From KOSHOFAE at ucmail.uc.edu Mon Mar 2 13:40:42 2015 From: KOSHOFAE at ucmail.uc.edu (Koshoffer, Amy (koshofae)) Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2015 18:40:42 +0000 Subject: [Rdap] RDAP2015 roommate wanted Message-ID: I will be attending the RDAP2015 meeting in Minneapolis. I am looking forward to meeting many new people, and I am looking for a female roommate to share a room. Please contact me off list if you are interested in sharing a room. Amy Koshoffer Science Informationist Science and Engineering Libraries University of Cincinnati Libraries Office: 240C Braunstein Hall PO Box 210153 Cincinnati, OH 45221-0153 Tel: (513) 556-1310 Email: amy.koshoffer at uc.edu Web: libraries.uc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rhill at asis.org Tue Mar 3 09:40:06 2015 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 09:40:06 -0500 Subject: [Rdap] Data Services L:ibrarian - posted by request Message-ID: <089401d055bf$f1e007d0$d5a01770$@asis.org> Data Services Librarian Description New York University Libraries is seeking an energetic, creative, and knowledgeable librarian to support the needs of data-intensive research and teaching at NYU and to provide vision and leadership as we continue to grow our data services. The Data Services Librarian position is a tenure-track position based in the NYU Data Services. Data Services offers access to specialty software packages; statistical, geospatial, and qualitative data analysis training and support; and consulting expertise in the use of numeric, qualitative, and spatial data for research, including data access, analysis, collection, data management, and preservation. This position reports to the Social Sciences Coordinator/Co-Coordinator of Data Services in the Collections and Research Services Division of New York University Libraries. The Data Services Librarian will bring substantive experience and leadership to the NYU Data Services as we chart a course in creating and sustaining a rapidly evolving set of services that meet our users? needs. She/he will select, acquire, manage, and deliver licensed, free, and researcher-generated numeric data collections to support campus research and scholarship; work with subject specialists and technologists to facilitate access to data resources across the disciplines; and play an instrumental role in the library's efforts to design, implement, and optimize systems for management, discovery, and access to data resources. The incumbent will promulgate awareness of our resources and services among faculty and students through outreach and liaison activities and in partnership with other service providers; work closely with the Data Services team and the Librarian for Geospatial Services to design and deliver data-focused instruction, reference, and consultation activities; and serve as NYU's official representative to ICPSR, the Roper Center, and others. In collaboration with the Research Data Management Librarian, she/he will also develop a service framework for working with researchers to manage their data throughout the lifecycle, including preparation for archiving and preservation. Depending upon the background of the candidate, she/he may also serve as liaison librarian to one or more programs or departments, selecting materials and providing services to support the research and teaching of faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students in said areas. The Data Services Librarian will participate in library-wide committees, activities, and special projects, especially those involving new technologies and data. The incumbent will develop and maintain awareness of data-centered initiatives across the sciences, attending professional meetings, workshops and conferences for training and continuing professional development. Qualifications: ? Minimum one graduate degree (master?s level or higher) for consideration. A second graduate degree will be required for tenure review. One of the two graduate degrees must be an ALA-accredited MLS or equivalent. ? Minimum 3-5 years of Data Services experience, including intensive involvement with quantitative and/or geospatial data products and processes. ? Ability to articulate a vision of the services, infrastructure, and skills required to support the data needs of researchers in an academic setting. ? Knowledge of public and proprietary resources for national and international numeric data. ? Understanding of trends in data management throughout the research lifecycle, including creating, processing, analysis, preservation, access, and reuse of research data. ? Ability to work courteously and effectively with patrons and colleagues in a collaborative team environment. ? Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communications skills. ? Candidates must possess a strong public service orientation, demonstrate a high degree of facility with technologies and systems germane to the 21st century library, and be well versed in the issues surrounding scholarly communications. Preferred: ? Academic or professional experience in the social sciences, sciences, and/or other fields utilizing quantitative methodologies. ? Demonstrated experience working across organizational boundaries and managing complex stakeholder groups to move projects forward. ? Reference/consultation, teaching, and outreach experience in an academic library. ? Working knowledge of metadata standards related to the description, access, and preservation of numeric data, such as the Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) specification. ? Experience acquiring data resources for a library collection. ? Experience helping researchers with data management planning. ? Basic familiarity with software for statistical, geospatial, and/or qualitative analysis (e.g. SAS, SPSS, Stata, R, ArcGIS, Atlas.ti, NVivo). New York University Libraries: Libraries at New York University serve the school?s 40,000 students and faculty and contain more than 5 million volumes. The Libraries supports NYU?s vision to become the first true Global Network University by collaborating and providing services to our 11 global academic centers and ?portal campuses? in Abu Dhabi and Shanghai. New York University Libraries is a member of the Association of Research Libraries, the OCLC Research Library Partnership, and the HathiTrust. The Libraries participates in a variety of consortia and collaborates closely with Columbia University Libraries and the New York Public Library through the Manhattan Research Library Consortium. For the NYU Libraries Mission and Strategic Plan go to http://library.nyu.edu/about/Strategic_Plan.pdf . Salary/Benefits: Attractive benefits package, including five weeks annual vacation. Salary is commensurate with experience and background. To Apply: To ensure consideration, send CV and letter of application, including the name, address, and telephone number of three references to: Enrique Yanez, Director of Human Resources, New York University Libraries, 70 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012 or via email to jobs at library. nyu.edu. CVs will be considered until the position is filled. Richard B. Hill Executive Director ASIS&T 8555 16th Street, Suite 850 Silver Spring, MD 20910 v. (301) 495-0900 f. 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Tag Manager, and ? Webmaster Tools When used in combination these tools create an in-depth view of user behavior across all these web properties. For example Google Tag Manager can grab search terms which can be related to a specific collection within Universal Analytics and related to a particular demographic. The current versions of these tools make systems setup an easy process with little or no programming experience required. Making sense of the volume of data retrieved, however, is more difficult. ? How does Google data compare to vendor stats? ? How can the data be normalized using Tag Manager? ? Can this data help your organization make better decisions? Join ? Ed Sanchez, Head, Library Information Technology, Marquette University Libraries ? Rob Nunez, Emerging Technologies Librarian, Marquette University Libraries and ? Keven Riggle, Systems Librarian & Webmaster, Marquette University Libraries In this webinar as they explain their new processes and explore these questions. Check out their program outline: http://libguides.marquette.edu/ga-training/outline Then register for the webinar Full details Can?t make the date but still want to join in? Registered participants will have access to the recorded webinar. Cost: ? LITA Member: $39 ? Non-Member: $99 ? Group: $190 Registration Information: Register Online page arranged by session date (login required) OR Mail or fax form to ALA Registration OR call 1-800-545-2433 and press 5 OR email registration at ala.org Questions or Comments? For all other questions or comments related to the course, contact LITA at (312) 280-4269 or Mark Beatty, mbeatty at ala.org. -- Abigail Goben, MLS abigailgoben at gmail.com http://HedgehogLibrarian.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In the sciences today, we begin almost every discussion of the scholarly communications with the first edition of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, published in 1665, before proceeding to move past this and show that nothing (or everything) has changed. I will argue that if we are to understand the origins of scholarly communication in the sciences we need to look past the object to the community and the values that defined it. In the writings of Robert Boyle, we find guidance on the proper modes of scientific conduct and communication that might appear in a graduate training book today, but which are rarely realised in practice. Data sharing, open criticism and open experimentation all form a core part of the program of natural philosophy promoted by Boyle. If those values were truly realised in the 1660s it was because the community was small, exclusive and homogenous. Over the past 350 years those values were weakened and lost as scaling issues made them