[CODE4LIB] Job: Library Web Designer at Auburn University
Library Web Designer Auburn University Auburn, AL (We are still accepting applications for this position) The Auburn University Libraries (AUL) is seeking applications for a Library Web Designer. This position is part of the Information Technology (IT) suite. It is based in the AUL Systems Department and reports to the Assistant Dean for Technology and Technical Services. Under the supervision of the AUL Assistant Dean for Technology and Technical Services and in close collaboration with the AUL System Department's software developers, manages the AU Libraries' overall Web presence in support of the University's teaching, research, and outreach missions and the Libraries' strategic plan (http://www.lib.auburn.edu/strategicplan/2013/). Status: Full-Time Salary Range: $35,000 - $75,100 Job Summary: Creates static, interactive, and database-driven Web pages within the framework of University-mandated design elements. Chairs and convenes regular meetings of the AUL Web Advisory Group. Designs and implements a comprehensive user experience (UX) testing program; conducts analyzes and incorporates user feedback into the website design. Facilitates the implementation of new Web-based services by creating templates and forms and by reviewing and recommending commercial or open-source utilities. Works closely with AUL faculty, staff, and other content providers to design and implement customized Web pages and Web exhibits. Analyzes Web-related problems, proposes solutions, and monitors results. Teaches and trains AUL faculty and staff in the use of Web editing and design tools. Monitors, identifies, and communicates to AUL faculty and staff innovative uses of the Web for the delivery of resources, services, and information. Represents the AU Libraries on university, state, regional, and/or national committees and working groups. Full posting/how to apply. Go to http://www.auemployment.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=188212 and click on the Apply For This Posting button. Please use the attachment feature of the online employment system and attach the following: cover letter, resume, and references. This is a design position, so a strong background in and/or demonstrated skill with visual layout and graphic design is a must. In this connection, the candidates' applications must include links to examples of their Web design work. Only complete application packets will be considered for review. Review Date: 09-15-2014 (extended) AUBURN UNIVERSITY IS AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunities for all individuals without regard to race, sex, religion, color, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable law. Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/16725/ To post a new job please visit http://jobs.code4lib.org/
[CODE4LIB] Developer House Nominations Close Monday
OCLC Developer House nominations close on Monday, September 22nd. If you've been thinking about nominating someone - including yourself - for Developer House this December, there's no time like the present to submit that nomination formhttp://registration.oclc.org/reg/?pc=Developerhousenominationform. A few quick reminders: * Self-nominations are a-okay * Focus is on discovery * You don't have to be an expert coder - we're looking for a variety of skill sets around creating applications * Event is in lovely Dublin, OH Dec 1-5 (snow boots optional) http://oclc.org/developer/news/2014/developer-house-call-for-nominations.en.htmlRead the full posthttp://oc.lc/vQcRkQ for all the details. We're looking forward to working side by side with another great group, sharing perspectives, know-how, and a unique experience. Nominate someone today!http://registration.oclc.org/reg/?pc=Developerhousenominationform Shelley Shelley Hostetler Community Manager, WorldShare Platform http://www.oclc.org/developer Phone: 847 701 8932 I'm always up for Skype chat: shelley_hostetler
[CODE4LIB] edUi Last Call
One last call to the code4lib list about the edUi conference. The conference is coming up Sept. 29-Oct. 1 in Richmond VA. Discount code library will save you $100 off registration. The conference is focused on User Experience and User Interface for colleges, universities, libraries and museums. For $500 (with that discount code) you get three days full of sessions including your choice of an in-depth workshop. http://eduiconf.org Hope you can join us. -Trey
[CODE4LIB] Job: Java Developer at Safari Books Online
Java Developer Safari Books Online Boston We are looking for a Java software engineer to join our team in building great and fantastic online references for our wide array of publishing clients. The websites that we build and support (such as The [Oxford English Dictionary](http://www.oed.com) and Harvard's [Loeb Classics Library](http://loebclassics.com)) are in wide and popular use amongst universities, libraries and other academic institutions; and we take pride in bringing some of the most venerable sources of classic reference data into a modern world of online search and responsive design. In this role, you will work with client teams that collaborate hand-in-hand with our publishing customers to bring the entirety of their knowledge catalogs into the hands of scholars, students and fellow lovers of knowledge. You will gain valuable client experience, as well as enjoy the pleasure of working with a set of colleagues that believe deeply in the lifelong importance of education and learning. Our development stack is Java, Tomcat, MySQL and Solr\Marklogic. We ask that applicants have a good foundation of Java development skills and experience in developing database- driven web applications. We have a passion for automated testing and code quality, and expect