[CODE4LIB] Job: Data Services Librarian at Clemson University Libraries

[Code4Lib Jobs]

Clemson University Libraries seek an entrepreneurial librarian to lead the 
Libraries data management initiatives. The Data Services Librarian will develop 
and provide services that support faculty, researchers, and students in the 
discovery, use, preservation, and visualization of data. The Data Services 
librarian will coordinate and teach instruction sessions and programming 
related to research data management and provide consultations for researchers 
in collaboration with subject librarians. This is a 12-month tenure track 
Faculty position and works under the direction of the Head of Library 
Technology. 

For more information: 
https://media.clemson.edu/humanres/recruiting/Data-Services-Librarian.pdf

To apply: http://apply.interfolio.com/60004



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Re: [CODE4LIB] [EXT] Re: [CODE4LIB] A/V and accessibility

[Kate Deibel]

I 100% agree. Just for clarity, by requester in my previous email, I meant a 
person requesting accommodations for the video and not the original persons 
pushing for the digital collection. 

The fact is that accessibility remediation is a translation, and different 
types of remediation can result in information loss just like other 
translations. Captioning may make the spoken words accessible but may not 
capture the intonations and other nuances of the dialogue. Transcribing a 
handwritten letter into electronic text may skip over edit marks and other 
aspects of handwriting that a researcher may be interested in. Heck, 
translating handwriting is rarely obvious and can be quite debated.

This is why I view special collections and what libraries call archives to be 
in a different vein than other aspects of accessibility remediation. Making a 
journal article PDF accessible is mostly about proper markup and reading order 
(although exceptions and complexities do exist). The main goal is for anyone to 
be able to read it. But for someone diving into a special collection or 
archive, their inquiry is different. I've seen historians go on and on about 
edit marks in letters and marginal notes in books. Each scholar in such works 
have nuanced inquiries with elements they wish to focus on. To me, making the 
content accessible to them is about also understanding what they want to 
access. Most of the time, we think of accessibility as addressing the 
intersection (dis)ability issues with the content format. However, sometimes we 
need to add in the further complexity of an individual's actual goals. 
Personalized accommodations are likely needed.

This is the argument I give for our special collections/archives group. Do what 
is feasible now with current technology and then have a means for providing 
one-on-one accommodation services. 

Katherine Deibel | PhD
Inclusion & Accessibility Librarian
Syracuse University Libraries 
T 315.443.7178
kndei...@syr.edu
222 Waverly Ave., Syracuse, NY 13244
Syracuse University


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries  On Behalf Of Tim McGeary
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 3:45 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] [EXT] Re: [CODE4LIB] A/V and accessibility

This is why defining the policy of access is critical. If these digitized 
collections are intended to be published for the entire public, the needs of 
the (original) requester is not sufficient; the federal mandates require full 
accessibility as best to your ability without undue burden.

If you aren’t making these available for the entire public, and your policies 
are well documented about that restriction and the request process, then you 
have more flexibility to balance the burden of making a collection accessible 
based on the needs of the specific user.

Tim

Tim McGeary
Associate University Librarian for Digital Strategies and Technology Duke 
University

On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 3:37 PM Kate Deibel  wrote:

> While this is true in the general case, we're again talking about 
> Special Collections and the needs of the requester. Audio descriptions 
> are extremely difficult to do as the ideal is to never interrupt other 
> relevant sounds in the media, especially dialogue. That's a unique 
> challenge of being precise and fast. My recommendation would be to 
> make audio descriptions available upon request just as with more quality 
> captioning.
> There is currently no means of automating audio descriptions even of 
> low quality. AI tools just aren't there yet, and frankly, I'm a little 
> scared of the idea of a world where AI can view a random scene and 
> describe what is happening.
>
> Katherine Deibel | PhD
> Inclusion & Accessibility Librarian
> Syracuse University Libraries
> T 315.443.7178
> kndei...@syr.edu
> 222 Waverly Ave., Syracuse, NY 13244
> Syracuse University
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] [EXT] Re: [CODE4LIB] A/V and accessibility

[Tim McGeary]

This is why defining the policy of access is critical. If these digitized
collections are intended to be published for the entire public, the needs
of the (original) requester is not sufficient; the federal mandates require
full accessibility as best to your ability without undue burden.