impractical. Do the internet and the web offer a solution to these problems? And if so, how can we develop communities and infrastructures that combine the best of the values of the early Royal Society with our more modern values of diversity, inclusion and equality -- Amber E Budden, PhD Director for Community Engagement and Outreach DataONE University of New Mexico 1312 Basehart SE Albuquerque, NM 87106 Tel: 505-814-1112 Cell: 505-205-7675 Fax: 505-246-6007 -- Stephanie Wright ------------------------------------------------------------------ Data ServicesCoordinator | University of Washington Libraries | 206-685-1540 | Suzzallo Library, Room G051 ORCID: 0000-0003-3829-318X | http://guides.lib.washington.edu/dmg -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The previous three STELLA meetings have attracted between 60-90 STEM librarians from all over the country. Come make STELLA 2016 the best yet! The STELLA sign-up list will open in November. If you are interested in receiving updates about the unconference, add yourself to the Stella-l discussion list at https://listserv.du.edu/mailman/listinfo/stella-l (This is a relatively quiet list.) The STELLA web site will be updated soon. -- Danianne Mizzy Head of Kenan Science Information Services University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Kenan Science Library G301E Venable 919.962.1188 mizzy at email.unc.edu ORCID 0000-0001-6367-6882 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cmmorris at fedora-commons.org Mon Mar 9 10:01:31 2015 From: cmmorris at fedora-commons.org (Carol Minton Morris) Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2015 10:01:31 -0400 Subject: [Rdap] ANNOUNCEMENT: Mike Conlon Appointed VIVO Project Director Message-ID: *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* *=apologies for cross postings=* March 9, 2015 Read it online: http://bit.ly/1BYrUk6 Contact: Dean B. Krafft, (dean dot krafft at cornell dot edu ); Jonathan Markow, (jjmarkow at duraspace dot org ) *Mike Conlon Appointed VIVO Project Director* *From the VIVO Steering Group* We are pleased to announce that DuraSpace and the VIVO Steering Group have appointed Dr. Mike Conlon, University of Florida and member of the DuraSpace Board of Directors, as the new VIVO Project Director. He will begin in his new role immediately, working closely with the community and steering group to set the long term roadmap for VIVO , the open source semantic web platform that provides an integrated view of the scholarly work of an organization. As VIVO Project Director, Dr. Conlon brings key relevant experience and skills to the challenge of leading the community through implementation of the 2015-2016 VIVO Strategic Plan . As Co-director of the University of Florida Clinical and Translational Science Institute, his responsibilities include strategic program development, development of medical informatics, expansion and integration of research and clinical information resources, and strategic planning for academic health and university research. Previously, Dr. Conlon served as PI of the VIVO project from 2009-2012, leading a team of 120 investigators at seven schools in the development, implementation and advancement of the VIVO open source, semantic web application for research discovery. Dr. Conlon has served as Chief Information Officer for the University of Florida Academic Health Center, Co-Lead for the implementation of PeopleSoft at the University of Florida, and as collaborator and biostatistician on hundreds of research grants and projects. He earned his Ph.D. degree in Statistics from the University of Florida, undergraduate degrees in Mathematics and Economics from Bucknell University, and is the author of over 200 scholarly publications and presentations. His current interests include enterprise change, organizational issues in the adoption of information technology, and the development of research capacity across the translational spectrum. The DuraSpace and VIVO project teams would like to extend a warm welcome to Dr. Conlon in his new role as the VIVO Project Director, and look forward to his contributions to the broad, collaborative VIVO movement that will shape the future of research discovery and collaboration. DuraSpace and VIVO will further add to the project?s staff by hiring a dedicated Technical Lead for the project to help meet the goals articulated in the VIVO Strategic Plan. The Technical Lead search will be announced in the coming days and the job posting will be made available through community lists and web sites. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Designed to correspond to anticipated changes with Canada?s Tri-Council funding agencies as these changes relate to research data management, this year?s TNSBC will not only enlighten us from the researchers? perspectives but will allow some professional discussion about the issue of research data management in the sciences. *Who?s this for?