[CODE4LIB] NCSA Internship Program for Cyberinfrastructure Professionals

2017-10-13 Thread Jodi Schneider 
Great sabbatical opportunity for working people to intern in
cyberinfrastructure. Happy to tell you more about the local Urbana/
Champaign, IL area (though I'm not involved with the internship program).

Forwarded message:
>
> "NCSA": http://www.ncsa.illinois.edu/ is announcing an internship program
aimed to help develop the nation’s
> cyberinfrastructure workforce. The "NCSA Internship Program for
Cyberinfrastructure
> Professionals": http://www.ncsa.illinois.edu/enabling/cybersecurity/cip,
sponsored by the National Science Foundation
> (NSF) will be offered during the Spring 2018 semester and is open to
anyone who has completed at least 60 hours of
> accredited course work. This internship is unique in that it is not
limited solely to current students. The deadline
> to apply is October 31, 2017. Though the number of available positions
per semester is limited, the program does have
> a three year duration and those interested may apply again for additional
sessions.
>
> The goal of this internship is to address the shortage in today’s
workforce of individuals with the specialized
> skills needed to support advanced cyberinfrastructure operations.
Managing modern cyberinfrastructure that supports
> scientific research is a challenging task which requires deep and broad
knowledge and experience to plan, acquire,
> deploy, and operate complex high-performance computing (HPC). This
project will help prepare the next generation of
> system engineers and administrators by educating them about computer
architecture, storage technology, interconnect,
> operating systems, cluster software stack, user management, job
management, resources monitoring, networking, and
> security. Selected interns will get a chance to focus a majority of their
time with one of the following NCSA groups:
> HPC Systems, Storage Enabling Technologies, Advanced Visualization Lab
(AVL), Innovative TEchnology Services (ITS),
> Data Analysis and Visualization (DAV), Innovative Software and Data
Analysis (ISDA), Science and Engineering
> Application Support (SEAS), Incident Response and Security Operations
(IRSO), or Network Engineering (NERD).
>
> Interns must provide their own housing but will be paid as academic
hourly. For more information about the program
> and to apply, please follow visit the program’s webpage. Additional
questions may be sent to Dan LaPine at
> lap...@illinois.edu.
>

[CODE4LIB] A reminder about registration for Code4Lib BC 2017!

2017-10-13 Thread Daniel Sifton 
A reminder about registration for Code4Lib BC 2017!



This year's unconference is happening on November 30 & December 1 in Nanaimo at 
Vancouver Island Regional Library and Vancouver Island University. The cost is 
$7 per person. Space is limited, so sign up now!



Click the link below for registration details:

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2017-code4libbc-unconference-vancouver-island-tickets-37762407377



And please take a moment to volunteer your time by proposing a lightning talk 
or breakout session (or both!).  If there is a neat project you've been working 
on, a cool new tool you want to show off, or an interesting development in the 
world of library technology that you want to discuss, Code4Lib BC is a great 
opportunity to share that with the community.



Click the link below to make your suggestions:

https://goo.gl/forms/bbArtR1Mhweuq5L33


To let us know about any dietary restrictions (lunch is provided, both days!), 
and if you are interested in shared transportation to Nanaimo, follow the link 
below:

https://goo.gl/forms/68AWe1YPwJ3w7cs12


Watch the wiki for more information and updates: https://wiki.code4lib.org/BC

[CODE4LIB] Job: IT Specialist at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2017-10-13 Thread Code4Lib Jobs 
Position Available: The expected start date is as soon as possible after the 
closing date. This is a 100% Academic Professional appointment.

Responsibilities:  There are two IT Specialists positions available.  
Early-career professionals are encouraged to apply, and both positions will 
have shared responsibilities between the Workstation and Network Support group 
and the Library IT Help Desk:  http://www.library.illinois.edu/it/wns/ and 
http://www.library.illinois.edu/it/helpdesk/.

The IT Specialists work as part of a team charged with supporting the 
technology profile of the University Library. Staff in these positions 
configure and deploy a variety of hardware and software including workstations, 
laptops, printers, operating systems, applications, and endpoint management 
tools. They are also responsible for contributing to the routing, 
troubleshooting, resolving, and documenting of technology-related issues and 
customer support initiatives.

