[CODE4LIB] Position Announcement: Head of Library Systems, University of Richmond
The University of Richmond has an exciting career opportunity for a Head of Library Systems within the Boatwright Library. This is an exempt level position that includes faculty status. The Head of Library Systems reports directly to the Director of Bibliographic Digital Services and provides innovative leadership in the planning, development, and management of the Library's technological infrastructure. JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES: Enterprise System Planning Management § Provide leadership and vision that ensures easy, reliable online access to a wide array of collections, information, and services in support of research, teaching and learning § Provide technical leadership for ongoing development projects. Provide technical guidance to developers and systems administrators as needed § Manage the daily operations environment for the Library's access and delivery applications; propose and implement technical enhancements to the Library's information access infrastructure to meet current and future needs § Collaborate with and provide technical guidance to partners within the Library and among groups that require access to library content § Engage in professional activities related to librarianship and digital scholarship § Maintains awareness of current trends in library automation and information technology § Provides leadership in planning for and exploring emerging technologies in the area of ILS and discovery layer technology Digital Library Infrastructure Development Management § Collaborates with Head of Digital Library Services in the development and maintenance of an OAIS compliant infrastructure that supports the ingestion, storage/preservation, and distribution of digital assets § Assists in the development and maintenance of the core technical infrastructure for a comprehensive digital library/repository service § Collaborates with Head of Digital Library Services in the design, development, testing and deployment of new technologies, tools and resources to extend and enhance digital content and services, develop application programming interfaces (APIs) to facilitate multiple submission and access pathways; and collaborate with IS colleagues to implement appropriate identity management and authentication policies Minimum Education Experience: · A master's degree in library or information science from a program accredited by the American Library Association; or Masters Degree or PhD in computer science or related area required · Two or more years of recent experience with computer information systems in an academic library required · Two or more years of recent technical experience with an integrated library system required; experience with VOYAGER preferred · Two or more years project management experience required · Minimum of 1 year of experience using UNIX or LINUX required; system administrator level experience preferred. · Experience with IT in a higher education setting desirable Please visit http://www.urjobs.org to view the full job description and apply. The position is open until filled. Please apply by June 3rd for earliest consideration. The University of Richmond is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity. _ Kevin Butterfield Director, Bibliographic and Digital Services University of Richmond Libraries Richmond, VA 23173 kbutt...@richmond.edumailto:kbutt...@richmond.edu 804-289-8942
[CODE4LIB] Save the Date: Collecting Repositories and E-Records Workshop, August 23, 2011
CREW: Collecting Repositories and E-Records Workshop Chicago, Illinois - Tuesday, August 23, 2011 Organized by AIMS Project Partners (University of Virginia, Yale University, Stanford University and University of Hull) Funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation ABOUT THE WORKSHOP As part of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation-funded AIMS Project (Born-Digital Collections: An Inter-Institutional Model for Stewardship), the project's partners are organizing a workshop regarding born-digital archival material in collecting repositories. The workshop will provide an opportunity for archivists and technologists to discuss issues related to collection development, accessioning, appraisal, arrangement and description, discovery and access, and preservation of these materials. We also hope to provide hands-on opportunities for investigating some of the tools and software that the AIMS Project has used. The workshop is being scheduled to coincide with the week of the annual meeting of the Society of American Archivists in Chicago, Illinois. The workshop will also complement the AIMS Project partners’ special focus session during the SAA annual meeting, to be held on Saturday, August 27, at 8:00 AM (Session 502: Born-Digital Archives in Collecting Repositories: Turning Challenges into Byte-Size Opportunities). AUDIENCE Potential attendees at this workshop should have some experience working in a collecting repository with contemporary collections, and ideally have some knowledge of or experience with electronic records. Registration will be available to anyone, on a first come, first served basis. There will be no charge for registration. TIME LOCATION Tuesday, August 23, 2011 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM Hotel Palomar Chicago 505 N. State Street Chicago, IL 60654 Hotel Palomar is located a half-mile from the Hyatt Regency Chicago on the Riverwalk, which is the location of the Society of American Archivists meeting. REGISTRATION A link to registration will be sent in advance of the event. There will be no charge for registration. ABOUT THE AIMS PROJECT The University of Virginia Library, in partnership with Stanford University, the University of Hull, and Yale University have been funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for Born Digital Collections: An Inter-Institutional Model for Stewardship (AIMS). Over a two-year project period (October 2009 - October 2011), project partners will create an inter-institutional framework for stewarding born-digital content. The group plans to process and preserve thirteen born-digital collections of noteworthy individuals and/or organizations and make them discoverable via Hydra, a Fedora-based solution, which can easily be installed and implemented by other institutions. A cohort of digital archivists has been established with a mandate to engender a digital archivist community of professionals both nationally and internationally, and they will disseminate broadly the lessons learned from the real work of processing and preserving a varied range of born-digital collections. More information on the AIMS Project can be found on the project's website at http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/aims/ and on Born-Digital Archives, the project's blog, at http://born-digital-archives.blogspot.com/.