* Librarians involved in supporting research in the sciences or technology although anybody with an interest in science research is welcome. *What?s the cost?* *CDN$325* includes the camp plus 2 nights (dorm) accommodations with breakfast, lunch, breaks, and our official Boot Camp Dinner; *CDN$225 for commuters* includes the camp plus lunch, breaks, and our official Boot Camp dinner. NOTE: The block booking for accommodations closes April 9. After April 9, availability of accommodations cannot be guaranteed. *Optional (additional) Cost Items: * additional accommodation requirements, parking, Boat Cruise, Wine Tour. *When will registration open? *IT IS OPEN . *Please note that space is limited.* *Check the **True North2015 website* * for details* as they take shape! See you there! Eugene Barsky -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From abigailgoben at gmail.com Tue Mar 10 00:02:25 2015 From: abigailgoben at gmail.com (Abigail Goben) Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2015 23:02:25 -0500 Subject: [Rdap] LITA Web Course: Taking the Struggle out of Statistics Message-ID: (I'm SUPER excited about this course--I may have signed up before sharing this with all of you!) Check out the brand new LITA web course: Taking the Struggle Out of Statistics Instructor: Jackie Bronicki, Collections and Online Resources Coordinator, University of Houston. Offered: April 6 ? May 3, 2015 A Moodle based web course with asynchronous weekly lectures, tutorials, assignments, and group discussion. Register Online, page arranged by session date (login required) Recently, librarians of all types have been asked to take a more evidence-based look at their practices. Statistics is a powerful tool that can be used to uncover trends in library-related areas such as collections, user studies, usability testing, and patron satisfaction studies. Knowledge of basic statistical principles will greatly help librarians achieve these new expectations. This course will be a blend of learning basic statistical concepts and techniques along with practical application of common statistical analyses to library data. The course will include online learning modules for basic statistical concepts, examples from completed and ongoing library research projects, and also exercises accompanied by practice datasets to apply techniques learned during the course. Got assessment in your title or duties? This brand new web course is for you! Here?s the Course Page Jackie Bronicki?s background is in research methodology, data collection and project management for large research projects including international dialysis research and large-scale digitization quality assessment. Her focus is on collection assessment and evaluation and she works closely with subject liaisons, web services, and access services librarians at the University of Houston to facilitate various research projects. Date: April 6, 2015 ? May 3, 2015 Costs: ? LITA Member: $135 ? ALA Member: $195 ? Non-member: $260 Technical Requirements Moodle login info will be sent to registrants the week prior to the start date. The Moodle-developed course site will include weekly asynchronous lectures and is composed of self-paced modules with facilitated interaction led by the instructor. Students regularly use the forum and chat room functions to facilitate their class participation. The course web site will be open for 1 week prior to the start date for students to have access to Moodle instructions and set their browser correctly. The course site will remain open for 90 days after the end date for students to refer back to course material. Registration Information Register Online page arranged by session date (login required) OR Mail or fax form to ALA Registration OR Call 1-800-545-2433 and press 5 OR email registration at ala.org Questions or Comments? For all other questions or comments related to the course, contact LITA at (312) 280-4269 or Mark Beatty, mbeatty at ala.org. _/_/_/_/_/ -- Abigail Goben, MLS abigailgoben at gmail.com http://HedgehogLibrarian.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cmmorris at fedora-commons.org Wed Mar 11 10:45:38 2015 From: cmmorris at fedora-commons.org (Carol Minton Morris) Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 10:45:38 -0400 Subject: [Rdap] OR2015 NEWS: Registration Opens; Speakers from Mozilla and Google Announced Message-ID: *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* March 11, 2015 Read it online: http://bit.ly/1wtSm4j Contact: http://www.or2015.net/contact-us *OR2015 NEWS: Registration Opens; Speakers from Mozilla and Google Announced* We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 10th International Conference on Open Repositories, to be held on June 8-11, 2015 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America. Full registration details and a link to the registration form may be found at: http://www.or2015.net/registration OR2015 is co-hosted by Indiana University Bloomington Libraries, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, and Virginia Tech Libraries. *OR2015 Registration and Fees:* An