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DIRECTOR OF DIGITAL INITIATIVES The J. Murrey Atkins Library at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is seeking a Director of Digital Initiatives. Atkins Library’s Digital Initiatives Department is responsible for drawing the Library’s digital presence into ever greater alignment with the campus research and teaching needs, and with University IT strategic planning. UNC Charlotte’s Atkins Library is a comprehensive research library with over 42,000 serial titles and an annual budget of over $10 million. The Director of Digital Initiatives is a new position, reporting to the University Librarian, and supervising a growing staff of at least seven. The Digital Initiatives unit is focusedRead More →

The California Digital Library’s Access Group is seeking a programmer analyst to help build and provide access to a world-class collection of scholarly publications and datasets, and historical and primary source materials.  We need your expertise to develop platforms and tools for distributing the scholarly work generated by the UC academic community  and for surfacing the remarkable, one-of-a-kind collections held in the University of California’s campus libraries and California’s cultural institutions. About the position: Programmer/Analyst II The programmer analyst will provide development and operations support to our core services—eScholarship, the Online Archive of California, and Calisphere—with a focus on further developing systems for contributing digitalRead More →

Columbia University’s Center for Digital Research and Scholarship (CDRS) (http://cdrs.columbia.edu) is seeking a Senior Application Developer. Columbia University’s Center for Digital Research and Scholarship (CDRS) (http://cdrs.columbia.edu) is seeking a Senior Application Developer to implement CDRS’ online platforms by architecting, coding, integrating, and maintaining services and back-end applications that support the projects of the center. CDRS serves the digital research and scholarly communication needs of Columbia’s faculty, graduate students, and other scholars through the innovative creation and implementation of online tools and services. The Senior Application Developer will work in tandem with our in-house Web development team to create and enhance the next generation of sharedRead More →

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) announces a cluster hire in digital humanities: over the next three years the university intends to hire six tenure-line faculty members across a number of departments (and additional staff) to further propel this signature program. In the first phase of this effort, we seek promising candidates for tenure-track appointments at the Assistant Professor level. Initial interviews will be conducted at the Modern Language Association (MLA) and American Historical Association (AHA) conventions in January 2012. Candidates should be accomplished digital humanists able to contribute to a thriving interdisciplinary initiative and to the home department. Candidates must provide evidence of successful teachingRead More →

The Digital Project Manager will have key responsibility for managing all technical and operational aspects of digitization and/or digital reformatting projects undertaken by GWU’s Cyberinfrastructure Center (CIC). The DP Manager will oversee projects from design through final project deliverables. Posting Number: Staff – 000396 Position Title: Digital Project Manager FLSA: Exempt, Full-Time Pay Grade: 20 Work Schedule: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday thru Friday Total Hours Per Week: 40 Recruitment Salary Range: Commensurate with experience Work Address of Position: 2130 H Street, NW Washington DC 20052 Required Licenses/Certifications and other Specific Requirements: Criminal History Screening, Education/Degree/Certifications Verification, Social Security Number Trace, Sex Offender RegistryRead More →

The Pennsylvania State University Libraries seek applications and nominations for the position of Digital Records Archivist. The person appointed to this tenure-track, faculty position will manage the Eberly Family Special Collections Library’s existing born digital archival holdings and expand its capacity to collect electronic records with the initial effort focused on university records. The Eberly Family Special Collections Library at University Park comprises three units: Historical Collections and Labor Archives, Rare Books and Manuscripts, and University Archives and Records Management, together including a total of 18 full-time faculty and staff. The University Archives oversees the University Records Management Program and Inactive Records Center, an extensiveRead More →

Northwestern University Library Librarian Vacancy Announcement Northwestern University Library invites nominations and applications for the position of Assistant Head of the Digital Collections Department, which is a unit of the library organization that advances the University’s teaching and research mission by providing digitization services and support to Northwestern faculty and graduate students.  The assistant head is responsible for conceptual development and execution of digital library projects and related services. The assistant head supervises staff engaged in digital conversion and digital project management and assists with implementation of digital archiving and curation services. For more information about this position, go to: http://www.library.northwestern.edu/about/library-administration/jobs. QUALIFICATIONS INCLUDE:  Masters degree fromRead More →

A grade 14 software developer position in the Repository Development group at the Library of Congress has been posted at usajobs.gov: http://jobview.usajobs.gov/getjob.aspx?JobID=102582377&aid=96601243-22911&WT.mc_n=125 Job Title: Information Technology Specialist (SYSANLYSIS) Agency: Library Of Congress Job Announcement Number: 110135 Job Summary: The Library of Congress serves the Congress in fulfilling its duties and preserves and promotes knowledge and creativity for the benefit of the American people. It is the nation’s oldest federal cultural institution and the world’s largest library, with more than 145 million items in its physical collections (including books, manuscripts, prints, photos, film, video, and sound recordings) and almost 20 million items online. Located on CapitolRead More →

Digital Data Outreach Librarian, Olin Library – 22611 (http://hr.wustl.edu/opportunities/Pages/ExternalApplicants.aspx) Essential Functions The Digital Data Outreach Librarian is a new position which will assume overall responsibility for Library outreach to faculty in all disciplines to best determine their digital research management needs. The Digital Data Outreach Librarian will work closely with subject librarians and staff from Digital Library Services, Library Systems, and Library Assessment to best match identified faculty needs with library digital capabilities.  The Librarian will also collaborate with other departments on the Danforth and Medical campuses to insure a coordinated, university-wide approach to faculty digital data needs. Determine faculty digital data management needs throughRead More →

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY LIBRARIES Lexington, KY 40506-0456 http://libraries.uky.edu POSITION: Director of Digital Scholarship, Job #SM537479 AVAILABLE: Immediately DESCRIPTION AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Reporting to the Associate Dean for Collections and Technical Services, the Director of Digital Scholarship leads an energetic and collaborative program that engages faculty, staff, and students in initiatives to maximize the dissemination, preservation and impact of the university’s scholarship and research. This individual will oversee UK Libraries’ new institutional repository, UKnowledge (http://uknowledge.uky.edu), a Digital Commons based initiative. The Director will continue the development of repository policies, procedures and services. The Director will engage with faculty and students to secure content and develop partnerships. TheRead More →