our colleagues to have similarly high standards of their work. We welcome diversity and non- traditional paths into the developer profession, and advocate strongly for hiring the right person as opposed to the right combination of tech keywords. The bulk of the Client Services team is based in Boston, but we support remote employees and welcome interest from any US resident. The women and men of Client Services love working here just as much for their company of their fellow colleagues as well as the opportunity to build and improve upon some of the most prestigious encyclopedias and reference collections that exist today. Safari encourages all of its staff at any skill level to contribute to our technical blog. See what our developers, project managers, and designers care about most at [http://blog.safariflow.com/](http://blog.safariflow.com) Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/16731/ To post a new job please visit http://jobs.code4lib.org/
Re: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav
Not to be a noodg (sp?) - touch devices that use a stylus often support hover. Wacom tablets, Android tablets (e.g. Samsung Notes), the old PalmOS devices, etc. Of course it's a small market segment. relurk -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Jonathan Rochkind Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 6:17 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav Mouse hover is not available to anyone using a touch device rather than a mouse, as well as being problematic for keyboard access. While there might be ways to make the on-hover UI style keyboard accessible (perhaps in some cases activating on element focus in addition toon hover), there aren't really any good ones I can think for purely touch devices (which don't really trigger focus state either). An increasing amount of web use, of course, is mobile touch devices, and probably will continue to be and to increase for some time, including on library properties. So I think probably on-hover UI should simply be abandoned at this point, even if some people love it, it will be inaccessible to an increasing portion of our users with no good accomodations. Jonathan On 9/17/14 4:25 PM, Jesse Martinez wrote: On the same token, we're making it a policy to not use mouse hover over effects to display database/asset descriptions in LG2 until this can become keyboard accessible. This is a beloved feature from LG1 so I'm hoping SpringShare read my pestering emails about this... Jesse On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 3:38 PM, Brad Coffield bcoffield.libr...@gmail.com wrote: Johnathan, That point is well taken. Accessibility, to me, shouldn't be a tacked-on we'll do the best we can sort of thing. It's an essential part of being a library being open to all users. Unfortunately I know our site has a lot of work to be done regarding accessibility. I'll also pay attention to that when/if I make mods to the v2 templates. On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 1:49 PM, Jonathan LeBreton lebre...@temple.edu wrote: I might mention here that we (Temple University) found LibGuides 2.0 to offer some noteworthy improvements in section 508 accessibility when compared with version 1.0. Accessibility is a particular point of concern for the whole institution as we look across the city, state, and country at other institutions that have been called out and settled with various disability advocacy groups. So we moved to v. 2.0 during the summer in order to have those improvements in place for the fall semester, as well as to get the value from some other developments in v. 2.0 that benefit all customers. When I see email on list about making modifications to templates and such, it gives me a bit of concern on this score that by doing so, one might easily begin to make the CMS framework for content less accessible. I thought I should voice that.This is not to say that one shouldn't customize and explore enhancements etc., but one should do so with some care if you are operating with similar mandates or concerns.Unless I am mistaken, several of the examples noted are now throwing 508 errors that are not in the out-of-the box LibGuide templates and which are not the result of an individual content contributor/author inserting bad stuff like images without alt tags. Jonathan LeBreton Senior Associate University Librarian Editor: Library Archival Security Temple University Libraries Paley M138, 1210 Polett Walk, Philadelphia PA 19122 voice: 215.204.8231 fax: 215.204.5201 mobile: 215.284.5070 email: lebre...@temple.edu email: jonat...@temple.edu -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Cindi Blyberg Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 12:03 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav Hey everyone! Not to turn C4L into Support4LibGuides, but... :) The infrastructure for all the APIs is in place; currently, the Guides API and the Subjects API are functioning. Go to Tools API Get Guides to see the general structure of the URL. Replace guides with subjects to retrieve your subjects. You will need your LibGuides site ID, which you can get from the LibApps Dashboard screen. Word is that it will not take long to add other API calls on the back end; if you need these now, please do email supp...@springshare.com and reference this conversation. As for v1, we are planning on supporting it for 2 more years--that said, we would never leave anyone hanging, so if it takes longer than that to get everyone moved over, we're ready for that. Best, -Cindi On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 10:46 AM, Nadaleen F Tempelman-Kluit n...@nyu.edu wrote: Hi all- While we're on the topic of LibGuides V2, when will the GET subjects API (and other API details) be in place?
