[CODE4LIB] ACRL E-Learning Webcast CFP - Engaging the Digital Humanities

[Suzanna Conrad]

** Apologies for cross-posting **

ACRL E-Learning Webcast CFP

Engaging the Digital Humanities: Collaborating throughout the Research Lifecycle
Wednesday, March 23, 2016 from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Central time
Proposal Deadline: Friday, February 12, 2016

Dear Colleagues,

The ACRL Digital Humanities Interest Group and the ACRL Digital Curation 
Interest Group invite presentation proposals that speak to the theme of 
"Engaging the Digital Humanities: Collaborating throughout the Research 
Lifecycle." The selected presentations will be featured during our ACRL 
E-Learning Webcast on March 23.

Librarians are playing ever more integral roles in the Digital Humanities 
research lifecycle. Librarians contribute concretely to the conception, 
development, dissemination, preservation, and curation of digital humanities 
research. These activities often require collaborations between librarians 
working in a diverse range of roles including but not limited to subject 
liaisons, digital humanities and digital scholarship librarians, metadata 
librarians, and digital curation librarians.

We invite presentation proposals based on first-hand experiences dealing with a 
wide array of data formats, tools, methods, and digital platforms utilized in 
Digital Humanities research, and placed in the context of the latest research 
literature.  By focusing discussion on practical challenges and solutions, it 
is our hope that your presentations will provide the library community with 
strategies that can be cross-purposed to a wide range of institutional contexts.

When crafting your proposal, please consider focusing on one or more of these 
learning outcomes:

  1.  Participants will learn how to identify the stages of a Digital 
Humanities research project in order to better collaborate with researchers.
  2.  Participants will learn about the use of data in Digital Humanities 
research in order to identify data curation needs.
  3.  Participants will learn how to identify the skills they need to engage in 
Digital Humanities research.
  4.  Participants will learn how to identify Digital Humanities research 
collaborators in the library.

Proposals should be no longer than 400 words, and can be submitted here:
Proposal submission form:  http://bit.ly/dhlifecycle
Proposals are due on February 12, 2016.
Notice of acceptance will be sent by February 17, 2016.

If you have questions, please contact Thomas Padilla at 
tpadi...@mail.lib.msu.edu.

Thomas Padilla, Digital Scholarship Librarian, Michigan State University
Harriett Green, English and Digital Humanities Librarian, University of 
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Suzanna Conrad, Head of Digital Services & Technology, California State 
Polytechnic University, Pomona
Brianna Marshall, Digital Curation Coordinator, University of Wisconsin-Madison

[CODE4LIB] Position Announcement: SEFLIN - DIRECTOR OF DIGITAL SERVICES

[Jamie Rogers]

Forwarding on behalf of SEFLIN Executive Director, Jennifer Pratt.
Please excuse any cross-posting.

To apply, send CV and cover letter to:

Jennifer S Pratt, MLS
Executive Director
[SEFLIN_sm_bw]
Office 452 |Wimberly Library | FAU | 777 Glades Road | Boca Raton, FL 33431
P: 877-733-5460 X 229 | D: 561-208-0984 X 229| F: 561-208-0995 |E: 
pr...@seflin.org





Job Summary
The Director of Digital Services manages, promotes, and consults on Digital 
Services and Digitization efforts within SEFLIN Libraries; guides planning, 
implementation, and evaluation of digital services projects;  guides planning, 
implementation, and evaluation of the cooperative digitization and preservation 
efforts; guides office social media and communications; and writes grant 
applications and reports pertaining to SEFLIN technology- based services.
Responsibilities
Develops, writes grant applications and reports pertaining to SEFLIN digital 
services

·   Plans innovative digital strategy services activities based on 
evaluation results and member needs to include in SEFLIN’s grant applications

·   Conducts and evaluates an annual regional digital strategies needs 
assessment

·   Manages grant contracts, activities, expenditures, and evaluations 
(including statistics, surveys, and narrative reports)
Manages, promotes, and consults on Digital Services and Strategies.

