[CODE4LIB] Job: Phoenix, AZ: Head Librarian, Phoenix Art Museum at Phoenix Art Museum

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Phoenix, AZ: Head Librarian, Phoenix Art Museum
Phoenix Art Museum
Phoenix

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[CODE4LIB] Job: New York, NY: Assistant Archivist, School of Visual Arts at School of Visual Arts

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New York, NY: Assistant Archivist, School of Visual Arts
School of Visual Arts
New York City

Working closely with the Archivist, the Assistant Archivist helps to
accession, arrange, describe, preserve and manage the Archives' collections.
The Assistant Archivist plays a key role in helping to oversee the Archives'
various digital initiatives, including developing the implementation of
CollectiveAccess, Archive-It, and other tools to describe, preserve, and
present archival holdings in digital form. She/he contributes to department
planning and strategic development, provides public services and outreach
through consultation, instruction and presentation. Additionally, the
Assistant Archivist oversees the Archives when the Archivist is out of the
office and helps to manage student assistants.

  
The Glaser Archives is dedicated to preserving and making accessible design
works of artistic and historical significance. Materials in the Glaser
Archives include sketches and original artwork, posters and print samples,
photographs and other unique items that document graphic designers' careers
and creative processes. The SVA Archives document the School's rich history,
from its groundbreaking subway poster campaign to its rich exhibition history
to history and development of academic departments and curriculm. Holdings
include posters and other publications, photographs, audio and video
recordings and departmental records.



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[CODE4LIB] Job: Lava Beds National Monument, CA: PT Archives Technician (term), National Park Service at U.S. National Park Service

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Lava Beds National Monument, CA: PT Archives Technician (term), National Park 
Service
U.S. National Park Service
Lava Beds National Monument

This position is located in Lava Beds National Monument, in the Division of
(X), and supports the (X) program. The primary purpose of this
position is to assist in the organization and maintenance of the collections,
and to administer the park's oral history and public history research
programs.

  
Who May Be Considered: Applications will be accepted from All U.S. Citizens

  
  
  
This is a Term Appointment, part-time, and is expected to last for 13 months.
This position may be extended at management's discretion, for a total of 4
years from the initial appointment.

  
  
Area Information: Lava Beds and the Tule Lake Unit of the
WWII Valor in the Pacific National Monuments are located in northeastern
California. Nearby communities are Klamath Falls, OR (50
miles) and Tulelake, CA (25 miles). Schools, churches,
grocery stores, fuel and lodging can be found in both
communities. Lava Beds highlights the dynamic history of
the Modoc Indian War of 1872 and features a spectacular rugged landscape
punctuated by stunning cinder and spatter cones, lava flows, lava tube caves
and pit craters, favorite destinations for visitors to
explore. The Tule Lake Unit tells the intriguing civil
rights story of the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII, at 3
separate units within the monument. Shared government
housing may be available. Employees should be ready for all
weather conditions throughout the year. Visit our websites
at www.nps.gov/labe and www.nps.gov/tule for more information.

  
Duties

Administers the park's oral history program and public history program.

Pursues, collects, studies, and prepares for accession into the museum oral
history interviews and public history research and documents pertinent to the
parks resources and themes.

Ensures proper maintenance and storage, control, and record management of
materials. Detects missing or misfiled materials; follows-
up to locate or replace.

Unpacks new collections; arranges for freezing or isolation of the
collections; performs cleaning; and rehouses the collection and labels all
boxes and folders.

Prepares proper folders, sleeves, boxes, and other physical housing in order
to assure maximum preservation, organizational integrity, and accessibility
for use.

Responds to public requests for information.

May assist the supervisor with program management duties such as development
of schedules, cost estimates, and proposals and/or grants to justify funding
requests and accomplish goals. May administer and track
project funds and prepare accomplishment reports as needed.

Performs a variety of clerical functions in support of the
organization. This may include, for example, handling
office records and correspondence, managing computer equipment, ordering
supplies, and handling duplication requests.



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[CODE4LIB] Job: Washington, DC: Museum Specialist (Art), National Gallery of Art at National Gallery of Art

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Washington, DC: Museum Specialist (Art), National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C.

This announcement has an application limit of 50 applications and will close
to the receipt of applications once this limit has been reached. Therefore,
applicants should apply as soon as possible. If the 50 application limit is
never reached, then the job announcement will close at 11:59 pm Eastern
Daylight Saving Time on Friday, April 8, 2016. Applicants need to ensure they
provide ALL supporting documentation at the time they apply to the vacancy.

  
This position is located in the Division of Imaging and Visual Services
(DIVS), under the Office of the Deputy Director.

  
Duties

Facilitates external and internal requests for NGA collection images. Provides
general support for the NGA images Web site, and coordinates related internal
work order requests.

  
Organizing and maintaining storage files for physical photographic materials
including examining condition of, re-labeling and re-filing returned
photographic images as required.

  
Performs data entry related to the fulfillment of image requests in the NGA
images back-office application, the DIVS work order system and other
applications. Data entry includes recording client information, order charges,
payment details, object and other information. The incumbent acts in the roles
of production assistant and performs the functions of asset discovery and
delivery of work orders. Reviews NGA collection loan requests and ascertains
status of image availability using the software applications Extensis
Portfolio and TMS.

  
Maintains necessary levels of technical knowledge, produces highly accurate
work within deadlines and maintains collegial relations with supervisors, co-
workers and staff.

  
  
Responds to requests for images via e-mail, telephone, fax and other means.
Provides operational assistance for the use of the NGA Images website.

  
Advanced skills are required in the NGA Images software applications - the
public facing website and back-office Capture Office Online. This includes
demonstrated skill in the use of the applications to enter, update and
validate data.



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[CODE4LIB] Job: New York, NY: Paid Archives Intern, Brooklyn Academy of Music at Brooklyn Academy of Music

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New York, NY: Paid Archives Intern, Brooklyn Academy of Music
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Brooklyn

Job Opening Title: BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) Archives Intern
Institution/Organization Name: Brooklyn Academy of Music Job Location (City,
State, Province, Country): Brooklyn, NY Application Deadline: Link to job
posting: http://www.simplyhired.com/job/archives-intern-summer-2016-job
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[CODE4LIB] Job: Joshua Tree National Park, CA: Paid Tribal Youth Intern/Oral Historian, The Great Basin Institute at Great Basin Institute

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Joshua Tree National Park, CA: Paid Tribal Youth Intern/Oral Historian, The 
Great Basin Institute
Great Basin Institute
Joshua Tree National Park

In cooperation with the National Park Service Joshua Tree National Park
(JOTR), the Great Basin Institute is recruiting a Tribal Youth Intern. Joshua
Tree National Park has identified a need to provide multiple voices into its
management and visitor programs. This project is intended to integrate
multiple disciplines and park themes such as Native American traditional
culture, homesteading, natural resource, and popular culture, by combining the
stories associated with the individual museum objects from both a global and
personal perspective. The Tribal Youth Intern will work closely with park
professional in the development of research content for park staff in
developing public programs utilizing information tribal members feel the
public should know about their cultural history, and expand the park's ability
to share an accurate enriched narrative. Orientation and safety trainings will
be presented throughout the year.

  
Duties:

The Research Associate, in collaboration with Joshua Tree National Park staff,
will be involved in all aspects of researching, developing, and presenting
educational materials for visitor education programs focusing on the following
duties:

• Conduct original ethnographic research using archives and conducting oral
history interviews with tribal elders and traditional practitioners in the
field;

• Work with park museum curator and interpretive staff to develop interpretive
content based on the research;

• Work with interpretive staff to develop and present public programs based on
NPS interpretive standards and methods;

• Collaborate with park museum curator and interpretive staff to design web
page content for the park's web page and social media outlets; and

• Assist with other interpretive and museum projects (oral history, visitor
services, and topical research).

  
Contract Timeline:

o 6-month appoinment beginning as soon as the right candidate is identified.
Start date determined once federal background check is complete. Possibility
of extension pending positive performance review and funding availability.

  
o Part time, 10-30 hours per week, including some weekends and evenings



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[CODE4LIB] Job: Little Falls, MN: Paid Summer Internship, Minnesota Military Museum at Minnesota Military Museum

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Little Falls, MN: Paid Summer Internship, Minnesota Military Museum
Minnesota Military Museum
Little Falls

The goal of the Minnesota Military Museum is to collect, preserve, and make
accessible the records of the Minnesota National Guard and the personal
records Minnesota veterans from the Civil War to the current war on Terror.

  
Internship Description:

This internship will be approximately 160 hours between June 6, and August 26,
2016. Hours and work schedule will be between 8:30 - 5:00 PM Monday - Friday
and arranged with the intern. A stipend of $1000 associated with this position
will be paid following the conclusion of the internship. Lodging may be
available.

Under the supervision of the museum's archivist, the intern will gain hands on
experience processing archival collections. This will include arrangement and
description, rehousing of materials, performing basic preservation tasks,
conduct additional research as needed for the collection, create finding aids,
and any other tasks as specified by the museum's archivist or director.

  
Requirements:

- Knowledge of archival principles, theories, and best practices  
- Attention to detail and excellent organizational skills  
- Currently enrolled or recent a graduate of a graduate level program with a 
concentration in archives



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[CODE4LIB] Job: Portland, OR: Archives Specialist (short term), Oregon Historical Society at Oregon Historical Society

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Portland, OR: Archives Specialist (short term), Oregon Historical Society
Oregon Historical Society
Portland

The Oregon Historical Society Davies Research Library is hiring a temporary
Archives Specialist!

  
We are seeking an Archives Specialist for a temporary, full-time position to
work on library projects. This position has an expected
duration of less than six months, however, we are also seeking additional
funding that may extend this position as fixed-term for up to one
year. This position will only be extended if grant funds
are secured.

  
Working under the supervision of the Library Deputy Director, the Archives
Specialist will assist with library archival collections processing,
cataloging, and/or digitization projects as assigned.

  
This position is full-time, non-exempt with a limited duration dependent upon
funding. This position qualifies for participation in the
OHS benefits package. This position does not provide
relocation assistance.

  
Essential Duties for the Archives Specialist are:

  
Process archival collections as directed and following OHS library practices.

Using national archival standards, including Describing Archives: a content
standard, create finding aids using Encoded Archival Description.

Using the MARC format, create a catalog records for OCLC and the OHS Library's
online catalog.

Digitize photographs and other archival materials and create associated
metadata following OHS library procedures and adopted standards.

Additional Job Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  
Report progress to Library Deputy Director

Attend Library staff meetings and OHS all-staff meetings

Maintain punctual, regular and predictable attendance

Work collaboratively in a team environment with a spirit of
cooperation

Display excellent communication skills including presentation, persuasion, and
negotiation skills required in working with customers and coworkers, including
the ability to communicate effectively and remain calm and courteous under
pressure

Respectfully takes direction from the supervisor

Performs other duties as assigned.

Required education, skills and experience for this position include:

  
Bachelor's degree in history or a related discipline from a four year college
or university is required.

Knowledge of current principles and methods of professional archival and
special collections library procedures.

Demonstrated experience processing, cataloging, describing, digitizing, and
preserving archival collections.

Knowledge of description and metadata standards including MARC, RDA, EAD,
DACS, Dublin Core, and XML.

Knowledge of cataloging and descriptive software such as OCLC Connexion and
Xmetal required.

Familiar with online searching techniques and resources.

Preferred education and experience include:

  
Master's degree in library science or equivalent, from ALA-certified program.

Experience with processing, describing, digitizing, and preserving visual and
media archival collections.

Knowledge of US history and historical research methods, especially the use of
archives.

Knowledge of the Oregon Historical Society Library's collections and
procedures.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

  
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be
met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this
job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to
sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk
or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; and stoop,
kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally
lift and/or move up to 25 pounds unassisted and climb or
balance. Specific vision abilities required by this job
include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and
ability to adjust focus. Must be able to use a loupe to perform assigned
tasks.

  
WORK ENVIRONMENT

  
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of
those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this
job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  
The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet. This position
occasionally requires the employee to work near moving mechanical
parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or
airborne particles such as dust. The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic
or caustic chemicals such as nitrate film stock.

  
This position will work as needed between the OHS facility in downtown
Portland and the Gresham Support Facility (GSF) as
assigned. Must be able to work in a confined space shared
with other workers and/or volunteers.



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[CODE4LIB] Job: Culpeper, VA: Librarian (Cataloging) (term), Library of Congress Moving Image Section at Library of Congress

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Culpeper, VA: Librarian (Cataloging) (term), Library of Congress Moving Image 
Section
Library of Congress
Culpeper

The Librarian (Cataloger) position reports to the Processing Unit Head, Moving
Image Section, MBRS Division, Collections and Services Directorate, Library
Services. The MBRS Division is responsible for the acquisition, processing,
preservation, duplication and reference servicing of the moving image and
sound recording collections of the Library of Congress. Content contained on a
variety of moving image and sound recording formats and in a number of
different languages is cataloged, including associated documentation
pertaining to or describing the collections.