[CODE4LIB] Job: Job: Web Services Librarian at the University of Illinois at Chicago at University of Illinois at Chicago
Job: Web Services Librarian at the University of Illinois at Chicago University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago The University Library at the University of Illinois at Chicago seeks a creative, energetic, and talented Web Services Librarian to lead the design and implementation of an improved Library web presence that enhances the Library's role in supporting academic research and resource discovery. The Web Services Librarian provides innovative, user-centered leadership for the UIC Library's web presence. The web presence includes both user-facing and internal systems (i.e., intranet systems) as well as vendor and consortium provided systems. The Web Services Librarian reports to the head of the Digital Programs Services department within the Information Technology Division. This is a clinical faculty position with service and scholarship expectations. The Web Services Librarian: * leads and participates in projects to improve the UIC Library's web presence * promotes innovation by exploring new web presence systems and services * establishes, disseminates, and promotes effective and current usability, accessibility, and technical standards for use across the Library's web presence * establishes, disseminates, and promotes the use of the UIC Library's web style guide, web presence policies, branding guidelines, and standard user interaction patterns across the Library's web presence * coordinates with content owners and authors to ensure that the Library's web presence is relevant, accurate, up-to-date, user-centered, and accessible * ensures that effective training is provided to authors of Library web content * convenes meetings of the Web Advisory Group (WAG) on a regular basis and serves as chair of the WAG * provides regular reports on the usage of all elements of the Library's web presence * leads regular evaluations of the effectiveness of the Library's web presence * represents the Library as its primary web expert to the larger University community * coordinates and contributes to the resolution of web presence problems and bug reports **Qualifications:** * MLS from an ALA-accredited institution * Two years experience designing and building standards-compliant websites using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript * Experience and knowledge building accessible websites (i.e., compliant with WCAG 2.0 or IITAA standards) * Portfolio of completed, production-quality websites, projects, and services * Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to facilitate discussion about design and technology * Excellent written and oral communication skills Demonstrated skill and experience in one or more of the following areas: * conducting user testing and feeding results into future system iterations * user experience / interface / interaction design * web analytics (e.g., Google analytics) and feeding results into future system iterations * information architecture * leading teams or serving as a primary resource in developing complex websites Demonstrated skill and experience in two or more of the following areas: * front-end frameworks or libraries such as jQuery, Bootstrap, etc. * scripting languages (e.g., Python; PHP; Ruby; etc.) * using web frameworks such as Django, Ruby on Rails, Backbone, or AngularJS * building websites using responsive design techniques * use of code repositories and tools (e.g., BitBucket; github; git; redmine; etc.) * systems integration techniques (e.g., API, web services) * database design / data modeling * test-driven development * software development project management * software development methodologies (e.g., agile; Scrum; waterfall, etc.) * AJAX * Linux, LAMP and variant environments * delivery of multimedia content in accessible formats * graphic design for the web * XML, XSLT Desirable Qualifications: * Experience with HTML5, CSS3 * Two years experience leading teams or serving as a primary resource in developing complex websites in an academic library or research library * Bachelors or graduate degree in a cognate field such as computer science, information science, interaction design, etc. * Supervisory experience * Programming and software development experience using object-oriented languages (e.g., Java, Python) For fullest consideration apply by October 3, 2014; position closes on October 17, 2014. For more job details and to apply: [https://jobs.uic.edu/job-board/job- details?jobID=45415](https://jobs.uic.edu/job-board/job-details?jobID=45415) Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/16732/ To post a new job please visit http://jobs.code4lib.org/
Re: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav
I am in the middle of building a very minimalist LibGuides 2.0 template to
go with our new website. Here's the current status:
http://ucmo.beta.libguides.com/test-guide.
We are still torn on whether to have any side columns. We currently have a
right column just for important site-wide information. We used the right
rather than left with the rationale that it is not an essential navigation
menu and that we didn't want it to be the first thing users notice. Content
should come first. The fact that users will not focus heavily on the
right-hand content is actually a good thing in this instance.
I go back and forth on whether to scrap the side column. I am pretty adamant
that there should only be one column for page content, although I am
prepared to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.
