JOB: Digital Scholarship Librarian, Baylor University

From the announcement: Responsibilities Investigates and evaluates emerging tools and technologies related to digital scholarship (DS) Plans and implements new services and maintains current services to support digitally-enriched scholarship across the university based on current standards, best practices, and user needs Assists researchers in planning effective, innovative, and sustainable digital projects Partners with faculty to ...

JOB: Head of Digital Scholarship Services, University of Oregon

From the announcement: In the UO Libraries, the Head of Digital Scholarship Services (DSS) is an energetic and self-motivated leader who is charged with developing DSS policies and procedures; coordination and management of DSS projects, budgets, and departmental workflow; and supervision of DSS personnel and Digital Scholarship Center (DSC) operations. The Head of Digital Scholarship ...

JOB: GIS and Geospatial Data Coordinator, University of Texas at Austin

From the announcement: Purpose New strategic position for a strong leader to launch and grow Research Data Services for faculty, staff, and students by providing tools and resources to facilitate the discovery, access, management, and analysis of geospatial data. Essential Functions Develop and implement centralized GIS services internally for UT Libraries, including infrastructure, policies, and ...

JOB: Digital Library Software Engineer, Arizona State University

From the announcement: The Center for Digital Antiquity (Digital Antiquity) seeks a creative and innovative Software Engineer to help build and maintain core.tdar.org, an international digital repository for archaeological and cultural heritage data.  This is a unique opportunity to leverage and expand your skills while preserving information crucial to describing and understanding the past by ...

POST: From piles of material to patchwork: How do we embed the production of usable collections data into library work?

In a post entitled “From piles of material to patchwork: How do we embed the production of usable collections data into library work?” Mia Ridge (British Library) has posted her notes for the recent panel at the Always Already Computational: Collections as Data workshop, held at UC Santa Barbara last week. Her position paper outlines ...

POST: In, Out, Across, With: Collaborative Education and Digital Humanities

Brandon Walsh (University of Virginia) has written a post detailing the job talk he gave at the Scholars’ Lab, where he was recently hired as Head of Graduate Programs. Entitled “In, Out, Across, With: Collaborative Education and Digital Humanities,” the talk explores “how best to champion the people involved in collaborative education in digital research.” ...

POST: New group purchasing pilot to lower cost of digital archival collections

Paola Marchionni (JISC) has written a post summarizing a recent collaboration between JISC and three publishers to lower the cost of access for digital primary source collections. Working with ProQuest, Adam Matthew Digital, and Brill, JISC designed a pilot project with the aim of developing a “more efficient, coordinated and transparent” approach to leveraging institutional purchasing ...

RESOURCE: Using Text Analysis to Discover Work in JSTOR

Jason B. Jones (Trinity College) wrote a ProfHacker post discussing the JSTOR Labs Text Analyzer, a new tool that allows researchers to locate relevant related articles from the JSTOR archive by uploading a source text of the user’s choice. JSTOR says that it compares the text to a list of 40,000 topics and a set ...

JOB: Humanities Research and Digital Instruction Librarian, University of North Carolina

From the announcement: The University Libraries at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites applications for a Humanities Research and Digital Instruction Librarian to support humanities research, teaching, and learning at Carolina. The Humanities Research and Digital Instruction Librarian will join a collaborative and service-oriented Research and Instructional Services Department that supports teaching, ...

JOB: Digital Curator, Texas Women’s University

From the announcement: The Digital Curator provides highly responsible data curation and management of digital resources to include preservation and curation research and development activities and initiatives. Creates digital collections, enables discovery and retrieval, and promotes and preserves. The Digital Curator is responsible for the oversight and management of the Libraries content management system. Writes ...

JOB: Mellon Digital Humanities Fellow, Washington & Lee University Library

From the announcement: W&L University Library seeks to fill a two-year grant-funded position to facilitate digital humanities teaching and research that promotes the Library’s role as a center of campus-wide academic engagement. As a member of a small organization, this position requires teamwork, collaboration, and self-motivation. The library is deeply engaged in the university’s digital ...