If you aren’t making these available for the entire public, and your
policies are well documented about that restriction and the request
process, then you have more flexibility to balance the burden of making a
collection accessible based on the needs of the specific user.

Tim

Tim McGeary
Associate University Librarian for Digital Strategies and Technology
Duke University

On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 3:37 PM Kate Deibel  wrote:

> While this is true in the general case, we're again talking about Special
> Collections and the needs of the requester. Audio descriptions are
> extremely difficult to do as the ideal is to never interrupt other relevant
> sounds in the media, especially dialogue. That's a unique challenge of
> being precise and fast. My recommendation would be to make audio
> descriptions available upon request just as with more quality captioning.
> There is currently no means of automating audio descriptions even of low
> quality. AI tools just aren't there yet, and frankly, I'm a little scared
> of the idea of a world where AI can view a random scene and describe what
> is happening.
>
> Katherine Deibel | PhD
> Inclusion & Accessibility Librarian
> Syracuse University Libraries
> T 315.443.7178
> kndei...@syr.edu
> 222 Waverly Ave., Syracuse, NY 13244
> Syracuse University
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] [EXT] Re: [CODE4LIB] A/V and accessibility

[Kate Deibel]

While this is true in the general case, we're again talking about Special 
Collections and the needs of the requester. Audio descriptions are extremely 
difficult to do as the ideal is to never interrupt other relevant sounds in the 
media, especially dialogue. That's a unique challenge of being precise and 
fast. My recommendation would be to make audio descriptions available upon 
request just as with more quality captioning. There is currently no means of 
automating audio descriptions even of low quality. AI tools just aren't there 
yet, and frankly, I'm a little scared of the idea of a world where AI can view 
a random scene and describe what is happening. 

Katherine Deibel | PhD
Inclusion & Accessibility Librarian
Syracuse University Libraries 
T 315.443.7178
kndei...@syr.edu
222 Waverly Ave., Syracuse, NY 13244
Syracuse University

[CODE4LIB] Announcing Sarah Roberts as Code4Lib 2019 Keynote Speaker

[Eric Phetteplace]

Hello Code4Lib,

It's with great sadness that I have to relate that Safiya Noble has had to
withdraw from her Code4Lib 2019 keynote engagement for personal reasons.
Luckily, Dr. Noble suggested that her colleague Sarah Roberts take her
place as Dr. Roberts works on similar issues and the two have published
together in the past. We are very fortunate that Dr. Roberts was available
to speak on such short notice!

*Sarah T. Roberts* is assistant professor of information studies in the
Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of
California, Los Angeles. She is internationally recognized as a leading
scholar on the emerging topic of commercial content moderation of social
media; her book on the topic, *Behind the Screen: Content Moderation in the
Shadows of Social Media *[1], is forthcoming in 2019 from Yale University
Press. Professor Roberts is a 2018 Carnegie Fellow and a 2018 winner of the
EFF Pioneer Award.

[1] https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300235883/behind-screen

I look forward to seeing many of you in San José next week!

Best,
Eric Phetteplace
on behalf of the Code4Lib 2019 Local Planning Committee

Re: [CODE4LIB] [EXT] Re: [CODE4LIB] A/V and accessibility

[Rees, John (NIH/NLM) [E]]

Captioning only satisfies one element of the Section 508/WCAG 2.0 success 
criteria - those only help the hearing impaired and even then only have limited 
utility since they are embedded in the video playback device which screen 
readers often cannot access. Video should also have audio descriptions that 
describe meaningful action or other text-based information that is only 
displayed on-screen.

A helpful success checklist is 
https://www.hhs.gov/web/section-508/making-files-accessible/checklist/av-508-checklist/index.html.
 See esp. item B8.

