Re: [CODE4LIB] Academic Library Website Question
I wouldn't discount the main institution's website as the beginning place for many students to reach the library's website! Both my analytics and my classroom/reference desk usability testing/observations confirm that our students, by a large majority, start at the University's homepage and then click on the link for the library. Next in line is googling for UNCW library (our institution + library). It may be that students prefer to get to us from the university homepage because of the easy, prominent link, but I also observe them starting there for email, campus portal, Blackboard etc. So it seems logical that that's where they would start to find the library. We are lucky that a direct link to our website is located both at the top and bottom of the university's website. This was accomplished by a) providing the campus with analytics proof of the high volume of our web traffic (our homepage is one of the top 10 visited links on our institution's website), b) developing a quality website that both conforms to university branding BUT is different enough to fulfill our very different needs, c) volunteering to participate in campus website redesign committees. Laura K. Wiegand Coordinator of Discovery Services William M. Randall Library University of North Carolina Wilmington 601 South College Road Wilmington, NC 28403-5616 wiega...@uncw.edu Phone: (910) 962-3680 -- Date:Tue, 17 Dec 2013 14:07:42 -0500 From:Jonathan Rochkind rochk...@jhu.edu Subject: Re: Academic Library Website Question On 12/17/13 1:46 PM, Lisa Rabey wrote: I'm with Lisa in that when checking out other institutions, I check to see how many clicks it takes to get to the library, and if it is not immediately on the landing page of the college OR at least a drop down link from a parent portal, I start becoming Judgey McJudgepants on that institution. Because If I'm a librarian, and I can't find it, I cannot even begin to imagine how their students can get to their own library. Hmm, this sounds weird to say, but it never occured to me that most students would start from the institutional home page, or really ever visit the institutional home page at all. Largely because most institutional home pages are nearly useless for current affiliates of the institution, but are instead perhaps marketting brochures for prospectives. I wonder how many students or other current affiliates actually start at institutional home pages how often. -- -- Date:Tue, 17 Dec 2013 14:18:08 -0500 From:Lisa Rabey academichu...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Academic Library Website Question On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 2:07 PM, Jonathan Rochkind rochk...@jhu.edu wrote: Hmm, this sounds weird to say, but it never occured to me that most students would start from the institutional home page, or really ever visit the institutional home page at all. Largely because most institutional home pages are nearly useless for current affiliates of the institution, but are instead perhaps marketting brochures for prospectives. I wonder how many students or other current affiliates actually start at institutional home pages how often. At both institutions I've worked as a librarian, one a major university system and the second, a community college, the emphasis has always been to start from the college's landing page and go forward to find information and then, department landing pages are introduced as alternate option. So I've always assumed this is how _all_ institutions work. However, my experience may be limited as these are the only two institutions I've worked at as a librarian. -Lisa -- Date:Tue, 17 Dec 2013 11:53:01 -0800 From:Cary Gordon listu...@chillco.com Subject: Re: Academic Library Website Question While institutions often take that approach, I am not sure that people do, at least if there is an alternative. Sure, folks might go to the home page once or twice to get to the library home page, just as they might use a campus map to find a library building, but folks who use the library's online resources often are not likely to be going that route. Your library stats should tell the tale of how folks are getting there. Cary On Dec 17, 2013, at 11:18 AM, Lisa Rabey academichu...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 2:07 PM, Jonathan Rochkind rochk...@jhu.edu wrote: Hmm, this sounds weird to say, but it never occured to me that most students would start from the institutional home page, or really ever visit the institutional home page at all. Largely because most institutional home pages are nearly useless for current affiliates of the institution, but are instead perhaps marketting brochures for prospectives. I wonder how many students or other current affiliates actually start at institutional home
[CODE4LIB] Job: Digital Archivist at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Digital Archivist Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Houston Responsibilities: * The Digital Archivist is responsible for the MFAH Archives digitization program of textual, photographic, architectural, and audio-visual materials * The Digital Archivist serves on the Electronic Record Archive implementation team * Oversees digitization of archival materials, creates and color-corrects sub-masters, and creates access copies * Primarily responsible for the acquisition and maintenance of legacy equipment. * Responsible for description of a/v collection * Responsible for the exportation of data from collection management system. * Will assist with migration of EAD finding aids * Assists with the accessioning, arrangement and description of the MFAH´s institutional records and manuscript collections in electronic form * Monitors digitization and ingestion workflows * Keeps abreast of best practices and standards * Provides training to staff and volunteer * Provides reference service to professional staff and scholarly public Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities: * Knowledge of image technical metadata required * Knowledge of a/v wrappers and codecs required * Strong command of archival theory and best practices required * Demonstrated knowledge of principles of content description * Demonstrated familiarity with MARC, EAD and DACS required * Demonstrated familiarity with OAIS Reference model and TRAC principles required * Significant knowledge of ingestion and preservation tools for born-digital records, specifically disk imaging tools, write blockers, file format authenticators, metadata extractors, and checksum generators * Demonstrated ability to work with databases, data mapping and migration of data * Ability to work independently and collaboratively * Ability to think creatively required * Familiarity with PREMIS * Knowledge of emerging standards such as linked data and semantic web development, specifically FAST, highly desirable * Familiarity with RDA, EAC-CPF and METS preferred Education and Experience: * Masters in Archival Studies, Library and Info Science, History or equivalent degree required * Two or more years of professional archival experience with similar duties required * Experience overseeing digitization and volunteer projects strongly preferred * Experience writing documentation and conducting presentations and training strongly preferred * Experience validating EAD finding aids strongly preferred * Experience with born-digital records archiving and trustworthy digital repository strongly preferred * Experience with developing, utilizing and documenting workflows strongly preferred * Experience acquiring and maintaining legacy equipment for accessing obsolete a/v and digital formats strongly preferred * Art history background strongly preferred. Experience in museum setting highly desirable. * DAS coursework highly desirable * Experience providing reference service and processing records preferred * ACA certification preferred Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/11225/
[CODE4LIB] Job: Digital Collections Oral History Archivist at Dartmouth College
Digital Collections Oral History Archivist Dartmouth College Hanover Coordinates and manages ingest, appraisal, and delivery of born-digital manuscripts and archival records, working closely with the Digital Preservation Librarian. Plans, manages and implements oral history projects, working in conjunction with the College Archivist. Skills and Knowledge: * Knowledge of oral history procedures and practices * Editorial skills * Ability to work with confidential information * Excellent oral and written communication skills * Knowledge of archival standards, theory, and practice * Working knowledge of the issues surrounding electronic record-keeping systems and standards * Strong commitment to public services * Ability to work effectively in a team and service oriented environment * Communicates effectively with a wide range of individuals with diverse backgrounds. * Commitment to diversity and to serving the needs of a diverse population. Minimum Experience: * Experience or training in oral history * Experience or training in the management of electronic records and media * Librarian I: 0-3 years post-graduate experience, preferably in an academic or research library * Librarian II: 4-6 years post-graduate experience, preferably in an academic or research library * Librarian III: 6-11 years post-graduate experience, preferably in an academic or research library * Librarian IV: 11+ years post-graduate experience, preferably in an academic or research library Minimum Education: * Masters in Library and information Sciences or equivalent graduate degree * Archival concentration preferred Special Instructions to Applicants: Employment in this position is contingent upon consent to and successful completion of a pre-employment background check, which may include a criminal background check, reference checks, verification of work history, and verification of any required academic credentials, licenses, and/or certifications, with results acceptable to Dartmouth College. A criminal conviction will not automatically disqualify an applicant from employment. Background check information will be used in a confidential, non- discriminatory manner consistent with state and federal law. Internal Number: 22408 Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/11224/
[CODE4LIB] Responsive Design in Libraries - Panel Discussion - Jan. 15, 2014
Hello everyone, Below are details for an upcoming panel discussion on responsive design in libraries (an ALA preconference event). If you are interested in responsive, please join us from your office for a virtual discussion (free). Bring your questions! Lisa Gayhart | Digital Communications Services Librarian| University of Toronto Libraries | Information Technology Services | lisa.gayh...@utoronto.camailto:lisa.gayh...@utoronto.ca | 416-946-0959 RESPONSIVE DESIGN IN LIBRARIES Sponsored by the LITA Mobile Interest Group ALA Midwinter Virtual Meeting When: Wednesday, January 15. 9 am Hawaii - 10 am Alaska - 11 am Pacific -12 pm Mountain - 1 pm Central - 2 pm Eastern Where: Virtually. Register at https://oregonconnect.ilinc.com/register/kbtvmbh Description: The LITA - Mobile Computing IG is pleased to host the following presentations at its upcoming virtual meeting: 1. Responsive Introduction/Overview Presenter: Brad Czerniak Web design has been a tumultuous 20-year journey. Along the way, it has seen battles for standards, competing platforms, and exciting innovations - all in the name of delivering the best possible sites to users. In this presentation, Brad (the developer of possibly the first responsive library website) will give historical background that puts the shift toward responsive design in context. He will also layout some forward-thinking concepts for where web design and development are heading in the near future. Responsive sites: http://www.cantonpl.orghttps://exmail.oregonstate.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=Beslpd8_A0KiqDrWT2wStinT_Cp0ydAIeg4LvtJAzb7GUWTJwFCHWaiFhdBO7OFe88nxvtTYIK4.URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.cantonpl.org http://www.commercialprogression.comhttps://exmail.oregonstate.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=Beslpd8_A0KiqDrWT2wStinT_Cp0ydAIeg4LvtJAzb7GUWTJwFCHWaiFhdBO7OFe88nxvtTYIK4.URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.commercialprogression.com http://www.codemichigan.comhttps://exmail.oregonstate.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=Beslpd8_A0KiqDrWT2wStinT_Cp0ydAIeg4LvtJAzb7GUWTJwFCHWaiFhdBO7OFe88nxvtTYIK4.URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.codemichigan.com 2. Your Library, Anywhere: A Modern, Responsive Library Catalogue at University of Toronto Libraries Presenters: Bilal Khalid, Gordon Belray, Lisa Gayhart With the recent surge in the mobile device market and an ever-expanding patron base with increasingly divergent levels of technical ability, the University of Toronto Libraries embarked on the development of a new catalogue discovery layer to fit the needs of its diverse users. The resulthttps://exmail.oregonstate.edu/owa/UrlBlockedError.aspx: (http://search.library.utoronto.ca) a mobile-friendly, flexible and intuitive web application that brings the full power of a faceted library catalogue to users without compromising quality or performance, employing Responsive Web Design principles. In this talk we will discuss: application development; interface design; and project communications. 3. Maintaining multiple responsive designs with a small staff Presenter: Steve Cherry The Catholic University of America libraries decided to adopt responsive design due to increasing mobile traffic. However, maintaining a unique theme for each site that needed one placed a huge burden on the small team. Steve will discuss some of the tools and techniques used to lessen that burden, allowing CUA Libraries to reuse the majority of code across systems. Responsive sites: http://cuomeka.wrlc.org/https://exmail.oregonstate.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=Beslpd8_A0KiqDrWT2wStinT_Cp0ydAIeg4LvtJAzb7GUWTJwFCHWaiFhdBO7OFe88nxvtTYIK4.URL=http%3a%2f%2fcuomeka.wrlc.org%2f http://cuexhibits.wrlc.org/https://exmail.oregonstate.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=Beslpd8_A0KiqDrWT2wStinT_Cp0ydAIeg4LvtJAzb7GUWTJwFCHWaiFhdBO7OFe88nxvtTYIK4.URL=http%3a%2f%2fcuexhibits.wrlc.org%2f http://www.lib.cua.edu/music/https://exmail.oregonstate.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=Beslpd8_A0KiqDrWT2wStinT_Cp0ydAIeg4LvtJAzb7GUWTJwFCHWaiFhdBO7OFe88nxvtTYIK4.URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.lib.cua.edu%2fmusic%2f http://www.lib.cua.edu/rarebook/https://exmail.oregonstate.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=Beslpd8_A0KiqDrWT2wStinT_Cp0ydAIeg4LvtJAzb7GUWTJwFCHWaiFhdBO7OFe88nxvtTYIK4.URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.lib.cua.edu%2frarebook%2f https://github.com/sccherry/middleman-styleguidehttps://exmail.oregonstate.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=Beslpd8_A0KiqDrWT2wStinT_Cp0ydAIeg4LvtJAzb7GUWTJwFCHWaiFhdBO7OFe88nxvtTYIK4.URL=https%3a%2f%2fgithub.com%2fsccherry%2fmiddleman-styleguide 4. Re-coding for Responsive Design: Tips, Tricks and Traps Presenter: Alicia Virtue This presentation is an overview of the strategies used to adapt and implement responsive design for the Santa Rosa Junior College library website (http://www.santarosa.edu/libraryhttps://exmail.oregonstate.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=Beslpd8_A0KiqDrWT2wStinT_Cp0ydAIeg4LvtJAzb7GUWTJwFCHWaiFhdBO7OFe88nxvtTYIK4.URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.santarosa.edu%2flibrary). The SRJC library website serves as the main interface for student research and as the primary
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Re: [CODE4LIB] Automated Embedded Metadata Extraction in Photographs: Possible or Pipedream?
