September 2011 Archives

Position Summary:

Position will perform a major role in the design, software development, and implementation of Sheridan Libraries’ digital collections’ discovery and presentation interfaces as well as associated backend workflows. The position will be responsible for formulating, developing and implementing technological solutions to expose some of Johns Hopkins’ libraries rarest and most unique special collections via the web and to a variety of handheld devices. In addition, the position will be responsible for developing and/or supporting software to support the digitization of this content. The position is located at service-oriented, team-based and result-driven Library Systems department. The position will interact with the Sheridan Libraries’ Digital Research and Curation Center (DRCC) and other library and museum staff.

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Murphy Library at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse is seeking a dynamic, student-centered librarian to work in a collaborative library environment.

Responsibilities include: manage Murphy Library’s growing digital repository. Work directly with faculty, staff, administrators, and students to solicit, preserve, and service university content. Guide the library in technology software and infrastructure used for digital collections. Participate in reference services, information literacy instruction, and collection development in assigned subjects. Participate in collegial governance and campus and professional activities. The library recognizes and values diversity in its faculty, staff, and students. We seek a colleague who shares the library’s commitment to diversity and who will be a dedicated librarian and mentor for students with diverse backgrounds, preparation, and career goals.
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The Pennsylvania State University Libraries seek applications and nominations for the position of Digital Records Archivist. The person appointed to this tenure-track, faculty position will manage the Eberly Family Special Collections Library’s existing born digital archival holdings and expand its capacity to collect electronic records with the initial effort focused on university records.
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Registration for the 2011 DLF Fall Forum is now open! Please visit our registration page to view registration and pricing details. All set? Register now! We look forward to seeing you in Baltimore.

After attending the Global Interoperability and Linked Data Workshop, a meeting of the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) in Amsterdam, Ed Summers from the Library of Congress reflected on the relationship between the leadership style of the steering committee and their commitment to developing the DPLA as a generative platform for rich discovery environments:

“The thing I learned at the meeting in Amsterdam is that this nebulousness is by design–not by accident. The DPLA steering committee aren’t really pushing a particular solution that they have in mind. In fact, there doesn’t seem to be a clear consensus about what problem they are trying to solve. Instead the steering committee seem to be making a concerted effort to keep an open, beginners-mind about what a Digital Public Library of America might be. [...] Keeping an open mind in situations like this takes quite a bit of effort. There is often an irresistable urge to jump to particular use cases, scenarios or technical solutions, for fear of seeming ill informed or rudderless. I think the DPLA should be commended for creating conversations at this formative stage, instead of solutions in search of a problem.”

Read the full post by Summers on his blog, Inkdroid.