[CODE4LIB] Job: Digital Preservation Manager at National Library of New Zealand
Digital Preservation Manager National Library of New Zealand Wellington The National Library of New Zealand is looking for an experienced DigitalPreservation Manager to lead its digital preservation programme. You will be responsible for the operational management of the Library's digitalpreservation programme. This is a formative role in the context of developing along term digital preservation programme for the ongoing safekeeping of theLibrary's digital collections and New Zealand's digital patrimony. You will lead a team of 6 staff within the Preservation Research team and be responsible for: * championing digital preservation issues in the Department as well as nationally and internationally. * contributing to the development of the strategic direction of the National Library with particular emphasis on the Library's digital collection building, preservation and access roles. * working closely with digital preservation teams in the National Library andNew Zealand, with related teamsresponsible for infrastructure (hardware andsoftware), storage and systems. You will have substantial practical experience with digital preservation (with particular emphasis on digital collections in libraries, museums, archives or special collections). You will be an experienced people manager and ideally you will have a tertiary qualification in information technology, computer science or information science or its equivalent. Applications close: 5pm, Friday 11 April 2014 For more information please contact: Steve Knight (Programme Director Preservation Research) on steve.kni...@dia.govt.nz Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/13395/
[CODE4LIB] Nominations Open for the 2014 NDSA Innovation Awards
The National Digital Stewardship Alliance Innovation Working Grouphttp://www.digitalpreservation.gov/ndsa/working_groups/innovation.htmlis pleased to open the nominations for the 2014 NDSA Innovation Awards http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/ndsa/awards.html. These awards are an example of the NDSA's commitment to encourage and recognize innovation in the digital stewardship community. For more information on the details of last year's recipients, please see the blog post announcing last year's winnershttp://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2013/06/and-the-winner-is-announcing-the-2013-ndsa-innovation-award-winners/?loclr=blogsig . The NDSA Innovation Awards focus on recognizing excellence in one or more of the following areas: - *Individuals *making a significant, innovative contribution to the field of digital preservation; - *Projects *whose goals or outcomes represent an inventive, meaningful addition to the understanding or processes required for successful, sustainable digital preservation stewardship; - *Organizations *taking an innovative approach to providing support and guidance to the digital preservation community; - *Future stewards*, especially students, but including educators, trainers or curricular endeavors, taking a creative approach to advancing knowledge of digital preservation theory and practices. Acknowledging that innovative digital stewardship can take many forms, eligibility for these awards has been left purposely broad. Nominations are open to anyone or anything that falls into the above categories and any entity can be nominated for one of the four awards. Nominees should be US-based people and projects or collaborative international projects that contain a US-based partner. This is your chance to help us highlight and reward novel, risk-taking, and inventive approaches to the challenges of digital preservation. Nominations are now being accepted and you can submit a nomination using this quick, easy online submission formhttp://www.digitalpreservation.gov/ndsa/awards.html?loclr=blogsig. You can also submit a nomination by emailing a brief description, justification and the URL and/or contact information of your nominee to ndsa (at) loc.gov. Nominations will be accepted until *Friday May 2, 2014* and winners announced in mid-May. The prizes will be plaques presented to the winners at the Digital Preservation 2014 meeting taking place in the Washington, DC area on July 22-24, 2014. Winners will be asked to deliver a very brief talk about their activities as part of the awards ceremony and travel funds are expected to be available for these invited presenters. Take a moment and nominate your favorite person or projecthttp://www.digitalpreservation.gov/ndsa/awards.html?loclr=blogsig !