  
The incumbent catalogs a variety of difficult material sometimes requiring
specialized knowledge. Performs the full range of original cataloging duties
for a variety of moving image materials. Resolves problems promptly and
independently, involving the supervisor on only the most difficult problems
and assists in ensuring that records are compatible with appropriate national
and international standards. The incumbent trains and reviews the work of
technicians, temporary staff, interns, and catalogers functioning at lower
levels of proficiency in the cataloging and processing duties assigned them.

  
This position is located in the Processing Unit, Moving Image Section, MBRS
Division, Collections and Services Directorate, Library Services.

  
The position description number for this position is 337471.

  
The salary range indicated reflects the locality pay adjustments for the
Washington, D.C., Metropolitan area.

  
The incumbent of this position will work a flextime work schedule.

  
This is a non-supervisory, bargaining unit position.

  
Relocation expenses will not be authorized for the person(s) selected under
this vacancy announcement.

  
Duties

Catalogs a variety of difficult material sometimes requiring specialized
knowledge. Performs the full range of original cataloging duties for a variety
of National Audio Visual Conservation Center (NAVCC) moving image materials.
Performs original cataloging and catalog maintenance activities according to
specified standards and guidelines in support of digital preservation and
access initiatives. Assigns the title of the work and its various
instantiations on a single bibliographic record. Establishes new personal and
corporate names, with appropriate cross-references, for inclusion in the name
authority file. Provides subject and genre/form analysis. Provides succinct
but detailed summaries of contents and/or scope notes for moving images.
Performs research in the reference collection, in online databases, in the
World Wide Web, and/or collections of the Library.

  
Analyzes NAVCC moving image materials to determine their relationship to the
existing collections, for proper title main entry, and the need for added
entries. Assists in ensuring that records are compatible with appropriate
national and international standards. Interprets present and past cataloging
rules and emerging metadata standards. Establishes and recommends new subject
and genre/form headings, with appropriate cross references for inclusion in
the subject and genre/form authority file. Revises bibliographic records and
authority records. Analyzes and organizes specialized information that
pertains to moving image materials. In collaboration with unit head,
evaluates, selects, and adapts procedures and processes for assigned content
areas. Assesses strategies for mapping metadata received from other sources
into a standard system. Determines strategies for describing materials with
incomplete or conflicting information.

  
Trains and reviews the work of technicians, temporary staff, interns, and
catalogers functioning at lower levels of proficiency in the cataloging and
processing duties assigned them. Conducts analysis of the training needs and
services for special projects as assigned by managers. Makes recommendations
on policies for training programs. Prepares technical manuals, training
manuals, and/or user manuals. Updates existing materials to reflect new
developments and modifications in policies and processes.



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[CODE4LIB] Job: Washington, DC: Records & Information Management Specialist, US Dept of Treasury, Bureau of Engraving & Printing at United States Department of the Treasury

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Washington, DC: Records & Information Management Specialist, US Dept of 
Treasury, Bureau of Engraving & Printing
United States Department of the Treasury
Washington, D.C.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has a distinguished history dating back to
the founding of our nation. As the steward of U.S. economic and financial
systems, Treasury is a major and influential leader in today's global economy.
We have over 100,000 employees across the country and around the world.Come
Join the Department of the Treasury and Invest in Tomorrow.

  
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) prints billions of Federal Reserve
Notes for delivery to the Federal Reserve System each year. These notes are
produced at our facilities in Washington, DC, and Fort Worth, Texas. The BEP's
research and development efforts focus on the continued use of automation in
the production process and counterfeit deterrent technologies for use in
security documents, especially United States currency.

  
The Information Technology (IT) Audit and Compliance Division (ITAC)
administers a Bureau-wide Privacy program that targets Bureau of Engraving and
Printing (BEP) division/office staff, business associates and trading partners
and is designed so that staff are knowledge of department requirements for
protecting the privacy information and for insitituting polices, procedures,
forms and other material that support this effort.

  
Duties

The incumbent will assume the leadership role in the administration of a
Records and Information Management program that ensures offical records are
maintained by divisions and offices within the agency are in accordance with
NARA.

  
Major Duties would all include

  
Develop and maintain enterprise policies and procedures that reflect current
business practices as requried by statutes and regulations

Risk management to include initial and ongoing analyses of current practices.

Establish a mechanism to track access to protected records management
information and maintain an inventory of current safeguards.

Monitor Federal legislation, report levels of compliance to management and
provide technical assistance to divisions as needed.

Develop, conduct and track Records training courses to include update modules
as new requirements are disseminated.



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[CODE4LIB] Job: Silver Springs, NV: Librarian/Archivist, Nevada Automotive Test Center at Hodges Transportation

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Silver Springs, NV: Librarian/Archivist, Nevada Automotive Test Center
Hodges Transportation
Silver Springs

Creates and drives the process to research, acquire, catalog, retrieve, and
archive technical reports, historical data, and background materials in a
modern and efficient manner. This position requires the
maintenance of databases relative to hard copy and electronic material.

  
  
  
Essential Functions:

  
Catalogs, stores, and retrieves technical reports, documentation, and other
reference material in an efficient and effective manner.

Assists Company personnel with research of government and industry resources
and Company archives.

Stays abreast of current developments w/ customers, industry, publications on
topics of interest.

Selects, orders, catalogs, and classifies special collections of technical
books, manufacturers' catalogs and specifications, periodicals, multimedia
material, technical reports, journal reprints, and other materials.

Maintains the library database, including input, modification, and retrieval
of cataloging records.

Apply best practices for appraising, processing, describing, and preserving
archival material, including digital content.

Establish priorities for collection processing and digitization.

Identify preservation issues and priorities for materials in all formats.

Supports business information needs of organization's management.

Relates well with employees and customers at all levels and at all times in a
professional and personable manner.

Other duties as assigned.

  
  
Marginal Functions:

  
Performs administrative duties, such as project tracking and front office
activities, as assigned.

Support special projects and programs as assigned.

  
  
Minimum Qualifications:

  
Master's degree in Library Science, with a concentration in archives or
special collections preferred.

Two years full-time professional experience working in a library or archives
setting.

A working knowledge of principles and procedures of professional library work
including methods, practices, and techniques of library classification,
cataloging, archiving, and reference services.

Direct experience organizing, cataloging, and managing a high volume of
current and historical technical reports.

Experience with office procedures, methods, and computer equipment, including
databases, Excel, Word, Lotus, Adobe, and internet research.

Able to demonstrate strong knowledge of English usage, spelling, grammar, and
punctuation.

Experience with proof reading and ascertaining key words within technical
reports and documents.

Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Able to maintain high level of confidentiality.

Highly organized.

Flexible and able to handle multiple priorities, with the ability to adjust to
high pressure and rapidly changing business conditions.

Able to work in excess of 40 hours per week with varied work shifts.

Must possess or be able to obtain and maintain a valid Nevada Driver's
License.

  
  
Preferred Qualifications:

  
Experience with document conservation.

  
  
AAP/EEO Statement

  
Nevada Automotive Test Center (NATC) values a diverse workforce and as an
Equal Opportunity Employer, NATC does not discriminate on the basis of race,
creed, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation,
disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other status legally
protected by Federal, State, or Local law. NATC assures you that your
opportunity with this Company depends solely on your qualifications and other
job-related factors.



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[CODE4LIB] Job: New York, NY: Digital Projects Coordinator, Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College, CUNY at Hunter College

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New York, NY: Digital Projects Coordinator, Center for Puerto Rican Studies, 
Hunter College, CUNY
Hunter College
New York City

Job Opening: Digital Projects Coordinator (Full time equivalent) revised

Location: Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College,

East Building, 68th ST & Lexington Ave

Schedule: Mon-Friday, 35 hour work week

Start Date: Available immediately

Closing Date: Open until filled

Compensation: Commensurate with work experiences, salary history and falls

within established university guidelines. Position is full time equivalent

(comprised of 2 part time funding sources). Limited fringe benefits available.

Assignments & Supervision:

Work assignments may vary depending upon library and archival project needs.
Work

under the supervision of the Digital Archivist, and may oversee the work of
college

assistants for specific projects.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinates the implementation of assigned digital projects

• Contributes to the development of digital collections.

• Enforce best practices for processing, quality control, content management,
and preservation of

digital collections according to national standards.

• Solve problems, answer questions and provide technical solutions to
supervisor and staff.

• Oversee training and supervision of other project team members.

• Maintain statistics and prepare official project reports as requested.

• Responsible for technical aspects of digital project outcomes.

Qualifications:

• Knowledge of Puerto Rican history and culture with special emphasis on
knowledge of digital

humanities regarding Puerto Ricans in the United States and an excellent grasp
on information

in Puerto Rican studies including digital based resources desired.

• A Master's degree in Library and Information Science or equivalent. Any
combination of

education and experience that provides the required knowledge and abilities
may be considered

such as a Bachelor's degree plus two years' experience involving digitization
in a library, archives,

or museum environment.

• Knowledge of the methodologies, including digital imaging and recording
technologies, for

creating reproductions of primary source materials.

• Working experience with structured data, digital object standards, and
metadata formats and

standards.

• Ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment, make constructive
recommendations,

interpret and apply policies and procedures, and perform work in various
situations where

numerous and diverse demands are involved.

• Demonstrated analytical and problem solving skills.

• Strong and effective oral and written communication skills at a professional
level in both

Spanish and English.

• Understanding of digital library/archives challenges and trends.

• Ability to handle multiple work priorities, organize and plan work and
projects.

• Experience working as a team member, organizing staff time management and
exercising

supervisory responsibilities.

• Experience with databases and software, including content management systems
such as

Collective Access and intranet/document management systems such as SharePoint.

• Familiarity or knowledge of digital preservation issues and experience
handling rare and delicate

archival and library materials.

• Working knowledge of copyright law and fair use.



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[CODE4LIB] Job: Lisle, IL: Access Services Librarian (term), The Morton Arboretum at Morton Arboretum

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Lisle, IL: Access Services Librarian (term), The Morton Arboretum
Morton Arboretum
Lisle

Contribute to the planning and implementation of the activities of the
Sterling Morton Library including selection, arrangement, description,
reference, and outreach. Facilitate the production,
organization and curation of a growing collection of digital resources serving
visitors, staff, and the education and scientific
communities. Responsible for leading the acquisition,
organization, cataloging, processing, care and accessibility of archival
collections, as well as maintenance of the Arboretum's institutional
archives. This position is funded in whole or in part by
grant or other restricted funding and is expected to conclude by December
2017.



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[CODE4LIB] Job: San Francisco, CA: Collections & Exhibitions Archivist, LucasFilm at Lucasfilm

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San Francisco, CA: Collections & Exhibitions Archivist, LucasFilm
Lucasfilm
San Francisco

The Collections & Exhibitions Archivist will be part of the Physical Assets
division of the Franchise Creative and Asset Management Department at
Lucasfilm Ltd. The position will coordinate incoming collections from
production and outgoing loans to internal departments within Lucasfilm and the
wider Walt Disney Company as well as external exhibitions. Under the
supervision of the Manager, Physical Assets, the Collections & Exhibitions
Archivist will play an integral role in shaping the Physical Assets division
through participation in the implementation of departmental policies and
procedures and the development of its collection management systems.

  
• Administer the process for documenting all loans such as loan agreements,
facility reports, COIs, condition reports, and pro forma invoices.

  
• Performs all logistics for outgoing loans, including but not limited to
handling, packing, shipping, insurance, preparation, courier responsibilities,
security, condition reporting, and install/de-install planning and
coordination.

  
• Communicates and coordinates loan details effectively with a variety of
parties - including Lucasfilm and Disney employees, external borrowing
institutions, vendors, and art shipping companies.

  
• Performs permanent collection registration and collections management tasks
as objects are acquired from production including assigning accession numbers,
cataloguing, database management, preventative conservation and packing for
storage.

  
• Monitors the environmental conditions and assists in the space planning of
local gallery rooms and storage facilities

  
• Assists in the development and records maintenance of FileMaker Pro and
proprietary collection management database systems

  
• Participates in the creation of collection development and loan policies and
procedures

  
• Fulfills research queries and material requests for internal departments

  
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

  
Education / Experience:

• Master's degree in museum studies, public history, or related subject.

• Minimum three years of museum registration or collections management
experience.

  
Required Skills / Competencies:

• Expert knowledge in best practices and standards for art handling and
preventative care; Experience with textile collections preferred.

• Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

• Detail-oriented and flexible to a changing production schedule.

• Must have a valid passport and driver's license and be willing to travel.

  
Technical Skills:

• Proficient on both PC and Mac with extensive experience with museum and
archive collection management systems.



