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JOB: Metadata Strategist (New York University)

Feb

18

2021

From the announcement: The New York University Libraries invites applications and nominations for the position of Metadata Strategist. In response to strategic priorities such as next-generation system migration, linked data (e.g. BIBFRAME), digital scholarship as well as RDA 3R, the Metadata Strategist is responsible for assessing, developing, and documenting internal policies for metadata creation, application, ...

JOB: Head of Software and Services for Data Science (Stanford University)

Feb

18

2021

From the announcement: Stanford Libraries is looking for a full-time Head of Software and Services for Data Science (SSDS) supporting training and guidance for data science applications in the social sciences and digital humanities. SSDS is a part of the Center for Interdisciplinary Digital Research (CIDR), the Stanford Libraries center of excellence for data and ...

RECOMMENDED: Books Contain Multitudes: Exploring Experimental Publishing

Feb

11

2021

Books contain multitudes: Exploring Experimental Publishing is a three-part research and scoping report created to support the Experimental Publishing and Reuse Work Package (WP 6) of the Community-led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs (COPIM) project. It also serves as a resource for the scholarly community, especially for authors and publishers interested in pursuing more experimental forms of book ...

EVENT: Global Digital Humanities Symposium

Feb

11

2021

Registration is now open for the sixth annual Global Digital Humanities Symposium, hosted by Digital Humanities at Michigan State University. Happening April 12-15, this free virtual symposium features a broad range of topics and speakers, including: The Programming Historian: A Global Case Study in Multilingual Open Access and DH Tutelage/Instruction Convergences of Past and Present ...

CFP: ACRL Digital Scholarship Section Virtual Professional Development Program (Spring 2021)

Feb

11

2021

The ACRL Digital Scholarship Section’s Professional Development Committee, in collaboration with both the Outreach Committee and the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Committee is seeking proposals for its 2021 DSS virtual professional development series (free), which is tentatively set to begin April 28, 2021. From the call for proposals: This virtual program aims to bring ...

CFP: Ethics in Linked Data

Feb

11

2021

Kathleen Burlingame (she/her, University of Pennsylvania), Alexandra Provo (she/her, New York University), B. M. Watson (they/them, University of British Columbia) and the Ethics in Linked Data Affinity Group seek chapter proposals for a new book, Ethics in Linked Data. As envisioned by the editors: This edited collection brings together contributions that explore the consideration (or ...

JOB: Digital Archivist (Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)

Feb

11

2021

From the announcement: The Mary and Jeff Bell Library at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC) is seeking a Digital Archivist to create access to digital research resources and employs professional standards to continue the development of the Archives’ digital program. The Archivist processes digital collections, provides leadership to ensure the organization’s long-term preservation of digitized ...

JOB: Assistant Head, Digital Content Management Section (Library of Congress)

Feb

11

2021

From the announcement: The position reports to the Head of the Digital Content Management Section and will supervise a team of Digital Collections Specialists and Technicians in a new data processing and quality assurance group within the section. The section is responsible for providing digital acquisitions support to Library Services, and for the lifecycle management ...

RECOMMENDED: Lizard People in the Library

Feb

4

2021

Barbara Fister (Gustavus Adolphus College and Project Information Literacy) has authored an essay, “Lizard People in the Library,” for Project Information Literacy’s Provocation Series. In this piece Fister tackles the role of information literacy educators in the age of “fake news,” QAnon, and other conspiracy theories. Fister provides an overview of polarization, filter bubbles, and ...

POST: The User Experience of Logging In: An Introduction

Feb

4

2021

Stephen Francoeur (CUNY Baruch College) has written a blog post, “The User Experience of Logging In: An Introduction” that categorizes “the places where problems arise” in user experience in logging into academic library resources. Francoeur details four areas of UX: “the status of the user, the user’s device, the library’s systems and resources, and a vendor’s ...

RESOURCE: Copyright and Libraries: Georgia State Copyright Lawsuit

Feb

4

2021

Laura Burtle (Georgia State University) has made her chapter, “Copyright and Libraries: Georgia State Copyright Lawsuit” from Ruth Dukelow and Michael Robak’s Legal Issues in Libraries and Archives available via ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University. From the introduction of the chapter: Three publishing houses, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, and Sage Publications, Inc. (collectively, ...