JOB: Associate Director for the Digital Library, North Carolina State University

From the job announcement: The Associate Director for the Digital Library provides vision and leadership for information technology; resource management and discovery; and digital projects and associated research and development. The position serves as administrator for three departments: Information Technology (23 FTE), Acquisitions & Discovery (24 FTE), and Digital Library Initiatives (11 FTE). The Digital ...

JOB: University Archivist + Digital Curator, U of Winnipeg

From the announcement: Position Description Reporting to the Dean of the Library, the University Archivist and Digital Curator will be responsible for managing, building and strengthening the University Archives and library special collections, while playing a leadership role in the Library’s development of a digital infrastructure for the University of Winnipeg that will support teaching ...

JOB: Deputy Director for Digital Strategies and Information Technology at Free Library of Philadelphia

From the advertisement: The Deputy Director for Digital Strategies and Information Technology is responsible for the planning, development, management, and implementation of customer-centered digital services activities, programs, services and initiatives consistent with the Library’s strategic direction and vision.  He or she will inspire staff to keep abreast of cutting-edge technologies and develop mechanisms for communicating ...

JOB: Digital Preservation Analyst, UC-San Diego

From the announcement: The UC San Diego Library is seeking an experienced digital preservation analyst to play a central role building and maintaining national digital preservation systems, to ensure future generations will have open access to our digital cultural materials. This person will be integral to several important digital preservation enterprises including Chronopolis, the Digital ...

CFParticipation: TAPAS Project Early Adopters

The TAPAS project is seeking beta testers for its publishing and repository service. TAPAS is “the TEI Archiving, Publishing, and Access Service for scholars and other creators of TEI data who need a place to publish their materials in different forms and ensure it remains accessible over time,” and “also provides a support community of ...

JOB: Digital Initiatives Metadata Librarian, University of Miami

From the position announcement: “Under the direction of the Head of the Cataloging & Metadata Services Department, the Digital Initiatives Metadata Librarian supports the discovery of and access to the Libraries’ digital content through metadata creation, analysis, enrichment, and maintenance according to local and national cataloging and metadata standards. Working closely with the Digital Projects ...

JOB: Digital Applications Librarian, University of Oregon

From the position description: The Digital Applications Librarian is responsible for providing leadership and expertise for the Libraries on existing and emerging technologies including digital repository, discovery and preservation systems. This position manages the day-to-day technical support for digital asset management systems and digital humanities’ tools; recommends, configures, and provides support for new and emerging ...

POST: What’s in a Digital Archivist’s Toolset?

Jackie Dooley (OCLC Research) has written a series of posts looking at the current landscape of job ads and requirements for digital archivist positions. “What’s in a Digital Archivist’s Toolset?” summarizes both the technical and non-technical skills required in the most recent listings. Dooley has compiled the “well-worded statements” that she encountered, noting: The range of ...

JOB: Head, Digital Research and Publishing (U of Iowa Libraries)

From the announcement: The University of Iowa Libraries seeks a dynamic, innovative, and accomplished professional for the position of Head, Digital Research & Publishing (DRP). DRP is a library department whose mission is to explore ways that academic libraries can best leverage digital collections, local resources, and staff expertise to support faculty, researchers, and student ...

JOB: Digital Humanities Technology Analyst (Duke University)

From the announcement: The Digital Humanities Technology Analyst is a core member of the Trinity Technology Services Team with primary responsibility to support targeted academic teaching and research projects led by Trinity College of Arts & Sciences (TCAS) faculty and academic staff. Project areas are primarily though not exclusively focused on humanities and social sciences ...

JOB: Research Associate, Oxford e-Research Centre

From the job description: We are seeking a Research Associate which is a technical role working on Semantic Web and Linked Data technologies that support research in Digital Humanities, specifically for the ElEPHãT and Transforming Musicology projects. These projects share a need for identifying and semantically linking diverse digital resources (images of books OCR-ed text, ...