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From the announcement:

Provide strategic leadership for the design, development, and implementation of digital scholarship at Providence College.

Remote hybrid work is available at a maximum of two days per week based on approval.

Essential Duties:

• Develop and maintain applications, platforms, and tools that support digital scholarship projects and initiatives through the use of extensive technical skills and knowledge of digital scholarship best practices. Serve as the subject matter expert and main point of contact for faculty, students, and external partners in the development of project plans and prototypes for digital initiatives. Implement testing and regular stakeholder communications and provide and incorporate feedback. Develop end-user documentation and serve as an advisor and collaborator in the scaling, and reimagining of current projects.
• In collaboration with the Head of Digital Projects and Metadata and library administration, provide strategic guidance and critical support for the College’s Digital Scholarship program. Develop and maintain policies, procedures, and technical infrastructure for sustainable digital humanities and digital scholarship initiatives and projects. Act as the main point of contact for faculty, students, and other partners on research and scholarship goals. Define the technical and user requirements for digital scholarship projects and propose/recommend technologies and solutions to support them.
• Maintain and support ongoing digital scholarship projects with scalability and long-term viability in mind. Develop and maintain internal project documentation for continuous support of projects in all phases of their lifecycles. Respond to enhancement requests and bug reports, addressing issues as necessary. Update any component technologies and implement ongoing maintenance procedures defined by the project. Reengineer legacy projects to align with necessary infrastructure updates. Collaborate with Information Technology (server admins, web services, etc.) to provide a solid foundation for digital scholarship and other academic computing initiatives on campus. Work with Library staff on special projects and updates to the Library website.
• In collaboration with the Head of Digital Projects & Metadata, create a sustainable and dynamic outreach program that engages faculty, students, and external stakeholders in digital scholarship projects and create a dynamic vision for digital scholarship at the College. Lead and participate in presentations, workshops, and meetings with faculty, staff, and external partners and colleagues to promote College projects, provide education around digital scholarship, and strengthen and develop project partnerships. Collaborate with other departments and staff within the library and other departments on campus (Office of Teaching & Learning) to enhance connections and ensure greater exposure for current projects and generate opportunities for new partnerships.
• Maintain awareness of changing technology standards, emerging applications and methodologies, and best practices in digital scholarship, and ensure appropriate implementation in new and existing projects. Participate in professional development activities including professional organizations, conferences, workshops, and online communities. Conduct ongoing research and communicate potential challenges and opportunities with stakeholders.

Education and Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution required. Master’s Degree in computer science, computer engineering, digital humanities, or data science preferred.
• One plus years’ professional experience as a front-end developer.
• Experience in user experience and web accessibility.
• Experience with version control systems (Git).
• Demonstrated skills in programming languages such as Python, PHP, JavaScript.
• Demonstrated skills in web markup and styling (XML, HTML5, CSS).
• Demonstrated experience with CMS frameworks such as WordPress, Drupal, Omeka.
• Demonstrated skills with databases/indexers/search APIs, such as MySQL or Solr.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical information to non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated project management abilities.
• Demonstrated ability t work collaboratively.
• Demonstrated complex and creative problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with a high degree of accountability.
• Demonstrated understanding of and interest in scholarly activity.

Employee Status: Full Time
Salary Grade: CS03 (Min. $57,700/Mid. $75,000/Max. $92,400)

From the announcement:

Michigan State University (MSU) Libraries seeks a creative, service-oriented professional to join the Digital Scholarship Lab as the Data and Immersive Visualization Librarian.

As a member of a team of professionals in the Digital Scholarship Lab, the Data and Immersive Visualization Librarian will be a key contributor to the MSU Libraries’ services and programs for data visualization, immersive technologies, and digital scholarship. Collaborating with colleagues across the Libraries, this position provides consultation services and designs programming that orient patrons to the transformative capabilities of data visualization tools and immersive technologies for teaching, learning, and research.

The Data and Immersive Visualization Librarian will contribute to rich, well-developed communities at MSU that are experimenting with data visualization tools, XR/AR/MR/VR, gaming, and other immersive technologies. The ideal candidate values collaboration, inclusivity, and community engagement in the design and implementation of services and programs that support data visualization and immersive technology services. In addition, they will bring expertise and a learning mindset that will shape a growing, dynamic digital scholarship and data services program at the MSU Libraries.