Hi Shea, There are heaps of tools that can assist you, you've been pointed towards the excellent ExifTool in previous threads. The command line version is very easy to work with, and I have made a few different tools that whip out, or change exif data where required. A very versatile tool that handles many other metadata types on top of exif data (like MS office files, ID3 etc). Other candidate tools are:- Apache Tika - http://tika.apache.org/ - I use this quite a bit in testing, and wrangling various text based objects Jhove - http://sourceforge.net/projects/jhove/ - this will pull out all the exif in a lump where you can do things with it. We use in the Rosetta validation stack, and it forms one of the processes that we use to automatically extract and capture exif data from supported image files. All these tools will give you a structured object (CSV, XML etc) that you can use to seed a next step process, e.g. ingest into a CMS or repository. J -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Swauger,Shea Sent: Wednesday, 18 December 2013 10:37 a.m. To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Automated Embedded Metadata Extraction in Photographs: Possible or Pipedream? Hi all, I'm wondering if there is a systematic method that can extract metadata embedded in digital photographs and then ingest that metadata into a CMS and relate them to their corresponding images. We currently use DigiTool, if that makes a difference. Thanks! Shea Swauger Data Management Librarian Colorado State Univeristy
Re: [CODE4LIB] Automated Embedded Metadata Extraction in Photographs: Possible or Pipedream?
Alfresco uses apache tika to extract exif metadata from images. The tika plugin to support is on github at https://github.com/Alfresco/tika-exiftool . oh. On Dec 17, 2013 4:55 PM, Edward Summers e...@pobox.com wrote: I remember hearing somewhere that ExifTool is pretty good for extracting image metadata. edsu--
Re: [CODE4LIB] Academic Library Website Question
On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 5:28 PM, Cary Gordon listu...@chillco.com wrote: I don't understand the distinction between organic findability and direct going to the URIs (presumably URLs, which go somewhere). While going directly to resources would skew your stats, presumably in a good way, I don't see that they would impact your findability. Let me clear this up for you: The student is Indiana Jones and the library's website is the holy grail. Can he get there without trials and tribulations? Or will there be pit snakes, German spies, or a love interest along the way? Who knows! This is organic by means of students adventures in the website starting from SOMEWHERE and landing on the library's page at some point in the journey. If it takes 10 clicks from some unknown spot never before recorded in time or from single click from the college's landing page to the library, who knows! It's like choose your own adventure up in here. When the librarians teach at _least_ five info lit classes a day for 2-3 solid months, and are giving students direct URLs and URIs, this is not organic. Students are not allowed to figure out the path of clicking righteousness on their own, hence why our stats during these periods are not a reliable source of information on figuring out how our students find us. I'll be looking forward to your enlightening tribute to Organic Findability With Respect to College Websites and The Status of LIbrary Holdings in the next $NameOfJournal. I'm sure it will be a rip roaring yarn. -Lisa Lisa M. Rabey | @pnkrcklibrarian An Unreliable Narrator: http://exitpursuedbyabear.net Cunning Tales from a Systems Librarian: http://lisa.rabey.net
[CODE4LIB] Anyone working with iPython?
Our Wikipedian in Residence, Max Klein brought iPython [1] to my attention recently and even in just the little exploration I've done with it so far I'm quite impressed. Although you could call it interactive Python that doesn't begin to put across the full range of capabilities, as when I first heard that I thought Great, a Python shell where you enter a command, hit the return, and it executes. Great. Just what I need. NOT. But I was SO WRONG. It certainly can and does do that, but also so much more. You can enter blocks of code that then execute. Those blocks don't even have to be Python. They can be Ruby or Perl or bash. There are built-in functions of various kinds that it (oddly) calls magic. But perhaps the killer bit is the idea of Notebooks that can capture all of your work in a way that is also editable and completely web-ready. This last part is probably difficult to understand until you experience it. Anyway, i was curious if others have been working with it and if so, what they are using it for. I can think of all kinds of things I might want to do with it, but hearing from others can inspire me further, I'm sure. Thanks, Roy [1] http://ipython.org/
Re: [CODE4LIB] Academic Library Website Question
Salvete! While it's a really good idea to make sure your library's website is prominent on your institution's page (because I think that does send a strong signal, even to students, that your library is important to your campus), the really big question is how easily your students will be able to find your web page by googleing University X Library, or University X JSTOR or University X Ebsco. ++ to this section of your argument. Kids today and their Google machine. My alma mater not only comes up first, the flavours of Library are all right there. UIUC++. When a student has an assignment and their professor tells them they have to use the library, they'll probably Google you - they won't try to navigate links from the university web page. I agree with Cary that your *current* students/users will probably not be going that route. So ensuring your page and its content is easily Google-able and search-engine optimized (and not hidden behind a portal!) is key. I do still think that time well spent in layout, organisation, and navigation is time well spent. This is true in especial when I find meself trapped in the jungle with only a touch to see me through. Having the user go back to Google every time they think up summat new does *not* save their time. I cannot count the number of times I have to perform some sort of arcane ritual to naturally find the hours and location of whatever thing I'm looking to find in meatspace. If I *know* that I'm visiting the right website to find certain information and I can't manage to find it within the page, I'm pretty sure that Karen Coyle can hear me sigh and see me facepalm. Looking at you irritating town website, looking at you. Cheers, Brooke
[CODE4LIB] Job: Information Technology Specialist (System Analysis) at Library of Congress
Information Technology Specialist (System Analysis) Library of Congress Washington, D.C. Job Title: Information Technology Specialist (System Analysis) Department: Legislative Branch Agency: Library of Congress Job Announcement Number: 130135 SALARY RANGE: $123,758.00 to $155,500.00 / Per Year OPEN PERIOD: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 to Thursday, January 09, 2014 SERIES GRADE: GS-2210-15 POSITION INFORMATION: Open - Permanent PROMOTION POTENTIAL:15 DUTY LOCATIONS: 1 vacancy - Washington DC, DC WHO MAY APPLY: Anyone may apply - By law, employment at most U.S. Government agencies, including the Library of Congress, is limited to U.S. citizens. However, non-citizens may be hired, provided that other legal requirements are met and the Library determines there are no qualified U.S. citizens available for the position. SUPERVISORY STATUS: No JOB SUMMARY: About the Agency This position serves as the Technical Architect and is responsible for strategically designing, developing and implementing efficient infrastructure technology solutions in support of core organizational functions. The incumbent provides technical expertise and leadership, and performs complex infrastructure analysis, design, and development duties. The position description for this position is 260484. This position is located in the Assistant Director Operation Section, Information Technology Services, Office of Strategic initiatives. The salary range indicated reflects the locality pay adjustments for the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan area. The incumbent of this position will work a flexitime work schedule. This is a non-supervisory, bargaining unit position. Relocation expenses will not be authorized for the person(s) selected under this vacancy announcement. RELOCATION AUTHORIZED •No KEY REQUIREMENTS DUTIES: Provides technical leadership for information technology (IT) infrastructure architecture design processes. Leads and participates in technical design sessions, and works closely with disparate teams building technical solutions. Participates in the technical oversight of IT integration into the overall enterprise solutions. Analyzes and reviews stability, interoperability, portability, security, scalability, and overall performance of infrastructure components and architecture. Utilizes judgment to research, interpret, modify, and define technical solutions and standards that meet business requirements. Possesses knowledge of many technologies, including new and advanced hardware, software and services. Accurately judges the applicability of technologies to specific situations. Evaluates the cost/benefits of various solutions using different technologies, and assures that the solution addresses user expectations. Analyzes alternatives and recommends solutions relating to the complete life cycle of infrastructure components. Develops recommendations and proposals for selection and acquisitions based on analyzing available technologies. Independently reviews and analyzes existing infrastructure for continued effectiveness in meeting business needs. Identifies deficiencies in existing designs and recommends solutions for improvement. Develops and utilizes repeatable techniques and strategies in optimizing technical architectures. Provides technical consultation and guidance on matters related to the optimization of deployed technologies. Assesses whether solutions meet the technical standards and strategic direction of the agency. Makes recommendations for consolidating systems into common solutions or replacing them. Makes recommendations for reducing unnecessary redundancy in technical architectures. Designs, develops and uses tools to ensure that architectures and plans are aligned with technology strategy and IT resource management planning. Serves as a senior expert and consultant to management. Assists in the planning, directing and coordinating of the implementation and execution of approved policies, programs and services related to technical architecture. Writes and maintains documentation including written procedures and instructions regarding the use of the Technical Architecture and IT Standards Programs. Trains staff in the use of the Technical Architecture and IT Standards Programs. QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED: Applicants must have had progressively responsible experience and training sufficient in scope and quality to furnish them with an acceptable level of the following knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the position without more than normal supervision. Ability to design, maintain, and integrate a technical architecture program based on business requirements.** Knowledge of infrastructure technologies and practices. Ability to