early registration fee of $450 USD will be available until May 8. After May 8, the registration fee will increase to $500 USD. This registration fee covers participation in general conference sessions, workshops, and interest group sessions, as well as the conference dinner on Wednesday, June 10 and poster reception on Tuesday, June 9. For a draft outline of the conference schedule, please see: http://www.or2015.net/program/schedule-at-a-glance Participants may register online at: http://www.or2015.net/registration. If you have any questions about registering for OR2015, please contact the Conference Registrar at iuconfs at indiana.edu. Any other questions about the conference may be directed to the conference organizing committee by using the form at: http://www.or2015.net/contact-us *Hotel Reservations:* The OR2015 conference will take place at the Hyatt Regency Indianapolis hotel, conveniently located in the heart of downtown Indianapolis. Special room rates at the Hyatt starting at $159 USD per night have been negotiated for conference attendees and will be available for booking through May 16. More information on hotel reservations and travel is available at: http://www.or2015.net/conference-hotel-and-travel *Keynote and Featured Speakers:* Reflecting the significant milestone of the 10th Open Repositories conference and this year's theme of "Looking Back, Moving Forward: Open Repositories at the Crossroads," we are pleased to announce the conference's two plenary speakers: Kaitlin Thaney will be giving the opening keynote talk on the morning of Tuesday, June 9. Kaitlin is director of the Mozilla Science Lab, an open science initiative of the Mozilla Foundation focused on innovation, best practice and skills training for research. Prior to Mozilla, she served as the Manager of External Partnerships at Digital Science, a technology company that works to make research more efficient through better use of technology. Kaitlin also advises the UK government on infrastructure for data intensive science and business, serves as a Director for DataKind UK, and is the founding co-chair for the Strata Conference series in London on big data. Prior to Mozilla and Digitial Science, Kaitlin managed the science program at Creative Commons, worked with MIT and Microsoft, and wrote for the Boston Globe. You can learn more about the Science Lab at http://mozillascience.org and follow Kaitlin online at @kaythaney. Anurag Acharya will be the featured speaker at the plenary session on the morning of Wednesday, June 10, presenting on "Indexing repositories: pitfalls and best practices." Anurag is a Distinguished Engineer at Google and creator of Google Scholar, and he previously led the indexing group at Google. He has a Bachelors in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and a PhD in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon. Prior to joining Google, he was a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Maryland, College Park and an assistant professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara. *We look forward to seeing you at OR2015!* *Jon Dunn, Julie Speer, and Sarah ShreevesOR2015 Conference Organizing CommitteeHolly Mercer, William Nixon, and Imma SubiratsOR2015 Program Co-Chairs* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From oneiros at grace.nascom.nasa.gov Mon Mar 16 10:57:21 2015 From: oneiros at grace.nascom.nasa.gov (Joe Hourcle) Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 10:57:21 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Rdap] LIBER2015 Pre Conference WS - "Open data, restricted data and the role of libraries" (fwd) Message-ID: I thought this might be of interest to others who deal with this sort of data (or are in Europe) -Joe ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 07:43:29 +0000 From: Vlaeminck Sven To: DATA-PUBLICATION at JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: LIBER2015 Pre Conference WS - "Open data, restricted data and the role of libraries" *** Apologies for cross postings *** +++Save the Date+++ Dear all, NEREUS - a network of European libraries in Economics and Social Sciences - is happy to announce a pre-conference workshop at this year's LIBER-Conference (http://www.liber2015.org.uk/). Open Science and open data have become hot topics in recent years. Effective research data management is more and more postulated by research funders. Research infrastructure providers worldwide are busy building up various services and tools for researchers to support them within their research and the management of research data. But how successful are these approaches and their impact in supporting research? How open could or should data be and which role(s) libraries can play to support researchers effectively? There are joint findings where infrastructure institutions see their expertise within the area of RDM but there are also apparently differences of developed or established services between various subjects as well as between various institutions. The workshop