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[CODE4LIB] Job: Newton, MA: Processing Archivist (6 mo term), Mount Ida College at Mount Ida College

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Newton, MA: Processing Archivist (6 mo term), Mount Ida College
Mount Ida College
Newton

Purpose: Mount Ida College seeks a qualified, archival professional for a six-
month, full-time temporary Processing Archivist position to process the
college's archives. The successful candidate will develop a processing plan,
begin processing the collection, create a finding aid, and consult with the
Assistant Library Director on establishing a donations and acquisitions policy
and records retention schedule.



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[CODE4LIB] Job: Salt Lake City, UT: Digital Archivist, Western Governors University at Western Governors University

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Salt Lake City, UT: Digital Archivist, Western Governors University
Western Governors University
Salt Lake City

The WGU Digital Archivist is responsible for collecting, organizing,
cataloging and maintaining the university's important documents and records.
The primary accountabilities of this position will be establishing a digital
storage and retrieval system, working with all WGU departments to collect and
preserve key documentation and records, and ensuring that the archives and
updated, maintained, and accessible to university faculty and staff.

  
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  
Researching and implementing a searchable digital archiving system that will
meet the university's needs efficiently and cost effectively.

Defining criteria for which materials should be archived.

Working across university departments to collect key records and documents
(including photographs and video) for archiving.

Developing an effective method for sorting and cataloging records and
documents.

Writing and implementing a process for collecting and maintaining archives to
ensure that they are up to date.

Training other staff members to use the archive.

Ensuring that WGU's system is up to date and meets all regulatory
requirements.

  
EXEMPLAR PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS (final measures defined in relation to
strategic media plan)

Development and/or acquisition of a searchable, user-friendly online archive.

Effective management of record and document collection process.

Development of logical sorting and cataloging of archives.

Effective user training.

Maintenance of the archive, ensuring that it is up to date.

Compliance with applicable regulations.

POSITION COMPETENCIES

Knowledge of digital archiving processes and systems.

Understanding of document management.

Strong interpersonal skills.

Excellent written and oral communication skills.

  
Ability to work across departments and with staff at all levels.

Ability to accomplish goals with minimal supervision.

Required Skills

REQUIRED SKILLS

Ability to work independently, conceptualize projects and manage multiple
priorities.

Ability to engage and manage outside vendors

Ability to understand and interpret information accurately.

Ability to communicate accurately and concisely.

Ability to influence others positively.

Demonstrated skill and ability in archiving and library science.

Demonstrated skill and ability in the effective use of equipment, computers
and other resources for completion of projects.

Self-direction and reliability.

Outstanding writing skills.

Excellent communication, collaboration, and customer service skills.

Required Experience

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION

A bachelor's or master's degree in library science, archiving, records
management, documentation, or the equivalent.

Preferred 3 to 5 years of experience in library science, records management,
documentation, or related field, including internships. An equivalent
combination of relevant education and/or experience is acceptable.

Knowledge of digital archiving systems and vendors.



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[CODE4LIB] Job: Web Developer at American University

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Web Developer
American University
Washington, D.C.

American University Library invites applications for a Web
Developer.

  
Responsibilities:

The Web Developer ensures that the Library's website is responsive and
accessible, and is responsible for the Library's website strategy,
architecture, and the user experience. The incumbent will design, develop,
customize, and integrate web applications for the Library
website. This position develops applications to optimize
discoverability of third party research content, as well as systematic
processes for website usability testing. The incumbent
works closely with campus partners and stakeholders to ensure that the design,
delivery, and operation of web services are optimal and in support of the
needs of American University Library

  
Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Human-Computer Interaction, or
related field, or the equivalent in education, training, and
experience.

  
• Five years' experience of progressively responsible experience including
building or designing solutions for web based technology, working with cross
functional teams, participating in project development, and leading
progressively complex projects

• Knowledge of current web innovations, technologies and best practices in web
design, and web application security concepts, and web services with HTML, CSS
JavaScript, and server side languages

• Two years' experience utilizing latest web standards and design practices,
including HTML5, CSS3, responsive design, and JavaScript libraries (e.g., SQL,
jQuery)

• Experience developing user-centered applications integrating RESTful
API's

• Experience with project lifecycles, source code management, and code
reviews

• Knowledge of current best practices in user experience and usability,
accessibility, and Section 508 compliance

• Experience with databases, preferably Oracle and MS SQL Server or similar

• Experience with usability testing

• Must possess excellent written and oral communications skills

• Ability to demonstrate past success working with multiple stakeholders in
ways that were both inclusive and data-
driven

  
Position available:

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position
is filled.

  
Additional information:

Applicants should view the University's outstanding benefits package on our
web site at http://www.american.edu/hr/.

  
The Library website has become the primary service point for students and
researchers, and will only increase in importance as both users and resources
are increasingly online. A candidate who is committed to
the user experience, takes initiative to collect data and innovate, and
ultimately finds the best solutions for Library users as they carry out their
research will succeed in this role.

  
Hiring offers for this position are contingent on the successful completion of
a background check.

  
To apply, log in to the AU careers website
(https://jobs.american.edu/JobPosting.aspx?JPID=5460) to complete the online
application and upload your cover letter and
resume.

  
American University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action institution
that operates in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. The
university does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin,
religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, disability,
marital status, personal appearance, gender identity and expression, family
responsibilities, political affiliation, source of income, veteran status, an
individual's genetic information or any other bases under federal or local
laws (collectively "Protected Bases") in its programs and activities.



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[CODE4LIB] Job: Blacksburg, VA: Digital Projects Coordinator, Virginia Tech at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Blacksburg, VA: Digital Projects Coordinator, Virginia Tech
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg

Job Opening Title: Digital Projects Coordinator

  
Institution/Organization Name: Virginia Tech

  
Job Location (City, State, Province, Country): Blacksburg, Virginia 24061

  
Application Deadline: 4/28/2015

  
Link to job posting: https://listings.jobs.vt.edu/postings/64910

  
Years of experience required:

  
Job Description (if URL to posting not available): Virginia Tech University
Libraries is hiring a Digital Projects Coordinator
(Administrative/Professional Faculty position).

The Digital Projects Coordinator manages projects for the newly launched
Digital Imaging Service serving the campus as well as regional museums and
archives. This position is a key component in a large initiative to develop
unique and compelling digital collections for research and education. The
successful candidate will have the opportunity to help establish and expand a
nascent digitization program at a Carnegie R1: Research University and ARL
member library, work with diverse collections such as historic archival
materials and artifacts, fascinating biodiversity specimens such as fossils,
insects, and minerals, while also exploring the application of new
technologies such as 3D imaging and representation. The Digital Projects
Coordinator reports to the Assistant Director for Digital Imaging and
Preservation Services.

We are seeking someone who would prefer to work an alternative / afternoon
schedule (for example, 12pm to 8pm), so that they may supervise student
workers on weekday evenings.

Applicants are encouraged to include a link in the application materials to
examples of previous relevant work.

  
RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Manage scanning and digital photography operations.  
- Create and refine scanning and photography processes and workflows.  
- Supervise and help hire 1-4 student digitization assistants.  
- Be responsible for quality control of scanned and photographed items, 
including resolution, color, and technical and descriptive metadata.  
- Serve as a primary resource for expertise in digitization best practices.  
- Perform digital photography of rare books, large format archival materials 
such as maps and posters, as well as museum artifacts and specimens, and be 
able to demonstrate archival care and management of fragile materials.  
- Work with a variety of professional image software, e.g., Adobe Photoshop, 
Bridge, Lightroom, ImageMagick, or Capture One.  
- Operate digital photography equipment with technical and artistic skill.  
- Recommend selection of scanners, digital cameras, and related equipment and 
software, and be responsible for and perform equipment maintenance and 
calibration.  
- Create and modify general digitization procedures based on established 
standards with the goal of improving quality and productivity.  
- Train library staff in digitization methods.  
  
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

- Bachelor's degree  
- Demonstrated experience with a variety of digital imaging technologies  
- Ability to operate medium/large format digital cameras and other digitization 
equipment  
- Knowledge of digitization standards and procedures  
- Demonstrated ability to identify quality issues with digitized and 
born-digital image files.  
- Project management skills, including planning, organization, and time 
management.  
- Ability to establish positive and productive collaborations with diverse 
teams across departments and disciplines  
- Demonstrated ability to adjust priorities, manage time wisely, and make 
quick, effective decisions in a fast-paced environment.  
- Excellent interpersonal, analytical, oral, and written communication skills  
  
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

- Master's or other advanced degree  
- Experience with batch processing related to image conversion and manipulation 
is a high priority  
- Professional experience in photography with knowledge of lighting, color 
calibration, aspect, and aperture  
- Master's degree or other advanced degree with an emphasis in library and 
information science, museum studies, or photography  
- Professional experience working in an academic library  
- Knowledge of national standards and best practices for digitization and 
metadata in libraries, archives, and museums.  
- Knowledge of current issues in digital libraries.  
- Experience executing command-line scripts.  
- Ability to train and instruct in digitization and digital photography 
techniques and processes  
  
Virginia Tech, founded in 1872 as a land-grant institution, is currently
ranked as a Top 25 Public University by US News & World Report and a Top 25
Public Research University by the National Science Foundation. Through a
combination of its three missions of learning, discovery, and engagement,
Virginia Tech continually strives to accomplish the charge of its motto: Ut
Prosim (That I May Serve). As the Commonwealth's most comprehensive unive

[CODE4LIB] Job: Cambridge, MA: Humanities and Digital Scholarship Librarian, MIT at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

[jobs]

Cambridge, MA: Humanities and Digital Scholarship Librarian, MIT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA

The MIT Libraries seek a knowledgeable and enterprising librarian to join a
growing team of liaisons developing new services and collaborations in digital
scholarship. The Humanities and Digital Scholarship
Librarian will support and collaborate with students and faculty doing
research in history and other selected humanities disciplines. The successful
candidate will engage with a dynamic community in which traditional research
methods co-exist and integrate with highly innovative digital scholarship and
pedagogies. Teaching experience, digital
project skills, and expertise in humanities research methods and resources are
key qualifications.

  
Advancing the capacity of the MIT Libraries to collaborate on digital
scholarship projects is central to the position. To support
the MIT community's current needs, the librarian in this position will
collaborate with departments in the MIT Libraries ranging from Data and
Specialized Services to Institute Archives and Special Collections, and work
on project teams with colleagues in new positions focused on digital
scholarship. To advance support for digital scholarship,
the HDS Librarian will help design and implement a skills-building educational
program in research methods, new research tools, data management,
collaborative scholarship platforms, and digital presentation or
publishing. Additionally, the liaison will engage
professionally with library and scholarly organizations to further his/her
foundational knowledge of trends and issues related to humanities scholarship
in order to contribute to strategic change.

  
Reporting to the Department Head for Liaison, Instruction and Reference
Services, the Humanities and Digital Scholarship Librarian will serve as a
liaison for history and selected other humanities subjects, delivering a
program of services and products to support faculty and student success in
research, teaching and learning. The liaison will provide
instruction in research skills and strategies, collaborate and consult on
digital projects, develop customized resources to support student learning,
and ensure that his/her constituencies can make effective use of all library
services and resources. The librarian
will support selected other humanities disciplines based on experience and
expertise. In collaboration with colleagues, the librarian will select
resources, provide reference services, and participate on cross-unit projects
to enhance the quality and impact of library services.

  
Applications must include cover letter and resume. Priority
will be given to applications received by April 25, 2016; position open until
filled. MIT is strongly and actively committed to diversity within its
community and particularly encourages applications from qualified women and
minority candidates.

  


Requirements

  
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS for the position include:

  
  
MLS/MLIS or relevant advanced degree.

  
Knowledge of new as well as traditional research methods and resources used in
history research and scholarship.

  
Teaching experience in higher education (e.g., curricular instruction, library
instruction, teaching assistant work, etc.).

  
Experience supporting or participating in a substantial digital humanities
project

  
Expertise with a range of tools or practices essential in digital scholarship,
(data management, working with digital texts, multimedia presentation
platforms, data visualization, datamining, etc.).

  
Ability to cultivate and sustain productive relationships with faculty and
academic staff.

  
  
  
Enthusiasm for embracing the empathy, courage, self-reflection and respect
essential in a multicultural, diverse and inclusive workplace, and ability to
embrace those values in collections and public service work.

  
  
  
Ability to work effectively in a shared decision-making environment:
appropriately taking initiative or seeking guidance, working independently or
collaboratively, coordinating projects, and helping others succeed.

  
Excellent skills for sharing information appropriately in multiple contexts.

  
  
Preferred

  
  
Advance degree in history or related field, or recent coursework.

  
Project management experience and skills.

  
Credentials, participation or active engagement with national or regional
digital scholarship or digital humanities organizations.

  
Demonstrated ability to contribute to organizational learning.

  
Significant experience working with primary sources and/or conducting archival
research

  
Collection development experience.