The MSU Libraries Digital Scholarship Lab offers cutting-edge technology, including a 360 immersive visualization room, a VR room, a high-powered computer lab, advanced digitization capabilities, and a faculty incubator space for collaborative research. Working closely with the Hollander MakeCentral, the Digital Scholarship Lab attracts faculty and students from all colleges within the university, hosts a variety of learning opportunities, and serves as an incubator for digital projects. The Lab engages scholars locally, regionally, and nationally, with plans for continued iteration and growth of our digital scholarship programming to meet emerging and evolving needs.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Design and implement programming that centers the creative and transformative potential of data visualization, immersive technologies, and XR in teaching, learning, and research.
• Support faculty, researchers, and students through consultation services on the design of curricula and research projects that leverage the affordances of data visualization and immersive technologies and methodologies, including XR.
• Design and lead trainings and workshops that support the creative use and critical understanding of data visualization and immersive technologies and software, including XR.
• Collaborate with the Data Services Librarian in the provisioning of research data management services and programs
• Collaborate with Transformative Technologies Coordinator to ensure that DSL software and hardware align with current and future pedagogical and research needs at MSU.
• Cultivate collegial, mutually beneficial relationships within the Libraries and across the university around research support, data visualization, and immersive technologies.
• Stay abreast of the most current developments, trends, and software to support data services and visualization, immersive technologies, and XR.
• Represent the Digital Scholarship Lab on groups and committees at MSU and within the Libraries that support the life cycle of digital projects.

MSU Librarians may have a quarter-time secondary assignment (position dependent) based on the needs of the library and candidate interests.

We welcome candidates who meet the minimum requirements to apply and will support their professional development to grow in this position.

Librarians are appointed as regular faculty in the continuing appointment system. Faculty are expected to independently apply judgment; have excellent oral and communication skills; and demonstrate attention to detail; flexibility; collegiality; the capacity for collaboration; and a commitment to diversity and inclusion in performance of their duties. As faculty, they develop a self-directed program of professional development and scholarly activities related to their position; and serve on library and university committees as elected or assigned.

The librarian will work to advance the initiatives in the MSU Strategic Plan and in the MSU Libraries Strategic Plan. In support of these initiatives, the Libraries serve as a center of activity and engagement on campus, with librarians empowered to support both student development and transformative research activities.

The MSU Libraries Strategic Plan guides our current and future work. The candidate will partner with our diverse campus to grow our welcoming multicultural environment. More information on MSU and the MSU Libraries’ dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion is available at: http://www.inclusion.msu.edu/about/index.html.

Michigan State University Libraries serve more than 4,900 faculty, 40,000 undergraduates, and 11,000 graduate and professional students on a park-like campus of over 5,000 acres.

From the post:

The Head of Digital Scholarship Services is responsible for planning, implementing, and managing current and emerging research support services, including, digital scholarship, digital humanities, data management, scholarly communications and digital maker space technologies. This position collaborates with faculty and staff to build and nurture campus partnerships with Information Technology Services, the Division of Research, Harpur College’s Digital and Data Studies program and others. They work in a collegial environment, where communication and collaboration are two of our critical values for supporting each other, the Libraries, and the campus community.

The position reports to the Senior Director for Library Technology and Digital Strategies. This is a tenure track faculty position. Librarians at Binghamton University are faculty members and are expected to contribute significantly to the profession.
Salary: $75,000+ (commensurate with experience)

From the post:

The Utah State University Libraries seeks a collaborative, innovative and user-centered candidate for the position of Digital Scholarship Librarian to join a team supporting our communities in discovering, creating, and sharing knowledge. The Digital Scholarship Librarian will further digital scholarship and literacy across the institution and provide support for a broad range of programs, tools, and services to facilitate innovative and interdisciplinary research.

Working with a team of librarians, the Digital Scholarship Librarian provides essential research support, instruction, and services that bolster robust digital research and learning and engagement with evolving technologies across all disciplines. Collaborating with library colleagues and groups across the university, this position will also help develop strategic initiatives and partnerships to promote and utilize the new Innovation Hub (opening fall 2024) including outreach and instruction with emerging research technologies. This position also engages with students and faculty as a member of a broadly-defined disciplinary library team.