[CODE4LIB] Job: Resource Sharing Acquisitions Management Librarian at Iowa State University
Resource Sharing Acquisitions Management Librarian Iowa State University Ames **Job Description** The Iowa State University Library is currently accepting applications for a Resource Sharing Acquisitions Management Librarian (Librarian I). Reporting to the head of the Acquisitions Department, this position will provide overall leadership and vision in establishing goals, objectives, priorities, and performance standards the Library's' Resource Sharing Program and acquisitions processing. The incumbent will be responsible for coordinating interlibrary loans; document delivery; acquisition of library materials in all formats for long- term or short-term purposes; electronic book management, to include consortial, demand-driven and leasing arrangements; and areas where print and electronic intersect (OCLC, Hathi Trust, Google Scholar, etc.) to develop metrics for monographs withdrawal projects. Assists in continuing resource management projects, including evaluation of unmediated ordering processes. Other duties include providing oversight and guidance of resource sharing activities and delivery of services, including interlibrary loan borrowing and lending, document delivery, and other services such as commercial shipping, billing and payments and acquisitions of highly-requested library materials. Maintains awareness of interlibrary loan-specific software/hardware platforms used nationally; recommends changes/upgrades as better products come on the market; directs the implementation of new platforms, and provides staff training on software and procedures. This requires working closely with the Information Technology Division to manage, troubleshoot, and ensure access to electronic resources. Ensures cross-program coordination and management of staff involved in the implementation and delivery of content acquisition and resource sharing services, with the Collection Development and Subject Librarians. The successful candidate will have the ability to interact effectively with library staff and the university community; work both independently and collaboratively in a rapidly changing team-based environment; and communicate effectively (written and oral). The successful candidate will also possess the ability to formulate and implement innovative approaches and solutions to problems, communicate complex ideas to a wide range of audiences, and to speak and write clearly, concisely, and persuasively. The candidate must also have a strong commitment to public service. **Required Qualifications** Master's Degree in Library and Information Science from an ALA-accredited program or an advanced degree supporting a specialized key program function. **Preferred Qualifications** Experience with resource sharing (Interlibrary loan/Document Delivery services). Experience with monographs acquisitions. Experience with electronic book management. Project management experience. Supervisory experience. Experience with SQL programming language, or relational and non-relational database programs (i.e. Oracle, MS Access), or transforming data structures using data conversion programs such as MARCEdit, or working with XML data structures. Experience in an academic or research library. If you have questions regarding this vacancy, please email Hilary Deike at hde...@iastate.edu or call 515-294-0443. To ensure consideration, submit application by 4-26-2014. Quick link:[ https://www.iastatejobs.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=85190](h ttps://www.iastatejobs.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=85190) Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/13396/
[CODE4LIB] Event: Islandora Camp, London May 7 - 9 (Now with Day Rates)
With apologies for cross-posting: Islandora Camp is taking place May 7 - 9th, 2014 on the campus of King's College in London, England. This will be Islandora's second time in Europe and our first time in the UK. Full details and registration on our camp website: http://islandora.ca/camps/uk2014. We have now opened up single-day registration for those who do not want to attend the full camp. Each day of Islandora camp has a different focus, from a broad overview of our software and community, to a day of hands-on workshops, to an in-depth focus on individual modules and tools (including TEI support, institutional repositories, and novel metadata displays). Islandora is an open-source software framework designed to help institutions and organizations and their audiences collaboratively manage, and discover digital assets using a best-practices framework. Combining Fedora and Drupal, Islandora was originally developed by the University of Prince Edward Island's Robertson Library, but is now implemented and contributed to by an ever-growing international community. The full schedule of sessions is available here: http://islandora.ca/camps/uk2014/schedule Thank you, and we hope to see you in London! The Islandora Team -- http://islandora.ca commun...@islandora.ca
[CODE4LIB] Job: DPLA Metadata Coordinator