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[CODE4LIB] Job: Williamsburg, VA: Cataloging & Acquisitions Librarian, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library at Colonial Williamsburg at Bruton Heights Rockefeller Library

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Williamsburg, VA: Cataloging & Acquisitions Librarian, John D. Rockefeller Jr. 
Library at Colonial Williamsburg
Bruton Heights Rockefeller Library
Williamsburg

Starting Rate: $47,200, salary commensurate with experience

Type of Position: Full-Time

Work Hours: Generally 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., 37.5 hours weekly, including
occasional evenings, weekends and holidays for special events

Requires Valid Virginia Drivers License: No

  
Minimum Age:

  
JOB DESCRIPTION:

The John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library at Colonial Williamsburg is seeking a
Cataloging and Acquisitions Librarian to oversee its daily cataloging and
acquisitions functions. The successful candidate will be responsible for
managing the library's Integrated Library System (ILS), including SIRSI system
administration, and performing original and copy cataloging of incoming
library materials. The position is also responsible for managing the library's
acquisitions program by acquiring and processing library materials, check-in
and shelving of materials, and participating in collection development
activities. The Rockefeller Library manages its ILS in partnership with the
Swem Library at the College of William and Mary and the successful candidate
will work collaboratively in the migration from SIRSI to ExLibris Alma and
lead the Foundation's ILS implementation efforts.

  
Coordinates the daily operation and systems administration of the library's
ILS-system.

  
Responsible for original and copy cataloging and physical processing of
library materials, including serials and on-line resources using the MARC
format and other applicable national standards such as Library of Congress
Classification, Library of Congress Subject Headings, and RDA.

  
Ensures accuracy of and keeps abreast of cataloging and library current
standards and best practices.

  
Leads efforts to migrate and implement the ILS; develops and recommends
policies and procedures for the new software.

  
Serves on ILS committees and acts as liaison between Swem Library and
Foundation IT staff.

  
Leads library's acquisition program by reviewing materials for potential
acquisition, receiving materials, processing payments, monitoring collection
development budget, maintaining records, and producing requested reports.

  
Participates in collection development efforts by organizing collections teams
comprised of Library staff and subject area experts from across the
Foundation.

  
  
  
JOB REQUIREMENTS:

  
ALA-accredited Master's degree in library and information science and have
experience performing the cataloging and acquisitions.

  
Demonstrated experience cataloging in an integrated library system and OCLC,
along with experience in library systems administration.

  
Strong computer skills and proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite.

  
Demonstrated written and oral communication skills along with ability to
promote a positive team environment.

  
Ability to be adaptable and handle multiple priorities simultaneously.

  
Demonstrated ability to provide a high level of customer service to internal
and external users and to work collaboratively across a complex organization
and with external partners.

  
Highly desirable: Direct experience working with ExLibris Alma and Primo
preferred, along with experience with SIRSI and OCLC library systems.
Experience working directly with budgets and financial records. Experience
performing SIRSI systems administration functions preferred.



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[CODE4LIB] Job: Las Vegas, NV: Rare Book Seller, Bauman Rare Books at Bauman Rare Books

[jobs]

Las Vegas, NV: Rare Book Seller, Bauman Rare Books
Bauman Rare Books
Las Vegas

Bauman Rare Books offers antiquarian books and rare autograph documents in all
fields from the 15th through the 21st centuries. The company has three
locations -- Philadelphia, New York City, and Las Vegas.

  
We seek an articulate, well-read, energetic individual for a long-term, full-
time bookseller position. This opening is for our Las Vegas location only.
While all applications will be considered, we prefer that job candidates
already reside in the Las Vegas metro area or have existing plans to relocate.

  
Experience with antiquarian books is not crucial, but a strong liberal arts
background is required. Excellent verbal and social skills are essential. As a
dynamic, motivated team of booksellers, we provide our clientele of largely
private collectors with exceptional customer service and expertise in our
field. Booksellers are responsible for mastering a great deal of historical,
bibliographic, and market information in a short span, as well as
communicating effectively via phone, in writing, and in person on the gallery
floor. Minimum level of education required is a Bachelor's degree.

  
Applicants must be comfortable negotiating and selling in a results-driven,
luxury retail environment. Because our Las Vegas gallery is open 365 days a
year from 10 AM - 11 PM, booksellers must be available to work weekends,
nights, and holidays.

  
Applicants can learn more about our company and the types of material we offer
on our website: www.baumanrarebooks.com.

  
To apply, please send your resume/CV along with a brief cover letter detailing
your interest in antiquarian books and relevant experience to
baumanlasve...@gmail.com. If we feel your education and experience are a good
match for our needs, we'll be in touch with our application. No phone
inquiries, please.



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[CODE4LIB] Job: Collection Applications Developer at University of Mississippi

[jobs]

Collection Applications Developer
University of Mississippi
Oxford

 This professional position provides system administration
for the library's turn-key enterprise system, enhancing system
interoperability with other library systems/data. The incumbent configures and
customizes systems, optimizes system integrations, monitors and troubleshoots
logs, tests upgrades, creates and manages user accounts for multiple systems,
develops scripts and tools for administrative and collection related projects
and works with vendors to resolve issues. The minimum salary begins at $50,441
with a benefits package including health care, retirement options, and a
tuition waiver for up to two classes a semester.

  
Minimum Qualifications:

  
Bachelor's Degree from an accredited four-year college or university AND Two
(2) years of experience related to the above described duties.

  
Substitution Statement: Related experience may be substituted for education,
on a basis set forth and approved by the Department of Human Resources.

  
Examples of Work Performed:

  
Administers, troubleshoots, configures and develops the library enterprise
system including cataloging, serials, ERM, acquisitions, reporting and UI.

  
Enhances system interoperability with external systems such as content
platforms and sellers, online archives, bibliographic databases, resource
sharing platforms, eResource providers and public vendors.

  
Streamlines data migration and output workflows. Develops scripts and tools.

  
Enhances interfaces with scripts and other applications to aid in collection
discovery.

  
Develops solutions to maintaining and synching library holding data within
multiple systems.

  
  
The University of Mississippi is an
EOE/AA/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender
Identity/Title VI/Title VII/Title IX/504/ADA/ADEA employer.



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[CODE4LIB] Job: New York, NY: Project Archivist, Wildlife Conservation Society at Bronx Zoo at Bronx Zoo Wildlife Conservation Society

[jobs]

New York, NY: Project Archivist, Wildlife Conservation Society at Bronx Zoo
Bronx Zoo Wildlife Conservation Society
The Bronx

The Wildlife Conservation Society [WCS] Archives is seeking a highly motivated
and energetic individual for a full-time, 12-month Project Archivist grant-
funded position beginning July 2016.

  
Responsibilities

Under close supervision by WCS Archivists, the Project Archivist will be
responsible for processing several collections and making them accessible for
use by researchers and the general public. The successful candidate will
arrange and describe approximately 156 linear feet of records documenting the
work of NYZS officers and trustees, the Public Affairs division, and NYZS's
annual meetings. Other responsibilities will include:

  
• Performing basic
preventative conservation measures upon fragile and/or at-risk materials

• Identifying and
flagging items needing more extensive treatment

• Describing
processed collections in Archivists' Toolkit in accordance with DACS and
publishing EAD finding aids on the WCS Archives website

• Creating MARC
catalog records for processed collections

• Writing 12 posts
highlighting the project work and collections for the WCS Archives blog, Wild
Things

  
Required Qualifications

• MLIS or similar
degree with a concentration in archival studies from an ALA-accredited
program, or equivalent graduate degree in Archives.

• Demonstrated
experience arranging and describing archival collections

• Demonstrated
knowledge of archival theory, practice, standards, and best practices

• Excellent attention
to detail

• Ability to work
both independently and under supervision

• Excellent verbal
and written communication skills

• Demonstrated
ability to set priorities and meet strict deadlines

• Familiarity with
basic preservation techniques for fragile materials

  
Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum one year of
professional experience processing archival collections and creating finding
aids

• Demonstrated
knowledge of and experience with basic preventative conservation measures for
paper documents and photographic prints and negatives

• Demonstrated
experience with MARC cataloging for archival collections

• Substantive
experience with Archivists' Toolkit or ArchivesSpace

• Knowledge of the
history of zoos and aquariums and/or the history of international wildlife
conservation



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[CODE4LIB] Job: New York, NY: Archivist, New York Dept of Records/Municipal Archives at New York Dept of Records/Municipal Archives

[jobs]

New York, NY: Archivist, New York Dept of Records/Municipal Archives
New York Dept of Records/Municipal Archives
New York City

Job Opening Title: Archivist Institution/Organization Name: Dept of Records &
Information Services Job Location (City, State, Province, Country): 31
Chambers Street. new york ny 10007 Application Deadline: until filled Link to
job posting: https://a127-jobs.nyc.gov/ Years of experience required: A
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[CODE4LIB] Job: New York, NY: Photo Archivist, NYC Dept of Parks and Recreation at New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

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New York, NY: Photo Archivist, NYC Dept of Parks and Recreation
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
New York City

Job ID: 236536 Business Title: Photo Archivist Civil Service Title: COMMUNITY
COORDINATOR Job Category: Clerical & Administrative Support Career Level:
Experienced (non-manager) Proposed Salary Range: $ 55,000.00 - $ 62,000.00
(Annual) Work Location: Flushing Meadow Pk Olmsted Ctr Division/Work Unit: …
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[CODE4LIB] Job: Hingham, MA: 2 Paid Metadata Internships, Hingham Public Library at Hingham Public Library

[jobs]

Hingham, MA: 2 Paid Metadata Internships, Hingham Public Library
Hingham Public Library
Hingham

The Hingham Public Library is currently seeking applications for a metadata
intern to assist in completing the conservation and digitization of the
Governor John D. Long letters as part of an LSTA grant project for
"Preservation of Library and Archival Materials". Using
archival standards, the intern will read each letter completely and use an
Excel spreadsheet to record such information as the author, recipient, date
and location written, and item number. The Metadata Intern reports to the
Library's Local History Librarian, in coordination with the Town
Archivist/Project Director.



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[CODE4LIB] Job: Ithaca, NY: Digital Humanities Librarian, Cornell University at Cornell University

[jobs]

Ithaca, NY: Digital Humanities Librarian, Cornell University
Cornell University
Ithaca

Cornell University Library seeks a collegial, enthusiastic, and enterprising
Digital Humanities Librarian skilled at using technology to support
interdisciplinary digital projects in a wide array of subject areas, including
but not limited to the digital humanities.

  
The Digital Humanities Librarian will contribute to and provide leadership for
a growing dynamic, multifaceted program that addresses the demand for digital
scholarship support on campus, primarily in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Working with arts, humanities, and social sciences scholars, faculty, and
students, the Digital Humanities Librarian will foster successful use and
integration of digital approaches to research, teaching, and learning. The
librarian will engage deeply with CUL's Digital Humanities Collaborative,
staff in Digital Scholarship and Preservation Services, scholars around
campus, the Society for the Humanities, and other campus entities to identify
innovative and evolving digital tools and resources that advance scholarly
investigation, while building upon the traditional research methodologies in
the arts, humanities, and social sciences disciplines.

  
As a member of the Olin/Uris Research and Learning Services Department, the
Digital Humanities Librarian will be a partner and resource person for subject
librarians and curators, and a liaison to and collaborator with the Digital
Scholarship and Preservation Services unit. The Digital Humanities Librarian
will be expected to analyze and understand the campus environment to identify
emerging areas of interest. The librarian will have responsibility for
providing user-centered services in support of teaching, research, and
scholarship. The librarian will participate in RLS's instruction and workshop
program, leading efforts to incorporate digital pedagogies and resources into
the program. The librarian may serve as a liaison to an
appropriate discipline, providing research consultations, instruction
sessions, and other services, and will approach the delivery of services with
creativity and innovation.

  
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a broad understanding of
scholarship in the digital environment, and have experience with one or more
digital humanities/social sciences methodologies, e.g., text analysis, mining,
and/or scholarly encoding, data visualization, social network analysis, and/or
digital archives. The candidate will also have experience teaching and/or
collaborating with faculty members in the design of courses and curricula
employing digital methodologies and engaging in research that extends
scholarship into the digital space. The candidate will have a strong grounding
in library programs and services, especially those that support teaching and
scholarship in the digital environment. The Digital Humanities Librarian will
have a history of creating strong collaborative relationships with faculty,
students, graduate students, IT stakeholders, and library staff.