will be on "Open data, restricted data and the library role" and deals with research data in economics and beyond and the way in which libraries address the current challenges in supporting researchers in managing their research data. Our workshop addresses these issues mentioned above focusing on the field of economics and social sciences. Organized by the NEREUS network of European libraries in Economics and Social Sciences the first part of the workshop showcases a number of presentations from different notably institutions who started establishing various services on research data and research data management and discusses their experiences. They highlight the various demands of researchers and the role that libraries already play or could play within the area of open as well as restricted research data. In the second part of the workshop we would like to involve the workshop participants to discuss in small groups different aspects of these topics. The workshop will take place in London at the 23th of June from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM (BST). More information and the program are available on the event's webpage (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nereus-workshop-on-open-data-restricted-data-and-the-library-role-tickets-15883330469). Hope to see you in London! All the best Sven ........................................................................... SVEN VLAEMINCK Project Manager European Data Watch Extended (EDaWaX) PUBLICATION SERVICES ZBW - German National Library of Economics Leibniz Information Centre for Economics Neuer Jungfernstieg 21 D-20354 Hamburg T: +49-40-42834-415 F: +49-40-42834-450 E: s.vlaeminck at zbw.eu http://www.zbw.eu ......................................................................................................................................... From jkenyon at uidaho.edu Mon Mar 16 17:53:03 2015 From: jkenyon at uidaho.edu (Kenyon, Jeremy (jkenyon@uidaho.edu)) Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 21:53:03 +0000 Subject: [Rdap] Position Announcement: Digital Infrastructure Librarian, University of Idaho Message-ID: Please excuse cross-postings. Digital Infrastructure Librarian The University of Idaho Library invites applications from innovative and service-oriented individuals for the position of Digital Infrastructure Librarian. The person in this position will work closely with the Head of Technical Services, members of the Data and Digital Services unit, the staff of the Technical Services Department, and the Northwest Knowledge Network (the university's data management service center). An ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, an agile and flexible approach to working with technology, and the ability to adapt to an evolving environment. The University of Idaho library currently has established digital collections, extensive geospatial data resources, and is implementing an institution-wide instance of VIVO. As a member of the Orbis Cascade Alliance, the library collaborates extensively with thirty-six other academic libraries in the Pacific Northwest. As a member of the University of Idaho faculty, the successful candidate is expected to participate in planning and governance, to be able to work comfortably in a shared decision-making environment, and to be active professionally in research, outreach and professional service. An ideal candidate will be intellectually curious with a desire for continuous learning, enthusiastically contribute to the University's research, teaching and outreach programs, explore emerging technologies with regard to potential library applications, be committed to the ideals of faculty service, and have the ability meet requirements for promotion and tenure. For the full Job Description and Application information visit: https://uidaho.peopleadmin.com/postings/8113 Questions about this position can be directed to Rami Attebury, Search Committee Chair. Ramirose Attebury, Associate Professor, Government Documents and Instructional Materials Technology Center, University of Idaho Library 875 Perimeter Drive, MS 2350 Moscow, ID 83844-2350 208-885-2503 rattebur at uidaho.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From KOSHOFAE at ucmail.uc.edu Mon Mar 16 12:06:21 2015 From: KOSHOFAE at ucmail.uc.edu (Koshoffer, Amy (koshofae)) Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 16:06:21 +0000 Subject: [Rdap] licensing data Message-ID: I would like to post this to the listserve. I subscribe, but one post I attempted was rejected. Can you advise me how to post to the list serve? I was wondering if there are good examples for using creative commons licenses with data sets. We are working on rolling out our Institutional repository and are trying to see how to provide adequate licenses for data sets, but we feel that there is much to be learned. We have reviewed the DCC how to license data http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/how-guides/license-research-data and watched the ACRL webinar "Can I