Digital Library Center Blog | UF

This is for a position in the University of Florida Libraries, which is where I work and it’s a great place to be. I highly encourage anyone who might be interested to apply – UF is incredible for so many reasons, including the amazing library collections, awesome faculty, being in the great city of Gainesville, Gator sports, and so much more!

POSITION: Scholarly Communications Librarian
RANK: Associate University Librarian
REPORTS TO: Director of Academic and Scholarly Outreach
SALARY: Minimum Salary $52,000; Actual salary will reflect selected
professional’s experience and credentials
DEADLINE DATE: July 15, 2010 – review of applications begins May 15, 2010

JOB SUMMARY:
The Scholarly Communications Librarian will lead the UF Libraries’ outreach efforts to build a scholarly communications program in support of scholarly publication reform and Open Access (OA) activities at UF. This role includes educating the university community about OA resources and services at UF, scholarly publication modes and reform, and intellectual property issues and their impact on scholarly inquiry and instruction. In this endeavor, the incumbent will coordinate efforts to recruit, collect, showcase, and preserve the scholarly output of the University of Florida.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Develop and implement an educational program to increase awareness among UF faculty, researchers, and students about scholarly communication issues in the digital environment as they impact academia and research libraries (e.g., copyright compliance, fair use, rights to their own scholarship, deposit responsibilities, privacy rights). Participate in the development of university policy on scholarly communication issues, such as: copyright, the public domain, open access, user privacy, and other scholarly communication issues. Plan, implement, and manage the University Open Access Policy, once adopted.

Manage, advertise, and promote the availability and capacity of the UF Institutional Repository (IR) to the university community, faculty, researchers, and students, and ensure compliance with relevant law and policy. Establish mechanisms to assist faculty with publishing choices, publishing agreements, and management of intellectual property (to include administration of UF OA publishing fund pilot project). Serve as the Libraries’ primary resource on copyright compliance, fair use, and other copyright issue and as a liaison to the UF Office of the General Counsel and Office of Government Relations on these matters. Work in close consultation and cooperation with the UF Office of the General Counsel, information technology offices, academic departments, and university administrators on issues and programs related to scholarly communication. Monitor national scholarly communication trends and policy issues, inform and educate the UF community of their significance, and participate in campus efforts to ensure that scholars, students, and libraries in the digital environment retain full benefits of the current and evolving intellectual property system. Develop the Libraries’ scholarly communication website. Work with UF Libraries’ units, teams, faculty, staff, and other stakeholders, including the University Library committee, on scholarly communication issues to ensure integrated services, knowledge-sharing, and collaboration to prepare communication tools for use with various constituencies. Perform other related duties incidental to the work described above. Perform scholarly research and provide service at the institutional and professional levels as related to assignment and in accordance with the Libraries’ tenure and promotion criteria (see: http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/pers/cdh/)

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required:
ALA-accredited Master’s degree in library/information science (MLS) or other relevant graduate degree Five years of professional experience relevant to scholarly communications, copyright, intellectual property and fair use. Demonstrated knowledge of scholarly publishing, new models for scholarly communication, and the associated technical, legal, and information policy issues. Demonstrated knowledge of copyright and other intellectual property issues in the academic environment, particularly as they involve the creation, dissemination, and use of digital information resources. Ability to think creatively and develop products and services, such as web-based information and publications, training materials, workshops, conferences, and other tools relevant to scholarly communications, copyright, and fair use. Planning and leadership skills, with the ability to function independently, take initiative, and set goals and priorities in a dynamic changing environment.

Demonstrated knowledge of IR’s and the ability to communicate benefits and issues. Ability to represent the interests of the university. Excellent oral and written communication skills. Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to establish positive and productive collaborations working with diverse audiences, constituencies, and colleagues including faculty, students, administrators, consortia partners, and national organizations.

Preferred:
J.D. Ten years of relevant experience with emphasis on scholarly communication matters in libraries, academia, scientific or scholarly publishing, or in other settings. Demonstrated success in leading a scholarly communications program with broad impact in a research university environment. Ability to communicate a strong vision of how discipline-based scholarship is changing in response to new technologies and what role libraries can play in meeting the evolving needs of scholars. Experience in preparing and delivering scholarly communications, copyright, and fair use instruction for different audiences, individually and in groups/forums, on campus. This is in the Required section Extensive knowledge of the overall operations and information needs in a large academic research university library. Experience with institutional repositories in a comparable environment. Thorough understanding of trends away from print toward digital content and the ability to communicate the changes, requirements, and benefits to faculty, students, and researchers across campus. Understanding of variations in publication and communication patterns in various scholarly disciplines.

APPLICATION PROCESS:
Please submit application materials via e-mail. Send, as attachments (MS-Word format preferred), a cover letter detailing your interest in and qualifications for this position; a written statement regarding how discipline-based scholarship is changing in response to new technologies and what role libraries can play in meeting the evolving needs of scholars (500 to 750 words); your current resume and a list of three references.  Include address, telephone and email information for references.  Apply by July 15, 2010 (applications will be reviewed beginning May 15, 2010). Send all required application materials to Kristy Mills, Smathers Libraries Human Resources Office, at: krimill@uflib.ufl.edu.