Josh Welker
-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Brad
Coffield
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 5:24 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav
Benjamin: Unfortunately we have authors who want *three* columns plus
left-nav... LOL
Margaret: Love the floating nav on that page. It's exciting that we'll be
able to leverage Bootstrap with our guides now. Moving the entire library
website to libguides CMS is looking more and more promising.
Some more thoughts:
I'm no UX expert but is it generally agreed that left-nav is the much better
choice? It seems like it to me. Given current web wide conventions etc.
One big issue to switching to left-nav in v2 is the amount of work it's
going to take everyone to convert all guides to the new layout. Which is one
of those things that both shouldn't matter (when looking at it in a
principledness way - that is, Whatever is best for the patrons! No matter
what!) but also does matter (in a practical way - that is, OMG we are all
so busy being awesome).
But part of me, when looking at other people's guides and my own, wonders if
three columns isn't just a little TOO much for the user. How is one supposed
to scan the page? What's the prioritized information? For a couple years now
I've been eschewing three columns whenever possible. Do others agree that
three columns can be info overload?
Brad
On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 4:32 PM, Benjamin Florin benjamin.flo...@gmail.com
wrote:
We've been tinkering with our LibGuides template in preparation for an
eventual redesign of our site and guides, e.g.:
http://libguides.bc.edu/libraries/babst/staff
Some of our guide authors weren't happy with the LibGuides
side-navigation's single-column limitation, so we made our own
template, moved {{guide_nav}} off to a left column, and wrote our own
styles to make the default top-nav display as left-nav. We've found
that a 50/50 or 75/25 split next to the left nav looks pretty good.
Unfortunately we have authors who want *three* columns plus left-nav...
In general the LibGuides templating has felt modern and easy to work with.
Ben
On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 3:18 PM, Brad Coffield
bcoffield.libr...@gmail.com
wrote:
Hi all,
I'm finally diving into our Libguides v2 migration and I'm wondering
if anyone would be willing to share their experience/choices
regarding templating. (Or even some code!)
I'm thinking left-nav is the way to go. Has anyone split the main
content column into two smaller columns? Done that with a
column-width-spanning
box
atop the main content area? Any other neato templates ideas?
We are in the process of building a style guide for all libguides
authors
to use. And also some sort of peer-review process to help enforce
the
style
guide. I'm thinking we are going to want to restrict all authors to
left-nav templates but perhaps the ideal solution would be to
require left-nav of all but to have a variety of custom left-nav
templates to choose from.
Any thoughts are much appreciated!
Warm regards,
Brad
--
Brad Coffield, MLIS
Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian Saint Francis
University
814-472-3315
bcoffi...@francis.edu
--
Brad Coffield, MLIS
Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian Saint Francis University
814-472-3315
bcoffi...@francis.edu
Re: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav
I love your minimal template. We're experimenting with similar minimalism. If
you all can't agree on the existence of the right column, you might compromise
and use media queries to display: none; until the screen is sufficiently wide.
E.g., 1140px so it will only pop on widescreen monitors and avoid almost all
tablet orientations.
Good work.
-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Joshua
Welker
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 2:43 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav
I am in the middle of building a very minimalist LibGuides 2.0 template to go
with our new website. Here's the current status:
http://ucmo.beta.libguides.com/test-guide.
We are still torn on whether to have any side columns. We currently have a
right column just for important site-wide information. We used the right rather
than left with the rationale that it is not an essential navigation menu and
that we didn't want it to be the first thing users notice. Content should come
first. The fact that users will not focus heavily on the right-hand content is
actually a good thing in this instance.
I go back and forth on whether to scrap the side column. I am pretty adamant
that there should only be one column for page content, although I am prepared
to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.
Josh Welker
-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Brad
Coffield
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 5:24 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav
Benjamin: Unfortunately we have authors who want *three* columns plus
left-nav... LOL
Margaret: Love the floating nav on that page. It's exciting that we'll be able
to leverage Bootstrap with our guides now. Moving the entire library website to
libguides CMS is looking more and more promising.
Some more thoughts:
I'm no UX expert but is it generally agreed that left-nav is the much better
choice? It seems like it to me. Given current web wide conventions etc.
One big issue to switching to left-nav in v2 is the amount of work it's going
to take everyone to convert all guides to the new layout. Which is one of those
things that both shouldn't matter (when looking at it in a principledness way -
that is, Whatever is best for the patrons! No matter
what!) but also does matter (in a practical way - that is, OMG we are all so
busy being awesome).