[CODE4LIB] Job: Senior Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts at Washington University in St. Louis
Senior Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis The Washington University Libraries seeks dynamic and creative candidates with strong leadership skills for the position of Senior Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts. RESPONSIBILITIES: The Senior Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts has primary responsibility for stewardship and promotion of the Libraries' rare book and manuscript collections. This position takes a leadership role in the operations of the unit, and, under the direction of the Head of Special Collections, engages in all areas of strategic planning for the Rare Book and Manuscript Unit, including staff management, collections curation, and research use. Works in an open and collaborative environment with related Libraries' departments to facilitate digitization and cataloging of collections, as well as organization of exhibitions and events in support of collections outreach. Aligns unit activities with faculty teaching and research needs, and provides consultation and assistance in incorporating primary source materials into curriculum. Supervises the Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts and research fellows. QUALIFICATIONS: Required: MLS from an ALA-accredited school, or Master's degree in the humanities; 3-5 years experience leading a nationally recognized rare book department in a major research library; subject expertise in the history of the book; familiarity with rare book and manuscript trade; demonstrated experience serving as a reference librarian and subject matter specialist in areas relating to rare books and manuscripts scholarship; demonstrated experience integrating rare books and manuscripts collections into formal curriculum and informal learning opportunities; experience working effectively and collaboratively with donors, collectors and scholars. Preferred: Prefer both degrees: MLS from an ALA-accredited school, and Master's degree in the humanities; ability to work with non-English languages and non-Roman alphabets preferred; knowledge of preservation procedures desirable; demonstrated experience in multiple facets of grant funded research, including leadership roles in projects that advance the field of rare books and manuscripts scholarship, as well as partnership roles in faculty and campus projects requiring collections access; grant writing experience. Familiarity with DACS, EAD, XML, MARC, and other standards and formats desirable. GENERAL INFORMATION: Washington University, located at the western edge of the city of St. Louis, is a medium-sized, independent, research university founded in 1853, and is internationally known for excellence in teaching and research and for the quality of its faculty and student body. The University libraries play an essential role in providing the support for these areas to the Washington University community. For more information, please visit the Washington University/Libraries' web sites at www.wustl.edu and http://library.wustl.edu. EXCELLENT BENEFITS PACKAGE: 22 VACATION DAYS, TIAA-CREF, etc. APPLICATION INFORMATION: Applications must be submitted online at https://jobs.wustl.edu. Reference job #27157. For full consideration, attach a letter of application, resume, and the names of three references (including e-mail phone number). Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Employment eligibility verification required upon hire. Washington University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/11220/
Re: [CODE4LIB] Academic Library Website Question
Wow, I am impressed by the variety of replies. A lot of good points have been made and this really helps give thought and credence to our argument to free our library website. I am in agreement with many of the general points made and find the suggestions helpful, this will be a bit of a fight to get the library site were it should be to it is a worthwhile one and your insights should help us. Thanks everyone for your input. I've sent this discussion around to my coworkers to look over as well, it really helps. Matt On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 5:28 PM, Cary Gordon listu...@chillco.com wrote: The difficulty lies in the details. I don't understand the distinction between organic findability and direct going to the URIs (presumably URLs, which go somewhere). While going directly to resources would skew your stats, presumably in a good way, I don't see that they would impact your findability. It should be easy to distinguish between traffic from search engines, links from your home page and direct links, which can either be embedded in resources like courseware, papers, and others or just typed in directly or using a URL shortening service. If your system can't make those distinctions, you should move to an analytics system that does. I will dedicate next year to developing organic fundability. Cary On Dec 17, 2013, at 1:09 PM, Lisa Rabey academichu...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Cary Gordon listu...@chillco.com wrote: My key point, and likely the only point of note is: Your library stats should tell the tale of how folks are getting there. While these data won't necessarily lead to great predictions of future behavior, as the institution might unintentionally (or intentionally) blocking some desirable access, they should give some empirical evidence of what is happening now. Cary I don't disagree with you. But stats are not enough. The difficulty lies (lays?) that we have organic findability before the semester starts, then we teach info lit classes for 2-3 solid months where we are direct going to the URIs which then spikes AND skews the data, hence the problem of using stats. Now if you have method to separate organic fundability from our teaching classes so I have a better/bigger picture of how people are finding us, I'm all ears. Lisa M. Rabey | @pnkrcklibrarian An Unreliable Narrator: http://exitpursuedbyabear.net Cunning Tales from a Systems Librarian: http://lisa.rabey.net
[CODE4LIB] Job: Access Services Librarian at Lake-Sumter Community College
Access Services Librarian Lake-Sumter Community College Leesburg The Access Services Librarian administers the circulation system for all campus libraries, provides circulation, reference, and library instruction services. Manages access to online resources, the libraries' home page, LibGuides, and physical library collections, including college archives. Coordinates libraries' social media presence and hiring of student staff at all libraries. EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS: MLS from ALA accredited institution or comparable degree. QUALIFICATIONS FOR APPOINTMENT: Knowledge of general reference sources and circulation systems functions. Ability to effectively instruct library users in the use of print, non-print, and electronic resources. Knowledge of the latest versions of HTML, CSS, JavaScript or other scripting languages, web design, and usability standards. Experience with automated circulation system preferred. Experience providing general reference services and library instruction in an academic library preferred. Experience in developing websites and LibGuides preferred. Knowledge or experience in archival digitization preferred. Self-starter with the ability to work in a team environment. Excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability to maintain effective relationships with students, faculty, staff, and the general public. For full description and to apply, visit: http://apptrkr.com/420003. EOE Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/11237/
[CODE4LIB] Job: Digital Archivist at Computer History Museum
Digital Archivist Computer History Museum Mountain View The Computer History Museum, located in the heart of Silicon Valley, California, seeks an articulate, creative can-do individual for the Digital Archivist position. The Museum's mission is to preserve and present for posterity the artifacts and stories of the information age. This unique and exciting institution is home to one of the largest collections of computer-related artifacts in the world. Backed by leaders and innovators of the computer industry, the Museum brings computing history to life through its speaker series, exhibitions, oral histories and website. Position Summary The Digital Archivist is responsible for day to day management of the Museum's new digital repository. The Digital Archivist is responsible for the curation of born digital and digitized objects; playing a significant role in the accession, description and access to digital objects in the Museum's collection. The position requires an individual who is self-motivated and eager to learn and explore. The successful applicant will have a good base of understanding in a variety of technologies related to digital preservation and digtal curation, and will keep abreast of new technical information and developments relating to the life cycle of digital objects. Responsibilities * Develop workflows and procedures, and aid in policy revisions, for the digital repository * Arrange, describe, preserve, and make accessible born-digital and digitized materials following archival practices * Help identify, evaluate, recommend, and implement appropriate hardware and software for digital preservation and digitization * Assist in planning and implementing digitization projects * Assist in infrastructure development, planning and support for long-term access to the digital collection * Create reports and other documentation about Museum's digital object collection * Take an active role in the Museum's social media endeavors and promoting the digital collection * Support Museum special events as needed * Other duties as assigned Qualifications Required Qualifications, Attributes and Skills * Masters in Library Science, Museum Studies or Bachelor's in Computer Science * Two or more years professional experience working with digital objects in an archive, library, historical society or museum * Excellent written and oral communication skills * Knowledge of administrative, technical, structural and descriptive metadata standards such as Premis, EAD, METS, and MODS * Experience working on the management and preservation of digital objects * Expertise with relational databases and/or content management systems * Skill in coordinating resources and establishing priorities * Analytical problem-solving capabilities and technical knowledge * Knowledge of intellectual property issues * Detail-oriented and ability to be flexible * Ability to work both independently and collaboratively * Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and meet deadlines Preferred Qualifications, Attributes and Skills * Basic IT skills including an understanding of networking, My SQL, and Ubuntu * Experience with Islandora (Drupal and Fedora) or related digital repository management system * Familiarity with the reading and reformatting of obsolete digital media * Experience providing reference services * Experience working with volunteers and interns The Computer History Museum offers a competitive salary and benefits package including health, dental, vision and life insurance and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/11235/
Re: [CODE4LIB] Anyone working with iPython?