The Brown University Library invites applications for a dynamic and innovative Director of Digital Technologies to provide leadership, vision, and strategic direction for the Brown University Library in the development, delivery and integration of new and existing systems and technology services and digital initiatives across the libraries. S/he will oversee the management of the department’s three units: Integrated Technology Services, Systems and Technical Support, and the Center for Digital Scholarship. As a member of the Library’s senior management team, the Director of Digital Technologies will serve as the Library’s chief liaison with the University’s Office of Computing and Information Services and related technology units on campus. S/he will actively seek partnerships with other Library departments and organizations external to the Library, solicit input from and manage collaborations with a broad spectrum of partners, and ensure that the Library’s digital services support a wide array of user needs within the teaching, learning and research mission of the University. This includes developing strategies to assess the effectiveness of digital services and operations. The incumbent will stay abreast of emerging developments, issues, and trends in the use of digital technologies in higher education, and will contribute to and be active in local, regional, and national projects and developments. S/he will be a leading force in the introduction and application of new technologies that improve, enhance, and extend Library services.

Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree required. A graduate degree is preferred, such as an MLS or MIS from an ALA-accredited program, or an MS/MA or PhD in a relevant subject. The successful candidate must have at least 5 years of progressively responsible management experience in information technology in
an academic library with substantial technical knowledge of systems and digital technologies including significant experience in developing and managing technical projects. S/he will have prior experience in some or all of the following: digital repository development (Fedora), digital libraries, data curation, and digital scholarship. The candidate will have an excellent grasp of advanced information technologies and their applications, detailed knowledge of project management and a demonstrated ability to estimate the scope of a project and bring it to completion on time and within budget. The successful incumbent will have a flexible approach to problem-solving and the ability to facilitate change while working within a collegial framework. S/he will demonstrate a record of excellent oral, written and interpersonal communication skills along with strong analytical and decision-making skills. Experience with obtaining grant funding and managing grant-funded projects is preferred.

To apply for this position (JOB#B01159), please visit Brown’s Online Employment website (https://careers.brown.edu), complete an application online, attach documents, and submit for immediate consideration. Documents should include cover letter, resume, and the names and e-mail addresses of three references. Review of applications will continue until the position is filled; applications received by June 18, 2010 will receive first consideration. Brown University is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer.

Not only does the new interface for the Florida Aerial Photography Digital Collection support searching using the Google Map interface (complete with drag and drop pins for search refinement), it also supports searching by address. If that weren’t enough, Mark Sullivan (UF Digital Collections and Digital Library Center Programmer) now has the location circled on the images.

Drawing something on the images may seem easy, but it isn’t. Drawing on a normal image is easy – image size, where to draw, calculate, etc.  The images in the Florida Aerial Photography Digital Collection are being delivered by a JPEG2000 server. The server allows people to select the size of the image, the zoom level, and the area to focus on. Drawing on these images thus requires interaction with the JPEG2000 server to know the size and location on the image in all permutations. This is impressive alone, and made all the more impressive by having it along with so many other improvements, all of which work seamlessly together.

Other improvements include enhancements to the left-side navigation bar. It now includes a list of the specific resulting tiles by area, a thumbnail image of the complete tile for use in re-positioning on the tile, and a small Google Map for use in positioning in context.

Try out the new interface for the Florida Aerial Photography Digital Collection using the map search here!

Normally, I try not to editorialize much on news releases, but ELO folks are doing great research in a great scholarly community. Not only is the research cutting edge, theoretically exciting, and critically needed, the ELO community is vibrant and friendly.  Sadly, I always seem to have conflicts with ELO Conferences. I wish I could make this one, and I heartily encourage others to attend so that I can read about the conference (living vicariously this year, and hopefully being able to attend the next one).

News release:

Brown University, Literary Arts Program hosts the 4th International Conference and Festival of the Electronic Literature Organization (http://eliterature.org). The conference – ‘ELO_AI: Archive and Innovate’ – also honors the Program’s long-standing prompter of writing in digital media and virtuoso of postmodern fiction, Professor Robert Coover. Prof. Coover and Brown were involved with the founding of the ELO and there will be presentations on his work and his contribution to the field. Apart from conference papers, artists talks, and an ‘undergraduate quickfire plenary,’ there will be gallery shows, a performance event, two screenings, and workshops – these latter events all open to the public. Accumulating details, a registration page, and contact information on the website: http://ai.eliterature.org.

As the ELO itself put it …

“Returning to the site of Coover’s own ‘Unspeakable Acts, Unnatural Practices’ events, this conference offers a chance to stop and celebrate all the directions electronic literature has gone in the intervening years.

“Now is the time to register and renew your ELO membership!
http://ai.eliterature.org
[Please note: you must have an active ELO membership to attend.]

“The ELO and the conference organizers at Brown have orchestrated a dynamic structure with an explosive lineup.  To see the featured “seeded speakers” and art installations, click the “Program” link on the left side menu.

“You’ll find travel and accommodation under the “Logistics” tab. Note: You have until May 11 to get the conference rate at the Hilton.”