·   Consults with libraries to develop a Digital Strategy

·   Consults with libraries to increase their visibility through an active 
social media presence

·   Consults with libraries to assess and enhance their web presence and 
virtual  library services

·   Assesses the need and develops opportunities for training in digital 
services planning

Works with the Executive Director and digitization experts to support the 
growth of regional digitization and preservation efforts.

·   Develops on-site training, site visits, and consulting to develop local 
plans and strategy for developing digital collections with accessible metadata 
to be harvested for aggregation in Florida’s digital hub/portal.

·   Develops and supports a network of libraries, archives, museums, and 
historical agencies to build a Southeast Florida digital collections directory 
and identify organizations and people to serve as resources for those getting 
started with digital programs.

·   Works with Bureau of Library Development staff to make sure the 
directory and expertise resources are collected in a format compatible for 
adding to statewide data.

Enhances SEFLIN web presence by modeling the use of social media and 
e-communications.

·   Increases visibility of SEFLIN activities through an active social 
media presence.

·   Collects news and items for SEFLIN’s monthly newsletter

·   Writes and distributes marketing and advocacy messages on behalf of 
SEFLIN

·   Maintains SEFLIN Meeting Room Event Display



Supports the region and the state’s libraries’ advocacy efforts.

•   Develops templates and messages for showcasing library services

•   Supports the use of social media for library advocacy


Supports SEFLIN member services as assigned


Minimum Experience:

·   Master of Library and Information Science from an ALA accredited program

·   5 years of experience, including 2 years directing digital and/or 
digitization related projects



Knowledge, Experience and Skills

•   Demonstrated experience in managing digital projects and services is 
required

o   Experience with Social Media development, maintenance, and improvement

o   Experience in developing and managing strategic communication plans.

o   Knowledge of current trends in digitization and preservation of library 
collections.

•   Previous experience in managing and producing a library e-communication 
plan

•   Demonstrated skills for innovative thinking and creativity in planning, 
implementing, and evaluating services is required

•   Demonstrated excellence in office productivity computer skills 
including intermediate level proficiencies in Microsoft Office applications as 
well as web editing and data management .

•   Experience in using graphic design with Adobe Photoshop, Connect, 
Captivate, etc. for using graphic design and establishing organizational 
identity is preferred

•   Experience in working with multi-type library consortia and experience 
with developing collaborative services is preferred.

•   Demonstrated excellent interpersonal, written, and oral skills is 
required


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Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2016 Conference Diversity Scholarship Recipients

[Ranti Junus]

Congratulations to the scholarship recipients and big thanks to the
Scholarship Committee for their hard work.

I found the website with the list of names, but there's no more information
about each of the recipients. Will there be any?
http://2016.code4lib.org/diversity-scholarships/recipients.html


thanks,
ranti.

On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 5:22 PM, Spencer Lamm  wrote:

> The Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce the Code4Lib 2016
> Conference Diversity Scholarship awardees. Through the generosity of MIT
> Libraries, Penn State Libraries, DPLA, Drexel University College of
> Computing & Informatics, Reto Kromer AV Preservation, Mark Matienzo, Ashley
> Blewer, University of Miami Libraries, and the Code4lib community we were
> able to award ten $1,420 scholarships to defray costs associated with
> attending the conference.
>
> We received a large number of applications from highly qualified
> candidates this year, and it was a humbling experience for the committee to
> select just ten awardees. Congratulations to all Code4Lib scholarship
> recipients!
>
> The awardees are:
> Alison Blaine
> Cori Holder
> Adrienne Lai
> Elinore Nygaard
> Ariadne Rehbein
> Marya Sawaf
> Helenmary Sheridan
> Tara Strongosky
> Patricia Villanueva
> Xiaocan (Lucy) Wang
>
> Spencer
> Code4Lib 2016 Scholarship Committee
>



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[CODE4LIB] Job: CLIR / Duke University Postdoctoral Fellowship in Data Curation in the Social Sciences at Duke University

[jobs]

CLIR / Duke University Postdoctoral Fellowship in Data Curation in the Social 
Sciences
Duke University
Durham

Duke University is offering a Postdoctoral Fellowship in
Data Curation in the Social Sciences, jointly appointed by the Duke University
Libraries and Duke's Social Science Research Institute (SSRI). Eligible
candidates will have completed a doctoral program in the Social Sciences, or a
related field in the past five years. This is a full-time, two-year
appointment, with an annual salary of $60,000, including full benefits.