From the post:

We are seeking a Digital Archivist with a dual focus on access and preservation to develop and implement policies and procedures for managing born-digital and digitized archival records. Do you want a career that combines history and research with technology? Do you possess skills in archival science, outreach, and digital preservation? Do you work collaboratively within a small team, and understand how to facilitate research for internal and external customers? If so, we have the role for you!

From the post:

The position will advance our understanding of AI in the academic library context with a focus on teaching and learning implications. The project could include a wide range of activities, such as researching and co-developing an AI and algorithmic literacy program or module, investigating the potential of responsive learning systems or intelligent user interfaces to support the Libraries’ instructional program, developing a shareable curriculum based on UNESCO’s AI Competency Framework and AI learning outcomes and curriculum developed by the Ontario Ministry of Education, making recommendations on next steps for teaching and learning in academic libraries, and/or conducting research on policy and privacy concerns related to AI in the teaching & learning context. We seek candidates who demonstrate a strong interdisciplinary approach and commitment to research that engages with theoretical models from disciplines within and outside of information studies.

This is a Contractually Limited Appointment (CLA) for a two-year term to commence August 1, 2024

From the announcement:

Reporting to the Director of Research Data and Digital Scholarship (RDDS), the Head of Digital Scholarship is responsible for the administrative management of libraries’ digital scholarship initiatives including those related to digital projects, digital humanities, public digital scholarship, and affiliated areas.

In collaboration with the Research Data and Digital Scholarship team and disciplinary specialists, they will

• coordinate project support through the RDDS sub-team, Digital Projects, Publications, and Partnerships.
• develop and deliver forward-thinking, measurable, campus-aligned programming to support researchers; and
• scaffold scalable education and outreach programming and support for graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and faculty.
• prioritize the development of strong, collaborative relationships with library subject specialists as appropriate and with relevant campus partners, such as the Price Lab for the Digital Humanities.

The incumbent will manage a small team of specialists and students focused on digital projects and public digital scholarship

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement a digital scholarship program encompassing digital projects, digital humanities, and related areas through various initiatives, such as leading the Digital Projects, Publications, and Partnerships team.
• Supervise and mentor a team of functional librarians and student workers in digital scholarship. Identify and implement strategies for understanding and responding to the existing and evolving digital scholarship needs of campus researchers.
• Build strong relationships with campus stakeholders to ensure services remain relevant and useful and provide specialized consulting services to the Penn community.
• Create and maintain research and how-to guides supporting the Penn community relevant to digital scholarship needs. Assist in the development and maintenance of the online presence for digital scholarship.
• Stay abreast of the trends and best practices in digital scholarship to enhance the libraries’ services by participating in local, national, and international digital scholarship networks, conferences, and meetings as appropriate.
• Serve as a co-manager of the Research Data & Digital Scholarship Exchange (RDDSx), a collaboration and training space in Van Pelt Library and coordinate programming in RDDSx in collaboration with the Director of RDDS and RDDS Staff.
• Assist with RDDS assessment and evaluation for digital scholarship.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

From the announcement:

Provide strategic leadership for the design, development, and implementation of digital scholarship at Providence College.

Remote hybrid work is available at a maximum of two days per week based on approval.