Required Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree; One year of experience working with 
the Windows and/or OSX operating systems; Ability to take responsibility for 
challenging issues requiring independent evaluation and creativity, either 
resolving or escalating them as needed; Ability to collaboratively work with 
faculty and staff with varying levels of technical expertise; Ability to 
effectively work in an environment with multiple concurrent priorities; 
Enthusiasm for learning new skills; Strong written and verbal communication 
skills; Dedication to excellent customer service; Physical ability to lift 50 
pounds.  See https://jobs.illinois.edu for Preferred Qualifications.

Deadline: In order to ensure full consideration we urge candidates to submit 
application materials on or before October 23, 2017.  Interviews and offers may 
take place before the closing date. All applications received by the closing 
date will receive full consideration.



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[CODE4LIB] Job: Web Developer Content Strategist at Western Michigan University

2017-10-13 Thread Code4Lib Jobs 
Web Developer/Content Strategist 

Western Michigan University Libraries seeks a Web Developer/Content Strategist 
to design, develop and maintain websites and related applications. The position 
will lead a team to develop holistic communication strategies including the 
creation and maintenance of an intuitive online experience. The position 
utilizes both technical and content development talents to enhance users’ 
online experience and communicate across multiple digital platforms.

Major Duties

- Develops web content strategy for all University Libraries departments. 
Serves as Manager for CMS website. Leads effort to coordinate website messaging 
across multiple platforms including Libraries CMS, LibGuides, social media, and 
other electronic outlets. Leads research, organization, and public relations 
efforts concerning the development and release of new websites.

- Designs, tests, debugs and deploys websites. Maintains and updates website 
architecture and content. Ensures website architecture and content meets 
University standards.

- Collaborates with University staff to define and document website 
requirements. Gathers and reports usage statistics, errors or other performance 
statistics to improve information access and further the goals of the 
University Libraries.

- Works with Libraries Resource Management to incorporate web-related materials 
and resources from the Integrated Library System into other web platforms. 
Works with Libraries IT Services to coordinate maintenance of the architecture, 
functionality, and integrity of University Libraries websites.

Minimum Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree or higher in a related field from an accredited institution.

 - Three years' relevant experience.

 - Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.

 - Experience documenting technical and content standards.

 - Skills involving strong attention to detail.

 - Supervisory or lead experience.

For complete description, minimum requirements and application procedures, 
visit our website at:  http://www.wmich.edu/hr/jobs/. Only applications 
submitted through this site will be considered. Posting # 0604162.  WMU is an 
AA/EO employer. Minorities, women, veterans, individuals with disabilities and 
all other qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.



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[CODE4LIB] Job: Digital Scholarship Strategist at Ball State University

2017-10-13 Thread Code4Lib Jobs 
The Digital Scholarship Strategist at Ball State University Libraries is vital 
member of the Digital Scholarship and Special Collections unit of University 
Libraries, providing innovative leadership to support digital scholarship and 
research on campus. The Strategist will play a crucial role in advancing the 
work of the Ball State University Digital Scholarship Lab, launched in 2016 to 
support research at Ball State University by hosting education programming, 
providing grant support, and developing collaborative partnerships between 
scholars, librarians, and technologists to create original works of digital 
scholarship. Additionally, the Strategist will work independently to advance 
scholarly inquiry and develop digital scholarship literacy through campus 
outreach, providing new and emerging services that support undergraduate, 
graduate, and faculty research and learning.

Ball State University has developed a reputation as a leader in the field of 
digital scholarship, with its faculty and librarians contributing to What 
Middletown Read and The Buffalo Bill Project, both identified by the National 
Endowment for the Humanities as being among the 50 most impactful projects 
funded by the agency from 1965 to 2015. The Strategist will enable the 
Libraries and the University to help bolster this already-strong reputation, 
creating a supportive and collaborative environment to foster further 
innovation and learning through digital scholarship.

Provide collaborative leadership to support digital scholarship on the campus 
of Ball State University, working with faculty in planning and developing 
innovative research and publishing using digital tools; provide project 
management and direction, recommend digital tools and platforms, and engage in 
campus outreach and instruction to support the creation of impactful, 
effective, and sustainable digital scholarship created by Digital Scholarship 
Lab fellows and University scholars.

For a full job description and to submit an application, please visit this link 
on the Ball State University employment opportunities site: 
https://bsu.peopleadmin.com/postings/10810  Please note that applications can 
only be accepted via this link/site.