But part of me, when looking at other people's guides and my own, wonders if
three columns isn't just a little TOO much for the user. How is one supposed to
scan the page? What's the prioritized information? For a couple years now I've
been eschewing three columns whenever possible. Do others agree that three
columns can be info overload?
Brad
On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 4:32 PM, Benjamin Florin benjamin.flo...@gmail.com
wrote:
We've been tinkering with our LibGuides template in preparation for an
eventual redesign of our site and guides, e.g.:
http://libguides.bc.edu/libraries/babst/staff
Some of our guide authors weren't happy with the LibGuides
side-navigation's single-column limitation, so we made our own
template, moved {{guide_nav}} off to a left column, and wrote our own
styles to make the default top-nav display as left-nav. We've found
that a 50/50 or 75/25 split next to the left nav looks pretty good.
Unfortunately we have authors who want *three* columns plus left-nav...
In general the LibGuides templating has felt modern and easy to work with.
Ben
On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 3:18 PM, Brad Coffield
bcoffield.libr...@gmail.com
wrote:
Hi all,
I'm finally diving into our Libguides v2 migration and I'm wondering
if anyone would be willing to share their experience/choices
regarding templating. (Or even some code!)
I'm thinking left-nav is the way to go. Has anyone split the main
content column into two smaller columns? Done that with a
column-width-spanning
box
atop the main content area? Any other neato templates ideas?
We are in the process of building a style guide for all libguides
authors
to use. And also some sort of peer-review process to help enforce
the
style
guide. I'm thinking we are going to want to restrict all authors to
left-nav templates but perhaps the ideal solution would be to
require left-nav of all but to have a variety of custom left-nav
templates to choose from.
Any thoughts are much appreciated!
Warm regards,
Brad
--
Brad Coffield, MLIS
Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian Saint Francis
University
814-472-3315
bcoffi...@francis.edu
--
Brad Coffield, MLIS
Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian Saint Francis University
814-472-3315
bcoffi...@francis.edu
[CODE4LIB] Classes on computing topics in October
We have some classes on computing topics coming up in October here at Library Juice Academy: - Introduction to Client-Side Web Scripting - Beginning Programming in Python, Part II - Bringing Library Services to Mobile Devices - Introduction to the Semantic Web - Introduction to Drupal for Libraries Info on these classes is here: http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/schedule.php Here is a link to all of our classes on programming and computing topics: http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/courses-programming.php Library Juice Academy offers a range of online professional development workshops for librarians and other library staff, focusing on practical topics to build new skills. While academic programs focus on conceptual understanding of foundations, we focus on the kinds of skills that library schools generally expect librarians to learn on-the-job, but which usually turn out to require additional study. These workshops earn Continuing Education Units, and are intended as professional development activities. Workshops are taught asynchronously, so you can participate as your own schedule allows. Enrollment is possible through the first week of instruction. If you need a class to be paid for in the new fiscal year, if it's that time of year for you, contact us to reserve your spot and pay for the class after the first of the month. Testimonials: http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/testimonials.php Twitter: http://twitter.com/libjuiceacademy Check out our jingle: http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/news/?p=139 Library Juice Academy P.O. Box 188784 Sacramento, CA 95818 Tel. 218-260-6115 Fax 916-415-5446 inquir...@libraryjuiceacademy.com http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/
[CODE4LIB] Job: Senior Linux AWS Infrastructure Administrator (0520) at University of California
Senior Linux AWS Infrastructure Administrator (0520) University of California Oakland The California Digital Library (CDL) fulfills its mission to support libraries and scholars by providing over 20 award winning services, addressing all stages of the research life cycle, from a systemwide library catalog, to tools for managing data, to publishing faculty scholarship. CDL collaborates with the ten University of California campuses and external partners to develop strategies and initiatives that support scholarship in the digital age. Involves serving as the technical administrator for hardware, operating systems, and network management. Plans and coordinates the installation, configuration and testing of hardware and software components. Work may involve central or departmental computer systems and networks. Includes web systems administration. Technical leader with a high degree of knowledge in the overall field and recognized expertise in specific areas; problem-solving frequently requires analysis of unique issues/problems without precedent and/or structure. May manage programs that include formulating strategies and administering policies, processes, and resources; functions with a high degree of autonomy. Applies advanced systems infrastructure concepts and organizational objectives to resolve highly complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors. Selects methods, techniques and evaluation criteria to obtain results. Gives presentations to associated team and other technical units. Evaluates new technologies