Yes, I just started playing with it, too, and would like to hear ideas. The notebook model is really cool and, I think, would at least be helpful for teaching others to code. There's also an iRuby port. Jason -- Original message -- From: Roy Tennant Date: 12/19/2013 11:54 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU; Subject:[CODE4LIB] Anyone working with iPython? Our Wikipedian in Residence, Max Klein brought iPython [1] to my attention recently and even in just the little exploration I've done with it so far I'm quite impressed. Although you could call it interactive Python that doesn't begin to put across the full range of capabilities, as when I first heard that I thought Great, a Python shell where you enter a command, hit the return, and it executes. Great. Just what I need. NOT. But I was SO WRONG. It certainly can and does do that, but also so much more. You can enter blocks of code that then execute. Those blocks don't even have to be Python. They can be Ruby or Perl or bash. There are built-in functions of various kinds that it (oddly) calls magic. But perhaps the killer bit is the idea of Notebooks that can capture all of your work in a way that is also editable and completely web-ready. This last part is probably difficult to understand until you experience it. Anyway, i was curious if others have been working with it and if so, what they are using it for. I can think of all kinds of things I might want to do with it, but hearing from others can inspire me further, I'm sure. Thanks, Roy [1] http://ipython.org/
[CODE4LIB] Job: Web Archiving Interns at New York Art Resources Consortium
Web Archiving Interns New York Art Resources Consortium New York City We are looking for interns to help us develop our Mellon-funded web archiving program. This paid internship is a great opportunity. Details follow Part-Time (10 hours/week during winter academic semester) At completion of the semester-long internship, a stipend of $1,500 will be provided The New York Art Resources Consortium (NYARC), consisting of the libraries of The Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, and The Frick Collection, seeks three students in graduate programs in information science, art history, or related disciplines to become interns in a grant-funded program that will collect, capture, describe, and archive web content of resources for the study of art. The program is funded with a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and will be administered by and based at The Frick Collection. Building on a previous study that examined the organizational, economic, and technological challenges posed by the rapidly increasing number of web-based or born-digital resources that document art history and the art market, the current program will implement the recommendations that emerged from the study to acquire, preserve, and provide unified access to these unique and often ephemeral materials. Reporting to the Web Archiving Program Coordinator, each intern will be assigned to a NYARC library to work on relevant web-based collections in five areas of focus that correspond with analog collection strengths. Using Archive-It and other tools, the interns will build and refine web-based collections, perform quality control, and create descriptive metadata for captured content. Duties and Responsibilities * Use Archive-It and other tools to create web collections defined by NYARC Directors * Perform Quality Control of WARC (Web ARChive format) files * Create metadata for captured content * Create and update administrative records * Participate in beta testing of discovery platform * Participate in meetings * Provide written reports and evaluations as requested * Assist with interviews of curators and scholars at NYARC and elsewhere to identify current and potential uses of web content and archives in scholarly research Requirements * Must be enrolled in an accredited Master's Degree program in Library/Information Science, Art History, or related discipline * Demonstrated interest in web archiving and metadata creation in a research library or comparable environment * General knowledge of software applications supporting integrated access to online collections and associated technologies * Knowledge of current trends and emerging technologies in web archiving * Demonstrated organizational, analytical, and problem solving skills * Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with other team members in a consortial environment * Excellent interpersonal skills, with a demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing * Ability to meet deadlines Preferred Qualifications * Coursework/training in metadata * Experience in library or archives * Knowledge of web archiving tools and techniques * Knowledge of scholarly literature of art history Benefits as intern: The opportunity to participate in a cutting-edge program of new technology in leading museum libraries; Free or discounted admission to most of New York's finest museums; Discounts on Museum Shop purchases; A beautiful and pleasant work setting and an excellent opportunity to appreciate some of the world's finest works of art. Internship Timeline: We would like applications to be submitted by and will make a selection by December 16, 2013. The internships will begin in January 2014, based on the semester start date. The internship is for the winter semester, with a possibility of extension to additional paid internships for summer and fall semesters of 2014. Application Instructions: * Please title the subject of your e-mail: Web Archiving Intern * Attach your resume as a PDF * Include a cover letter in the e-mail body that includes: * Your reasons for applying to the New York Art Resources Consortium * Your contact information * The name, professional affiliation, and telephone number of one professor who may be contacted as a reference. * Please e-mail your completed application to Sophia Walter, Library Administrator, wal...@frick.org. Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/11221/
Re: [CODE4LIB] Academic Library Website Question
Sorry for late reply, just catching up. In my last usability session, 3 of 3 participants typed library in the university home page search box--at least one person tried to use the university site navigation at first but couldn't find it since it was under University Libraries rather than Library. At least one of those people had never been to the library site ever before, so wasn't corrupted by instruction sessions. Just an anecdote, but may be helpful. Margaret Heller Digital Services Librarian Loyola University Chicago 773-508-2686 -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Matthew Sherman Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2013 8:48 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Academic Library Website Question Wow, I am impressed by the variety of replies. A lot of good points have been made and this really helps give thought and credence to our argument to free our library website. I am in agreement with many of the general points made and find the suggestions helpful, this will be a bit of a fight to get the library site were it should be to it is a worthwhile one and your insights should help us. Thanks everyone for your input. I've sent this discussion around to my coworkers to look over as well, it really helps. Matt On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 5:28 PM, Cary Gordon listu...@chillco.com wrote: The difficulty lies in the details. I don't understand the distinction between organic findability and direct going to the URIs (presumably URLs, which go somewhere). While going directly to resources would skew your stats, presumably in a good way, I don't see that they would impact your findability. It should be easy to distinguish between traffic from search engines, links from your home page and direct links, which can either be embedded in resources like courseware, papers, and others or just typed in directly or using a URL shortening service. If your system can't make those distinctions, you should move to an analytics system that does. I will dedicate next year to developing organic fundability. Cary On Dec 17, 2013, at 1:09 PM, Lisa Rabey academichu...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Cary Gordon listu...@chillco.com wrote: My key point, and likely the only point of note is: Your library stats should tell the tale of how folks are getting there. While these data won't necessarily lead to great predictions of future behavior, as the institution might unintentionally (or intentionally) blocking some desirable access, they should give some empirical evidence of what is happening now. Cary I don't disagree with you. But stats are not enough. The difficulty lies (lays?) that we have organic findability before the semester starts, then we teach info lit classes for 2-3 solid months where we are direct going to the URIs which then spikes AND skews the data, hence the problem of using stats. Now if you have method to separate organic fundability from our teaching classes so I have a better/bigger picture of how people are finding us, I'm all ears. Lisa M. Rabey | @pnkrcklibrarian -- -- An Unreliable Narrator: http://exitpursuedbyabear.net Cunning Tales from a Systems Librarian: http://lisa.rabey.net
Re: [CODE4LIB] Academic Library Website Question
On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Miles Fidelman mfidel...@meetinghouse.net wrote: Then again, how many university libraries can't be found by library.institution.edu I asked the network people at one of my institutions why it was lib.name.edu and not library.name.edu, and was told the library.name.edu was orignally slated for the library school, then it was used for internal use only for computer naming schemea for the universities library system, not for web services. I don't agree library.name.edu should be a standard, but do agree whatever web services topography is deployed it should be consistant with that institutions layout. -Lisa Lisa M. Rabey | @pnkrcklibrarian An Unreliable Narrator: http://exitpursuedbyabear.net Cunning Tales from a Systems Librarian: http://lisa.rabey.net
Re: [CODE4LIB] Academic Library Website Question
Our library has a pretty well-placed link on the university home page, so I can't complain there. The library website is the home page on the computers within our library and commons buildings, so students can get right to their research. I see no reason you should have the site under lock and key unless you don't require users to login to access databases and other vendor-based resources. Many libraries I've seen have a setup where they allow the public to access the item records or indices for most resources, but then require authentication for full-text viewing. We share a server with our main institutional CMS, but we don't like the CMS, so we're the only department that is allowed to do our own thing web design and development-wise. We pushed for Drupal, but can't go that route due to security issues (or so they say). So I'm literally hand-coding our entire library website until they see that Drupal (or something similar) is the answer to all their problems! I certainly agree that many institutions don't understand the complexity of the modern library website, as I think Nina alluded to above. Thanks, Scott On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 1:47 PM, Lisa Rabey academichu...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Miles Fidelman mfidel...@meetinghouse.net wrote: Then again, how many university libraries can't be found by library.institution.edu I asked the network people at one of my institutions why it was lib.name.edu and not library.name.edu, and was told the library.name.edu was orignally slated for the library school, then it was used for internal use only for computer naming schemea for the universities library system, not for web services. I don't agree library.name.edu should be a standard, but do agree whatever web services topography is deployed it should be consistant with that institutions layout. -Lisa Lisa M. Rabey | @pnkrcklibrarian An Unreliable Narrator: http://exitpursuedbyabear.net Cunning Tales from a Systems Librarian: http://lisa.rabey.net
Re: [CODE4LIB] Automated Embedded Metadata Extraction in Photographs: Possible or Pipedream?
I did some experimentation wrapping the Perl Image::ExifTool module (along with Image::OCR::Tesseract) in some code that exposed it as a SOAP service for use in a Fedora Commons ingest service. It seemed to work well enough for bulk file processing in testing, though the approach of a custom ingest system, in general, was eventually abandoned when consultants were brought in. Were I to do it again I'd probably also add a REST interface to the generic service wrapper. Rick -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Edward Summers Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 4:54 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Automated Embedded Metadata Extraction in Photographs: Possible or Pipedream? I remember hearing somewhere that ExifTool is pretty good for extracting image metadata. edsu--
[CODE4LIB] REMINDER: Call for Proposals for 2014 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries
The TCDL 2014 planning committee once again invites you to share your proposals for participation at the 2014 Texas Conference on Digital Librarieshttp://conferences.tdl.org/tcdl/. TCDL 2014 will take place April 28-29 in Austin, TX. The conference covers topics relevant to the creation, promotion and preservation of research, scholarship and cultural heritage digital materials. This year's conference theme, Engaging Outliers: Context, Collections Community, will explore the full range of projects, workflows, use cases and ideas-in-the-making related to digital library work with a special emphasis on those projects that lie outside of the ordinary. The conference will address such questions as: How are you using digital collections or materials in ways that are outside of their original context? What are you doing that no one else is doing? What would you like seen done that no one else is doing? Possible topics could include the following: · Transformative ventures beyond library contexts · Use and adaptation of systems in ways not originally intended · Innovative processes that are changing established library workflows · Use and reuse of digital materials in novel ways · Unique collections · Gaps in collecting areas or formats · Demographics not represented in typical digital library projects · Anticipating emerging needs for potential communities Proposals on other topics of interest to a digital libraries audience are welcome. TCDL 2014 has multiple avenues for participation, including individual presentations, panel sessions, posters, workshops and tutorials, birds of a feather sessions, and – new for 2014 – a 24x7 lightning round format. All completed presentations will be published on the conference website, and each presenters will have the option to submit a short paper to accompany the published presentation slides. Submission Guidelines Proposals will be accepted in the following categories. Please follow the links for more detailed information about proposal requirements. · Presentationshttp://conferences.tdl.org/tcdl/index.php/TCDL/TCDL2014/schedConf/trackPolicies: General presentations on practical work, theoretical or speculative issues, or on-going or completed research. · Panelshttp://conferences.tdl.org/tcdl/index.php/TCDL/TCDL2014/schedConf/trackPolicies: Panel sessions should address a single topic from multiple perspectives and should engage the audience for a full 80-minute session. · 24x7 Presentations (24 slides in 7 minutes):http://conferences.tdl.org/tcdl/index.php/TCDL/TCDL2014/schedConf/trackPolicies 7-minute presentations comprising no more than 24 slides. · Posters:http://conferences.tdl.org/tcdl/index.php/TCDL/TCDL2014/schedConf/trackPolicies Posters will be featured at the conference reception and through a “Minute Madness” session, during which presenters will give a 60-second summary of each poster. · Workshops, Tutorials Demos, Birds of a Feather Sessionshttp://conferences.tdl.org/tcdl/index.php/TCDL/TCDL2014/schedConf/trackPolicies: These sessions will take place on April 29th in the afternoon. Proposals of no more than 500 words can be submitted through the “Proposal Submission” link on the conference website. Key Dates · November 14: Call for Proposals · January 31: Deadline for proposals for Workshops, Tutorials Demos, and Birds of a Feather Sessions · February 7: Deadline for all other Proposal Submissions · March 14: Notification of Acceptance · April 1: Early Bird Conference Registration Deadline · June 2: Deadline for OPTIONAL papers (Presenters and panelists will have the option to produce a short paper to accompany their published presentations. The paper is not a requirement for participation. Papers will be published on the conference website under Presentations, along with the presentation slides.) Note: No individual shall participate as a speaker in more than one presentation/panel session; however, presenters and panel speakers are welcome to participate in the poster sessions. Also note: Accepted presenters, including co-presenters, panelists, and poster presenters, must register for the conference and pay applicable registration fees. Submission Instructions Proposals should be submitted through the “Proposal Submission” link on the conference websitehttp://conferences.tdl.org/tcdl/index.php/TCDL/TCDL2014/. Detailed instructions can be found in the Call for Proposals on the conference websitehttp://conferences.tdl.org/tcdl/index.php/TCDL/TCDL2014/schedConf/cfp. Need help? If you have questions about using the online submission system, please contact supp...@tdl.orgmailto:supp...@tdl.org. Thanks, Rachel Vacek, President-Elect Library Information Technology Association http://lita.org Head of Web Services University
Re: [CODE4LIB] Anyone working with iPython?