• Develop and maintain applications, platforms, and tools that support digital scholarship projects and initiatives through the use of extensive technical skills and knowledge of digital scholarship best practices. Serve as the subject matter expert and main point of contact for faculty, students, and external partners in the development of project plans and prototypes for digital initiatives. Implement testing and regular stakeholder communications and provide and incorporate feedback. Develop end-user documentation and serve as an advisor and collaborator in the scaling, and reimagining of current projects.
• In collaboration with the Head of Digital Projects and Metadata and library administration, provide strategic guidance and critical support for the College’s Digital Scholarship program. Develop and maintain policies, procedures, and technical infrastructure for sustainable digital humanities and digital scholarship initiatives and projects. Act as the main point of contact for faculty, students, and other partners on research and scholarship goals. Define the technical and user requirements for digital scholarship projects and propose/recommend technologies and solutions to support them.
• Maintain and support ongoing digital scholarship projects with scalability and long-term viability in mind. Develop and maintain internal project documentation for continuous support of projects in all phases of their lifecycles. Respond to enhancement requests and bug reports, addressing issues as necessary. Update any component technologies and implement ongoing maintenance procedures defined by the project. Reengineer legacy projects to align with necessary infrastructure updates. Collaborate with Information Technology (server admins, web services, etc.) to provide a solid foundation for digital scholarship and other academic computing initiatives on campus. Work with Library staff on special projects and updates to the Library website.
• In collaboration with the Head of Digital Projects & Metadata, create a sustainable and dynamic outreach program that engages faculty, students, and external stakeholders in digital scholarship projects and create a dynamic vision for digital scholarship at the College. Lead and participate in presentations, workshops, and meetings with faculty, staff, and external partners and colleagues to promote College projects, provide education around digital scholarship, and strengthen and develop project partnerships. Collaborate with other departments and staff within the library and other departments on campus (Office of Teaching & Learning) to enhance connections and ensure greater exposure for current projects and generate opportunities for new partnerships.
• Maintain awareness of changing technology standards, emerging applications and methodologies, and best practices in digital scholarship, and ensure appropriate implementation in new and existing projects. Participate in professional development activities including professional organizations, conferences, workshops, and online communities. Conduct ongoing research and communicate potential challenges and opportunities with stakeholders.
• Perform all other duties as may be required.

Come join the team at the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum! We’re working to expand the story of America through the often-untold accounts and accomplishments of women individually and collectively—to better understand our past and inspire our future. We’re looking for dedicated individuals to help us create space for women’s history on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., deepen our nation’s stories, and inspire conversation, connection, and change.

Open & closing dates

03/26/2024 to 04/10/2024

Salary

$82,764 – $107,590 per year

Pay scale & grade

GS 11

Location

1 vacancy in the following location:

Remote job

No

Telework eligible

Yes—as determined by the agency policy.

Travel Required

Not required

Relocation expenses reimbursed

No

Appointment type

Permanent – Federal

Work schedule

Full-time – Full-Time, Permanent

Duties

 

The Digital Community Partnerships Specialist will build and maintain community partnerships for SAWHM’s digital initiatives, focusing on identifying partner communities, working with community representatives to co-create resources for the Virtual Museum, building and strengthening relationships with community partners through digital initiatives, and working with diverse communities to share gender equity and women’s history stories.

In this position, you will:

• Manage the formulation and execution of programs, plans and digital partnership policies.  Provide direction for administrative support operations.  Administer planning, programming, budgeting, accounting, personnel management, records management and security management aspects of assigned projects and accounts.
• Identify, develop and maintain strong relationships with potential and existing collaborations, building and maintaining trust-based relationships.  Determine key groups for partnerships that represent the diverse experiences of American women.  Develop and implement workflows for collaboration and co-creation that are efficient and meet the specific needs of these diverse communities.
• Assist with the development of media and written materials through analysis, interpretation, production, and development of complex information for audiences with differing levels of understanding of gender equity and women’s history issues.
• Directly assist community partners with storytelling using digital resources and connect with partners with other SI people who can offer digital resource support.
• Organize and coordinate strategic outreach, external relations, and related special projects, including moderating digital spaces and hosting digital events to promote engagement with museum activities.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• Pass Pre-employment Background Investigation
• May need to complete a Probationary Period
• Maintain a Bank Account for Direct Deposit/Electronic Transfer
• Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered with Selective Service.

 

Conditions of Employment

Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.

For information on qualification requirements, see Qualification Standards Handbook for General Schedule Positions on OPM website.

 

Salary Range: Targeted salary $72,000 annually, based on experience

Benefits Provided: Yes

Required Attachments: Resume, Cover Letter, Other Document (See Job Requirements for details)

Job Description

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The University Libraries seeks to recruit a technical professional who has a passion for the higher education environment to support data-intensive research and digital scholarship projects. The Research Informatics Specialist is a member of the Digital Scholarship and Data Services department which resides within the Digital Strategies and Innovation division. Reporting to the Director of Digital Scholarship and Data Services, this role performs information engineering in the form of automation, storage, and retrieval of information through the use and development of cyberinfrastructure.

The primary support focus for this role is research endeavors spanning STEM, Social Science, and Digital Humanities, and may be included in grants as a project resource. The Research Informatics Specialist works closely with other researcher support roles. An ideal candidate will have a proven record of working independently and managing multiple priorities at one time.

