Position Summary:
As part of a larger functional team, comprised of personnel from the Libraries
Systems Office, the Center for Digital Scholarship and Curation, and
Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections at Washington State University,
this position will be the primary technical advocate for the creation and
curation of sustainable digital collections. This position will support
existing digital repository software solutions including: CONTENTdm, Omeka,
Mukurtu, and Scalar. This position will also take a lead role in crafting the
overall digital infrastructure and preservation plans at the Washington State
University Libraries. The WSUL’s current digital preservation strategy is
executed by a collection of lightweight micro-services written, primarily, in
Ruby. This full-time, 12-month, tenure-track position reports to the Head of
Systems and Technical Operations at the Washington State University Libraries
in Pullman, Washington.
The University
Washington State University, one of the two research universities in the state,
was founded in 1890 as the state’s land-grant institution and is located in
Pullman with campuses in Spokane, Vancouver, Everett and the Tri-Cities. Due to
its strong emphasis on excellence in research and education, the Carnegie
Classification™ has designated WSU as RU/VH: Research Universities (very high
research activity). Current enrollment is over 30,000 undergraduate, graduate,
and professional students. The University offers more than 200 fields of study,
with 90 majors for undergraduates, 76 master’s degree programs, 64 doctoral
degree programs, and 3 professional degree programs. Academically, the
University is organized into 11 colleges (Agriculture, Human, and Natural
Resource Sciences; Arts and Sciences; Business; Communication; Education;
Engineering and Architecture; Honors; Medical Sciences, Nursing; Pharmacy;
Veterinary Medicine) and a Graduate School. For more information, please visit
www.wsu.edu.
The Libraries
The WSU Libraries (http://libraries.wsu.edu), one of two Association of
Research Libraries (ARL) in Washington State, houses over two million books and
over 30,000 journal and magazine subscriptions. The Libraries are a part of
the Orbis Cascade Alliance and are deeply invested, along with our partner
libraries in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, in the activities of the shared
Unified Resource Management and shared Discovery environment. The Libraries
also houses and co-directs the Center for Digital Scholarship and Curation
(http://cdsc.libraries.wsu.edu/), a collaboration with the College of Arts
& Sciences that fosters digital projects across all disciplines and is home
to national programs such as the Tribal Stewardship Cohort Program, The
Sustainable Heritage Network (http://sustainablerheritagenetwork.org ), the
Plateau Peoples’ Web Portal (http://plateauportal.libraries.wsu.edu) and
Mukurtu CMS (http://mukurtu.org).
Job Duties and Responsibilities
Digital Infrastructure and Preservation:
• Lead the implementation, management, and assessment of discovery and
repository tools for digital collections.
• Manage and improve established digital preservation procedures.
• Provide leadership in crafting the overall vision for the development
of digital collections infrastructure and services at Washington State
University.
• Serve as a university resource for students and faculty with respect to
data stewardship, digital preservation and digitization standards and issues.
• Actively seek partnerships across the University to identify and
preserve at risk digital and analog content.
• Provide technical support and training for CONTENTdm, Omeka, Mukurtu,
and Scalar.
• As appropriate serve as official WSU Libraries’ representative to
institutional, regional and national organizations at the request of the unit
head, Associate Dean, or Dean.
Scholarship, Service, & Professional Development:
• Participate in faculty governance, and service as a library faculty
member.
• Conduct research and publish in areas of library and information
science and other scholarly subjects.
• Engage in library-wide initiatives as appropriate.
• Maintain current awareness of digital library trends, content
management technologies and Library Information Systems by reading professional
literature, participating in professional organizations and committees, and
attending workshops, institutes, seminars and conferences at local, state,
regional, national and international levels.
• Share relevant knowledge gained from professional activities and uses
that knowledge to improve information systems operations and knowledge in the
libraries.
Required Qualifications:
Master’s degree from an American Library Association (ALA)-accredited Library
and Information Studies program at date of hire; excellent interpersonal,
verbal, written, organizational, problem-solving and planning skills; ability
to work creatively, collaboratively, and effectively both as a team member and
independently and to promote teamwork among colleagues.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience working with or supporting a Content Management System
(CONTENTdm, Omeka, or Mukurtu preferred).
• Documented experience managing complex projects.
• Familiarity with current trends in digital library initiatives, digital
curation and digital preservation standards.
• Experience with at least one web-based application development language
or such as PHP, Python, Ruby, JavaScript, and AJAX.
• Familiarity with current trends in data stewardship and data management
plans.
• Experience using version control for collaborative development and/or
documentation (e.g., Git).
• Strong attention to access, privacy and security issues.
• Commitment to working with diverse communities.
• Willingness to participate in an open-source community.
Compensation/Benefits:
Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Washington
State University has comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, life,
and long-term disability insurance, in addition to excellent retirement
programs and a generous leave program.
Work Location: Pullman, Washington
Salary: Competitive and commensurate with qualifications
Position Details: Librarian 2, full-time, 12-month, permanent, tenure-track
Applications must be received by the closing date: March 29, 2020
Online applications are required and will include curriculum vitae, cover
letter, contact information for three references. To apply:
https://www.wsujobs.com/postings/50698
Questions may be sent to the search committee via Bonny Boyan, [email protected],
509-335-1535.
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