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[CODE4LIB] Job: Naples, FL: Digital Asset Cataloger, Arthrex, Inc. at Arthrex

[jobs]

Naples, FL: Digital Asset Cataloger, Arthrex, Inc.
Arthrex
Naples

Arthrex's Digital Asset Cataloguer serves as a curator of Arthrex's various
asset metadata and asset security, including photography, design, video, and
animation. The Digital Asset Cataloguer provides support for digital asset
workflows, tagging and organizing of digital assets, as well as work closely
with various internal clients including creative services, digital media, and
project management. The Digital Asset Cataloguer is responsible for uploading
assets, troubleshooting failed imports, updating metadata and general asset
maintenance. The Digital Asset Cataloguer also performs industry research to
create standards for metadata as well as asset security.



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[CODE4LIB] Job: Dearborn, MI: Archivist, The Henry Ford at The Henry Ford

[jobs]

Dearborn, MI: Archivist, The Henry Ford
The Henry Ford
Dearborn

The Processing Archivist establishes physical and intellectual control over
archival collections through effective arrangement, description, and
preservation. Reporting to the Manager of Archives & Library, the Processing
Archivist supports staff throughout Historical Resources in their work to
collect, manage, preserve, describe, and make available materials within the
collections of The Henry Ford.



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[CODE4LIB] Job: Anchorage, AK: Paid Summer William E. Davis Internship, The Anchorage Museum at Anchorage Museum

[jobs]

Anchorage, AK: Paid Summer William E. Davis Internship, The Anchorage Museum
Anchorage Museum
Anchorage

The Anchorage Museum's Atwood Resource Center is seeking enthusiastic
applicants for this year's William E. Davis Internship. This summer internship
position is funded by the Cook Inlet Historical Society and the Anchorage
Museum Association. Opportunities and training may include assisting with
library and archival work; including processing and describing photograph
collections, creating finding aids and reference services. The recipient will
receive a stipend of $3,000. Housing, benefits and transportation are not
provided.



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[CODE4LIB] Job: Omaha, NE: Asst Professor/Digital Initiatives Librarian, University of Nebraska at Omaha at University of Nebraska at Omaha

[jobs]

Omaha, NE: Asst Professor/Digital Initiatives Librarian, University of Nebraska 
at Omaha
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha

The University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) seeks an enthusiastic individual for
the position of Assistant Professor / Digital Initiatives Librarian.

  
Reporting to the Director of Archives & Special Collections, the Digital
Initiatives Librarian has the primary responsibility for leading the
development and activities of the university's digital collections, including
planning for and administering tools, creating metadata, developing and
conducting outreach initiatives, and assessing the effectiveness of
initiatives and services. This position serves as the library's leading
resource on copyright, fair use, and open access issues. Leads the development
of digital initiatives by providing a full range of collection management,
metadata, and sustainability services and best practices. Supervises in-house
and outsourced digitization. Contributes to and supports the digital and
online presence of the library through the investigation, implementation, and
enhancement of tools that assist with research, creativity, scholarship, and
engagement. Fulfills requirements of faculty status in the areas of
librarianship, scholarly activities, and service.

  
About the University of Nebraska at Omaha

  
Located in one of America's best cities to live, work and learn, UNO is
Nebraska's premier metropolitan university. With more than 15,000 students
enrolled in 200-plus programs of study, UNO is recognized nationally for its
online education, graduate education, military friendliness and community
engagement efforts. Founded in 1908, UNO has served learners of all
backgrounds for more than 100 years and is dedicated to another century of
excellence both in the classroom and in the community.

  
UNO has a strong commitment to achieving diversity. We encourage applications
from under-represented groups, women and persons of color.

  
Responsibilities and Duties

  
Digital Collections:

  
  
  
Leads the implementation, management, and assessment of discovery and
repository tools for digital collections.

  
Leads digitization production and collaborates with colleagues to set
priorities.

  
Coordinates development of metadata to support the discovery and management of
digital content, such as digital scholarship, digitized collections, born-
digital archives, and research data.

  
Serves as a resource for students and faculty with respect to data
stewardship.

  
Evaluates feasibility of proposed projects and initiatives within the local
environment; ensures that work plans with milestones and assessment plans are
developed as part of any new initiatives.

  
  
  
Scholarly Communication:

  
  
  
Monitors developments in scholarly communication, open access, and related
initiatives and communicates their implications to library and university
stakeholders.

  
Advises on library policy issues raised by digital resources such as copyright
policy, intellectual freedom issues, fair use, and related matters.

  
  
  
Outreach Services:

  
  
  
Coordinates workshops and training in support of the institutional repository
and scholarly communication topics. Leads instruction of workshops and
colloquia for digital scholarship tools and methods for faculty, students, and
library staff.

  
Actively cultivates communication with stakeholders and content providers.

  
Acts as liaison to university and community partners as well as vendors when
appropriate.

  
Conducts and contributes to departmental outreach when needed, such as
presentations, exhibits, and publications.

  
Provides exceptional service in responding to research and reference inquiries
as needed.

  
  
  
Supervision and Coordination:

  
  
  
Supervises the institutional repository coordinator.

  
Recruits, trains, and supervises student assistants.

  
Leads and directs work of other library personnel and student assistants when
needed.

  
  
  
Other Job Responsibilities:

  
  
  
Develops and maintains current knowledge of advances in digital scholarship,
information technology's impact on libraries and archives, and other areas
related to this position. Applies knowledge to continuously improving and
advancing digital archives and digital project skills.

  
Participates in department, library, and university planning.

  
Develops and documents processes and procedures; periodically reviews and
revises processes and procedures as needed.

  
Accepts and implements other duties as assigned.

  
  
  
Faculty Responsibilities:

  
  
  
Serves on library and/or university committees.

  
Participates in cross-departmental projects within the library.

  
Participates in professional activities, professional development, and
scholarly research and publication activities as outlined in the "Guidelines
on Appointment, Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure Recommendations for
Faculty Members of the University Library".

Re: [CODE4LIB] including data from static JSON file in Javascript

[Ken Irwin]

Thanks Kyle -- that's exactly what I needed for the current circumstance. It 
might not be the best, but it looks like the simplest by a long shot. 

Thanks to Conal too.

I'm so glad to have a community of folks who can help spare us from hours of 
anguish and frustration!

Ken


From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Kyle Banerjee 
[kyle.baner...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2016 9:45 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] including data from static JSON file in Javascript

If all you want to do is load external json as a string, you can do it
using syntax almost identical to what you suggest. Just change your
data.json file so the content is

var data = ' [include your json here, be sure to escape things properly]';

Then just load this file before your external script e.g.:




Within external_script.js, you can reference the data variable just as you
would have had it been defined in external_script.js.

Depending on what you're doing with your json, it may or may not be a good
approach, but it will work.

kyle

Re: [CODE4LIB] including data from static JSON file in Javascript

[Conal Tuohy]

Ken, you can make a synchronous request with XMLHttpRequest if you need to
(though it's not commonly done):

var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
request.open('GET', 'data.json', false);  // false implies synchronous
request.responseType="json";
request.send(null);

But do consider the option of making an asynchronous request and putting
the rest of your code in the request callback function so it executes only
when the data has loaded.

On 7 April 2016 at 11:02, Ken Irwin  wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I'm working on a javascript project that currently has a bunch of JSON
> data defined inside the script; I'd like to move the data to a file outside
> the JS file so it can be updated without touching the script, but I'm
> running up against a few challenges externalizing the data.
>
> The static JSON file lives in the same directory with the script.
>
> If I had my druthers, I'd to it PHP style, but I don't think JS works this
> way:
> =
> External file:
> [all this JSON]
>
> Script:
> var data = include ('data.json');
> 
> All the options I find for loading external files are all AJAX-y, whereas
> what I really want is something synchronous - the script doesn't go on
> until the data loads.
> I've also had some lexical scope issues where I can get the data inside
> the getJSON() function, but then have trouble transporting the data out of
> that function into the rest of the script.
>
> Does anyone know of a good way to accomplish this? I imagine there's some
> incantation that I can perform, but I'm struggling to find it.
>
> Thanks,
> Ken
>



-- 
Conal Tuohy
http://conaltuohy.com/
@conal_tuohy
+61-466-324297

Re: [CODE4LIB] including data from static JSON file in Javascript

[Kyle Banerjee]

If all you want to do is load external json as a string, you can do it
using syntax almost identical to what you suggest. Just change your
data.json file so the content is

var data = ' [include your json here, be sure to escape things properly]';

Then just load this file before your external script e.g.:




Within external_script.js, you can reference the data variable just as you
would have had it been defined in external_script.js.

Depending on what you're doing with your json, it may or may not be a good
approach, but it will work.

kyle

On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 6:02 PM, Ken Irwin  wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I'm working on a javascript project that currently has a bunch of JSON
> data defined inside the script; I'd like to move the data to a file outside
> the JS file so it can be updated without touching the script, but I'm
> running up against a few challenges externalizing the data.
>
> The static JSON file lives in the same directory with the script.
>
> If I had my druthers, I'd to it PHP style, but I don't think JS works this
> way:
> =
> External file:
> [all this JSON]
>
> Script:
> var data = include ('data.json');
> 
> All the options I find for loading external files are all AJAX-y, whereas
> what I really want is something synchronous - the script doesn't go on
> until the data loads.
> I've also had some lexical scope issues where I can get the data inside
> the getJSON() function, but then have trouble transporting the data out of
> that function into the rest of the script.
>
> Does anyone know of a good way to accomplish this? I imagine there's some
> incantation that I can perform, but I'm struggling to find it.
>
> Thanks,
> Ken
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Google can give you answers, but librarians give you the right answers

[Harper, Cynthia]

Amen to the need to help people narrow down, focus their searches; amen to 
BT/NT in LCSH.  I'm working in a smaller subject domain now than I used to, 
theology and religion. It makes the idea of projects like mining seminary 
reserve lists for recommended works, [I really wish ATLA would let us mine book 
reviews], or mst-cited-author lists, or other selection tools aimed at users, 
seem possible.  And how to combine browsing the the classification with what 
LCSH terms are linked there...
Cindy 

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Greg 
Lindahl
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2016 11:44 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Google can give you answers, but librarians give you 
the right answers

On Wed, Apr 06, 2016 at 07:42:11AM -0700, Karen Coyle wrote:

> Also, without the links that fuel pagerank, the ranking is very 
> unsatisfactory - cf. Google Book searches, which are often very 
> unsatisfying -- and face it, if Google can't make it work, what are 
> the odds that we can?

Karen,

I wouldn't generalize so far for either web search or book search.
Pagerank is close to useless on the modern web thanks to webspam.
When Google first launched, its focus on anchortext was just as important as 
pagerank. On the books side, properties like publisher authority, book usage, 
and used book sales+prices make nice ranking signals. Book content also 
contains a lot of citations, which can be used to compute impact factors. 
Google Books has only scratched the surface of what's possible for book search 
and discovery.

-- greg

http://blog.archive.org/2016/02/09/how-will-we-explore-books-in-the-21st-century/

[CODE4LIB] including data from static JSON file in Javascript

[Ken Irwin]

Hi folks,

I'm working on a javascript project that currently has a bunch of JSON data 
defined inside the script; I'd like to move the data to a file outside the JS 
file so it can be updated without touching the script, but I'm running up 
against a few challenges externalizing the data.

The static JSON file lives in the same directory with the script.

If I had my druthers, I'd to it PHP style, but I don't think JS works this way:
=
External file:
[all this JSON]

Script:
var data = include ('data.json');

All the options I find for loading external files are all AJAX-y, whereas what 
I really want is something synchronous - the script doesn't go on until the 
data loads.
I've also had some lexical scope issues where I can get the data inside the 
getJSON() function, but then have trouble transporting the data out of that 
function into the rest of the script.

Does anyone know of a good way to accomplish this? I imagine there's some 
incantation that I can perform, but I'm struggling to find it.

Thanks,
Ken

[CODE4LIB] Job: Content Integration Librarian at Qualcomm

[jobs]

Content Integration Librarian
Qualcomm
San Diego

**Job ID: **N1942300  
**Job Area:** Library and Information Services  
  
  
TO APPLY: Please do not email resumes to Contact. Apply using job 
link/url provided either on this job posting or [CLICK 
HERE](https://jobs.qualcomm.com/public/jobDetails.xhtml?requisitionId=1942300) 
toapply via Qualcomm's Career Page directly.**  
  
  
**Position Overview:**  
The Qualcomm Library is seeking a content integration librarian to assist in
providing seamless global information delivery for Qualcomm employees. This
position is responsible for the creation, normalization, maintenance, and
enrichment of metadata representing the Qualcomm Library's digital and
physical collections.

  
Creativity, flexibility, and strong project management skills will be
necessary to connect disparate data sources to ensure content delivery between
systems across the enterprise. The ideal candidate will be a forward thinker,
driven to create novel technical solutions for content delivery resulting in
ultimate findability.