including performing moderate to complex cost/benefit analyses. Interacts with multiple levels of management. May lead a team of systems/infrastructure professionals. Performs advanced system administration and troubleshooting tasks, as and individual and part of a team. Delegates and mentors as appropriate. Maintains a good understanding of current trends and best practices within the information technology arena. Acts as a technical resource to other staff members and provides excellent technical support to the organization. *LI-SG1 **Qualifications:** Bachelor's degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training. At least 7 years experience working as UNIX\Linux system administrator, including at least 2 years working in a senior position. At least 2 years experience working in the Amazon AWS environment, including experience with AWS Linux system administration and management of AWS infrastructure services (EC2, EBS, S3). Advanced experience writing and editing the most complex scripts used to perform system maintenance and administration. Understanding of system performance monitoring and actions that can be taken to improve or correct performance. Knowledge of the design, development and application of technology and systems to meet business needs. General knowledge of other areas of IT. Thorough understanding of and experience with systems-related issues and actions that can be taken to improve or correct performance. Demonstrated skills associated with adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs. Demonstrated comprehensive understanding of how system management actions affect other systems, system users and dependent/related functions. Demonstrated advanced knowledge, skills and abilities associated with system problem identification and resolution. Experience with design, configuration, operation, repair, and tuning of technology systems. Advanced knowledge of computer security best practices and policies including demonstrated experience securing most complex server-based software. Ability to elicit and communicate technical and non-technical information in a clear and concise manner, both in writing and verbally. Self-motivated and works independently and as part of a team. Demonstrates problem-solving skills. Able to learn effectively and meet deadlines. Understanding of change management best-practices and the importance of change control in maintaining highly-available systems and services. Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/16733/ To post a new job please visit http://jobs.code4lib.org/
[CODE4LIB] Job: Campus Relations Strategic Planning Manager (0566) at University of California
Campus Relations Strategic Planning Manager (0566) University of California Oakland The California Digital Library (CDL) fulfills its mission to support libraries and scholars by providing over 20 award winning services, addressing all stages of the research life cycle, from a systemwide library catalog, to tools for managing data, to publishing faculty scholarship. CDL collaborates with the ten University of California campuses and external partners to develop strategies and initiatives that support scholarship in the digital age. Campus Relations Strategic Planning Manager is responsible for CDL's campus relations strategy, manages the Information Services group, and oversees CDL's overall outreach strategy for both internal and external audiences. Participates in strategic planning and business development as a resource to the Executive Director and program managers. *LI-SG1 **Qualifications: ** Bachelor's degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training. Minimum of five years increasingly responsible professional experience in a relevant position. Comprehensive strategic planning, budgeting and planning skills applied in an information services or non-profit environment. Superior communication and interpersonal skills to communicate with senior management, campus partners, clients, colleagues; strong commitment to service excellence. Demonstrated leadership, innovative problem-solving skills and an entrepreneurial approach. **HOW TO APPLY:** For a complete job description or to apply for this position, please visit: https://jobs.ucop.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=57754 To review a complete list of all of UCOP's open positions please visit University of California Office of the President Employment Website: http://jobs.ucop.edu **University of California is an Equal Opportunity /Affirmative Action employer. ** Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/16734/ To post a new job please visit http://jobs.code4lib.org/
[CODE4LIB] Job: Sr. Software Developer (Java/Web/Linux) (0652) at University of California
Sr. Software Developer (Java/Web/Linux) (0652) University of California Oakland The California Digital Library (CDL) fulfills its mission to support libraries and scholars by providing over 20 award winning services, addressing all stages of the research life cycle, from a systemwide library catalog, to tools for managing data, to publishing faculty scholarship. CDL collaborates with the ten University of California campuses and external partners to develop strategies and initiatives that support scholarship in the digital age. UC Curation Center (UC3) is one of four program areas of the California Digital Library. Involves writing programs in a computer language, designing related databases, web interfaces and content, or multimedia processes. Designs, develops, modifies, tests and evaluates and maintains computer programs. Work includes test-to-production processes, quality assurance, maintenance and documentation of applications. Includes web applications programming. Design and implement software components in support of UC3 technical