Hi Roy, iPython is huge at UC Berkeley and it's creator, Fernando Perez is part of the team that will be launching the Berkeley Institute for Data Science, which incidentally will be based in Doe Library when it opens in a few months. Here's a blog post about the project: http://blog.fperez.org/2013/11/an-ambitious-experiment-in-data-science.html Also of interest, my colleague Raymond Yee uses iPython when he teaches his Open Data class in the UC Berkeley School of Information. The class actually publishes their final projects in iPython Notebook format. You can seem their work here: http://nbviewer.ipython.org/github/fperez/blog/blob/master/130507-Berkeley-iSchool-OpenData.ipynb I'm sure there are other cool examples of how it's being used in teaching and science. Seems to me like something that's going to be around for awhile, but admittedly, my perspective is from iPython ground zero! -Harrison On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 9:48 AM, Roy Tennant roytenn...@gmail.com wrote: Our Wikipedian in Residence, Max Klein brought iPython [1] to my attention recently and even in just the little exploration I've done with it so far I'm quite impressed. Although you could call it interactive Python that doesn't begin to put across the full range of capabilities, as when I first heard that I thought Great, a Python shell where you enter a command, hit the return, and it executes. Great. Just what I need. NOT. But I was SO WRONG. It certainly can and does do that, but also so much more. You can enter blocks of code that then execute. Those blocks don't even have to be Python. They can be Ruby or Perl or bash. There are built-in functions of various kinds that it (oddly) calls magic. But perhaps the killer bit is the idea of Notebooks that can capture all of your work in a way that is also editable and completely web-ready. This last part is probably difficult to understand until you experience it. Anyway, i was curious if others have been working with it and if so, what they are using it for. I can think of all kinds of things I might want to do with it, but hearing from others can inspire me further, I'm sure. Thanks, Roy [1] http://ipython.org/
Re: [CODE4LIB] Anyone working with iPython?
Hey Roy, I haven't been _working_ with it, but coincidentally just viewed a webinar on it with some other programmers here, and I agree it's pretty cool. The webinar (I think it's freely viewable): 'Data Science Experiments with Twitter and IPython Notebook' http://oreillynet.com/pub/e/2984 ...But perhaps the killer bit is the idea of Notebooks that can capture all of your work in a way that is also editable and completely web-ready... It was pretty amazing to install it, fire it up, see a browser auto-open, type some python in hit return -- and then open a second browser, access the same url, see the input code and its output -- and then, from the second browser be able to add run code... that the first browser could then see, too. (I agree, hard to explain.) -b --- Birkin James Diana Programmer, Digital Technologies Brown University Library birkin_di...@brown.edu On Dec 19, 2013, at 12:48 PM, Roy Tennant roytenn...@gmail.com wrote: Our Wikipedian in Residence, Max Klein brought iPython [1] to my attention recently and even in just the little exploration I've done with it so far I'm quite impressed. Although you could call it interactive Python that doesn't begin to put across the full range of capabilities, as when I first heard that I thought Great, a Python shell where you enter a command, hit the return, and it executes. Great. Just what I need. NOT. But I was SO WRONG. It certainly can and does do that, but also so much more. You can enter blocks of code that then execute. Those blocks don't even have to be Python. They can be Ruby or Perl or bash. There are built-in functions of various kinds that it (oddly) calls magic. But perhaps the killer bit is the idea of Notebooks that can capture all of your work in a way that is also editable and completely web-ready. This last part is probably difficult to understand until you experience it. Anyway, i was curious if others have been working with it and if so, what they are using it for. I can think of all kinds of things I might want to do with it, but hearing from others can inspire me further, I'm sure. Thanks, Roy [1] http://ipython.org/
Re: [CODE4LIB] Anyone working with iPython?
iPython is the only console to bother with IMHO, regardless of what chore I'm doing. I've noodled with the Notebooks and they're wonderful but I am time and attention challenged and haven't progressed far. Eric Matthes uses iPython notebooks to teach programming and has set out some excellent resources: https://github.com/ehmatthes/intro_programming $.02 SK -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Roy Tennant Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2013 9:49 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Anyone working with iPython? Our Wikipedian in Residence, Max Klein brought iPython [1] to my attention recently and even in just the little exploration I've done with it so far I'm quite impressed. Although you could call it interactive Python that doesn't begin to put across the full range of capabilities, as when I first heard that I thought Great, a Python shell where you enter a command, hit the return, and it executes. Great. Just what I need. NOT. But I was SO WRONG. It certainly can and does do that, but also so much more. You can enter blocks of code that then execute. Those blocks don't even have to be Python. They can be Ruby or Perl or bash. There are built-in functions of various kinds that it (oddly) calls magic. But perhaps the killer bit is the idea of Notebooks that can capture all of your work in a way that is also editable and completely web-ready. This last part is probably difficult to understand until you experience it. Anyway, i was curious if others have been working with it and if so, what they are using it for. I can think of all kinds of things I might want to do with it, but hearing from others can inspire me further, I'm sure. Thanks, Roy [1] http://ipython.org/
Re: [CODE4LIB] Anyone working with iPython?
+1 for ipython ‹ it was an easy transition from my MATLAB shell programming (for scientific problems) to ipython and the various and sundry wonderful part of python overall for scientific programming. In fact, I became so used to the ipython console, when I go to the regular python shell now I miss all the goodies (amazing how used to tab completion you get used toŠ :D ) Cheers Christian On 12/19/13, 2:55 PM, Sam Kome sam_k...@cuc.claremont.edu wrote: iPython is the only console to bother with IMHO, regardless of what chore I'm doing. I've noodled with the Notebooks and they're wonderful but I am time and attention challenged and haven't progressed far. Eric Matthes uses iPython notebooks to teach programming and has set out some excellent resources: https://github.com/ehmatthes/intro_programming $.02 SK -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Roy Tennant Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2013 9:49 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Anyone working with iPython? Our Wikipedian in Residence, Max Klein brought iPython [1] to my attention recently and even in just the little exploration I've done with it so far I'm quite impressed. Although you could call it interactive Python that doesn't begin to put across the full range of capabilities, as when I first heard that I thought Great, a Python shell where you enter a command, hit the return, and it executes. Great. Just what I need. NOT. But I was SO WRONG. It certainly can and does do that, but also so much more. You can enter blocks of code that then execute. Those blocks don't even have to be Python. They can be Ruby or Perl or bash. There are built-in functions of various kinds that it (oddly) calls magic. But perhaps the killer bit is the idea of Notebooks that can capture all of your work in a way that is also editable and completely web-ready. This last part is probably difficult to understand until you experience it. Anyway, i was curious if others have been working with it and if so, what they are using it for. I can think of all kinds of things I might want to do with it, but hearing from others can inspire me further, I'm sure. Thanks, Roy [1] http://ipython.org/
Re: [CODE4LIB] Anyone working with iPython?