  
**Specific responsibilities will include:**

  * Primary administrator for Voyager ILS system search specs, input/output 
field management, global updates on metadata, database oversight, system 
upgrades, troubleshoots functional and performance issues, provides assistance 
and support to staff, partners, and users concerning the library's digital 
library systems.
  * Primary cataloger; Oversee cataloging and digital file management 
connections for the entire system
  * Application of cataloging best practices to aid in the findability of 
information in non-ILS and/or new information discovery environments.
  * Integrate multiple taxonomies and ontologies as well as RDF and semantic 
web technologies with existing data structures.
  * Responsibility for integrity of data sets at a record level
  * Create reports and special views of the database holdings using MS Access 
reports and SQL
  * Participate in/lead projects associated with enterprise search connectivity 
to Library systems
  * Identification & implementation of long-term systematic solutions for 
content integration
  
**Minimum Qualifications:**

  * Minimum 3 years of experience
  * Cataloging and classification of information resources using MARC21 and 
Library of Congress Classification system
  * Cataloging library holdings using an Integrated Library System (ILS)
  * Creating special views of database holdings using MS Access reports and SQL
  * Bibliographic database maintenance
  * Applying authority control/controlled vocabularies, or use of a corporate 
thesaurus
  * Basic UNIX commands
  
**Preferred Qualifications:**

  * Strong communication and customer service skills
  * Experience with Integrated Library System (ILS) database (Voyager preferred)
  * Thorough knowledge of contemporary bibliographic-maintenance standards and 
practice
  * Experience building content and information architectures using standard 
metadata schemas and taxonomies
  * Experience in applying authority control/controlled vocabularies, or use of 
a corporate thesaurus
  * Experience with, and understanding of, content recognition technologies
  * Experience managing information assets across multiple sites and 
internal/external resources.
  * Solid understanding of content workflows & metadata management and delivery.
  * Normalizing and manipulating data using Informatica and/or XSLT
  * Demonstrated expertise in Access, SQL, XML, XSLT, and UNIX.
  * Experience managing projects and implementing quality controls.
  * Knowledge of the software application(s) that support(s) the business 
process.
  * Demonstrated ability to lead complex cross-functional content and/or 
collaboration technologies projects.
  
**Additional Details:**  
In addition to the above, a successful candidate will be self-directed, and
have superior analytical and advanced creative problem-solving skills. The
person will be comfortable multi-tasking in a fast-paced environment with
changing priorities. Additionally, the candidate will have a polished
presentation with strong professional and interpersonal communication skills
and display an outgoing and proactive problem-solving mindset. Strong project
management, the ability to work in small to large cross-functional teams, and
being able to communicate well with both colleagues and internal customers at
all levels of the organization are critical.

  
  
**Education Requirements:**  
Required Master's MLIS in Library information systems

  
  
**External URL: 
[https://jobs.qualcomm.com/public/jobDetails.xhtml?requisitionId=1942300](https://jobs.qualcomm.com/public/jobDetails.xhtml?requisitionId=1942300)**
  
  
  
**About Company:**  
A career at Qualcomm Incorporated ® (http://www.qualcomm.com/ ) gives you the
opportunity to join in the creation of technologies that change the world.
Thousands of dedicated people working diligently to make a mark in the
evolution 

Re: [CODE4LIB] Islandora & Vagrant - Development use only?

[Cindi Blyberg]

Cary, the snippet to your email as shown in my inbox only showed the first
sentence. Glad to read the rest! :)

On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 2:01 PM, Cary Gordon  wrote:

> I disagree with the statement that "Vagrant is not a good idea for
> production.” Vagrant is a terrible idea for production, and it is not
> designed for that.
>
> We use Ansible to build Islandora, and, after three years of talking about
> it we are starting to use it with Docker. We are an AWS shop, so we use
> Docker with AWS elastic container service, which could come in handy if one
> of your archives gets slashdotted.
>
> Cary
>
> > On Apr 6, 2016, at 8:53 AM, Chris Fitzpatrick 
> wrote:
> >
> > Vagrant is not a good idea for production. It's really for people to work
> > against a copy of the production environment.
> > Like you can use Vagrant, then update a ansible or puppet or chef script
> > then deploy that to yr VM.
> > Hashicorp is making something called Otto which is supposed to replace
> > Vagrant for end-to-end deployments like this, but that's in alpha now.
> >
> > Vagrant isn't  like virtualenv at all. Virtualenv is a way to maintain
> > Python dependencies by mucking around with some environment variables.
> It's
> > more like Ruby's bundler.
> >
> > It's kinda more like Docker. Docker makes linux containers. Nobody knows
> > what those are, but they work great.
> >
> > I've seen Vagrant used in production and it supposedly worked well but
> the
> > guy who set it up left and things went bad. It wasn't a performance
> issue,
> > it's just really hard for the replacement to figure out what's going on.
> > Use Vagrant with Ansible/Puppet/Chef. Or use Docker. Or use all of that,
> > for the win.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 3:55 PM, Francis Kayiwa  wrote:
> >
> >> On 4/6/16 9:49 AM, Annamarie C Klose wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi, all,
> >>>
> >>> Can anyone provide a technical explanation as to why it is not
> >>> appropriate to install Islandora on a public server with Vagrant?
> Despite
> >>> all the documentation instructing that Vagrant is for development
> only, my
> >>> university's IT department thinks Vagrant makes Islandora more secure
> for
> >>> production use. They have also stated "Vagrant is used to keep
> dependencies
> >>> separate on machines in the same way Pythons Virtualenv or Ruby's
> Docker
> >>> is." Unfortunately, secure networking is outside of my expertise. I'm
> >>> concerned that Vagrant's virtualization is a poor substitute for the
> real
> >>> thing. Before I add hundreds of records to Islandora, I'd like to make
> sure
> >>> that I'm building my library's digital collections on a steady
> foundation.
> >>> Any advice and/or explanations to give IT is welcome.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> If we agree  that your University IT are the Operations people find the
> >> nicest way to tell them how the developers of Vagrant view the tool
> below
> >>
> >> https://www.vagrantup.com/docs/why-vagrant/
> >>
> >> Specifically. "...If you are an operations engineer, Vagrant gives you a
> >> disposable environment and consistent workflow for developing and
> testing
> >> infrastructure management scripts..."
> >>
> >> You are also correct in being wary about having a production application
> >> running on Vagrant. A part of me wants to test that just for laughs,
> but it
> >> will be painful to set up for them and the performance will horrible for
> >> you.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> ./fxk
> >>
> >> --
> >> "Anyone attempting to generate random numbers by deterministic means is,
> >> of course, living in a state of sin."
> >> -- John Von Neumann
> >>
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Islandora & Vagrant - Development use only?

[Cary Gordon]

I disagree with the statement that "Vagrant is not a good idea for production.” 
Vagrant is a terrible idea for production, and it is not designed for that.

We use Ansible to build Islandora, and, after three years of talking about it 
we are starting to use it with Docker. We are an AWS shop, so we use Docker 
with AWS elastic container service, which could come in handy if one of your 
archives gets slashdotted.

Cary

> On Apr 6, 2016, at 8:53 AM, Chris Fitzpatrick  wrote:
> 
> Vagrant is not a good idea for production. It's really for people to work
> against a copy of the production environment.
> Like you can use Vagrant, then update a ansible or puppet or chef script
> then deploy that to yr VM.
> Hashicorp is making something called Otto which is supposed to replace
> Vagrant for end-to-end deployments like this, but that's in alpha now.
> 
> Vagrant isn't  like virtualenv at all. Virtualenv is a way to maintain
> Python dependencies by mucking around with some environment variables. It's
> more like Ruby's bundler.
> 
> It's kinda more like Docker. Docker makes linux containers. Nobody knows
> what those are, but they work great.
> 
> I've seen Vagrant used in production and it supposedly worked well but the
> guy who set it up left and things went bad. It wasn't a performance issue,
> it's just really hard for the replacement to figure out what's going on.
> Use Vagrant with Ansible/Puppet/Chef. Or use Docker. Or use all of that,
> for the win.
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 3:55 PM, Francis Kayiwa  wrote:
> 
>> On 4/6/16 9:49 AM, Annamarie C Klose wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi, all,
>>> 
>>> Can anyone provide a technical explanation as to why it is not
>>> appropriate to install Islandora on a public server with Vagrant? Despite
>>> all the documentation instructing that Vagrant is for development only, my
>>> university's IT department thinks Vagrant makes Islandora more secure for
>>> production use. They have also stated "Vagrant is used to keep dependencies
>>> separate on machines in the same way Pythons Virtualenv or Ruby's Docker
>>> is." Unfortunately, secure networking is outside of my expertise. I'm
>>> concerned that Vagrant's virtualization is a poor substitute for the real
>>> thing. Before I add hundreds of records to Islandora, I'd like to make sure
>>> that I'm building my library's digital collections on a steady foundation.
>>> Any advice and/or explanations to give IT is welcome.
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> If we agree  that your University IT are the Operations people find the
>> nicest way to tell them how the developers of Vagrant view the tool below
>> 
>> https://www.vagrantup.com/docs/why-vagrant/
>> 
>> Specifically. "...If you are an operations engineer, Vagrant gives you a
>> disposable environment and consistent workflow for developing and testing
>> infrastructure management scripts..."
>> 
>> You are also correct in being wary about having a production application
>> running on Vagrant. A part of me wants to test that just for laughs, but it
>> will be painful to set up for them and the performance will horrible for
>> you.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> ./fxk
>> 
>> --
>> "Anyone attempting to generate random numbers by deterministic means is,
>> of course, living in a state of sin."
>> -- John Von Neumann
>> 

Re: [CODE4LIB] Google can give you answers, but librarians give you the right answers

[Kyle Banerjee]

On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 7:42 AM, Karen Coyle  wrote:

> ... Libraries "do" it, but our user interfaces ignore it (honestly, does
> anyone NOT think that the whole BT/NT relationship in LCSH is completely
> wasted in today's systems?).  Google searches "work" best on proper nouns
> that are nearly unique. You cannot do concept searches, and you cannot see
> relationships between concepts. It's great for named people, organizations
> and products, but not great for anything else.[1]...


Conceptually, I like the idea of using the relationships in LCSH. However,
I don't hold out much hope that anyone will make hay out of that.

The percentage of things that have decent LCSH assigned to them is small
and shrinking for the simple reason that a fewer and fewer humans have to
manage more resources. Automation could help (getting the needed data from
publishers might be tricky), but the only benefit I can think of for using
LCSH for automated applications is to maximize relationships with older
materials -- possibly at the expense of the "findability" of the newer
stuff.

LCSH is relatively flat, the rules for constructing headings are so
Byzantine that they stymie even experienced catalogers (which contributes
to inconsistent application in terms of quality, level of analysis, and
completeness), and its ability to express concepts at all is highly
variable as it is designed by a committee on an enumerative basis. Add to
this that concepts in records frequently must be expressed across multiple
headings and subheadings, any type of automated assignment is going to
result in really "dirty" relationships so I can't blame ILS designers for
limiting their use of LCSH primarily to controlled keyword access.

kyle

[CODE4LIB] Job: Head, Cataloging & Metadata Services at University of Tennessee

[jobs]

Head, Cataloging & Metadata Services
University of Tennessee
Knoxville

The University of Tennessee Libraries seeks an experienced, future-oriented
leader as the Head of Cataloging & Metadata Services. Reporting to the
Associate Dean for Research, Collections, & Scholarly Communication, this
individual provides leadership in the creation and maintenance of descriptive
metadata for items and collections purchased, subscribed, and created by the
University of Tennessee Libraries. This position is responsible for ensuring
accuracy and consistency of metadata in all formats and for developing
strategies for improved discoverability of the Libraries' resources. The
incumbent coordinates the work of the department by supervising, setting
priorities, training, and implementing plans, policies, and practices for the
unit.