services. Maintain and deploy as well as plan and develop the evolution and enhancements to the Web Archiving System (WAS). Work as needed on new functionality for key CDL systems, including Merritt, DMPTool, and DASH. Advise UC3 management on technical strategies, new micro-services, time constraints, cost savings, and when to buy vs. build. This position also provides UC3 technical leadership by helping guide developers in UC3 and CDL on technical solutions, efficiencies, new tools, languages, development and deployment paradigms, etc. *LI-SG1 **Qualifications: ** Bachelors degree or equivalent in an appropriate area such as library and information science, or computer science or related field. Minimum of 5-7 years experience developing front and back end applications in production environments, web framework technologies and protocols (HTTP/S, REST, LDAP, etc.), and common web formats (HTML, PDF, GIF, etc). High level of proficiency in Java server-side Apache/Tomcat programming environments. Proficiency in XML, CSS, and JavaScript required. Demonstrated expertise in Unix/Linux, DVCS (e.g., Git, Mercurial), and agile development processes. Demonstrated ability to review, assess, and communicate findings related to software evaluation (evaluate reasonable alternatives, translate findings into recommended changes, actions, or strategies). Experience working with and communicating with diverse staff including technical and non-technical staff teams. Excellent analytical, written, and oral communication skills. Demonstrated ability to track, organize, and prioritize workload and request resources and information needed to do the job. Demonstrated flexibility in accommodating changing priorities. **HOW TO APPLY:** For a complete job description or to apply for this position, please visit: https://jobs.ucop.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=57576 To review a complete list of all of UCOP's open positions please visit University of California Office of the President Employment Website: http://jobs.ucop.edu **University of California is an Equal Opportunity /Affirmative Action employer.** Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/16735/ To post a new job please visit http://jobs.code4lib.org/
[CODE4LIB] PDX conference: invited speakers
Hi, The current list of proposed invited speakers has some great ideas on it: http://wiki.code4lib.org/2015_Invited_Speakers_Nominations I'm sure there's some kickass speakers in Portland who might be willing to speak. After all OSCON is in Portland, Portland hosted Typecon 2013, World Domination Summit (ugh), and home to so many people doing traditional things in new ways, disrupting existing business models, creative thinkers and fine purveyors of bespoke just about everything. Looking for local talent means saving on travel and accommodation costs too, or means being able to pay a higher speaker fee. I wonder if there are locals who have ideas of people they think we would benefit from learning from. Cheers, Tara
Re: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav
There are ways around this, e.g. http://api.jquerymobile.com/taphold/ -- Andrew Anderson, Director of Development, Library and Information Resources Network, Inc. http://www.lirn.net/ | http://www.twitter.com/LIRNnotes | http://www.facebook.com/LIRNnotes On Sep 17, 2014, at 21:17, Jonathan Rochkind rochk...@jhu.edu wrote: Mouse hover is not available to anyone using a touch device rather than a mouse, as well as being problematic for keyboard access. While there might be ways to make the on-hover UI style keyboard accessible (perhaps in some cases activating on element focus in addition toon hover), there aren't really any good ones I can think for purely touch devices (which don't really trigger focus state either). An increasing amount of web use, of course, is mobile touch devices, and probably will continue to be and to increase for some time, including on library properties. So I think probably on-hover UI should simply be abandoned at this point, even if some people love it, it will be inaccessible to an increasing portion of our users with no good accomodations. Jonathan On 9/17/14 4:25 PM, Jesse Martinez wrote: On the same token, we're making it a policy to not use mouse hover over effects to display database/asset descriptions in LG2 until this can become keyboard accessible. This is a beloved feature from LG1 so I'm hoping SpringShare read my pestering emails about this... Jesse On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 3:38 PM, Brad Coffield bcoffield.libr...@gmail.com wrote: Johnathan, That point is well taken. Accessibility, to me, shouldn't be a tacked-on we'll do the best we can sort of thing. It's an essential part of being a library being open to all users. Unfortunately I know our site has a lot of work to be done regarding accessibility. I'll also pay attention to that when/if I make mods to the v2 templates. On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 1:49 PM, Jonathan LeBreton lebre...@temple.edu wrote: I might mention here that we (Temple University) found LibGuides 2.0 to offer some noteworthy improvements in section 508 accessibility when compared with version 1.0. Accessibility is a particular point of concern for the whole institution as we look across the city, state, and country at other institutions that have been called out and settled with various disability advocacy groups. So we moved to v. 2.0 during the summer in order to have those improvements in place for the fall semester, as well as to get the value from some other developments in v. 2.0 that benefit all customers. When I see email on list about making modifications to templates and such, it gives me a bit of concern on this score that by doing so, one might easily begin to make the CMS framework for content less accessible. I thought I should voice that.This is not to say that one shouldn't customize and explore enhancements etc., but one should do so with some care if you are operating with similar mandates or concerns.Unless I am mistaken, several of the examples noted are now throwing 508 errors that are not in the out-of-the box LibGuide templates and which are not the result of an individual content contributor/author inserting bad stuff like images without alt tags. Jonathan LeBreton Senior Associate University Librarian Editor: Library Archival Security Temple University Libraries Paley M138, 1210 Polett Walk, Philadelphia PA 19122 voice: 215.204.8231 fax: 215.204.5201 mobile: 215.284.5070 email: lebre...