Digital Publishing & Preservation Librarian, Digital Library Services — 24326
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POSITION SUMMARY: The Digital Publishing & Preservation Librarian is responsible for the management of archival and access digital assets for the campus-wide digital repository based in the Washington University Libraries. The successful candidate will bring both a broad knowledge of relevant metadata standards, digital repository and publishing platforms and programming to build on the technical and intellectual infrastructure in place in the Washington University Libraries.
Primary content for the access repository represents targeted services to our users and stakeholders that meet demonstrated needs: electronic theses and dissertations, undergraduate honors theses, open-access scholarly contributions from Washington University faculty, and scientific data sets; archival digital assets from select digital projects across campus and those created within the University Libraries. Support for original publication of locally created online journals, conference proceedings and similar content is an emerging priority.
Reporting to the Director of the Digital Library, the Digital Publishing & Preservation Librarian works in the team environment of the Digital Library Services, serving as a metadata resource for the unit and library and contributing to digital projects as needed.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities (Essential Functions):
Create and maintain workflows for transformation of heterogeneous data, ingest of data into the repository, and preservation of assets
Develop domain-specific Fedora (or other repository) digital object models, develop web services and/or implement extensions to platform
Consult on metadata needs for digital projects, and establish workflows for metadata creation, and in the digital repository implementation
Documentation of technical processes, workflows and local standards
Regular review of repository and metadata standards and best practices
Management and training of student assistants as assigned
Minimum Education/Experience:
MLS or MLIS from an ALA-accredited degree program, or computer science/informatics advanced degree, or combination of advanced degree and relevant experience
Project management skills and experience, especially in digital projects, repository development and/or digital publication
Knowledge of the development and maintenance of data repositories, especially Fedora
Experience with eXtensible Markup Language (XML) and eXtensible Style Language (XSL)
Knowledge of and/or experience with three of the following metadata standards: OAI, EAD, MODS, METS, VRACore and/or relevant thesauri or ontologies
Good communication (verbal and written) and organizational skills; collaborative and interpersonal skills and customer-service orientation; team orientation essential
Preferred Education/Experience:
Knowledge of file formats and mime-types, and of data sets used in the sciences
Knowledge of RDF and linked open data (semantic web) applications
Experience with data modeling for digital and research data collections and knowledge
Experience with programming/scripting languages such as Java, Perl, Ruby, AJAX or PHP
Experience with UNIX/LINUX, Apache, Lucene, SOLR, Cocoon, MySQL, Fedora Hydra
Work experience in library, museum, academic, or relevant commercial environment