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Re: [CODE4LIB] Persistent Identifiers for organizations/institutions.

2017-10-13 Thread McDonald, Stephen 
Kyle Banerjee asks:
> I feel there is another issue at play, namely that librarians are sometimes 
> too quick to let others
> dump their grunt work on them. For example, if it's important for a 
> department to track its own
> output when they know better than anyone else who is involved and what they 
> want to track,
> why do they expect to hand this problem to librarians who will just parse 
> through a bunch Of
> inconsistent and incomplete data they find and cobble together on their own? 
> It's complicated,
> way more labor intensive and less accurate than anything the department would 
> do, and
> doomed to failure out the door.

One sad problem I have seen is that the departments (or the members of the 
departments) _don't_ really want to track their own output, because they are 
afraid that it will end up being used to evaluate their performance.  The 
larger organization wants to track output for promotional purposes and 
encouraging collaboration between departments and organizations, but the 
departments oppose efforts to require it.  That leaves organizations 
floundering for other solutions.

Steve McDonald
steve.mcdon...@tufts.edu

[CODE4LIB] Call for Submissions and Nominations for PRIMO

2017-10-13 Thread Megan Kudzia 
The Peer Reviewed Instructional Materials Online (PRIMO) Committee of the ACRL 
Instruction Section invites you to submit your online information literacy 
tutorial, virtual tour, or other online library instruction project for review 
and possible inclusion in PRIMO: Peer-Reviewed Instructional Materials Online.

***Deadlines for Fall 2017***
Nominations:  October 31, 2017
Submissions:  November 14, 2017

Additional information about PRIMO, as well as the submission and nomination 
forms, is available from the following link:

http://acrl.ala.org/IS/instruction-tools-resources-2/pedagogy/primo-peer-reviewed-instruction-materials-online/;>http://acrl.ala.org/IS/instruction-tools-resources-2/pedagogy/primo-peer-reviewed-instruction-materials-online/
 

Site submissions for PRIMO are accepted continually, but are reviewed for 
possible inclusion twice per year.  If you would like to submit your own 
project for consideration, please use the Submission Form rather than the 
Nomination Form. For further information, please contact committee co-chairs 
Megan Hodge at mailto:mlho...@gmail.com;>mlho...@gmail.com and 
Lindy Scripps-Hoekstra at scrip...@gvsu.edu.

**Important note**
All submissions will be acknowledged shortly after the submission deadline. If 
you submit a project for review and do not receive an acknowledgment after the 
submission deadline, please contact the PRIMO co-chairs with a request for 
verification that your submission was transmitted successfully.
Megan Hodge and Lindy Scripps-Hoekstra
Co-chairs, ACRL IS PRIMO Committee

Re: [CODE4LIB] Persistent Identifiers for organizations/institutions.

2017-10-13 Thread Kyle Banerjee 
On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 11:11 AM, Edward Summers  wrote:

> What if we created an identifier system that organizations would pay an
> annual feel to belong to? This identifier would be guaranteed to be
> globally unique as long as the organization cared to maintain it. You could
> use this identifier with your web browser to find information about the
> organization.
>

Excellent illustration of the problem -- the amount and complexity of
information is orders of magnitude simpler, and we can see how that has and
continues to work.

kyle

Re: [CODE4LIB] Persistent Identifiers for organizations/institutions.

2017-10-13 Thread Edward Summers 
What if we created an identifier system that organizations would pay an annual 
feel to belong to? This identifier would be guaranteed to be globally unique as 
long as the organization cared to maintain it. You could use this identifier 
with your web browser to find information about the organization.

Yes, that’s DNS.

What if we (memory institutions writ large) did something about remembering the 
history of DNS? It sounds simple, but it’s not. Is it possible?

//Ed

> On Oct 13, 2017, at 1:54 PM, Kyle Banerjee  wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 12:08 PM, Jonathan Rochkind 
> wrote:
> 
>> At a former research university employer, I talked to a new high-level
>> research data officer type person, whose team had spent months just trying
>> to make a list of all (or even most) of the academic/research
>> organizational units currently existing, and their hiearchical
>> relationships. Before even getting to change management for the future.  No
>> such list or org chart even existed.