@temple.edu email: jonat...@temple.edu -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Cindi Blyberg Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 12:03 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav Hey everyone! Not to turn C4L into Support4LibGuides, but... :) The infrastructure for all the APIs is in place; currently, the Guides API and the Subjects API are functioning. Go to Tools API Get Guides to see the general structure of the URL. Replace guides with subjects to retrieve your subjects. You will need your LibGuides site ID, which you can get from the LibApps Dashboard screen. Word is that it will not take long to add other API calls on the back end; if you need these now, please do email supp...@springshare.com and reference this conversation. As for v1, we are planning on supporting it for 2 more years--that said, we would never leave anyone hanging, so if it takes longer than that to get everyone moved over, we're ready for that. Best, -Cindi On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 10:46 AM, Nadaleen F Tempelman-Kluit n...@nyu.edu wrote: Hi all- While we're on the topic of LibGuides V2, when will the GET subjects API (and other API details) be in place? We're in a holding pattern until we get those details and we've not been able to get any timeline as to when those assets will be in
Re: [CODE4LIB] PDX conference: invited speakers
What Tara said, Certainly one of the benefits of moving this conference around geographically must surely be the opportunity to pull on local talent. Thanks for pointing that out! Roy On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 1:48 PM, Tara Robertson trobert...@langara.bc.ca wrote: Hi, The current list of proposed invited speakers has some great ideas on it: http://wiki.code4lib.org/2015_Invited_Speakers_Nominations I'm sure there's some kickass speakers in Portland who might be willing to speak. After all OSCON is in Portland, Portland hosted Typecon 2013, World Domination Summit (ugh), and home to so many people doing traditional things in new ways, disrupting existing business models, creative thinkers and fine purveyors of bespoke just about everything. Looking for local talent means saving on travel and accommodation costs too, or means being able to pay a higher speaker fee. I wonder if there are locals who have ideas of people they think we would benefit from learning from. Cheers, Tara
[CODE4LIB] Job: Systems Librarian (Colgate University, New York) at Colgate University
Systems Librarian (Colgate University, New York) Colgate University Hamilton Systems Librarian (Colgate University, New York) Colgate University Libraries seeks a service-oriented professional with a strong commitment to problem-solving, training, documentation, and collaborative work with librarians, staff, technologists, and Colgate's faculty and students. Reporting to the Associate Director of Technology and Digital Initiatives and working closely with vendors and other librarians, the person in this position provides technical expertise, day-to-day administration, and broad support for traditional and emerging library software solutions and standards. The incumbent will use a variety of technologies, along with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, to provide the best possible experience for library patrons and staff who use the information in our library systems. This will include first-line support as well as maintenance and implementation in a broad range of systemswith primary, sustained focus on the integrated library system (III/Sierra) and Dematic automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS). Must have the ability to work effectively both in a team setting and independently in a changing environment. Additional information about Colgate University and the Colgate Libraries is available at [http://exlibris.colgate.edu/joinus.html](http://exl ibris.colgate.edu/joinus.html) Application instructions can be found at [https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/4438](https://academi cjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/4438) Candidates will need to upload a letter of application, curriculum vita, and provide email addresses for three references, including current supervisor. Official transcripts will be required of candidates selected for an on-campus interview. Review of applications will begin on October 27, 2014, and continue until the position is filled. Colgate is a highly selective private liberal arts university located in Hamilton, NY, and is an EO/AA employer. Developing and sustaining a diverse faculty, staff, and student body further the university's educational mission. Women and candidates from historically underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply. Applicants with dual career considerations can find postings of other employment opportunities at [http://www.upstatenyherc.org](http://www.upstatenyherc.org) Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/16695/ To post a new job please visit http://jobs.code4lib.org/
