See the full job posting here. ARCHIVIST FOR DIGITAL COLLECTIONS – Digital Collections and Archives Job Requisition Number: 53413 Job Title: ARCHIVIST FOR DIGITAL COLLECTIONS – Digital Collections and Archives Employment Status: Full-Time Location: Medford, Massachusetts 02155-0000 Campus: Medford/Somerville Hours per Week: 35 Weekly Schedule: Monday – Friday, 9 – 5 Weeks per Year: 52 Job Family: L – Library External Description: The Digital Collections and Archives (DCA) supports the teaching and research mission of Tufts University by ensuring the enduring preservation and accessibility of the university’s permanently valuable records and collections. The DCA assists departments, faculty, and staff in managing records and other assets.Read More →

SobekCM – the system powering the UF Digital Collections, the Digital Library of the Caribbean, and many other rich collections – will soon have advanced support for finding guides in EAD. This has been in process as a complete solution for the full workflow and it’s nearing completion. Check out the EADs we’re testing with here. The benefits from fully supporting EAD within the same digital library system supporting digital objects is enormous: Finding guides can be displayed, searched, and used within the same system as the digital objects they reference (increases usability from consistent navigation, ease of searching a single system, additional benefits fromRead More →

There’s now an iPhone App specifically for the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) and it’s available here. dLOC was already included as one of the collections in an earlier app. The specialized app is simply targeted to dLOC alone. This is just one more way to enjoy the amazing materials shared by so many partners who all contribute to and build the Digital Library of the Caribbean. All of dLOC’s wonderful resources are available online through the dLOC website, with new resources add on an ongoing basis: http://dloc.com/Read More →

The UF Digital Collections has many data sets, but most are historical –  as in pre-digital historical, printed on paper, and then digitized. In digitizing the materials, text is created by OCR so the data is all available, but it’s not as exciting, born-digital format.* Recently, born-digital data sets for energy consumption in Gainesville were added and this data is in an exciting format and it’s exciting data. Check it out here: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/IR00000242/00001 Also, check out the Gainesville-Green.com site, which uses the data set in a visual comparison tool that lets you compare your energy consumption over time, with neighbors, and more! * At leastRead More →

Librarian for Digital Research and Scholarship University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California Salary: $48,029 to $88,488 Status: Full-time Posted: 10/11/10 Deadline: 12/01/10 Librarian for Digital Research and Scholarship Department: Collections, Research & Instructional Services (CRIS) Rank and Salary: Salary and appointment level based on experience and qualifications. Associate Librarian I ($48,029) – Associate Librarian VII (68,892) Librarian I (68,892) – Librarian IV ($88,488) Position Availability: Immediately The UCLA Library seeks applications/nominations for the position of Librarian for Digital Research and Scholarship. Description of Library Based in UCLA’s Charles E. Young Research Library, the CRIS department is composed of area and subject specialistsRead More →

Tanner Higgin has written an excellent essay on his ambivalence towards the digital humanities. His post is particularly interesting to me in light of my recent reading of Jaron Launier’s You Are Not a Gadget and Johanna Drucker’s SpecLab, both of which deal with the same problems of techno-romanticism/fetishism, albeit in different contexts. The digital humanities is still a relatively new field, with roots in humanities computing, texts and technology, and many other names. In 2008, NEH institutionalized what had been their digital initiatives into the “Office of Digital Humanities.” The Office of Digital Humanities offers a brief explanation of the digital humanities, highlighting theRead More →

DIGITAL ARCHIVIST RARE BOOK & MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY The Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library (RBML) seeks a skilled and accomplished electronic records archivist to help design and implement a curatorial and archival program for born-digital materials. While this position is in the RBML, it will work with all of Columbia’s special collections units in developing and coordinating a robust and consistent archival program for born digital materials. Reporting to the Curator of Manuscripts and University Archivist, the Digital Archivist is responsible for identifying and managing born digital content in RBML collections. Characteristic duties and responsibilities include: Develops and maintains file plans, retentionRead More →

Head of Digital Scholarship Ref S&C00213 Location London, St Pancras Position Type Permanent Specialism Requirements Salary £67,998 p.a. (more may be available for an exceptional candidate) This is a unique role in one of the world’s leading national research libraries. At a time of rapid change in scholarly communication, you’ll be shaping the British Library’s digital scholarship strategy to ensure that we offer the same high-quality support for researchers using digital resources as we do for those using traditional media. You will also be developing innovative ways to maximise access to our priceless collections for future generations of researchers. This includes resource discovery and deliveryRead More →

Faculty Position in Digital Environments/Digital Humanities Rank: Assistant Professor The University of Michigan’s School of Information (SI) seeks an outstanding tenure-track faculty member at the Assistant Professor level to help establish a vigorous program of research and teaching in Digital Environments/Digital Humanities. New technologies and digital environments offer transformative opportunities for the humanities. At the same time, they bring unheralded challenges for accountability, authority, representation, intelligibility, and the assessment of value. Candidates for this position should have a demonstrated research record investigating topics of concern in the digital humanities. Potential areas of research include (but are not limited to) virtual collaboration in the humanities; designRead More →