Position Responsibilities Include: 

• Serves as a consultant and collaborator by helping researchers across OU’s research domains to develop plans for addressing computing and data needs.
• Helps teams to innovate, evaluate, develop and deploy new knowledge creation and management technologies.
• Guides in identifying and selecting engineering informatics tools, e.g. automating dataset ingest mechanisms.
• Consults with the Research Data Specialist to identify and evaluate data assets.
• Participates in data audits and associated data assessment activities.
• Develops technologies and processes for data access and sharing, visualization, preservation, and general data management.
• Consults with researchers to provide informatics solutions and support.
• Serves as a consultant helping researchers in OU’s research domains to curate and archive digital data and to solve information/data-related problems.
• Participates in education, outreach, and training on information and data science, including policy, access, and technology issues.
• Participates in the planning and development of digital and e-research programs that address researchers’ content/information/data-related needs.
• Engages in partnerships to develop technologies and processes for data access and sharing, visualization, preservation, and general data management.
• Participates in data collection and reporting in support of program assessment and data-driven decision-making.
• Performs data-driven analysis to drive continuous improvement of accessibility and usability of tools and resources.

Special Instructions to Applicants:

Applications must attach the following documents in pdf format:

• Cover letter
• Resume
• List of 3 Professional References

Hire will be contingent on submission of academic transcripts.

Best consideration date for this position is 4/26/24.

Job Requirements

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Required Education and Experience: Bachelor’s degree, AND:

• 24 months of experience in application and software development.

Equivalency substitution: Will accept 48 months related experience in lieu of the Bachelor’s degree for a total of 72 months related experience.

Skills:

• Ability to work with varied groups of people in a respectful, equitable and inclusive way.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to effectively communicate with end-users at varying technological skill levels.
• Demonstrated high-level technology proficiency and capabilities working with computing systems, disk arrays, computers and software, the Web, and social media.
• Demonstrated ability in programming in one of the following languages: Python, R, JavaScript, SQL.
• Experience with data visualization and text mining tools.
• Ability to build and sustain effective interpersonal relationships and work collaboratively in a diverse and fast-paced environment.
• Analytical skills, creative and innovative problem-solving skills, and a strong commitment to service excellence.
• Outstanding organizational, project, and time management skills to lead multiple projects.

Certifications: None.

 

Advertised Physical Requirements:

• Frequent exposure to pressure caused by deadlines and busy periods.
• Ability to communicate, including expressing oneself or exchanging information with others.
• Ability to use computer daily.

Department Preferences:

• Advanced degree.
• Experience working with Unix / Linux command line tools.
• Familiarity with web frameworks such as Drupal or Django.
• Experience with workflow automation using Celery, Apache Airflow, or other similar frameworks.
• Demonstrated knowledge of ontology tools, and technologies supporting humanities research, e.g. Nvivo, ATLAS.ti, XML, CIDOC-CRM, Geovocab.
• Experience working in an environment that involves complexity and change.
• Experience in writing and/or managing grants.
• Experience in working with grant funded researchers.
• Ability to teach others in group and/or one-on-one settings.
• Understanding of the academic library’s role in research, teaching and learning and the role of new and innovative technologies on the ongoing development and evolution of new library services and digital scholarship.

Supervision:

• No supervisory duties.

Special Instructions: If you are selected as a final candidate for this position, you will be subject to The University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Tuberculosis Testing policy.  To view the policy, visit https://hr.ou.edu/Policies-Handbooks/TB-Testing.

Why You Belong at the University of Oklahoma: The University of Oklahoma fosters an inclusive culture of respect and civility, belonging, and access, which are essential to our collective pursuit of excellence and our determination to change lives. The unique talents, perspectives, and experiences of our community enrich the learning, and working environment at OU, inspiring us to harness our innovation, creativity, and collaboration for the advancement of people everywhere.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement: The University of Oklahoma, in compliance with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations, does not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, age, religion, disability, political beliefs, or status as a veteran in any of its policies, practices, or procedures. This includes, but is not limited to, admissions, employment, financial aid, housing, services in educational programs or activities, and health care services that the University operates or provides.

 

Hiring contingent upon a Background Check?: Yes

Special Indications: None

Job Posting

: Mar 22, 2024