  
With supervision and guidance provided by Duke University Libraries and SSRI,
the Postdoctoral Fellow will work closely with faculty and researchers to
develop best practices for managing a wide variety of research data in the
Social Sciences including administrative data, health data, survey data, and
web based data among other data types. The Fellow will
evaluate tools and platforms for data management, write documentation, and aid
in dissemination of best practices to the wider campus community. These
activities will culminate in defining, modeling, and testing workflows and
capacities necessary for sustainable curation and long-term management and re-
use of these social science data materials.

  
The ideal candidate will have both relevant academic training and experience
with content management and data infrastructure development for data-driven
social science projects. During the fellowship period the Fellow will work
closely with the Duke University Libraries and the discipline-matched faculty
and researchers at SSRI to gain significant knowledge of best practices in
data curation policy, dealing with sensitive data, and digital repository
structures and workflows. The Fellow will be expected to continue to develop
his or her ongoing research within a field of study compatible with the
faculty/researcher partnership. The Fellow will also participate in the
activities sponsored by the Council on Library and Information Resources
(CLIR) Postdoctoral Fellowship program.

  
The CLIR/Duke University Postdoctoral Fellowship in Data Curation for the
Sciences and Social Sciences provides an exciting opportunity to contribute to
new initiatives at one of the nation's highest-ranked research universities,
as well as to gain skills and knowledge related to emerging, innovative areas
of data-driven research and scholarly communications. Through these
fellowships, CLIR seeks to raise awareness and build capacity for sound data
management practice throughout the academy. Opportunities
to lead, engage, or collaborate in workshops, seminars, presentations, and
publications will be strongly encouraged and supported.

  
Responsibilities

Reporting to the Head of Data and Visualization Services and the Associate
Director for Education and Training at SSRI, the Postdoctoral Fellow will
collaborate with faculty, students, library and research staff, and
technologists to advance Duke's data curation strategy for research data
collections and to support researchers in learning and applying best practices
for digital preservation and curation. The Fellow will serve as a liaison to
students and faculty, particularly (though not exclusively) research
teams/projects within Duke's Social Science Research Institute, in order to
gain hands-on experience working with researchers across the data lifecycle
from project creation to curation. The Fellow will partner with Libraries
staff and technologists to translate these requirements into a sustainable
approach to curating social science research data and to help train graduate
students and faculty in data curation. Through this research activity, the
Fellow will play a key role in developing a model for research data curation
that will be of immediate benefit to researchers in the social sciences and
will contribute significantly to enhancing Duke's services and programs in
support of data-driven research and digital scholarship.

  
Specific areas of responsibility for the Postdoctoral Fellow and related tasks
include:

  
Help to develop a sustainable program for social science research data
curation

Designing workflows for research projects in the social sciences that include
describing and organizing research data for sharing and preservation

Recommending systems that facilitate data management from project proposal to
sharing and curation

Consulting with researchers on effective strategies for collaborative data
work that ensures research data sharing and documentation.

Create and deliver training related to the policy, management, and curation of
research data.

None

Explore and assess research data curation at peer universities and present a
memorandum on best practices in research data management to staff at the
Libraries and SSRI as well as other Duke administrators and researchers
engaged in research data management

Survey the landscape of research curation at Duke and participate in campus
policy discussions to determine 

[CODE4LIB] REGISTER for the West Coast Fedora Camp at Caltech

[David Wilcox]

The Fedora Project is pleased to announce that the West Coast Fedora Camp will 
be offered at the California Institute of Technology's Keck Institute for Space 
Studies in Pasadena April 11-13, 2016.
 