The Digital Public Library of America is recruiting for a *Metadata Coordinator *to join our growing team. The Metadata Coordinator will be a member of the Content Team and will report to the Director for Content. The Metadata Coordinator: - serves as DPLA's metadata expert, responsible for DPLA MAP data model creation and maintenance and international standards compliance - is the staff expert for DPLA in best practices for metadata, metadata analysis and improvements, - will work to establish a best practices with our partners for data corrections and data sharing - works closely with technical staff to design/utilize community sourcing activities and tools around metadata improvement and enhancement - leads Linked Open Data (LOD) implementation for DPLA and our partners - works closely with technical and content staff and DPLA partners to design an efficient ingest process - tests and implements emerging protocols for metadata ingest - brings creative vision to the team around possibilities for working with data - is active in GLAM community metadata groups - will assist in the content recruitment process and take on associated projects as needed The ideal candidate will have the following: - 4+ years of professional experience managing metadata in a repository - Practical experience managing all aspects of metadata creation for a digital repository, including selection and implementation of metadata standards, quality control, and crosswalking/mapping data sets. - Demonstrable knowledge of metadata standards including DC, MODS, METS, MARC, MARCXML, PBCORE - Demonstrable knowledge of protocols and data models including OAI-PMH, OAI-ORE, ResourceSync, Europeana Data Model (EDM), DPLA MAP, Linked Open Data, RDF - Master's degree in Library and Information Science or an equivalent Other desired skills include: - 2+ years of experience harvesting metadata from different sources using one of the protocols listed above - Professional level work experience in a collaborative digital library, archive, museum or other similar institution - Familiarity with one or more scripting languages - Familiarity with APIs Like its collection, the DPLA is strongly committed to diversity in all of its forms. We provide a full set of benefits, including health care, life and disability insurance, and a retirement account. Starting salary is commensurate with experience. The DPLA's central office is in the Boston Public Library, in Copley Square in the heart of Boston, Massachusetts. The Metadata Coordinator will ideally be located in the Boston area, but a remote work environment may also be considered. Please send a letter of interest, a resume/cv, and contact information for three references to j...@dp.la. Please put Metadata Coordinator in the subject line. Questions about the position may be directed to the Director for Content, Emily Gore, at em...@dp.la. The full job ad can be found on the DPLA website at http://dp.la/info/2014/03/31/dpla-job-opportunity-content-specialist/
[CODE4LIB] Remote authentication through Shibboleth for a local Illiad installation?
Has anyone successfully set up the remote authentication through Shibboleth for a local Illiad installation? I have some questions about the steps and how much customization is required as well as how people manage the sync or the update part of the user table between the Illiad and the campus directory (and/or best practices). Thanks! Bohyun
[CODE4LIB] Chronicles in Preservation: Comparative Analysis of Distributed Digital Preservation (DDP) Frameworks
Apologies for cross-posting ** The Chronicles in Preservation project, a collaborative effort led by the Educopia Institute, the MetaArchive Cooperative, Chronopolis, the University of North Texas, and Virginia Tech is pleased to publish the Comparative Analysis of Distributed Digital Preservation (DDP) Frameworks, available at http://metaarchive.org/neh/index.php?title=Comparative_Analysis_of_Distributed_Digital_Preservation_Frameworks . *About the Comparative Analysis* The Comparative Analysis comprises two parts: 1. A paper focused on the three DDP partners in the Chronicles project, Chronopolis, MetaArchive, and UNT Coda. The paper introduces the Comparative Analysis metrics and includes a brief discussion of each system's answers. 2. A Google Spreadsheet of the Comparative Analysis metrics for other DDP systems/providers to use and contribute to in analyzing their own workflows. The Comparative Analysis metrics cover a range of factors including ingests, subsequent ingests, data models, storage environments, monitoring, security, recovery, scalability and costs. *Chronicles in Preservation Partners* Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Chronicles in Preservation project is being led by the Educopia Institute (host for the MetaArchive Cooperative), along with Chronopolis and the libraries of University of North Texas, Virginia Tech, Penn State, University of Utah, Georgia Tech, University of Kentucky, and Boston College. -- Matt Schultz Program Manager Educopia Institute, MetaArchive Cooperative http://www.metaarchive.org @metaarchive matt.schu...@metaarchive.org 616-566-3204
Re: [CODE4LIB] Usability resources
Depending what you need there are a number of resources out there http://www.userzoom.com/ is a great tool if you don't have the ability to do everything in house. http://52weeksofux.com/ That is the tip of the iceberg - if you search for blog posts there are hundreds of 'best of' lists out there. On Mar 25, 2014, at 9:50 AM, Sean Hannan wrote: OptimalWorkshop.com -Sean From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Coral Sheldon-Hess [co...@sheldon-hess.org] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 9:48 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Usability resources Here is one Sumana mentioned: UserTesting.com What else is out there? - Coral -- -- Coral Sheldon-Hess http://sheldon-hess.org/coral @web_kunoichi
