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The California Digital Library seeks a creative collections analyst to help reshape the landscape of print collections management among research libraries. Read the rest of this entry »

UNC-Chapel Hill is seeking applicants for a grant-funded Manuscripts Digitization Project Librarian. The Project Librarian will coordinate activities for the multi-year grant project, Content, Context, and Capacity: A Collaborative Large-Scale Digitization Project on the Long Civil Rights Movement in North Carolina. Read the rest of this entry »

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https://academiccareers.uchicago.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=52629

The University of Chicago Library invites applicants for the Digital Collections Librarian.

Reporting to the Associate University Librarian for Digital Services, the Digital Collections Librarian leads the Library’s collection-building activities for locally-created digital materials. Establishes priorities, manages projects, coordinates cross-departmental workflows, participates in identifying digital collection development opportunities, and ensures that our locally-digitized collections are integrated into the overall collections and services. Working with the Library’s decentralized digital production environment, the Librarian facilitates communication between staff across the Library working on digital projects and ensures stakeholders remain informed and engaged. Represents activities and needs in the Library’s strategic planning and ensures that issues are reflected in broader organizational policies and procedures. Responsible for understanding emerging trends in digital collection creation and management and for modeling innovative solutions that meet the needs of users in an academic research environment. Represents the Library at professional conferences and meetings, and maintains professional networks and collaborative relationships with other libraries.
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POSITION: Library Associate 3 – Digital Production Manager

REPORTS TO: Chair, Digital Services and Shared Collections

SALARY: Minimum Salary $40,343. Actual salary will reflect selected professional’s experience and credentials

REQUISITION #: 0902082

DEADLINE DATE: January 3, 2012 (UPDATED)

ATTENTION:
Please be aware this position is not located on the main campus. The job location for this position is at: 4040 NE 49th Avenue (RTS – Job Corps Route 24)

JOB SUMMARY:
The University of Florida Libraries seeks a versatile and energetic Digital Production Manager responsible for strategically managing staff capacities, multiple fund lines and project timelines, and the specialized equipment and resources for the operations of the Digital Library Center. The Digital Production Manager has oversight of projects and staff in the areas of bibliographic control, imaging/post-capture processing, quality control & structural metadata, audiovisual conversion/formatting, and optical character recognition/metadata enhancement/archiving. Working closely with external and internal clients this position ensures an appropriate flow of materials, manages digitization processes and services, advises customers on technical specifications, and makes project level decisions collaboratively with the Chair of Digital Services & Shared Collections. Read the rest of this entry »

Social media tools and platforms and the network effect have changed the way we work, connect, and collaborate. We have meetings with colleagues using Skype on our cell phones or iPads; we catch up on trends and new ideas via hashtags on Twitter; we catch up on news via blogs and other dynamic modes of publishing. With all that has changed in the workplace, why do our conferences, for the most part, remain static with the traditional “sage on the stage” broadcasting their message? Read the rest of this entry »

Summary:
The Temple University Libraries seek a talented, energetic and service-oriented individual for the position of Digital and Web Services Librarian, based in the Digital Library Initiatives Department. Read the rest of this entry »

The Temple University Libraries are seeking a creative and energetic individual to fill the position of Senior Digital Library Application Developer. Temple’s federated library system serves an urban research university with over 1,800 full-time faculty and a student body of 36,000 that is among the most diverse in the nation. For more information about Temple and Philadelphia, visit http://www.temple.edu. Read the rest of this entry »

MIT Lincoln Laboratory (MIT/LL) has pioneered in advanced electronics since its origin in 1951 as a Federally Funded Research and Development Center of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lincoln Laboratory research focuses on advanced technology to problems of national security. Archival collections relate to the Laboratory’s mission areas: space control, air and missile defense technology, communication and information technology, IRS systems and technology, advanced electronics technology, homeland protection, and air traffic control. As a member of the MIT/LL’s Knowledge Services Sector, you will work with a team of information and IT professionals to explore, adapt, recommend, implement, and support digital records initiatives including those to improve and assure long-term access. The Knowledge Service team is currently looking to develop infrastructure for a scalable digital preservation repository system. As such, we are looking for a passionate, creative, articulate, and experienced digital preservation champion to join our team and facilitate strategic and project planning for our digital archives. Read the rest of this entry »

The Pennsylvania State University Libraries are currently seeking a Digital Humanities Design Consultant who is a creative researcher interested in exploring an ‘alternative academic’ career and in expanding the modes of humanistic research through emerging and existing technologies. The person in this position will be a critical part of initiating services and programs in support of the digital humanities at Penn State, and will work as an intellectual partner with faculty, students and staff in the College of the Liberal Arts. Read the rest of this entry »

The State University of New York (SUNY) at Geneseo, Milne Library, seeks a Publishing/Web Services Developer. This is full-time, 12-months position.

Under the direction of the Head of the Information Technology Services Department, this individual is responsible for the coordination and development of new applications and web services, as well as maintenance of existing ones, in ASP.NET and other frameworks to support the work of Milne Library and the College. Read the rest of this entry »