Captioners should also strive for 100% accuracy, although this is challenging 
even for manual captioning with low-fidelity source audio or domain-specific 
language.


John P. Rees
Archivist and Digital Resources Manager
History of Medicine Division
National Library of Medicine
301-827-4510



-Original Message-
From: Kate Deibel  
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 12:48 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] [EXT] Re: [CODE4LIB] A/V and accessibility

Yeah, it's the domain specific terms that really make or break these systems, 
especially in academic settings. These might suffice for business domains, but 
I've seen transcription quality drop quite fast for a STEM class or any 
non-Western humanities course. Ideally, there would be a feedback loop to these 
systems but I have yet to see one where you can send in corrections.

Katherine Deibel | PhD
Inclusion & Accessibility Librarian
Syracuse University Libraries 
T 315.443.7178
kndei...@syr.edu
222 Waverly Ave., Syracuse, NY 13244
Syracuse University


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries  On Behalf Of Carol Kassel
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 4:42 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] [EXT] Re: [CODE4LIB] A/V and accessibility

Hi everyone,

Thank you so much for your replies! I'll reply to each of you individually as 
well.

In answer to your question about which auto-captioning solutions we're looking 
at, there are 2 main solutions we have our eye on. One is VerbIt and the other 
is Konch. Both appear to offer reasonable accuracy in the languages we need, 
though we are still evaluating. Still, as with any of these solutions, they 
miss some domain-specific vocabulary as well as anything that's mumbled or 
otherwise hard to understand. Also, we need to figure out our workflow for 
generating captions/transcripts, getting them into our infrastructure, and 
allowing for hand corrections and the workflow for revisions resulting from 
same. The devil is in the details!

Best wishes,

Carol


>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries  On Behalf Of 
> Carol Kassel
> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2019 11:31 AM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG
> Subject: [CODE4LIB] A/V and accessibility
>
> Hi,
>
> We're working on a roadmap for making A/V content from Special 
> Collections accessible. For those of you who have been through this 
> process, you know that one of the big-ticket items is captions and 
> transcripts. In our exploration of options, we've found a couple of 
> pretty good auto-captioning solutions. Their accuracy is about as good 
> as what you'd get from performing OCR on scanned book pages, which 
> libraries do all the time. One possibility is to perform 
> auto-captioning on all items and then provide hand-captioning upon 
> request for the specific items where a patron needs better captions.
>
> This idea will be better supported if we know what our peer 
> institutions are doing... so what are you doing? Thanks to those to 
> whom I've reached out personally; your information has helped 
> tremendously. Now I'd like to find out from others how they've handled this 
> issue.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Carol
>
> --
> Carol Kassel
> Senior Manager, Digital Library Infrastructure NYU Digital Library 
> Technology Services c...@nyu.edu
> (212) 992-9246
> dlib.nyu.edu
>
>
>

--
Carol Kassel
Senior Manager, Digital Library Infrastructure NYU Digital Library Technology 
Services c...@nyu.edu
(212) 992-9246
dlib.nyu.edu

[CODE4LIB] REGISTRATION FULL: Fair Use Code and Other Legal Tools for Software Preservation

[Jessica Meyerson]

Dear Colleagues,


The Association of Research Libraries  and
the Software Preservation Network
 thank you ALL for the
overwhelmingly positive response we received regarding the *Fair Use Code &
Other Legal Tools for Software Preservation Webinar Series*!

REGISTRATION IS FULL!


If you were not able to register, thank you SO MUCH for your interest and
DON'T WORRY - *ALL EPISODES WILL BE RECORDED AND POSTED THE SPN WEBSITE -
FREE AND AVAILABLE FOR ALL!*


Starting on Feb 25 (Fair Use Week!) and running for 7 weeks, each webinar
lasts 55 minutes and uses the Zoom web conferencing platform.