The slickest thing about iPython notebooks is the easy of publishing them on github (or elsewhere), then sharing the results with the notebook viewer here: http://nbviewer.ipython.org/ This community could easily use this as an alternative (or compliment) to gist for sharing small chunks of code. This has the added benefit of sharing the _output_ of said code alongside the source. Also, that visual environment is a must when learning highly graph chart dependent things like matplotlib even scikit learn. The iPython notebook also simplifies shelling: just prefix your line with a bang (!) and system command lines are right there. I just finished a Practical Data Science course for grad school last night, and we used iPython heavily throughout the course, both as the platform for the professors lecture notes, and for doing our homework assignments. -Corey On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 6:03 PM, Sarason,Christian saras...@oclc.orgwrote: +1 for ipython ‹ it was an easy transition from my MATLAB shell programming (for scientific problems) to ipython and the various and sundry wonderful part of python overall for scientific programming. In fact, I became so used to the ipython console, when I go to the regular python shell now I miss all the goodies (amazing how used to tab completion you get used toŠ :D ) Cheers Christian On 12/19/13, 2:55 PM, Sam Kome sam_k...@cuc.claremont.edu wrote: iPython is the only console to bother with IMHO, regardless of what chore I'm doing. I've noodled with the Notebooks and they're wonderful but I am time and attention challenged and haven't progressed far. Eric Matthes uses iPython notebooks to teach programming and has set out some excellent resources: https://github.com/ehmatthes/intro_programming $.02 SK -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Roy Tennant Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2013 9:49 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Anyone working with iPython? Our Wikipedian in Residence, Max Klein brought iPython [1] to my attention recently and even in just the little exploration I've done with it so far I'm quite impressed. Although you could call it interactive Python that doesn't begin to put across the full range of capabilities, as when I first heard that I thought Great, a Python shell where you enter a command, hit the return, and it executes. Great. Just what I need. NOT. But I was SO WRONG. It certainly can and does do that, but also so much more. You can enter blocks of code that then execute. Those blocks don't even have to be Python. They can be Ruby or Perl or bash. There are built-in functions of various kinds that it (oddly) calls magic. But perhaps the killer bit is the idea of Notebooks that can capture all of your work in a way that is also editable and completely web-ready. This last part is probably difficult to understand until you experience it. Anyway, i was curious if others have been working with it and if so, what they are using it for. I can think of all kinds of things I might want to do with it, but hearing from others can inspire me further, I'm sure. Thanks, Roy [1] http://ipython.org/ -- Corey A Harper Metadata Services Librarian New York University Libraries 20 Cooper Square, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10003-7112 212.998.2479 corey.har...@nyu.edu
[CODE4LIB] Job: Data and Informatics Consultant at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Data and Informatics Consultant Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg The Virginia Tech Libraries (www.lib.vt.edu) are in the midst of reprogramming, rejuvenating, and pursuing new strategic directions in research and digital curation, as well as teaching/learning and literacies, learning spaces, and collections access. The Libraries are an increasingly integral partner in the research, teaching/learning, and service activities of Virginia Tech and are aligning with the university's newly written strategic directions (http://www.longrangeplan.vt.edu/). The Virginia Tech Libraries are member of the Association of Research Libraries, Association of Southeastern Research Libraries, Center for Research Libraries, Coalition of Networked Information, Digital Library Federation, DPN - the Digital Preservation Network, HathiTrust, the LOCKSS Alliance, the MetaArchive Cooperative, the National Information Standards Organization, the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations and the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition. The Data and Informatics Consultant, Engineering will work in a team-based environment to advance the Libraries' e-Research programs, including technology development, consulting, outreach, and training to address VT's research environment and content/information/data-related needs. The data and informatics consultant will engage with researchers in the College of Engineering through informatics partnerships in data curation, data publishing, and data visualization, and provide guidance and training on managing the lifecycle of digital datasets and scholarship. This includes working with researchers in the College's Discovery Analytics Center. RESPONSIBILITIES: * Serves as chief informaticist for the College of Engineering, supporting the discovery and curation of engineering research datasets. * Serves as a consultant on data management and digital curation processes, helping researchers in VT's engineering domains to curate digital data and to solve information/data related problems. * Provides education, outreach, and training on information/data science and cyberinfrastructure, including legal, policy, access, and technology issues. * Provides guidance and expertise in identifying and selecting engineering informatics and digital curation tools, e.g. to automate dataset ingest mechanisms, recommend metadata schema, and provide appropriate metadata tags. * Partners with data librarians to identify and evaluate the College of Engineering's data assets, participates in data audits and associated data assessment activities. * Participate in the planning and development of e-Research programs that address the content/information/data-related needs of researchers in engineering domains. * Engage in partnerships to develop technologies and processes for data access and sharing, visualization, preservation, and general data management. * Serve as a consultant to library teams designing a framework for data literacy programs. QUALIFICATIONS: Required - Advanced degree in engineering, computer/information science, management information systems, informatics or related field, or bachelor's degree and significant experience equivalent to an advanced degree; formal training in informatics; advanced understanding of engineering research environments; data analytics experience; programming skills; excellent communication and project management skills; demonstrated ability to set priorities and make deadlines. Preferred - 2-3 years job- related experience in one or more of the following areas: informatics, data analytics, data normalization and transformation, software and systems engineering. Salary: Salary commensurate with credentials and experience. $56,000-$65,000. Faculty Rank: Administrative and Professional Faculty appointment. Lecturer rank. Benefits: University benefit information can be located at http://www.hr.vt.edu/benefits/index.html Applications must be submitted online at http://www.hr.vt.edu/employment. The application package needs to include a resume, cover letter addressing the candidate's experience with the responsibilities associated with the position, and the required and preferred qualifications, names of three (3) references and their contact information. Review of applications will begin as received and continue until the position is filled. Virginia Tech has a strong commitment to the principle of diversity, and in that spirit seeks a broad spectrum of candidates including women, minorities, veterans, and people with disabilities. Individuals with disabilities desiring accommodations in the application process should notify the hiring department by the application deadline. Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/11248/
[CODE4LIB] Job: Linked Data Programmer Analyst at Stanford University
Linked Data Programmer Analyst Stanford University Stanford The Linked Data Programmer / Analyst for Digital Library Systems Services (DLSS) plays an integral role in defining, developing and delivering information systems and infrastructure for the library of the future at Stanford University. As part of DLSS within Stanford University Libraries (SUL), the holder of this position helps SUL's efforts to support scholarship in the digital age by delivering on the promises of the digital library. The incumbent will be a part of the Digital Library Infrastructure group, a team focused on realizing core components of the Stanford University Libraries' emerging digital library architecture. The team focuses on delivering cross-cutting digital library services and infrastructure, such as metadata generation, transformation and management; service oriented library infrastructure; and digital asset rights management. This group works closely with peer teams focused on other aspects of digital library functionality in the creation of common and reusable technologies and components. This position will focus specifically on leveraging Linked Data in Stanford's digital library environment. The successful candidate will work as an integral member of interinstitutional project to transform, load, and cross-link traditional library data into Linked Open Data. S/he will also drive the development of Linked Data-powered services to augment current SUL interfaces (such as the catalog, digital repository, and community profile applications). This is a two-year term position, with the possibility for renewal. Duties and Responsibilities: * Transform, and cross-link scholarly information resources from across Stanford into Linked Data, using the appropriate community models, vocabularies, ontologies and authorities. Engage in local, inter-institutional, and community discussions, projects and initiatives to define, vet and utilize emerging models and best practices in the scholarly use of Linked Open Data. (30%) * Install, configure and operate a linked data infrastructure capable of loading, hosting, publishing and providing access to this Linked Open Data store at Stanford, using open source and/or commercial software. (30%) * Augment Stanford Libraries web applications (such as the catalog, digital repository, publications database, public web pages) with Linked Data-based services for authority look ups, cross-reference searches, entity / idenfitifer suggestions, etc. Incorporate semantic enhancements by third parties to open source software used at Stanford (e.g., Blacklight, Hydra, Fedora). (20%) * Assess the utility and usability of these semantic enhancements to Library information services; fine tune models, ontologies and supporting infrastructure based on these evaluations. (20%) Qualifications: * Demonstrated expertise with effective use of RDF, RDF-S, triplestores, and related query languages and tools. * Expertise with REST principles and web services architectures, or the ability to quickly acquire this knowledge. * Expertise to develop in in Ruby on Rails, both for application development and in engineering an enhanced framework, including plug-ins, engines and gems, for developing library applications, or the ability to quickly acquire expertise. * Working knowledge of, or ability to quickly learn, relevant scripting technologies such as AJAX, Perl, Python, etc. * Demonstrated expertise with XML and related tools and technologies * Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively on a project, with multiple levels of staff, and colleagues at peer institutions and open source communities. * Knowledge of agile software development practices and test driven development. Demonstrated understanding of best practices for software development, and an ability to apply those practices in a team environment. * Excellent verbal and written communication skills. * Demonstrated ability to develop new programming skills quickly and to grasp unfamiliar architectures and application designs quickly. * Masters degree or equivalent professional experience in Computer Science, Information Science or related field * Seven or more years experience designing middleware, services or infrastructure for software systems at the 4P4 level; 5-7 years of experience for the 4P3 level. Desired * Experience in the digital library community * Knowledge of library metadata standards (descriptive, technical, structural), or the ability to quickly acquire it. Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/11274/
[CODE4LIB] Job: Technical Collaboration Facilitator at Stanford University
Technical Collaboration Facilitator Stanford University Stanford The Technology Collaboration Facilitator within the Stanford University Libraries (SUL) serves as an expert in the software, standards, architectures and models for technologies of use to Libraries, Archives and Museums (LAMs). As part of its digital library strategy, SUL aggressively promotes and engages with the technical communities in the LAM sector, with the objective of developing mutually rewarding collaborations, development of shared solutions, and convergence on common architectures, models and standards that advance SUL's mission and services. This position will serve as a vital conduit between SUL and the larger technology community. As an expert technologist, the Technology Collaboration Facilitator will demonstrate exceptional depth and breadth of issues and solutions in this space, and the ability to quickly come up to speed in new areas. As an advocate, the incumbent will do outreach, training and dissemination of emerging technologies within Stanford and to other LAM institutions. As an ambassador, s/he will identify and broker connections, collaborations and opportunities for convergence and reuse of existing technologies. This is a three-year term position, with the possibility for renewal. Primary Responsibilities: Advance the IIIF and Shared Canvas initiatives; capture use cases, organize workshops, convene working group meetings, collaborate to enhance, extend and update both specifications. Organize and deliver outreach and training events to potential adopters. Identify opportunities for uptake by LAMs and software developers (open source and commercial). Assist new adopters and integrators with implementation and issues. Produce and maintain public documentation and demonstrators of both specifications. (30%). Cross-pollinate sites and projects with technological expertise; serve as a vector for capturing and diffusing know how among the LAM community via reports, blog postings, proposed designs, recommended collaborations, conducting trainings, organizing workshops, and producing state of the art reports on emerging issues and solutions. Orchestrate the annual LDCX Conference at Stanford. (30%) Engage in strategic LAM technology projects in any of various possible capacities: architect, data modeler, prototype developer, engineer, evaluator, documentation writer / trainer, evangelist and advocate for collaboration and convergence. Identify and