Members of the DSpace Community,
As many of you may be aware the Foundation is looking for a
Technology Director to help lead the architecture 2.0 project within
the community and over the long run work with the technical community
to ensure contributions have a place to live within the DSpace
platform, and make sure we have a set of tools and infrastructure
that can support the work of the distributed and diverse community of
developers.
Below is the job description for the Director. Ideally this person
would work at MIT, here with me, however I will consider candidates
that would work remotely. Please pass this on or post where
appropriate. Thanks for you support!
Feel free to email me if you have any questions regarding this position.
Sincerely,
Michele Kimpton
Executive Director DSpace Foundation
Technology Director DSpace Foundation
Are you a leader in the open source world? Are you an advocate for
public access to digital content? Are you passionate about internet
technologies and preservation of digital content? If you answer yes
to any or all of these questions, we are looking for someone of your
caliber to set the technical direction for the DSpace Foundation.
The DSpace Foundation is a non-profit organization located on the
M.I.T campus. The mission of the DSpace Foundation is to lead the
collaborative development of open source software for digital
repositories that enable services for access provision and
stewardship and re-use of digital assets, with a focus on educational
and research materials; to promote the adoption of this technology,
and to provide a platform for innovation in these areas with an
overarching goal of promoting the dissemination and future utility of
information and knowledge.
DSpaceä (http://dspace.org) is an open source digital repository
system, developed collaboratively by the MIT Libraries and Hewlett-
Packard Company. It is used primarily by academic and research
institutions to capture, manage, preserve, and redistribute their
digital research and educational materials and scholarly
publications, in a variety of formats for a variety of purposes. In
order to encourage the development of a federation of research
institutions and other organizations running digital repositories,
DSpace has been made available as open source software and the open
source community of users is working actively to further develop the
system.
RESPONSIBILITIES: The Chief Technology Officer will work in
collaboration with developers from around the world to preserve and
provide open access to intellectual output from a community of over
250 top educational institutions. The CTO will be responsible for
providing technical guidance, support and leadership to the developer
community in advancing the platform to be able to effectively manage
digital assets for a diverse set of requirements and applications. S/
he will work closely and collaboratively with the developers and
committers on the software to come up with a technical roadmap. S/he
will provide technical oversight for key architecture decisions and
will work with standards bodies to ensure the application adheres to
applicable standards in the industry. The Chief Technology Officer
will work with new and emerging applications to access feasibility
and development required to use DSpace as a platform; will work with
the community to integrate stand alone applications as extensions
into DSpace; will maintain code base infrastructure and all developer
tools required to support the work; and, will manage release and test
functions for code base.
QUALIFICATIONS: Required - Bachelors degree in computer science,
engineering, math or physics. Minimum of ten years work experience in
a technical or internet industry. Work experience on an open source
project. Effective leadership ability within a team environment.
Ability to collaborate successfully with other organizations. Ability
to document processes and specifications. Experience in a start up
environment. Fluency in internet technology. Proficiency with Java.
Excellent communication skills, both oral and written. Desired -Good
familiarity with academic institutions and scholarly communication.
Experience in working with a diverse and international community.
Position available immediately. Apply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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