Fedora 4, the new, revitalized version of Fedora, was released into production 
in November 2014. Fedora 4 features include vast improvements in scalability, 
linked data capabilities, research data support, modularity, ease of use and 
more. Fedora Camp offers everyone a chance to dive in and learn all about 
Fedora 4.
 
Training will begin with the basics and build toward more advanced concepts–no 
prior Fedora 4 experience is required. Participants can expect to come away 
with a deep dive Fedora 4 learning experience coupled with multiple 
opportunities for applying hands-on techniques working with experienced 
trainers and Fedora gurus. 
 
This West Coast Fedora Camp is based on the inaugural Fedora Camp that was held 
at Duke University in November ("Letter From Fedora Camp” [1]). 40 participants 
shared ideas and worked together to better understand how to take advantage of 
the Fedora open source repository platform.  The curriculum led the group 
through in-depth technical “deep dive” sessions as well as question and answer 
discussions regarding features, migrations, data modeling, indexing for search 
and discovery, extending Fedora, and more. The attendees' feedback was very 
positive, and the organizers have used their input to enhance the camp 
experience for developers and administrators alike.
 
Register online [2]. Attendance is limited to the first 40 registrants. Payment 
is due upon registration.  While an invoice option is available, please note 
that the invoice must be paid within 30 days of receipt or registration will be 
canceled. Local accommodations are available at a reduced rate.
 
Cancellations must be made by March 11, 2016 to receive a refund (minus a $35 
administrative fee).  Cancellations after this date will not be eligible to 
receive a refund. Contact David Wilcox  with questions.

[1] http://duraspace.org/node/2741
[2] 
http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ec2u5a0m972b3620=5iy95gcab

--
David Wilcox
Fedora Product Manager
DuraSpace
dwil...@duraspace.org

[CODE4LIB] Job Posting: Instructional Design Librarian at Boise State University

[Amy Vecchione]

*Position Announcement:* Librarian/Assistant Professor (Instructional
Designer) at Boise State University's Albertsons Library

*Position summary:*

Boise State University, Albertsons Library invites applications for a
full-time 12-month, tenure-track Librarian and Assistant Professor
position. This position reports to the Instruction Coordinator.  Albertsons
Library seeks an innovative and dynamic instruction designer who
understands the changing environment of technology, information literacy
instruction, reference, and public services.

This position will combine the skill-set of an academic librarian with an
instructional designer’s ability to plan and develop pedagogically rich
tools and experiences to enhance student critical thinking and information
literacy skills. This position will collaborate with faculty librarians to
incorporate learning theory and instructional technologies into the
teaching and learning process.

See full posting at
http://hrs.boisestate.edu/careers/searchcareers/librarian-assistant-professor-2/
.

Applications are due by February 22, 2016.
Amy Vecchione
*Head of Web and Emerging Technologies & Associate Professor*
Albertsons Library's MakerLab http://makerlab.boisestate.edu
My Research http://works.bepress.com/amy_vecchione/
Albertsons Library
Boise State University
(208) 426-1625


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Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2016 Conference Diversity Scholarship Recipients

[Francis Kayiwa]

Hey Ranti

On 1/22/16 7:22 PM, Ranti Junus wrote:

Congratulations to the scholarship recipients and big thanks to the
Scholarship Committee for their hard work.

I found the website with the list of names, but there's no more information
about each of the recipients. Will there be any?
http://2016.code4lib.org/diversity-scholarships/recipients.html


I will not speak for this years cmte, but I will mention that when I was 
on last years cmte., some of the candidates requested that we respect 
their privacy including not disclosing the information that you expect 
in your request. I'm not suggesting this is the case, but offering the 
possibility (I passed this information on to this years cmte) that this 
could be the case.


Cheers,
./fxk

--
Finagle's Fifth Law:
Always draw your curves, then plot your readings.