADS and INSPIRE, and reduce the maintenance burden of in-house code. We anticipate the transition, which will include a number of user interface enhancements, to be completed by mid-2012. . . .

In collaboration with the NSF Data Conservancy project we have launched a pilot data upload interface for data associated with arXiv articles. Submission is unified through small extensions to arXiv's submission interface. While the article is announced and stored on arXiv, data is automatically deposited in the Data Conservancy repository and linked from the article (see http://arxiv.org/help/data_conservancy for more information). This is a pilot project, which will be re-evaluated in collaboration with the Data Conservancy by the end of this year.

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Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog (April 29, 2011)

The latest update of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog (SEPW) is now available. It provides information about new works related to scholarly electronic publishing, such as books, e-prints, journal articles, magazine articles, technical reports, and white papers.

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Sr. Programmer at University of Miami’s Richter Library

The University of Miami's Richter Library is recruiting a Sr. Programmer. Pay band min/max: $48,356.50-$99,937.50.

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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Association of Research Libraries Sends Letter to FTC about Google Books Privacy Issues

The Association of Research Libraries has sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission regarding Google Books privacy issues.

Here's an excerpt:

This consent order presents a unique opportunity to shape best practices in reader privacy for a major online service provider. The marketplaces for e-books and for book search are both in formative stages, and the standards adopted by Google can be highly influential for other market participants. We urge the Commission to confirm that reader privacy deserves the same respect in the online world that it has long demanded in the physical world by insisting on strong protections for reader privacy in the comprehensive privacy program.

Read more about it at "In Comments to FTC, ARL Suggests Privacy Oversight for Google Books."

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Systems Librarian at Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art is recruiting a Systems Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The museum’s IT department seeks a Systems Librarian to administer and maintain the museum’s library automation systems and archival collection management systems (currently including OCLC, the ExLibris applications suite, and a variety of open-source and custom LAMP applications), and maintain the library/archives website and local electronic resource repositories. He/She tracks technology advances and standards in library and information science, suggests appropriate solutions to improve the automated functionality of the library/archives, and leads implementation efforts. The Systems Librarian is part of the Information Technology team, and serves as the liaison between IT and the library/archives.

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University of Virginia Library Launches Libra Institutional Repository

The University of Virginia Library has launched its Libra institutional repository.

Here's an excerpt from the announcement:

Save your work in perpetuity with a new tool called Libra. A joint project between ITC and the University Library System, and requested by the Faculty Senate, Libra allows any employee of the University who produces scholarly works to store their papers, and in the near future, theses and datasets, in a secure location. Libra was developed specifically as a repository for peer-reviewed, scholarly articles, although other works such as books may also be deposited, as long as sufficient rights have been retained by the authors.

Read more about it at "LIBRA: University of Virginia's Hydra-based Fedora Repository for Open Access Materials."

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Programmer/Systems Analyst at Historic New Orleans Collection

The Historic New Orleans Collection is recruiting a Programmer/Systems Analyst.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Reports to the Director of Systems and is responsible for providing programming support as needed for the development of new and existing digital projects, as well as for the development of new functionality and features of The Collection’s website and online catalog .

The programmer/systems analyst will assist the Digital Assets Manager in the design and implementation of digital asset repository technologies for digital preservation as well as the development of integrated digital exhibits on the institution’s website. The successful candidate will work with the Manager of Internet &Interactive Development to implement new functionalities into The Collection’s website. The position is responsible for researching, testing, making recommendations, designing and helping develop software solutions for The Collection’s collection management system, (MINT by MINISIS Inc.), digital preservation and institutional repositories, and web-based digital programs.

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Institute of Museum and Library Services Issues "IMLS FY2011 Appropriations Allocation"

The Institute of Museum and Library Services has issued the "IMLS FY2011 Appropriations Allocation."

Here's the announcement:

In allocating the FY 11 appropriation, we have carefully reviewed our strategic priorities and our activities that have the greatest impact. IMLS supports a diverse portfolio of programs to meet the IMLS mission and bring high-quality library and museum services to the broadest possible public. In making these allocations IMLS balanced interests in supporting "what works" and also investing in "what's new" through innovation and research. In this way IMLS provides the leadership to help libraries and museums evolve their services to meet the public’s ever-changing needs for information and lifelong learning. In addition to making careful reductions to IMLS programs, we are also reducing our administrative budget and will be rigorously examining our operations for cost-efficiency measures.

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Library Systems Analyst at California State University, Los Angeles’s John F. Kennedy Memorial Library

The California State University, Los Angeles's John F. Kennedy Memorial Library is recruiting a Library Systems Analyst. Salary Range: $4314-$8831 per month.

Here's an excerpt from the ad (career, #100113 ):

Under the general supervision of the Associate University Librarian, the incumbent is responsible for the administration, support, and ongoing maintenance of library technology for the Integrated Library Systems (ILS) at California State University, Los Angeles. responsibilities include: management and administration of all aspects of the ILS; advises the University Librarian; collaborates with the Library Information Technology Consultant, library web administrator, and electronic resources coordinator in library technology strategic planning and in the implementation of specialized library applications such as discovery layer technology, web applications and digital initiative; provides user support, performs assessment, research, and troubleshooting to resolve ILS related issues; assists in the investigation and implementation of new emerging technologies; and performs other duties as assigned.

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NEH Office of Digital Humanities Awards 22 New Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants

The NEH Office of Digital Humanities has awarded 22 Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants.

Here's an excerpt from the announcement.

The Office of Digital Humanities is happy to announce twenty-two new awards from our Digital Humanities Start-Up Grant program from our October 5, 2010 deadline. These awards are part of a larger slate of 216 grants just announced by the NEH.

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Web & Multimedia Specialist at Kansas City Public Library

The Kansas City Public Library is recruiting a Web & Multimedia Specialist.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Under the supervision of the Web Manager and Public Affairs Director, the Web & Multimedia Specialist helps develop and maintain the Library’s web presence. . . .

Essential functions include: contributes to and supports web development initiatives on the Library’s multiple web platforms; updates the Library’s websites as needed through the Drupal content management system; processes images, audio, and video for the web; assembles e-newsletters and online surveys; assists with special events at the Library (1-2 evenings/month); provides guidance and training to internal web content contributors; maintains awareness of new library technologies and web platforms; proofreads releasable documents; and provides additional services as requested.

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