  
**RESPONSIBILITIES**  

  * Supervise and evaluate 5 experienced staff in the Cataloging Unit with 
responsibility for original and copy cataloging, batch-loading of 
vendor-supplied MARC records, database maintenance, and processing; supervise 
one faculty member with primary responsibility for non-MARC descriptive metadata
  * Create original bibliographic and authority records using accepted 
standards such as MARC, RDA or AACR2, LCSH, and LC classification
  * Improve understanding and implementation of tools and services for metadata 
creation such as the integrated library system and OCLC Connexion, including 
troubleshooting of these services
  * Serve on discovery, digital collections, and other committees to represent 
standard metadata practices across the collections and workflows
  * Lead the Cataloging and Metadata Services department through planning, 
statistics gathering, analysis, and reporting
  * Lead the Libraries in keeping current with evolving cataloging and metadata 
standards; create and revise local policies and procedures, documentation, and 
training accordingly
  * Serve as consultant across the Libraries for complex cataloging questions
  * Contribute and assist others in the performance of authority control and 
disambiguation of names; contribute original authority work to the Tennessee 
NACO Funnel Project
  * Participate in efforts to improve the Libraries' discovery and delivery 
platforms
  * Serve the library profession through involvement in professional 
organizations and through cooperative efforts with other information 
professionals
  * Engage in scholarly activity through publications and presentations
**REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS**  

  * Master's degree from an ALA-accredited program
  * Original cataloging experience in multiple formats
  * Experience with authority control
  * Demonstrated experience applying metadata standards and practices including 
RDA, MARC21, AACR2, LCSH and LC classification
  * Demonstrated interest in current trends and developments in MARC and 
non-MARC metadata, authority control and emerging technologies
  * Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  * Supervisory or leadership experience
  * Ability to work effectively both independently and collaboratively in a 
diverse academic community and to manage shifting priorities
  * Evidence of ability to engage in research, publication, and service 
consonant with University and Libraries guidelines for tenure and promotion
**PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS**  

  * Reading knowledge of one or more foreign languages
  * Experience with non-MARC metadata and encoding schemes such as Dublin Core, 
EAD, TEI, MODS, and METS
  * Knowledge of emerging trends and practices related to linked data, semantic 
web applications and RDF
  * Working knowledge of discovery systems, especially Primo
  * Demonstrated record of publication and professional contribution
**ENVIRONMENT:**  
  
The University of Tennessee Libraries serves the flagship campus of the state
university system. The UT Libraries supports the teaching, research, and
service mission of the university and enhances the academic experience of each
student at the Knoxville campus -- through outstanding print and electronic
collections, reference and instructional services, and top-notch facilities
and technological resources.

  
The UT Libraries serves as an intellectual, cultural, and social center for
the university and community. We are a national leader in
the creation of regionally significant digital collections; in support of open
access though our digital repository Trace; and through a rich history of
designing innovative spaces and building key partnerships that enhance the
teaching/learning enterprise. The
University of Tennessee Libraries is a member of the Association of Research
Libraries, the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries, the Digital
Library Federation, Lyrasis, and the Center for Research Libraries. The UT
Libraries collaborates actively at the state level with the other UT System
Libraries as well as the libraries in the Tennessee Board of Regents system.

  
The University of Tennessee 

[CODE4LIB] Job: Metadata Librarian at University of Tennessee

[jobs]

Metadata Librarian
University of Tennessee
Knoxville

The University of Tennessee Libraries seeks an innovative, creative individual
to serve as Metadata Librarian. Reporting to the head of Cataloging & Metadata
Services, the Metadata Librarian enhances resource discovery and improves
access to collections by implementing and supporting metadata strategies
associated with digital scholarship and special collections. Working closely
with colleagues in the digital library program, the Metadata Librarian will
develop workflows to improve efficiency and metadata quality. Serving as the
expert on non-MARC metadata, the individual is expected to participate in
decision-making for library digital projects and to coordinate the integration
of metadata into production of digital collections.

  
**RESPONSIBILITIES:**  

  * Create guidelines and procedures for metadata creation, transformation, 
remediation, and enhancement
  * Create descriptive metadata and assign controlled vocabulary terms to 
digitized and born-digital objects
  * Work collaboratively with Digital Initiatives to automate workflows for 
metadata ingest, extraction, and transformation
  * Perform metadata audits of existing digital collections, participate in 
migration of legacy digital collections to new platforms, and ensure compliance 
with local and international metadata standards
  * Develop and deliver training on metadata, and consult with partners on 
metadata
  * Support the DPLA service hub for the state of Tennessee by transforming, 
normalizing, and enhancing harvested metadata from service partners
  * Work on repository and discovery layers for better ingest and index of 
datasets
  * Consult with digital and physical collections project and departmental 
stakeholders
  * Work with the staff of the Trace institutional repository to expand the 
discoverability, preservation and scope as well as guide migration to a new 
platform
  * Maintain awareness of trends in metadata and resource discovery
  * Serve the library profession through involvement in professional 
organizations and through cooperative efforts with other information 
professionals
  * Engage in scholarly activity through publications and presentations
  
**REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:**  

  * Master's degree from an ALA accredited program
  * Experience with current metadata standards and schema, including MODS 3.6
  * Working knowledge of resource description practices and an understanding of 
controlled vocabularies and ontologies
  * Knowledge of tools for metadata manipulation
  * Aptitude for complex, analytical work with the ability to manage multiple 
priorities and competing deadline
  * Ability to work effectively both independently and collaboratively in a 
diverse academic community
  * Evidence of ability to engage in research, publication, and service 
consonant with University and Libraries guidelines for tenure and promotion
**PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:**  

  * Experience with scripting languages such as Ruby, Python, or Perl
  * Experience with XML and XSLT
  * Experience with OAI-PMH
  * Knowledge of emerging trends and practices related to linked data, semantic 
web applications and RDF
  * Familiarity with version control system such as GIT
  * Experience with Fedora Commons, Islandora, and/or ArchivesSpace
  * Project management experience
  * Training experience
**ENVIRONMENT:**  
  
The University of Tennessee Libraries serves the flagship campus of the state
university system. The UT Libraries supports the teaching, research, and
service mission of the university and enhances the academic experience of each
student at the Knoxville campus -- through outstanding print and electronic
collections, reference and instructional services, and top-notch facilities
and technological resources.

  
The UT Libraries serves as an intellectual, cultural, and social center for
the university and community. We are a national leader in
the creation of regionally significant digital collections; in support of open
access though our digital repository Trace; and through a rich history of
designing innovative spaces and building key partnerships that enhance the
teaching/learning enterprise. The
University of Tennessee Libraries is a member of the Association of Research
Libraries, the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries, the Digital
Library Federation, Lyrasis, and the Center for Research Libraries. The UT
Libraries collaborates actively at the state level with the other UT System
Libraries as well as the libraries in the Tennessee Board of Regents system.

  
The University of Tennessee is committed to creating a welcoming
environment. More information about how we continually
strive to put our principles of civility and community into action here in
Knoxville is available at http://www.utk.edu/diversity/.

  
**BENEFITS:**  
  
Excellent benefits include 24 annual leave days; choice of state retirement
plan or ORP (VOYA/ING, TIAA/CREF, VALIC) with no

[CODE4LIB] Call for proposal WADL 2016 deadline extended to April 17!

[Kimberli Weeks]

Please excuse cross postings***

The Web Archiving and Digital Libraries #WADL
 workshop submission deadline
has been extended to April 17th http://fox.cs.vt.edu/wadl2016.html
.

WADL 2016

Web Archiving and Digital Libraries
JCDL 2016 (http://www.jcdl2016.org), Rutgers University; 6/22-6/23 Workshop

Please see approved workshop proposal at:
http://fox.cs.vt.edu/WADLjcdl16.pdf

Submissions (please provide contact and supporting info in <= 1 page):

- EasyChair submission page:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wadl2016
- Due: April 17, 2016 (extended from original date April 3, 2016)
- Notifications: May 2, 2016
- Categories are:
  - Poster + lightening talk
  - Demonstration + lightening talk
  - 20 min. presentation + 10 min. Q&A
  - 30 min. panel with interactive plenary discussion
- Please indicate which one of these 4 categories best describes your
submission.

Description:

- Selected works will likely be published in a special issue of IEEE TCDL
Bulletin, and may lead to a journal publication next year in the
International Journal on Digital Libraries (IJDL). These results were the
case with works presented at WADL2015.
- This will explore the integration of web archiving and digital libraries,
over the complete life cycle: creation/authoring, uploading/publishing in
the Web, … issue of the
- It will cover all topics of interest, including but not limited to:

Archiving (events)
Big data
Classification, clustering
Client/proxy/server side collecting
Crawling (focused)
Curation, quality control
Databases / collections (of webpages)
Discovery
Extraction & analysis
Filling gaps
Globalization, languages
Social sciences
Linking archives
Metadata
Mobile devices
Network science
Preservation
Resource description
Standards, protocols
Systems, tools
Tweet collections and connections

Objectives:

- to continue to build the community of people integrating web archiving &
DLs
- to help attendees learn about useful methods, systems, and software in
this area
- to help chart future research and improved practice in this area
- to promote synergistic efforts including collaborative projects and
proposals
- to produce an archival publication that will help advance technology and
practice

Workshop Co-chairs:

- Chair, Edward A. Fox, Professor and Director Digital Library Research
Laboratory, Virginia Tech, fox@vt.eduhttp://fox.cs.vt.edu, 540-231-5113
- Co-chair, Zhiwu Xie, zhiwu...@vt.edu, Associate Professor and Technology
Development Librarian, Center for Digital Research and Scholarship,
University Libraries, Virginia Tech, 540-231-4453
- Co-chair, Martin Klein, UCLA, martinkl...@library.ucla.edu

Program Committee:

- Jefferson Bailey, Internet Archive, jeffer...@archive.org
- Mohamed Magdy Farig, Virginia Tech, mma...@vt.edu
- Vinay Goel, Internet Archive, vi...@archive.org
- Gina Jones, Library of Congress, g...@loc.gov
- Deborah Kempe, Frick Art Reference Library, ke...@frick.org
- Frank McCown, Harding University, fmcc...@harding.edu
- Michael Nelson, Old Dominion Univ., m...@cs.odu.edu
- Christie Peterson, George Washington U. Libraries, cspeter...@gwu.edu
- Thomas Risse, L3S Research Center, Leibniz Universitat Hannover,
ri...@l3s.de
- Nicholas Taylor, Stanford U., n...@stanford.edu
- Matthew Weber, Rutgers U., matthew.we...@rutgers.edu
- Robert Wolven, Columbia U., wol...@columbia.edu

Closely related event and results:

- Web Archiving and Digital Libraries (WADL'15), 24 June, at JCDL 2015, see
website and proceedings in a special issue of the IEEE TCDL Bulletin, V.
11, Issue 2, Oct. 2015
- Working with Internet Archives for Research (WIRE 2014) NSF workshop,
17-18 June 2014, Cambridge, MA – seehttp://wp.comminfo.rutgers.edu/nsfia/
- Web Archiving and Digital Libraries (WADL’13), 25-26 July, at JCDL 2013,
see
http://www.ctrnet.net/sites/default/files/JCDL2013WorkshopWebArchiving20130603.pdf
 and
report in SIGIR Forum http://sigir.org/files/forum/2013D/p128.pdf
- Web Archive Globalization Workshop, WAG 2011 – see
http://cs.harding.edu/wag2011/ , with 4 organizers plus 5 presenters and
about 20 participants, held in Ottawa after JCDL 2011 (June 16-17)
- Ongoing work by attendees in this area, growth in collaborative activity
involving the Internet Archive, and specific community building successes
like the Web Archive Cooperative – see http://infolab.stanford.edu/wac/
- Annual meetings of the International Internet Preservation Consortium
(IIPC), partner meetings of the Internet Archive (Archive-It), and ten
workshops held with ECDL/TPDL: International Web Archiving Workshop (IWAW),
2001-2010

-

Kimberli Weeks
kdwe...@vt.edu
(540) 231-2674
Technical Director, Digital Library Development,
Research & Informatics
University Libraries, Virginia Tech
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu

Re: [CODE4LIB] Islandora & Vagrant - Development use only?

[Chris Fitzpatrick]

Vagrant is not a good idea for production. It's really for people to work
against a copy of the production environment.
Like you can use Vagrant, then update a ansible or puppet or chef script
then deploy that to yr VM.
Hashicorp is making something called Otto which is supposed to replace
Vagrant for end-to-end deployments like this, but that's in alpha now.

Vagrant isn't  like virtualenv at all. Virtualenv is a way to maintain
Python dependencies by mucking around with some environment variables. It's
more like Ruby's bundler.

It's kinda more like Docker. Docker makes linux containers. Nobody knows
what those are, but they work great.

I've seen Vagrant used in production and it supposedly worked well but the
guy who set it up left and things went bad. It wasn't a performance issue,
it's just really hard for the replacement to figure out what's going on.
Use Vagrant with Ansible/Puppet/Chef. Or use Docker. Or use all of that,
for the win.



On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 3:55 PM, Francis Kayiwa  wrote:

> On 4/6/16 9:49 AM, Annamarie C Klose wrote:
>
>> Hi, all,
>>
>> Can anyone provide a technical explanation as to why it is not
>> appropriate to install Islandora on a public server with Vagrant? Despite
>> all the documentation instructing that Vagrant is for development only, my
>> university's IT department thinks Vagrant makes Islandora more secure for
>> production use. They have also stated "Vagrant is used to keep dependencies
>> separate on machines in the same way Pythons Virtualenv or Ruby's Docker
>> is." Unfortunately, secure networking is outside of my expertise. I'm
>> concerned that Vagrant's virtualization is a poor substitute for the real
>> thing. Before I add hundreds of records to Islandora, I'd like to make sure
>> that I'm building my library's digital collections on a steady foundation.
>> Any advice and/or explanations to give IT is welcome.
>>
>
>
> If we agree  that your University IT are the Operations people find the
> nicest way to tell them how the developers of Vagrant view the tool below
>
> https://www.vagrantup.com/docs/why-vagrant/
>
> Specifically. "...If you are an operations engineer, Vagrant gives you a
> disposable environment and consistent workflow for developing and testing
> infrastructure management scripts..."
>
> You are also correct in being wary about having a production application
> running on Vagrant. A part of me wants to test that just for laughs, but it
> will be painful to set up for them and the performance will horrible for
> you.
>
> Cheers,
> ./fxk
>
> --
> "Anyone attempting to generate random numbers by deterministic means is,
> of course, living in a state of sin."
> -- John Von Neumann
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Google can give you answers, but librarians give you the right answers

[Greg Lindahl]

On Wed, Apr 06, 2016 at 07:42:11AM -0700, Karen Coyle wrote:

> Also, without the links that fuel pagerank, the ranking is very
> unsatisfactory - cf. Google Book searches, which are often very
> unsatisfying -- and face it, if Google can't make it work, what are
> the odds that we can?