articulate opportunities for definition of or convergence on standards, adaptation of existing code, and cross-project synergies. Arrange for inter-institutional code sprints on projects of common interest. (20%) Track and, as appropriate, contribute to known and emerging best practices in digital resource access for both human and machine users, such as W3C standards, RDF, linked data, Open Annotation, and schema.org. (15%). Conduct site visits, detailed exploration of other projects, and consulting for specified LAM initiatives. Identify opportunities to use and contribute to existing community efforts (5%). Qualifications: Required Qualifications and Demonstrated Experience: * Demonstrated expertise in web architectures, technology and standards. * Demonstrated ability to develop new programming skills quickly, and to grasp unfamiliar architectures and application designs quickly. * Demonstrated expertise with XML and related tools and technologies (e.g., XML schema, schema management and databases, XSLT, X-forms). * Demonstrated familiarity with RDF and linked data, and related tools, technologies and issues. * Broad experience with software architectures, from n-tier, RDBMS-backed web applications, to no-SQL stores and semantic web systems. * Demonstrated expertise in user-centered design, test-driven development, traditional and agile software development methodologies. * Experience in and ability to work on complex software projects from specification to launch. * Excellent oral and written communication skills; ability to write extensively, accurately and in a timely manner on technical topics for audiences of all levels. * Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to work with all levels of staff, vendors, and community members. Sensitive to and effective in working with the LAM sector, nationally and internationally. * Quick and self-bootstrapping learner. Particularly adept at quickly learning new scripting and programming languages. Desired Knowledge and Skills: * Advanced degree desired * Demonstrated experience participating in open source software project, including distributed development, community engagement, building and maintenance. * Demonstrated experience with library applications and technology, including experience participating in relevant library open source efforts. * Familiarity with XML schemas used to describe digitized cultural heritage materials, such as TEI,
[CODE4LIB] Job: Head of Digital Special Collections Technical Services at Elms College
Head of Digital Special Collections Technical Services Elms College Chicopee Elms College, located in the Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts, has an opening for a Digital Special Collections Technical Services librarian. This is a full-time, calendar year, tenure track position responsible for managing the preservation, inventory, digitization and public presentation of Special Collections (e.g., rare books, historical artifacts, documents, audio materials); cataloging Federal Documents, and managing Technical Services for the Alumnae Library. Primary Duties Responsibilities * Responsible for the long-term preservation and digitization of Special Collections items, in multiple formats, based on current standards and practices. * Responsible for production of metadata to create an accessible online/digital Special Collection. * Oversee the production of metadata to create an accessible online/digital Archives. * Oversee the role of a Digital Special Collections and Archives in research scholarship. * Communicate verbally and in writing the programming and initiatives of a Digital Collection. * Oversee the marketing/storytelling function of Special Collections and Archives via social networking and other means of communication. * Initiate and oversee the application for local, state, and federal grants that enhance the preservation, technological advancement, and marketing of Special Collections and Archives. * Assure the integrity of the library catalog for C/WMARS. * Process federal depository material and oversee the cataloging of current and retrospective Federal Government items, including electronic records from OCLC. * Develop and maintain the Federal Government web page. * Create and update Technical Services manuals. * Back up Interlibrary Loan when necessary. * Oversee cataloging and ILL network changes due to system upgrades and/or innovations. * Serve as liaison to OCLC. * Participate in short and long-term library budgetary planning. * Assist faculty, students, and the Elms community as member of the Reference team. * Lead the materials preservation team. * Teach in the information literacy instruction program and create and maintain Lib Guides as needed * Maintain Technical Service statistics and Federal Depository statistics. * Participate on campus and statewide committees (faculty committees, C/W MARS, CLGS, MLS, etc.). * Serve as liaison to: Biology, Chemistry, History, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Irish Cultural Center, and the Sisters of St. Joseph. * Act as Quality Control for Collection Development. * Serve on the library's Copyright Committee to help create and maintain the library's copyright policies, resources, and workshops. * Supervise the Head of Cataloging Acquisition, student workers, and interns in the cataloging and processing of library materials (monographs, multimedia, born digital items, digitized items) and oversee staff and students training for Technical Services. Qualifications Required: Masters degree from an ALA accredited library school; minimum of two (2) years cataloging experience including original cataloging ; advanced knowledge of metadata for materials in various formats including relia; experience with content management creation using software such as WordPress or StudioPress; advanced knowledge of copyright law for various formats; teaching experience; experience with government documents and public services with all formats of government information; knowledge of Federal Depository guidelines and practices; reading knowledge of two (2) languages other than English with applicability toward cataloging. Preferred: second Masters degree, working knowledge of OCLC; knowledge of/experience with grant writing and/or grant administration; working knowledge of Evergreen system, and record of academic publication. Ability to read music is a plus. To Apply Send a cover letter, resume/cv and contact information for three (3) professional references via email (as Word or PDF attachments) to: yv...@elms.edu to the attention of Karalee Yvon, Office of Academic Affairs, Elms College. Review of applications will begin February 4, 2014 and continue until the position is filled. Target start date for this position is July 2014. Elms College is an equal opportunity employer and educator founded in the tradition of the Sisters of St. Joseph. Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/11282/
[CODE4LIB] Job: Digital Projects Specialist I at Georgia Institute of Technology
Digital Projects Specialist I Georgia Institute of Technology Albuquerque Create and maintain digital image archive databases including document scanning, control and filing of images. Documents processed may include electronic text, photos, drawing and paper documents. Major Responsibilities: * Use specialized software to maintain a database of photographic resources. * Research, test, install and maintain digital image databases. * Monitor and report digital image data needs; anticipate future needs. * Provide database availability to qualified users. * Perform document and image editing and quality control. * Maintain database related inventories and tracking. * Update logs and records related to imaging systems. * Perform other related duties as assigned. Basic Qualifications: * Education: Technical Diploma, Associate's Degree, or two years college coursework or an equivalent combination of education and experience * Work Experience: Two years job related experience, * Certifications: N/A * Skills: This job requires basic skills in photographic methods and media, library processes, database maintenance and photographic archival practices. Organizational skills, excellent verbal and written communications skills, attention to detail are required as is the use of specialized computer systems and software. Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications: Preferred Education: Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Arts, Photography, or Library Science Preferred Work Experience: Two to three years of digital processing experience Preferred Certifications: N/A Preferred Skills: N/A Additional Information: Impact Influence: This position will interact on a consistent basis with: faculty, management, staff, vendors. Department Description: Advanced Concepts Laboratory (ACL) Formerly the Signature Technology Laboratory (STL) ACL focuses on the transition of basic academic research in electromagnetic effects and devices into prototype systems that demonstrate new capabilities. The capabilities of interest are typically sensing, scattering control, electromagnetic field control and measurement, and signal filtering, all of which support GTRI's core system-level capabilities. In support of this mission ACL conducts research and development over a broad range of topics. Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/11298/
Re: [CODE4LIB] Automated Embedded Metadata Extraction in Photographs: Possible or Pipedream?
Piwigo does this, so you can look at the source code to see how. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Dec 17, 2013 3:37 PM, Swauger,Shea shea.swau...@colostate.edu wrote: Hi all, I'm wondering if there is a systematic method that can extract metadata embedded in digital photographs and then ingest that metadata into a CMS and relate them to their corresponding images. We currently use DigiTool, if that makes a difference. Thanks! Shea Swauger Data Management Librarian Colorado State Univeristy
[CODE4LIB] Job: Chief Technology Strategist at Harvard University
Chief Technology Strategist Harvard University Cambridge, MA Harvard Library provides a wide range of services to students, faculty and researchers at Harvard as well as throughout the world. With a collection of more than 19 million volumes, a vast collection of primary source materials, a digital preservation repository containing more than 44 million files, and access to more than 1 million electronic resources, e-journals, and e-books, the Harvard University Library is the largest university library in the world. Over the past 15 years, Harvard has developed a technical infrastructure that incorporates digital content into libraries' collections and services. The Harvard Library is now at a pivotal moment as it moves forward into a new phase of managing and creating large digital collections at scale which both improves on its past achievements and significantly expands its contributions in new arenas, such as data curation and online learning. Duties Responsibilities: The Chief Technology Strategist (CTS) is a new senior staff position which reports directly to the Vice President for the Harvard Library. The CTS will be a member of the Library Leadership Team, and will work closely with the head of Library Technology Services (LTS). LTS is a unit of 30 staff which is part of Harvard University Information Technology, Harvard University's centralized IT organization. The Harvard Library is itself a new entity, encompassing an integrated shared services element of Access Services; Information and Technical Services; and Preservation, Conservation, and Digital Imaging, and uniting through shared vision and policy the 73 libraries of Harvard's 12 schools. The Chief Technology Strategist will: * Participate in university-wide planning that aligns IT strategies and infrastructure with the broader vision of library and information services * Create and articulate an evolving technology strategy to support that vision * Identify technical solutions to realize the IT strategy * Track trends in development and use of information technologies, and recommend strategies that will place the Harvard Library at the forefront in its mission to be an integral part of the teaching, learning, and research programs of Harvard University. * Represent the library in collaborations in the University as well as with colleagues and peer institutions around the world with emphasis on open source, interoperable, and collaborative solutions * Provide creative leadership in helping libraries and their users adapt and thrive in an era of disruptive change * Provide advice and consultation to units across the University * Develop proposals to funding agencies to secure support for library technological innovations Reflecting President Drew Faust's vision of One Harvard, in which the rich diversity of its component schools work together to achieve more than the sum of its parts, the Harvard Library is becoming One Library. Emerging technologies are playing a major role in changing the ways in which scholarship is pursued and transforming teaching and learning. The Chief Technology Strategist will contribute to the development of Harvard Library's services in online learning; data curation; Open Access; digitization of collection; use of social media; new learning spaces which support collaboration, experimentation, and creative expression; and its partnerships with faculty and others in research projects. Harvard Library is a member of the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), Hathi Trust, National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA) and Digital Preservation Network (DPN) and other organizations in which technological advances are integral to discussion and development. Basic Qualifications: * Master's degree in computer science or a related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience required * Ten or more years of system architect experience and/or technical leadership in life-cycle development of large systems * Experience with complex computer systems including network architectures, systems administration, software applications, and the development and programming of scalable, reliable production systems and large scale information systems * Knowledge of key trends in digital libraries including ability to successfully evaluate emerging technologies and articulate their relevance to library systems Additional Qualifications: * Proven ability to lead complex and cross-organizational projects and effectively communicate, persuade, and document architecture and technical design to a diverse community of stakeholders and audiences * Sophisticated understanding of how information is organized, accessed, and used to support the academic and research missions of the university * Demonstrated expertise in existing and emergent digital content and storage management standards and technologies * Demonstrated ability to function successfully in a
[CODE4LIB] Job: Assistant University Librarian for Special Collections, Preservation, and Digital Initiatives at Brigham Young University
