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JOB: Data Services Librarian (Associate Professor), University of Rhode Island

May

12

2016

From the announcement: We seek an experienced data specialist to lead the Libraries’ efforts to support work with data across our University and within the University Libraries. The use of data and statistics is growing quickly as computational methods expand across many disciplines and as better tools make statistical analysis more widely available. The Libraries ...

JOB: User Experience (UX) Web Developer, Claremont Colleges Library

May

12

2016

From the announcement: Reporting to the Director of User Services and Resource Sharing (USERS), the developer will engage in the virtual and physical user interface (UI) environments of the library. The incumbent will fully integrate a high quality user experience design that supports the efforts of the library to serve the educational and information needs ...

JOB: Digital Library Developer, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

May

12

2016

From the announcement: This position is located within the Web and Application Development Services Department, part of the Library Technologies Division. The Web and Application Development Services Department develops and deploys webpages, websites, and related applications within the Libraries, and collaboratively helps maintain existing web-based systems and services, including the primary library website and digital ...

RECOMMENDED: Disrupting Student Labor in the Digital Humanities Classroom

Mar

24

2016

Spencer Keralis (University of North Texas Libraries) has shared the slides and text of his talk to the Rice University Digital Humanities Group, entitled “Disrupting Student Labor in the Digital Humanities Classroom.” Based on Keralis’s forthcoming Disrupting the Digital Humanities chapter, the talk explores the ways in which “[d]igital humanities pedagogy involving students contributing to faculty projects ...

POST: Algorithms and Libraries: A Case for Paying Attention

Mar

24

2016

Amy Wickner (University of Maryland Libraries) has shared a post at Hack Library School entitled “Algorithms and Libraries: A Case for Paying Attention.” In this piece, she provides an overview of recent writing from within and outside the library world on issues of automation and algorithmic bias, including work by Safiya Noble, Matthew Reidsma, and Ian Milligan and ...

POST: Saving Historic Radio Before It’s Too Late

Mar

24

2016

In an article entitled “Saving Historic Radio Before It’s Too Late,” Adrienne LeFrance (The Atlantic) details the Library of Congress’s audio preservation efforts and the National Recording Registry, drawing particular attention to the difficulties of preserving access to broadcast media. But serious discussion of how to preserve early audio collections, and what to preserve, didn’t ...

RESOURCE: Laying the Foundation: Digital Humanities in Academic Libraries

Mar

24

2016

Purdue University Press has announced the publication of the open access monograph Laying the Foundation: Digital Humanities in Academic Libraries, edited by John H. White (College of Charleston) and Heather Gilbert (College of Charleston). Inspired by a conference held at the College of Charleston in June 2014, the volume “examines the library’s role in the development, implementation, ...

JOB: Head of Digital Scholarship and Technology Services – Vassar College

Mar

24

2016

From the announcement: Vassar College Libraries seeks collaborative and entrepreneurial candidates for the position of Head of Digital Scholarship and Technology Services. The incumbent will work closely with colleagues to advance the Libraries’ efforts to work with faculty and students pursuing digitally-enhanced modes of learning and research. Along with partners in the Libraries as well ...

JOB: Network Manager – Digital Public Library of America

Mar

24

2016

From the announcement: The Digital Public Library of America is growing our Hubs Network. DPLA Hubs include Content and Service Hubs, and represent almost 2,000 cultural heritage institutions throughout the country. Over the next several years, we have the goal for cultural heritage institutions in every state to have an on-ramp to DPLA. This position ...

JOB: Digital Project Librarian at Ohio University

Mar

24

2016

From the announcement: In this two year term appointment the Digital Projects Librarian (Digital Initiatives) will report to the Digital Initiatives Coordinator, and focus on the technical aspects of digital project production such as managing imaging, metadata creation, and ingest. The successful candidate will work to advance the Ohio University Libraries’ expanding digital presence and ...

RECOMMENDED: Service +/- collaboration for digital humanities in the library

Mar

3

2016

In a post on her blog, Amanda Visconti (Purdue University Libraries) shared the job talk she gave when interviewing for her current position as assistant professor & digital humanities specialist. The talk, entitled “Service +/- collaboration for digital humanities in the library,” presents a variety of approaches toward what a DH specialist in a library might ...