[CODE4LIB] Position Announcement: Digital Preservation Officer/Librarian
The U of Alberta Libraries have extended the search for a Digital Preservation Officer/Librarian. This is a new position, open to those with and without the MLIS, and to international applicants. The core of it is policy and planning for our digital preservation activities, with the first target being TDR status. This person will work with a wide range of digitization and repository projects and staff. If digital preservation is your thing (and who can ignore it these days?), please have a look at this. If you're curious about the U of A Libraries, our digital activities, or Edmonton, feel free to contact me. Peter http://www.careers.ualberta.ca/Competition/A101713958D1/ Digital Preservation Officer/Librarian University of Alberta Library - Administration Systems Planning Competition No. - A101713958D1 Closing Date - Will remain open until filled. This position has been previously posted. Previous applicants do not need to reapply. The University of Alberta Libraries, with a long tradition of service excellence to the University and its communities, seeks a dynamic individual to take responsibility for its Digital Preservation program. Within the framework of the academic plan and the University of Alberta Libraries' strategic collections directions and digital initiatives, the Digital Preservation Officer/Librarian is responsible for all aspects of internal preservation operations and representing the Libraries on external preservation partnerships. The Digital Preservation Officer/Librarian maintains and shares expertise on digital preservation with the University of Alberta Libraries, the University community, and the professional community of practice. Reporting to the Digital Initiatives Coordinator and working within a cross-portfolio team setting, the Digital Preservation Officer/ Librarian will be responsible for digital preservation operations including risk assessment and contingency planning; budgeting, policy and procedure development; compliance with and ongoing audit for requirements to achieve and maintain Trusted Digital Repository (TDR) status; assessment of preservation initiatives and progress; communications supporting digital preservation; and consultation services for digital preservation within the University of Alberta scholarly community and externally with other institutions engaged in similar projects. The University of Alberta Libraries is Canada's second largest research library, with a collection exceeding seven million titles and ten million volumes. The Libraries has a unique relationship with the broader community through NEOS, a central Alberta consortium consisting of 18 government, hospital, college and university libraries and through The Alberta Library. The Libraries also has a partnership with OCLC for cataloguing of materials. For more information, visit our web-site at http://www.library.ualberta.ca/. Qualifications include a minimum of four years post-secondary education in a relevant field; an MLS degree from an accredited library school is desired. The successful candidate will have at least 3 to 5 years experience relevant to digital preservation in a research or academic setting; superior ability to analyze, assess, and find creative preservation and archiving solutions in a complex and dynamic academic environment; and demonstrated skills in project planning and implementation of complex technologies. Applicants must possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to facilitate work in a collaborative team setting and effectively communicate with colleagues in the library as well as within the broader scholarly community. This is an academic position with a salary commensurate with qualifications and experience. Academic staff members at the University of Alberta participate in a generous benefits program. To apply, please include your resume and the names of three references. Review of applications will begin on June 15, 2011 and will continue until the position is filled. How to Apply Apply Online Note: Online applications are accepted until midnight Mountain Standard Time of the closing date. Mail Kathleen De Long Associate University Librarian Cameron Library University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2J8 Email kathleen.del...@ualberta.ca Fax (780) 492-8302 tel:%28780%29%20492-8302 All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. The University of Alberta hires on the basis of merit. We are committed to the principle of equity in employment. We welcome diversity and encourage applications from all qualified women and men, including persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities, and Aboriginal persons. Peter Binkley Digital Initiatives Technology Librarian Information
[CODE4LIB] How do you request digital format for a pdf interlibrary loan journal article where a digital format is available for the article?...
How do you request digital format for a pdf interlibrary loan journal article where a digital format is available for the article?... not the image format if available in digital. Guidelines for interlibrary loan practices need to distinguish digital pdf from image pdf where journal articles are available in digital format.
Re: [CODE4LIB] How do you request digital format for a pdf interlibrary loan journal article where a digital format is available for the article?...
