[CODE4LIB] Job Announcement - Digital Scholarship and Repository Analyst, UConn

[Eustis, Jennifer]

Please excuse cross postings

The University of Connecticut Digital Scholarship and Data Curation unit, along 
with Greenhouse Studios at the University of Connecticut seeks an experienced 
web developer to serve as Digital Scholarship and Repository Analyst in a 
full-time role at UConn's Storrs campus.

An innovative and fast-moving collaboration between the University Library, 
UConn's School of Fine Arts, and the Humanities Institute, Greenhouse Studios 
draws insight from the design disciplines to create, implement, assess, and 
disseminate a sustainable, collaboration-first scholarly communications process.

UConn offers an unparalleled work-life balance, providing an exciting and 
challenging working environment while embracing your home and family life and 
emphasizing employee health.

That's us. Now let's talk about you.

You're a developer, through and through. You eat, sleep, and breathe HTML, 
CSS/Sass, JavaScript, PHP (or some other backend language), and MySQL (or other 
database technology). In your travels, you've gained experience with web 
content management systems such as WordPress, Drupal, or Joomla. You might even 
have encountered some of the CMS solutions we use for our specialized purposes, 
like Fedora Commons/Islandora and Omeka. You're familiar with (or at least 
excited about) frameworks and libraries like jQuery, Rails, and CodeIgniter. 
You've got your finger on the pulse of your industry, and you can't wait to 
poke around with modern and emerging technologies like Docker, Google Cloud, 
AngularJS, NodeJS, MongoDB, and others. Naturally, you know how to manage your 
source code using a revision control system like Git. The web is your home.

You're a team player. You're just as comfortable working with a team of 
scholars, designers, writers, and other developers as you are slapping on a 
pair of headphones and disappearing into a coffee-fueled coding session. Since 
your job is to bring technological solutions to researchers from all 
disciplines, in support of varied efforts, you thrive on working 
collaboratively.

To Apply

To apply, please submit an online application that includes a cover letter 
identifying the specific grant position, a resume and contact information for 
three (3) professional references in Word or PDF format at 
http://www.jobs.uconn.edu (Job ID 2017003). 
Evaluation of applications will begin immediately. Employment of the successful 
candidate is contingent upon the successful completion of a pre-employment 
criminal background check.

For more information regarding the UConn Library system or other collaborators 
in this hire, please visit the UConn website at http://uconn.edu.

This job posting is scheduled to be removed on Aug. 12, 2016. All employees are 
subject to adherence to the State Code of Ethics which may be found at 
http://www.ct.gov/ethics/site/default.asp.

[CODE4LIB] Join Role of the Professional Librarians in Technical Services at ALA Annual 2016

[Eustis, Jennifer]

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Please join the  ALCTS Interest Group, Role of the Professional Librarian in 
Technical Services (RPLTS-IG) at the 2016 ALA Annual Conference in Orlando, 
Florida.

Time: 10:30AM- 11:30AM
Place: Orange County Convention Center, Room W107


Title:  The role of professional librarians in technical-service training: 
Professionalizing paraprofessionals

Abstract:
Paraprofessional library positions are often viewed as stepping-stones to 
library careers rather than career destinations, and professional librarians 
conducting training can explicitly prepare paraprofessionals for higher-level 
work in libraries. Emphasizing professional development is an act of inclusion 
that can break down the perceived barrier between staff levels and increase 
enthusiasm and effectiveness. Learn how one library's weekly trainings of two 
e-resource paraprofessionals balance practical training and professional 
development with discussion of readings, taking turns presenting innovative 
technologies, identifying training needs and exploring presentation venues 
collaboratively, and even preparing for future job interviews.


Bio:
Robert Heaton is the Electronic Collections Librarian at Utah State University. 
He is finishing a two-year term as cochair of the LITA/ALCTS Electronic 
Resources Management Interest Group and is currently studying the selection and 
use of technological tools in support of e-resource troubleshooting.

Title: Breaking Down the Silos Inside and Outside of the Back Room: Everyone 
Wins

Abstract:
I will review the changes in staffing (both professional and paraprofessional 
positions) and their roles that have taken place in the last few years at the 
Langsdale Library, University of Baltimore.  By changing the "traditional" 
[meaning: that's how it's always been done] breakdown of responsibilities and 
implementing greater back-room support of public services and Special 
Collections, we have been able to upgrade paraprofessional staff and add a new 
professional librarian position.  Examples of changes include finding ways to 
provide access to locally useful information (using software such as WorldCat 
Lists, previously the purview of reference staff); training everyone on 
updating all records (not just the ILS but also the A-Z list and the link 
resolver) for a title regardless of its format; collaborating with public 
services to develop a local thesaurus of genres for games; and creating 
metadata for digital special collections materials.

In March 2016 the department had a "title change" from Technical Services and 
Content Management to Resource Acquisition and Discovery, recognizing the 
active role we play.  We are RAD indeed!

Bio:
Betty Landesman was with the University of Baltimore from July 2012 to April 
2016.  She had held previous positions in technical services, public services, 
and systems in academic libraries, federal libraries, special libraries, and 
with a library automation vendor.  She has had extensive involvement in 
information standards work and currently serves as co-chair of the National 
Information Standards Organization (NISO)'s Content and Collection Management 
Topic Committee.

[CODE4LIB] Call for Proposals ALCTS RPLTS

[Eustis, Jennifer]

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The ALCTS Interest Group, Role of the Professional Librarian in Technical 
Services (RPLTS-IG) is seeking proposals for presentations at ALA Midwinter 
2016 in Boston. RPLTS-IG will meet 10:30-11:30 am on Saturday January 9.

All topics related to the role of the professional librarian in technical 
services are welcome, and presenters will be allotted approximately 20 minutes, 
with a short time for questions after the presentations.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:
* Leadership in technical services
* Emerging roles for technical services/technical services librarians
* New staffing models in technical services
* Collaborations between technical services and other library units (such as 
public services)
* Training (such as E-Resources Management training, and if it differs for 
professionals versus non-professional staff)

If you are interested in presenting, please email Jennifer 
(jennifer.eus...@uconn.edu) and Jessica 
(jessica...@valdosta.edu) your presentation 
topic and brief description by Monday November 23, 2015.

Thank you!

Jennifer Eustis and Jessica Lee, RPLTS-IG 2015 Co-Chairs
Paul Robert Burley and Mingyan Li, RPLTS-IG 2015 Co-Vice Chairs