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JOB: Open Access Specialist, Boston University

Nov

9

2017

From the posting, this position will: Assist in meeting the institutional repository (OpenBU) collection development and policy fulfillment needs of BU Libraries by selecting, gathering, and verifying BU-produced intellectual output and its corresponding metadata. Assist in maintaining the quality, accuracy, and integrity of the University’s master list of scholarly articles. Act as BU Libraries’ principal ...

JOB: Digital Scholarship Archivist, MIT

Nov

9

2017

From the posting: The Digital Scholarship Archivist will initiate new ways of engaging students, faculty and the community with digital archives, rare and special collections, and will promote and interpret archival, rare and unique collections through innovative and engaging digital exhibitions, educational programming, social media and other creative means. The Digital Scholarship Archivist will promote ...

POST: Volunteers are helping Puerto Rico from home, with a map anyone can edit

Oct

5

2017

PBS’s blog The Rundown has published a post on recent mapathons held at Columbia University, Boston University, Trinity College, Miami University, the University of Miami, Rutgers University and University of Nebraska Omaha. The events are designed to gather mapping data to help relief organizations find routes for aid. From the post: More than 1,500 roads ...

RESOURCE: Digitization Collaborative Provides Open Access to Over 100 Years of American Medical History through the Internet Archive

Oct

5

2017

The Medical Heritage Library has made 3,907 state medical society journals freely available through the Internet Archive. From the announcement: The journals – collectively held and digitized by Medical Heritage Library members The College of Physicians of Philadelphia; the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine; the Center for the History of Medicine and Public Health ...

RESOURCE: Altmetrics and Archives

Oct

5

2017

The Idealis points to an article by Elizabeth Joan Kelly (Loyola University, New Orleans), “Altmetrics and Archives,” published in Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies. From the abstract: Altmetrics are an alternative to traditional measurement of the impact of published resources. While altmetrics are primarily used by researchers and institutions to measure the impact of scholarly ...

CFParticipation: Take the NDSA 2017 Web Archiving Survey

Oct

5

2017

The National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA) has announced its fourth survey of web archiving practices, part of a longitudinal study designed to: [T]rack the evolution of web archiving programs and activity in the United States, focusing on similarities and differences in programmatic approaches, types of content being archived, tools and services being used, access modes ...

OPPORTUNITY: Tuition Fellowships Available for IIIF Workshop at DHSI 2018

Oct

5

2017

The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) Consortium will offer five tuition fellowships to the workshop, “Introduction to IIIF: Sharing, Consuming, and Annotating the World’s Images,” scheduled for June 4–8 2018 at the Digital Humanities Summer Institute. To apply: Complete the Tuition Fellowship Application with the following information: Name Email address Organizational affiliation Brief one-paragraph bio ...

JOB: Scholarly Sharing Strategist at The Ohio State University

Oct

5

2017

From the announcement: The Scholarly Sharing Strategist leads a dynamic program area that promotes new models for sharing and disseminating scholarly works to advance learning, research, and creative expression. The newly conceived Scholarly Sharing area brings into closer dialog two highly successful programs, Copyright Services and Publishing & Repository Services, and creates new capacity for ...

JOB: Scholarly Communication and Open Access Publishing Lead at George Mason University

Oct

5

2017

From the announcement: George Mason University Libraries is seeking a dynamic, innovative, and service-oriented individual to lead efforts in scholarly communication, copyright, and open access publishing for Mason Publishing and the George Mason University Press. Reporting to the director of Mason Publishing/George Mason University Press, the Scholarly Communication/Open Access Publishing Lead provides guidance and compliance ...

RECOMMENDED: Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity: Members of the Association of Research Libraries

Sep

7

2017

Last week Ithaka S+R released a report, “Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity: Members of the Association of Research Libraries: Employee Demographics and Director Perspectives,” authored by Roger C. Schonfeld and Liam Sweeney (both Ithaka S+R). The report, which employed demographic surveys and interviews with library directors, found that libraries remain “over three quarters white, and nearly 90% white ...

POST: Using data from historic newspapers

Sep

7

2017

Library of Congress’ blog The Signal features a post drawn from a talk by David Brunton (Library of Congress) on the need to simplify APIs. Brunton explains why complicated APIs are challenging for users, and offers his observations from his work on LoC’s Chronicling America project: But over time it has been my unscientific observation ...