While each episode varies, the general structure is as follows:


(10min) Introductions and where we are in the series

(15min) The practice-based problem to solve/scenario to address

(15min) Legal Discussion

   -

   What legal principle applies
   -

   How the community can use that principle in daily practice

(15min) Q&A


Series Overview
EPISODE 1: The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Software
Preservation: Why and How

February 25, 2019 @ 11amPT/1pmCT/2pmET

EPISODE 2: Beginning the Preservation Workflow

March 4, 2019 @ 11amPT/1pmCT/2pmET


EPISODE 3: Making Software Available Within Institutions and Networks

March 11, 2019 @ 11amPT/1pmCT/2pmET


EPISODE 4: Working with Source Code and Software Licenses
March 18, 2019 @ 11amPT/1pmCT/2pmET


EPISODE 5: Understanding the Anti-circumvention Rules and the Preservation
Exemptions
March 25, 2019 @ 11amPT/1pmCT/2pmET


EPISODE 6: Making the Code Part of Software Preservation Culture

Monday, April 1, 2019 @ 11amPT/1pmCT/2pmET


EPISODE 7: International Implications
April 8, 2019 @ 11amPT/1pmCT/2pmET


Thank you for your time and consideration.
We look forward to these discussions!


On behalf of the ARL and SPN,
Jessica Meyerson

-- 
*Jessica Meyerson*
Research Program Officer | Educopia Institute 
Software Preservation Network 
The Maintainers 

Working from Austin, TX
jess...@educopia.org | 512-864-4575

Re: [CODE4LIB] Job: Systems and Digital Services Librarian/Assistant Professor at Carmichael Library/Univerisity of Montevallo

[Andrew L Hickner]

How to manage your listserv subscription: 
https://lists.clir.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=CODE4LIB&A=1



Andy Hickner, MSI 
Health Sciences Librarian
Seton Hall University | Interprofessional Health Sciences Campus
andrew.hick...@shu.edu | 1-973-542-6973
http://library.shu.edu/ihs 

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries  On Behalf Of Susannah 
Woodbury
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 12:38 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Job: Systems and Digital Services Librarian/Assistant 
Professor at Carmichael Library/Univerisity of Montevallo

Hello there,

Can I please be removed from all CODE4LIB emails for the time being?

Thank you,

Susannah Woodbury

On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 6:30 PM Code4Lib Jobs  wrote:

> The University of Montevallo, Alabama’s Public Liberal Arts College, 
> invites applications for the 12-month, tenure-track position of 
> Systems and Digital Services Librarian. The individual in this 
> position will provide leadership in planning, implementing, and 
> administering a broad range of library systems and web services that 
> support digital literacy and enhance the library user experience.
>
>
>
>
> 
> Brought to you by code4lib jobs:
> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjobs.
> code4lib.org%2Fjobs%2F31848-systems-and-digital-services-librarian-assistant-professor&data=01%7C01%7Candrew.hickner%40SHU.EDU%7Ccc1d6a1da8834295c00408d691da1eb2%7C51f07c2253b744dfb97ca13261d71075%7C1&sdata=Kh0Cl2TNaQDcXPHs1qzsqGXUHQpkIoTMBa6e%2BuJn%2BDw%3D&reserved=0
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] [EXT] Re: [CODE4LIB] A/V and accessibility

[Kate Deibel]

Yeah, it's the domain specific terms that really make or break these systems, 
especially in academic settings. These might suffice for business domains, but 
I've seen transcription quality drop quite fast for a STEM class or any 
non-Western humanities course. Ideally, there would be a feedback loop to these 
systems but I have yet to see one where you can send in corrections.

Katherine Deibel | PhD
Inclusion & Accessibility Librarian
Syracuse University Libraries 
T 315.443.7178
kndei...@syr.edu
222 Waverly Ave., Syracuse, NY 13244
Syracuse University


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries  On Behalf Of Carol Kassel
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 4:42 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] [EXT] Re: [CODE4LIB] A/V and accessibility

Hi everyone,

Thank you so much for your replies! I'll reply to each of you individually as 
well.