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[CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Toronto Robotics Event, Oct. 26th

2017-10-13 Thread Kaitlin Newson 
Hello,

Code4Lib Toronto will be hosting a robotics meetup on Thursday October 26th, 
6:30pm EST at BiblioCommons (119 Spadina Ave, Toronto ON). At this event, Ben 
Van Gorp will talk to us about running maker spaces in the public library, and 
will share some examples of the gadgets he has been working with.

You can RSVP for the event and keep up with the Code4Lib Toronto group on our 
meetup page: https://www.meetup.com/code4libtoronto/

A big thank you to BiblioCommons for providing 
space for this event. Hope to see you there!

Best,

Kaitlin Newson
Digital Projects Librarian
Scholars Portal, Ontario Council of University Libraries
416 978 6639 |  kait...@scholarsportal.info

[CODE4LIB] Job Opportunity: Digital Scholarship Strategist at Ball State University

2017-10-13 Thread Szajewski, Michael 
Greetings,

I am pleased to announce the Ball State University Libraries is seeking to hire 
a Digital Scholarship Strategist to 
work in our Digital Scholarship and Special Collections unit!

The Digital Scholarship Strategist at Ball State University Libraries is vital 
member of the Digital Scholarship and Special Collections unit of University 
Libraries, providing innovative leadership to support digital scholarship and 
research on campus. The Strategist will play a crucial role in advancing the 
work of the Ball State University Digital Scholarship Lab, 
launched in 2016 to support research at Ball State University by hosting 
education programming, providing grant support, and developing collaborative 
partnerships between scholars, librarians, and technologists to create original 
works of digital scholarship. Additionally, the Strategist will work 
independently to advance scholarly inquiry and develop digital scholarship 
literacy through campus outreach, providing new and emerging services that 
support undergraduate, graduate, and faculty research and learning.

Ball State University has developed a reputation as a leader in the field of 
digital scholarship, with its faculty and librarians contributing to What 
Middletown Read and The Buffalo 
Bill Project, both identified by the 
National Endowment for the Humanities as being 
among the 50 most impactful projects funded by the agency from 1965 to 2015. 
The Strategist will enable the Libraries and the University to help bolster 
this already-strong reputation, creating a supportive and collaborative 
environment to foster further innovation and learning through digital 
scholarship.

The Strategist will provide collaborative leadership to support digital 
scholarship on the campus of Ball State University, working with faculty in 
planning and developing innovative research and publishing using digital tools; 
provide project management and direction, recommend digital tools and 
platforms, and engage in campus outreach and instruction to support the 
creation of impactful, effective, and sustainable digital scholarship created 
by Digital Scholarship Lab fellows and University scholars.

For a full job description and to submit an application, please visit this link 
on the Ball State University employment opportunities site: 
https://bsu.peopleadmin.com/postings/10810  Please note that applications can 
only be accepted via this link/site.

I'm excited for the opportunity to welcome this new employee to my department, 
and I look forward to providing an innovative, supportive, and inclusive work 
environment that will support the selected candidate to thrive in their work 
and career.


---
Michael Szajewski
University Libraries
Assistant Dean for Digital Scholarship and Special Collections
Ball State University765-285-5078Office
Muncie, IN   47306  765-285-8149Fax

mgszajew...@bsu.edu

The University Libraries provides services that support student pursuits for
academic success and faculty endeavors for knowledge creation and classroom
instruction.

[CODE4LIB] Position openings: Digital Initiatives Librarian and Digital Repository Librarian, Lafayette College Libraries

2017-10-13 Thread Charlotte Nunes 
Digital Scholarship Services  at Lafayette College 
in Easton, PA, is hiring.  Lafayette College Libraries, winner of the 2014 
American Library Association Excellence in Academic Libraries Award, is 
nationally recognized for its leadership modeling innovative approaches to 
digital scholarship in a liberal arts college setting.  We seek a Digital 
Repository Librarian and a Digital Initiatives Librarian to join our team.  
Read more here .  Review of 
applications will begin on November 10, 2017 and will continue until the 
positions are filled.  Please feel free to reach out with questions to 
Charlotte Nunes, Director of DSS, at nun...@lafayette.edu.
__
Charlotte Nunes, PhD
Director, Digital Scholarship Services
Skillman Library 111B, Lafayette College
730 High Street
Easton, PA 18042
nun...@lafayette.edu
610.330.3149
http://dss.lafayette.edu/