CFP: Library Publishing Forum 2016

The Library Publishing Coalition has released a CFP for the 2016 Library Publishing Forum, to be held May 17-19 in Denton, Texas. The theme of this year’s conference will be “Amplifying Scholarship: More Choices, More Voices.” As the post states, “Libraries as publishers have the means to expand access to publishing, creating opportunities for diverse ...

JOB: Assistant Professor (Digital Resources Librarian), Sam Houston State University

From the announcement: Position will provide leadership in planning, selection and organizing digital projects, including electronic thesis and dissertations and an institutional repository. Participates in professional activities, professional development, scholarly research, publication and service activities as outlined in Academic Policy Statement 900417,Faculty Reappointment, Tenure and Promotion.

JOB: Head of Digital Library Services, University of Utah

From the announcement: The J. Willard Marriott Library seeks an energetic, visionary, innovative, and accomplished professional for the position of Head, Digital Library Services (DLS). This is an excellent opportunity to work with collaborative, energetic, and enthusiastic colleagues in developing and delivering an information environment that significantly advances end-user resource discovery and use of digital ...

Cultivating a New Design Lab: An Interview with Justin Schell

Justin Schell is the Learning Design Specialist at the University of Michigan Library, where he is leading the development of the Shapiro Design Lab. Alix Keener, who conducted this interview, is the Digital Scholarship Librarian at the U-M Library. Alix: I’m enjoying that there’s a Star Wars BB-8 robot rolling around in the background of ...

“A Natural Symbiosis”: An Interview with Ashley Sanders

Chelcie Juliet Rowell, Digital Initiatives Librarian at Wake Forest University, interviews Ashley Sanders, the Digital Scholarship Librarian for the Claremont Colleges. After meeting at the 2015 Digital Library Federation Forum in Vancouver, BC, Ashley and Chelcie are glad to have identified each other as fellow learners in a digital humanities, libraries, and liberal arts community ...

PROJECT: ‘A Shaky Truce’: Starkville Civil Rights Struggles, 1960-1980

The Mississippi State University History Department and Libraries have launched a digital history project entitled ‘A Shaky Truce’: Starkville Civil Rights Struggles, 1960-1980. Developed by a cross-disciplinary team of faculty, librarians, graduate and undergraduate students, the project documents two decades of civil rights struggles in Starkville, MS. The purpose of this project is to tell a ...

POST: Opportunities Created by Emerging Technologies

Katina Rogers (The Futures Initiative, Graduate Center, CUNY) has posted her position paper for an upcoming Council of Graduate Schools workshop on the future of the dissertation. In it, she links the changes and challenges afoot for dissertations with those facing the greater landscape of scholarship and scholarly publishing. The same questions of values, methods, and ...

POST: Agile Development: Building an Agile Culture

Leo Stezano (Columbia University Libraries) wrote a post for the LITA Blog entitled Agile Development: Building an Agile Culture. In the post, Stezano outlines some tips for fostering a successful agile development shop in a library setting. Additionally, he provides links for further reading on agile development teams and the broader discussion of institutional culture issues ...

RESOURCE: ARL Fall Forum Overview and Roundup

Liz Hamilton (Northwestern University), the recipient of the inaugural Julia C. Blixrud Scholarship, has written an overview of the 2015 ARL Fall Forum on Research Partnerships in Digital Scholarship for the Humanities and Social Sciences. In the overview, Hamilton provides highlights (and links to materials) from the speakers’ presentations, including Tara McPherson’s Julia C. Blixrud ...

JOB: Digitization and Metadata Specialist, Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

From the announcement: The Digitization and Metadata Specialist will digitize collections and enter metadata of Collection into Country Music Foundation’s digital asset management system, to include cataloging and migration of existing digitized collections. Properly handle fragile and rare archival materials. Role Summary: Digitization of project specific video, audio, print and photo collections Migration of existing ...

JOB: Digital Programs and Initiatives Manager, University of Maryland Libraries

From the announcement: The Digital Programs and Initiatives (DPI) Manager is responsible for providing visionary leadership and oversight for the Digital Programs and Initiatives department. The DPI Manager initiates and is the first point of contact for all new digital projects and digital initiatives, and works with both internal and external project stakeholders to develop ...