In answer to your question about which auto-captioning solutions we're looking 
at, there are 2 main solutions we have our eye on. One is VerbIt and the other 
is Konch. Both appear to offer reasonable accuracy in the languages we need, 
though we are still evaluating. Still, as with any of these solutions, they 
miss some domain-specific vocabulary as well as anything that's mumbled or 
otherwise hard to understand. Also, we need to figure out our workflow for 
generating captions/transcripts, getting them into our infrastructure, and 
allowing for hand corrections and the workflow for revisions resulting from 
same. The devil is in the details!

Best wishes,

Carol


>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries  On Behalf Of 
> Carol Kassel
> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2019 11:31 AM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG
> Subject: [CODE4LIB] A/V and accessibility
>
> Hi,
>
> We're working on a roadmap for making A/V content from Special 
> Collections accessible. For those of you who have been through this 
> process, you know that one of the big-ticket items is captions and 
> transcripts. In our exploration of options, we've found a couple of 
> pretty good auto-captioning solutions. Their accuracy is about as good 
> as what you'd get from performing OCR on scanned book pages, which 
> libraries do all the time. One possibility is to perform 
> auto-captioning on all items and then provide hand-captioning upon 
> request for the specific items where a patron needs better captions.
>
> This idea will be better supported if we know what our peer 
> institutions are doing... so what are you doing? Thanks to those to 
> whom I've reached out personally; your information has helped 
> tremendously. Now I'd like to find out from others how they've handled this 
> issue.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Carol
>
> --
> Carol Kassel
> Senior Manager, Digital Library Infrastructure NYU Digital Library 
> Technology Services c...@nyu.edu
> (212) 992-9246
> dlib.nyu.edu
>
>
>

--
Carol Kassel
Senior Manager, Digital Library Infrastructure NYU Digital Library Technology 
Services c...@nyu.edu
(212) 992-9246
dlib.nyu.edu

Re: [CODE4LIB] Job: Systems and Digital Services Librarian/Assistant Professor at Carmichael Library/Univerisity of Montevallo

[Susannah Woodbury]

Hello there,

Can I please be removed from all CODE4LIB emails for the time being?

Thank you,

Susannah Woodbury

On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 6:30 PM Code4Lib Jobs  wrote:

> The University of Montevallo, Alabama’s Public Liberal Arts College,
> invites applications for the 12-month, tenure-track position of Systems and
> Digital Services Librarian. The individual in this position will provide
> leadership in planning, implementing, and administering a broad range of
> library systems and web services that support digital literacy and enhance
> the library user experience.
>
>
>
>
> 
> Brought to you by code4lib jobs:
> https://jobs.code4lib.org/jobs/31848-systems-and-digital-services-librarian-assistant-professor
>

[CODE4LIB] Today - deadline for NASIG Awards

[public...@nasig.org]

The deadline to apply for [ NASIG’s grants, awards and scholarships ]( 
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 ) is today, February 13th. Please consider applying and encouraging others to 
do so.
 
NASIG is pleased to announce the beginning of the application cycle for its 
2019 grants, awards, and scholarships to be awarded at the [ 34rd Annual 
Conference ]( 
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 ) being held in Pittsburgh, PA. June 5-8, 2018.
 
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 )
 A $1500 award to recognize a professional who has made significant and 
distinguished contributions to the field of information resource management.
 
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 )
An award to further the NASIG mission to increase the diversity of its 
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 An award for an information resources management professional or 
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 Award for a promising new information resources management professional, 
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 )
 A $3,000 grant for an individual working in the information supply chain to 
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 )
 Awards for promising paraprofessionals, covering cost of conference 
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 )
 A scholarship awarded to an information resource management professional 
lacking funds for travel. The scholarship covers the cost of conference 
registration, three nights lodging, and travel within North America.
 
STUDENT AWARDS
 
[ John Riddick Student Grant  ]( 
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 )
 Grants for qualifying students to attend the NASIG annual conference, covering 
cost of registration, three nights lodging, and travel within North America.
 
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 )
 A $3,000 scholarship and conference travel grant for a graduate student 
demonstrating excellence in scholarship and the potential for accomplishments 
in an information resource management career.
 
 
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