Karen,

I wouldn't generalize so far for either web search or book search.
Pagerank is close to useless on the modern web thanks to webspam.
When Google first launched, its focus on anchortext was just as
important as pagerank. On the books side, properties like publisher
authority, book usage, and used book sales+prices make nice ranking
signals. Book content also contains a lot of citations, which can be
used to compute impact factors. Google Books has only scratched the
surface of what's possible for book search and discovery.

-- greg

http://blog.archive.org/2016/02/09/how-will-we-explore-books-in-the-21st-century/

Re: [CODE4LIB] Google can give you answers, but librarians give you the right answers

[Karen Coyle]

On 4/6/16 4:04 AM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote:

Instead, I think the problem to solve surrounds assisting the reader in using & 
understanding the stuff they find.


I'd like to see innovation a step before find, but I think in a sense 
we're on the same wavelength. My take is that bibliographic information 
should be the end of a process, not the beginning. Before arriving at 
bib data, there's a lot of understanding and context that needs to be 
clarified. Some of this involves authors and subjects, but not as they 
are currently represented (mainly as text strings, and without 
relationships). I think that one of the main questions a user has at the 
catalog is "Where am I?" - where am I in the knowledge universe, where 
am I in the collection of this library?


Note that Google does not give users an answer to this question because 
there is no larger context, no inherent organization. Google does not do 
knowledge organization. Libraries "do" it, but our user interfaces 
ignore it (honestly, does anyone NOT think that the whole BT/NT 
relationship in LCSH is completely wasted in today's systems?).  Google 
searches "work" best on proper nouns that are nearly unique. You cannot 
do concept searches, and you cannot see relationships between concepts. 
It's great for named people, organizations and products, but not great 
for anything else.[1] Also, without the links that fuel pagerank, the 
ranking is very unsatisfactory - cf. Google Book searches, which are 
often very unsatisfying -- and face it, if Google can't make it work, 
what are the odds that we can? We do have knowledge organization 
potential; it's a bit out of date, it hasn't been made truly actionable, 
but it's there.


kc

[1] Except where there's a Wikipedia article using the concept term. 
Basically Wikipedia provides the only knowledge organization that Google has


--
Karen Coyle
kco...@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net
m: +1-510-435-8234
skype: kcoylenet/+1-510-984-3600

Re: [CODE4LIB] Islandora & Vagrant - Development use only?

[Francis Kayiwa]

On 4/6/16 9:49 AM, Annamarie C Klose wrote:

Hi, all,

Can anyone provide a technical explanation as to why it is not appropriate to install 
Islandora on a public server with Vagrant? Despite all the documentation instructing that 
Vagrant is for development only, my university's IT department thinks Vagrant makes 
Islandora more secure for production use. They have also stated "Vagrant is used to 
keep dependencies separate on machines in the same way Pythons Virtualenv or Ruby's 
Docker is." Unfortunately, secure networking is outside of my expertise. I'm 
concerned that Vagrant's virtualization is a poor substitute for the real thing. Before I 
add hundreds of records to Islandora, I'd like to make sure that I'm building my 
library's digital collections on a steady foundation. Any advice and/or explanations to 
give IT is welcome.



If we agree  that your University IT are the Operations people find the 
nicest way to tell them how the developers of Vagrant view the tool below


https://www.vagrantup.com/docs/why-vagrant/

Specifically. "...If you are an operations engineer, Vagrant gives you a 
disposable environment and consistent workflow for developing and 
testing infrastructure management scripts..."


You are also correct in being wary about having a production application 
running on Vagrant. A part of me wants to test that just for laughs, but 
it will be painful to set up for them and the performance will horrible 
for you.


Cheers,
./fxk

--
"Anyone attempting to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, 
of course, living in a state of sin."

-- John Von Neumann

[CODE4LIB] Islandora & Vagrant - Development use only?

[Annamarie C Klose]

Hi, all,

Can anyone provide a technical explanation as to why it is not appropriate to 
install Islandora on a public server with Vagrant? Despite all the 
documentation instructing that Vagrant is for development only, my university's 
IT department thinks Vagrant makes Islandora more secure for production use. 
They have also stated "Vagrant is used to keep dependencies separate on 
machines in the same way Pythons Virtualenv or Ruby's Docker is." 
Unfortunately, secure networking is outside of my expertise. I'm concerned that 
Vagrant's virtualization is a poor substitute for the real thing. Before I add 
hundreds of records to Islandora, I'd like to make sure that I'm building my 
library's digital collections on a steady foundation. Any advice and/or 
explanations to give IT is welcome.

Thank you,
Anna

Re: [CODE4LIB] Google can give you answers, but librarians give you the right answers

[Shearer, Timothy]

There is at least some new evidence that for at least some users...discovery 
patterns are moving toward library interfaces after having a steady decline [1].

It seems plausible to me that this shift may correlate to the change in tools 
and attitudes that has led to integrated discovery layers becoming the norm.  

I'm not suggesting that discovery is the end-all be-all, but think that 
providing helpful discovery to users that is targeted to the resources *they 
already can access* because of their affiliation(s) is still worthy of a chunk 
of our time, thought, and effort.  I think the tools are better and that's a 
good thing.

-t

[1] 
http://www.sr.ithaka.org/publications/ithaka-sr-us-faculty-survey-2015/#discovery



On 4/6/16, 7:04 AM, "Code for Libraries on behalf of Eric Lease Morgan" 
 wrote:

>On Apr 6, 2016, at 12:44 PM, Jason Bengtson  wrote:
>
>> This is librarians fighting a PR battle we can't win. I doubt most people
>> care about these assertions, and I certainly don't think they stand a
>> chance of swaying anyone. This is like the old "librarians need to promote
>> themselves better" chestnut. Losing strategies, in my opinion. Rather than
>> trying to refight a battle with search technology that search technology
>> has already won, libraries and librarians need to reinvent the technology
>> and themselves. Semantic technologies, in particular, provide Information
>> Science with extraordinary avenues for reinvention. We need to make search
>> more effective and approachable, rather than wagging our finger at people
>> who we think aren't searching "correctly". In the short term, data provides
>> powerful opportunities. And it isn't all about writing code or wrangling
>> data . . . informatics, metadata, systematic reviews, all of these are
>> fertile ground for additional development. Digitization projects and other
>> efforts to make special collections materials broadly accessible are
>> exciting stuff, as are the developing technologies that support those
>> efforts. We should be seizing the argument and shaping it, rather than
>> trying to invent new bromides to support a losing fight.
>
>
>+1
>
>I wholeheartedly concur. IMHO, the problem to solve now-a-days does not 
>surround search because everybody can find plenty of stuff, and the stuff is 
>usually more than satisfactory. Instead, I think the problem to solve 
>surrounds assisting the reader in using & understanding the stuff they find. 
>[1] “Now that I’ve done the ‘perfect’ search and downloaded the subsequent 200 
>articles from JSTOR, how — given my limited resources —- do I read and 
>comprehend what they say? Moreover, how do I compare & contrast what the 
>articles purport with the things I already know?” Text mining (a type of 
>semantic technology) is an applicable tool here, but then again, “Whenever you 
>have a hammer, everything begins to look like a nail."
>
>[1] an essay elaborating on the idea of use & understand - 
>http://infomotions.com/blog/2011/09/dpla/
>
>—
>Eric Lease Morgan
>Artist- And Librarian-At-Large

Re: [CODE4LIB] Google can give you answers, but librarians give you the right answers

[Eric Lease Morgan]

On Apr 6, 2016, at 12:44 PM, Jason Bengtson  wrote:

> This is librarians fighting a PR battle we can't win. I doubt most people
> care about these assertions, and I certainly don't think they stand a
> chance of swaying anyone. This is like the old "librarians need to promote
> themselves better" chestnut. Losing strategies, in my opinion. Rather than
> trying to refight a battle with search technology that search technology
> has already won, libraries and librarians need to reinvent the technology
> and themselves. Semantic technologies, in particular, provide Information
> Science with extraordinary avenues for reinvention. We need to make search
> more effective and approachable, rather than wagging our finger at people
> who we think aren't searching "correctly". In the short term, data provides
> powerful opportunities. And it isn't all about writing code or wrangling
> data . . . informatics, metadata, systematic reviews, all of these are
> fertile ground for additional development. Digitization projects and other
> efforts to make special collections materials broadly accessible are
> exciting stuff, as are the developing technologies that support those
> efforts. We should be seizing the argument and shaping it, rather than
> trying to invent new bromides to support a losing fight.


+1

I wholeheartedly concur. IMHO, the problem to solve now-a-days does not 
surround search because everybody can find plenty of stuff, and the stuff is 
usually more than satisfactory. Instead, I think the problem to solve surrounds 
assisting the reader in using & understanding the stuff they find. [1] “Now 
that I’ve done the ‘perfect’ search and downloaded the subsequent 200 articles 
from JSTOR, how — given my limited resources —- do I read and comprehend what 
they say? Moreover, how do I compare & contrast what the articles purport with 
the things I already know?” Text mining (a type of semantic technology) is an 
applicable tool here, but then again, “Whenever you have a hammer, everything 
begins to look like a nail."

[1] an essay elaborating on the idea of use & understand - 
http://infomotions.com/blog/2011/09/dpla/

—
Eric Lease Morgan
Artist- And Librarian-At-Large

Re: [CODE4LIB] Google can give you answers, but librarians give you the right answers

[Dave Caroline]

I think some should get off their pedestals and think how the unknown
to you patron is to find you, your library and your content.

To assume the user has come and ask you is to put too much burden on
the user to find and access what you have.

This weeks furthest patron for me was the other side of the world in
AU Google will find unique sources and send the users to that
resource.

Yes I hate the tracking and bias of ANY search including those talked
about on this list for academic libraries.

If the catalogue is not detailed enough, it cannot be found.

Dave Caroline

Re: [CODE4LIB] Google can give you answers, but librarians give you the right answers

[Jason Bengtson]

This is librarians fighting a PR battle we can't win. I doubt most people
care about these assertions, and I certainly don't think they stand a
chance of swaying anyone. This is like the old "librarians need to promote
themselves better" chestnut. Losing strategies, in my opinion. Rather than
trying to refight a battle with search technology that search technology
has already won, libraries and librarians need to reinvent the technology
and themselves. Semantic technologies, in particular, provide Information
Science with extraordinary avenues for reinvention. We need to make search
more effective and approachable, rather than wagging our finger at people
who we think aren't searching "correctly". In the short term, data provides
powerful opportunities. And it isn't all about writing code or wrangling
data . . . informatics, metadata, systematic reviews, all of these are
fertile ground for additional development. Digitization projects and other
efforts to make special collections materials broadly accessible are
exciting stuff, as are the developing technologies that support those
efforts. We should be seizing the argument and shaping it, rather than
trying to invent new bromides to support a losing fight.

Best regards,

*Jason Bengtson, MLIS, MA*
Assistant Director, IT Services
K-State Libraries
414 Hale Library
Manhattan, KS 66506
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On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 3:17 AM, Eric Lease Morgan  wrote:

> On Apr 5, 2016, at 11:12 PM, Karen Coyle  wrote:
>
> > Eric, there were studies done a few decades ago using factual questions.
> Here's a critical round-up of some of the studies:
> http://www.jstor.org/stable/25828215  Basically, 40-60% correct, but
> possibly the questions were not representative -- so possibly the results
> are really worse :(
>
> Karen, interesting article, and thank you for bringing it to our
> attention. —Eric
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Google can give you answers, but librarians give you the right answers

[Eric Lease Morgan]

On Apr 5, 2016, at 11:12 PM, Karen Coyle  wrote:

> Eric, there were studies done a few decades ago using factual questions. 
> Here's a critical round-up of some of the studies: 
> http://www.jstor.org/stable/25828215  Basically, 40-60% correct, but possibly 
> the questions were not representative -- so possibly the results are really 
> worse :(

Karen, interesting article, and thank you for bringing it to our attention. 
—Eric