Assistant University Librarian for Special Collections, Preservation, and Digital Initiatives Brigham Young University Provo Brigham Young University (BYU), a privately owned and operated university of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, located in Provo, Utah, invites application for the position of Assistant University Librarian for Special Collections, Preservation, and Digital Initiatives, a continuing faculty status (BYU equivalent of tenure) position in the Harold B. Lee Library (HBLL). The mission of this position is to provide strategic leadership for the following department and units of the Special Collections, Preservation, and Digital Initiatives Division: Special Collections, Conservation, Digital Initiatives, and University Records and Information Management. This position also provides leadership for the following library programs: Exhibitions and Events; Preservation; Digital Preservation; and Business Continuity. Preference is given to qualified candidates who are members in good standing of the affiliated church. The Library is seeking a dynamic individual who can perform well in a rapidly changing environment. For complete job announcement and to apply online go to: http://yjobs.byu.edu/postings/2611 Review of applications will begin February 3, 2014. Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/11308/
[CODE4LIB] Job: Web Services Electronic Resources Librarian at Azusa Pacific University
Web Services Electronic Resources Librarian Azusa Pacific University Azusa Azusa Pacific University is a comprehensive, evangelical, Christian university located 26 miles northeast of Los Angeles, California. A leader in the Council for Christian Colleges Universities, APU is committed to excellence in higher education. Offering over 80 bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs on campus, online, and at seven regional centers across Southern California, APU has been recognized as one of U.S.News World Report's Best Colleges for seven years running. The university provides outstanding opportunities for faculty in advancement, professional growth, and Christian ministry. APU seeks faculty who model excellence in their discipline and have a clear and compelling understanding of their faith and Christian commitment. Location: Darling Library Description: Full-time faculty position within the university Specialization: Electronic/Digital Librarianship Responsibilities: General: Possible liaison areas include Department of Higher Education in the School of Behavioral and Applied Sciences and Department of Doctoral Studies in the School of Education. Teaching and collection development in assigned liaison areas. Serving at the public reference desks. Working with the Associate Dean in services to Azusa Pacific Online University students. Electronic Resources: Supervising electronic resources staff. Managing the Libraries' electronic resources budget. Managing the Libraries' link resolver and e-journal knowledge base (currently EBSCO's A-Z, LinkSource, Usage Consolidation products). Managing the Libraries' electronic resources management system (currently Sierra's Electronic Resources Management Module, Ebsco A-Z Usage Consolidation). Managing purchase and subscription of ebooks using III's Sierra ordering system, YBP Gobi, and from individual aggregator and publisher websites. Managing database and electronic resource licenses (in consultation with Head of Copyright Services and University General Counsel). Serving as liaison to vendors for purchase, setup, maintenance, and troubleshooting of electronic resources. Ensuring accuracy of database information and links on the library website through regular link checking. Providing technical support for Interlibrary Loan systems (Currently, Sierra's ILL module and ArticleReach). Providing consultation to the Special Collections Librarian and Director of Graduate Publications regarding digital library systems (currently ContentDM). Keeping the Libraries' faculty and staff aware of changes to electronic library resources. Maintaining current awareness of new and emerging electronic resource products and technologies, especially as they impact the delivery of library services. Works closely with the Head of Print Resources Bibliographic Services. Web Services: Managing content on the Libraries' website, ensuring that information is current, accurate, consistent, and accessible. Maintaining library faculty profiles in the APU faculty profile system. Integrating research tools and services into the Libraries' website. Managing public interfaces for the Libraries' online research tools. Managing the appearance, availability, and accuracy of external library web services. Managing the Libraries' social networking presence (currently Facebook and Twitter). Creating and editing images and graphics for use in the Libraries' online resources and website. Keeping the Libraries' faculty and staff aware of changes to library web resources. Maintaining current awareness of new and emerging web technologies, accessibility standards, and user-centered design principles, especially as they impact the delivery of library services. Level: Assistant Professor to Associate Professor depending upon qualifications and experience Qualifications: MLS or equivalent from a regional accredited institution with national accreditation with the American Library Association A second masters or doctorate preferred from a field in education Experience: Experience or internship within an academic library preferred Experience with electronic library resources management preferred Workload: 12 month, 32 unit workload Mental Demands: Ability to integrate Christian values in all aspects Ability to engage in critical thinking and exercise independent judgment Ability to maintain confidentiality and manage confidential information Self starter, ability to communicate effectively in written and oral form Good organizational skills Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/11321/
[CODE4LIB] Job: Digital Learning Center Specialist at Rowan University
Digital Learning Center Specialist Rowan University Glassboro Rowan University is a comprehensive state-designated research institution with approximately 14,000 students. Its main campus is located in Glassboro, N.J., 20-miles southeast of Philadelphia, and it has a branch campus and medical school in Camden and a second medical school in nearby Stratford. Rowan is only the second university in the country to offer M.D. and D.O. medical- degree granting programs. The School of Osteopathic Medicine has a faculty practice plan that serves approximately 200,000 patients throughout Southern New Jersey. The institution is also home to the South Jersey Technology Park, which fosters the translation of applied research into commercial products and processes. Its business incubator also supports that mission. The University boasts eight colleges--Rohrer College of Business and colleges of Communication and Creative Arts, Education, Engineering, Graduate and Continuing Education, Humanities and Social Sciences, Performing Arts, and Science and Mathematics-and has been called upon by the state to create a College of Health Sciences. Job Summary: Digital Learning Center Specialist develops, maintains and manages a learning commons environment on the third floor of Campbell Library, develops original training for new technologies. Responsibilities: * The DLC Specialist creates, organizes and delivers direct user support and training efforts via online tutorials, in-person workshops, and a drop-in help desk. * The DLC Specialist manages and maintains the physical and online learning spaces of the DLC, which currently includes an open lab with an equal number of PC and Mac workstations; four digital learning studios for video, photo, animation, and disabilities software; and responsibility for the DLC's growing Drupal-based website. * The DLC Specialist trains, schedules and supervises approximately 10 student workers who assist in these efforts. * The DLC Specialist identifies existing and deploys tools proven successful in contemporary student learning environments * The DLC Specialist collaborates with other library staff members to identify student and faculty needs and to prioritize training activities. * Approximately 85% of tasks will relate to DLC management and workshops/tutorials; 15% of tasks will relate to other library technology duties as assigned. * Required qualifications: * Bachelor's degree and three years of professional experience with graphics applications, instructional design, or training. * Demonstrated interest in and commitment to consistently excellent customer service for all users. * Ability to take a lead role in the creation of online Web-based learning tutorials. * Experience in conducting in-person learning and training activities for students related to the library, its resources, and research on campus. * Knowledge of a variety of web tools for designing, maintaining, and teaching via a dynamic web presence, such as Drupal, HTML5, iShowu, Camtasia, or similar. * Excellent presentation, communication, and facilitation skills. * Familiarity with a variety of graphics applications such as Adobe Creative Suite 6 or similar. * Familiarity with a variety of web design tools such as CSS, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript or similar. * Knowledge of ADA requirements for online websites, videos, and tutorials, as well as physical spaces. * Proficiency in both PC and Mac platforms. Desired qualifications: * Knowledge of trends in libraries, research, and digital technologies in higher education. * Knowledge of software and enterprise applications in higher education. * Intense interest and patience in helping others solve their technology problems. * Experience in developing content for, and organizing outcomes around, an ongoing training program. * Self- starter with an attention to detail. * Ability to be flexible and creative when working independently and in a team environment. * Desire to work with a diverse group of users who possess a variety of technical skill levels. * Experience designing tutorials within Blackboard, Canvas or other learning management systems. * Interest in developing student learning via tablet and mobile environments. * Experience in print design and/or large-format printer recalibration. * Ability to model the highest levels of digital competency and fluency, and to help others attain them. Rowan University values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity in employment. Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/11322/
[CODE4LIB] Job: Server Manager at Boston Public Library
Server Manager Boston Public Library Boston **The Organization** A leading American historian has called the Boston Public Library (BPL) one of the five great libraries of the world. Over 3.5 million people visit the Boston Public Library every year to use its collection of twenty two million books, maps, manuscripts, photographs, prints, drawings and other items. Another eight million people connect with the BPL through its website www.bpl.org to use its services and the growing collection of electronic resources, downloadable media and digitized rare books, maps and manuscripts. Among its preeminent collections, the BPL holds a First Folio by William Shakespeare; original music scores by Mozart, Prokofiev and others; and the personal library of President John Adams. In addition, the BPL is home to the renowned Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, which includes over 200,000 historic maps and 5,000 atlases from all over the world. Over 10,000 programs and classes attract thousands of residents from across diverse neighborhoods and cultural groups. Award winning online and in-library homework assistance sessions, literacy classes, author programs and computer training sessions are also a popular draw. The BPL is a department of the municipal government of Boston and a statutory charitable organization governed by a board of nine Trustees appointed by the Mayor. **Position Overview** The Information Technology (IT) Server Manager is responsible for leading the server team, managing the server and enterprise storage infrastructure, and providing technology architecture, IT security and high level security problem resolution expertise to ensure a functioning and optimal computing infrastructure across the Boston Public Library's branch library locations, the central library and its departments, across both internal and public computing programs and services, and encompassing all online and onsite IT services. The IT Server Manager directly manages the server staff. The IT Server Manager will act internally and externally for the IT department as the deputy CTO as needed and on tasks and projects as assigned. This role will work closely and collaboratively with the IT Network, Server, Web Services and Applications Managers in particular to ensure a well-coordinated delivery of IT services to internal and external customers. This role is also responsible for the on-call schedule, team scheduling, oversees personnel, and participates in strategic and budgetary planning procedures, including BPL's participation in the Federal eRate program. This is both a hands-on technical and managerial position. The position is also expected to maintain currency in cutting edge server, storage and security technology and service delivery models, and provide appropriate leadership to BPL's IT department in this area. The IT Server Manager is responsible for maintaining the Data Center, Server, Storage inventory; for procuring, supporting and delivering maintenance for included equipment and software licenses. They maintain vendor relationships with key service providers that support and provide technology services for the BPL infrastructure. This role is responsible for the optimal operation of all server and storage environments. It is also responsible for escalation management from technical support and directly from partner organizations that consume services, and does so with a focus on maintaining high levels of availability and recoverability. Reports to Chief Technology Officer or delegate **Scope of Responsibility** Under immediate supervision and in accordance with standard policy and practices performs any or all of the following; 1. Manages the server team, including responsibility for hiring and personnel performance reviews and evaluations. 2. Is responsible for managing the server equipment and services, manages the data center facility and storage environments. 3. Provides direct technical leadership in the server and security disciplines. 4. Manages the storage area network (SAN) infrastructure. 5. Manages the virtual machine (VM) environment. 6. Works with the Network manager and oversees the infrastructure support services, including DNS, DHCP, the IP Schema. 7. Assists in managing the VOIP system and infrastructure. 8. Manages the key BPL IT services such as Messaging Systems, Databases and Security Directories (predominantly Exchange, SQL and Active Directory. 9. Manages key vendor relationships especially in the area of server services. 10. Defines, implements, manages procedure documents and communicates infrastructure access, security, systems management and problem resolution procedures. Ensures support procedures and formal and informal SLAs are up to date and consistent with current business and operating procedures. 11. Is also responsible for ensuring compliance with policy as tasks are executed, in conjunction with IT Management and the