What do you mean by digital format exactly? Andrew Shuping Emerging Technologies/Interlibrary Loan Library Jack Tarver Library, Mercer University Robert Frost - In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 4:18 PM, don warner saklad don.sak...@gmail.com wrote: How do you request digital format for a pdf interlibrary loan journal article where a digital format is available for the article?... not the image format if available in digital. Guidelines for interlibrary loan practices need to distinguish digital pdf from image pdf where journal articles are available in digital format.
Re: [CODE4LIB] How do you request digital format for a pdf interlibrary loan journal article where a digital format is available for the article?...
Sounds like he wants to request a searchable PDF as opposed to one composed of only images. --jody What do you mean by digital format exactly? Andrew Shuping Emerging Technologies/Interlibrary Loan Library Jack Tarver Library, Mercer University Robert Frost - In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 4:18 PM, don warner saklad don.sak...@gmail.com wrote: How do you request digital format for a pdf interlibrary loan journal article where a digital format is available for the article?... not the image format if available in digital. Guidelines for interlibrary loan practices need to distinguish digital pdf from image pdf where journal articles are available in digital format.
Re: [CODE4LIB] How do you request digital format for a pdf interlibrary loan journal article where a digital format is available for the article?...
It depends on the license agreement between the publisher and the lending library. Many publishers do not allow library ILL to simply download the PDF directly from their journal article page and send it to the requestor. A lot of publishers allow the lending library to download and print the article, and then send it to the borrowing library as paper copy. There are also publishers who allow to send article as print-scan-send. That is, we have to print out the PDF, scan it (back to the PDF), and send it as a file. Do ask me why the publisher want that kind of silliness. That's what I'm told when I complaint about exactly the same thing. It is my understanding the scan-to-pdf is the problematic one; ILL unit will need to have OCR-capable scanner and that might add another burden to them if the OCR result is not good. YMMV. ranti. On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 4:18 PM, don warner saklad don.sak...@gmail.com wrote: How do you request digital format for a pdf interlibrary loan journal article where a digital format is available for the article?... not the image format if available in digital. Guidelines for interlibrary loan practices need to distinguish digital pdf from image pdf where journal articles are available in digital format. -- Bulk mail. Postage paid.
Re: [CODE4LIB] How do you request digital format for a pdf interlibrary loan journal article where a digital format is available for the article?...
Ranti is correct in what she says about publishers. As an ILL person it drives me nuts that there are so many loopholes just to be able to send stuff from our databases via ILL. Some of them say you can but you have to download it, print it, and then scan it again. It isn't the ILL practices that need improvement, its bringing publishers into the 21st century. And as far as making it searchable its just not an option for a lot of library ILL departments when they have to rescan the document. There are only two sending programs for ILL software (Ariel and Odyssey) outside of email and Ariel is a huge pain in the butt as to what type of scanners work with it. And while Odyssey can support more scanners a number of ILL departments just don't have the money to buy a scanner/software to make it OCR compatible documents. Andrew Shuping Emerging Technologies Services/Interlibrary Loan Jack Tarver Library, Macon, GA Robert Frost - In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Ranti Junus ranti.ju...@gmail.com wrote: It depends on the license agreement between the publisher and the lending library. Many publishers do not allow library ILL to simply download the PDF directly from their journal article page and send it to the requestor. A lot of publishers allow the lending library to download and print the article, and then send it to the borrowing library as paper copy. There are also publishers who allow to send article as print-scan-send. That is, we have to print out the PDF, scan it (back to the PDF), and send it as a file. Do ask me why the publisher want that kind of silliness. That's what I'm told when I complaint about exactly the same thing. It is my understanding the scan-to-pdf is the problematic one; ILL unit will need to have OCR-capable scanner and that might add another burden to them if the OCR result is not good. YMMV. ranti. On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 4:18 PM, don warner saklad don.sak...@gmail.com wrote: How do you request digital format for a pdf interlibrary loan journal article where a digital format is available for the article?... not the image format if available in digital. Guidelines for interlibrary loan practices need to distinguish digital pdf from image pdf where journal articles are available in digital format. -- Bulk mail. Postage paid.
Re: [CODE4LIB] How do you request digital format for a pdf interlibrary loan journal article where a digital format is available for the article?...
It seems that it is also related to copyright restrictions and general counsel interpretations. If you print and re-scan. You're safer. photocopy rules apply and not electronic copy. Don't ask me more. I'm not a lawyer. Karim Boughida Twitter:kboughida kbough...@gmail.com kbough...@library.gwu.edu On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 6:59 PM, Andrew Shuping ashup...@gmail.com wrote: Ranti is correct in what she says about publishers. As an ILL person it drives me nuts that there are so many loopholes just to be able to send stuff from our databases via ILL. Some of them say you can but you have to download it, print it, and then scan it again. It isn't the ILL practices that need improvement, its bringing publishers into the 21st century. And as far as making it searchable its just not an option for a lot of library ILL departments when they have to rescan the document. There are only two sending programs for ILL software (Ariel and Odyssey) outside of email and Ariel is a huge pain in the butt as to what type of scanners work with it. And while Odyssey can support more scanners a number of ILL departments just don't have the money to buy a scanner/software to make it OCR compatible documents. Andrew Shuping Emerging Technologies Services/Interlibrary Loan Jack Tarver Library, Macon, GA Robert Frost - In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Ranti Junus ranti.ju...@gmail.com wrote: It depends on the license agreement between the publisher and the lending library. Many publishers do not allow library ILL to simply download the PDF directly from their journal article page and send it to the requestor. A lot of publishers allow the lending library to download and print the article, and then send it to the borrowing library as paper copy. There are also publishers who allow to send article as print-scan-send. That is, we have to print out the PDF, scan it (back to the PDF), and send it as a file. Do ask me why the publisher want that kind of silliness. That's what I'm told when I complaint about exactly the same thing. It is my understanding the scan-to-pdf is the problematic one; ILL unit will need to have OCR-capable scanner and that might add another burden to them if the OCR result is not good. YMMV. ranti. On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 4:18 PM, don warner saklad don.sak...@gmail.com wrote: How do you request digital format for a pdf interlibrary loan journal article where a digital format is available for the article?... not the image format if available in digital. Guidelines for interlibrary loan practices need to distinguish digital pdf from image pdf where journal articles are available in digital format. -- Bulk mail. Postage paid. --
Re: [CODE4LIB] How do you request digital format for a pdf interlibrary loan journal article where a digital format is available for the article?...
Copyright rules would apply regardless of format and general counsel interpretations wouldn't really apply to this scenario. Andrew Shuping Robert Frost - In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 7:17 PM, karim boughida kbough...@gmail.com wrote: It seems that it is also related to copyright restrictions and general counsel interpretations. If you print and re-scan. You're safer. photocopy rules apply and not electronic copy. Don't ask me more. I'm not a lawyer. Karim Boughida Twitter:kboughida kbough...@gmail.com kbough...@library.gwu.edu On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 6:59 PM, Andrew Shuping ashup...@gmail.com wrote: Ranti is correct in what she says about publishers. As an ILL person it drives me nuts that there are so many loopholes just to be able to send stuff from our databases via ILL. Some of them say you can but you have to download it, print it, and then scan it again. It isn't the ILL practices that need improvement, its bringing publishers into the 21st century. And as far as making it searchable its just not an option for a lot of library ILL departments when they have to rescan the document. There are only two sending programs for ILL software (Ariel and Odyssey) outside of email and Ariel is a huge pain in the butt as to what type of scanners work with it. And while Odyssey can support more scanners a number of ILL departments just don't have the money to buy a scanner/software to make it OCR compatible documents. Andrew Shuping Emerging Technologies Services/Interlibrary Loan Jack Tarver Library, Macon, GA Robert Frost - In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Ranti Junus ranti.ju...@gmail.com wrote: It depends on the license agreement between the publisher and the lending library. Many publishers do not allow library ILL to simply download the PDF directly from their journal article page and send it to the requestor. A lot of publishers allow the lending library to download and print the article, and then send it to the borrowing library as paper copy. There are also publishers who allow to send article as print-scan-send. That is, we have to print out the PDF, scan it (back to the PDF), and send it as a file. Do ask me why the publisher want that kind of silliness. That's what I'm told when I complaint about exactly the same thing. It is my understanding the scan-to-pdf is the problematic one; ILL unit will need to have OCR-capable scanner and that might add another burden to them if the OCR result is not good. YMMV. ranti. On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 4:18 PM, don warner saklad don.sak...@gmail.com wrote: How do you request digital format for a pdf interlibrary loan journal article where a digital format is available for the article?... not the image format if available in digital. Guidelines for interlibrary loan practices need to distinguish digital pdf from image pdf where journal articles are available in digital format. -- Bulk mail. Postage paid. --