copyright my data". I am interested in cases that use the CC licenses or have used re-use statements (the language of those re-use statements would be of great interest to us). Amy Koshoffer Science Informationist Science and Engineering Libraries University of Cincinnati Libraries Office: 240C Braunstein Hall PO Box 210153 Cincinnati, OH 45221-0153 Tel: (513) 556-1310 Email: amy.koshoffer at uc.edu Web: libraries.uc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From eugene.barsky at ubc.ca Mon Mar 16 19:59:08 2015 From: eugene.barsky at ubc.ca (Eugene Barsky) Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 16:59:08 -0700 Subject: [Rdap] licensing data In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello Amy: We have implemented CC licenses ( CC zero as default and others as optional, except ND) for our research datasets in Dataverse - http://dvn.library.ubc.ca/dvn/ (with our legal council approval) Happy to talk more about it. Cheers, Eugene On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 9:06 AM, Koshoffer, Amy (koshofae) < KOSHOFAE at ucmail.uc.edu> wrote: > I would like to post this to the listserve. I subscribe, but one post I > attempted was rejected. Can you advise me how to post to the list serve? > > > > I was wondering if there are good examples for using creative commons > licenses with data sets. We are working on rolling out our Institutional > repository and are trying to see how to provide adequate licenses for data > sets, but we feel that there is much to be learned. We have reviewed the > DCC how to license data > http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/how-guides/license-research-data and > watched the ACRL webinar ?Can I copyright my data?. I am interested in > cases that use the CC licenses or have used re-use statements (the language > of those re-use statements would be of great interest to us). > > > > *Amy Koshoffer* > > Science Informationist > > > > *Science and Engineering Libraries* > > *University of Cincinnati Libraries* > > Office: 240C Braunstein Hall > > PO Box 210153 > > Cincinnati, OH 45221-0153 > > > > Tel: (513) 556-1310 > > Email: amy.koshoffer at uc.edu > > Web: libraries.uc.edu > > > > _______________________________________________ > Rdap mailing list > Rdap at mail.asis.org > http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/rdap > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From oneiros at grace.nascom.nasa.gov Mon Mar 16 20:32:23 2015 From: oneiros at grace.nascom.nasa.gov (Joe Hourcle) Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 20:32:23 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Rdap] licensing data In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Mon, 16 Mar 2015, Koshoffer, Amy (koshofae) wrote: > I would like to post this to the listserve. I subscribe, but one post I > attempted was rejected. Can you advise me how to post to the list > serve? I think it went through. > I was wondering if there are good examples for using creative commons > licenses with data sets. We are working on rolling out our > Institutional repository and are trying to see how to provide adequate > licenses for data sets, but we feel that there is much to be learned. > We have reviewed the DCC how to license data > http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/how-guides/license-research-data and > watched the ACRL webinar "Can I copyright my data". I am interested in > cases that use the CC licenses or have used re-use statements (the > language of those re-use statements would be of great interest to us). Version 4.0 of the CC licenses specifically assert rights over databases, not just normal copyright (which doesn't apply to most data in the US). Prior to v4, John Wilbanks (at the time, working for Creative Commons) had recommended CC0 for data, due to some of the issues that other CC licenses caused for data re-use, like attribution stacking. (when you end up with needing to attribute dozens or hundreds of different entities, because they all used various 'BY' clauses) You might also want to consider the Open Data Commons licenses, which are specifically written for data: http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/ There have been some questions about what qualifies as 'attribution'. When OCLC released the WorldCat data as ODC-BY, there were questions about how that would work in practice. They seem to have changed the language on their website to try to get an explicit mention of OCLC on any application made using their data, but the original guidance was closer to the advice under the 'Can attribution be a burden?' section, where they mention just maintaining their identifiers: http://www.oclc.org/data/attribution.en.html -Joe ps. There are also a number of licensing related questions on the Open Data StackExchange site: http://opendata.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/licensing Note that some of the questions are from before CC released the version 4 licenses, such as the 'Benefits of using CC0 over CC-BY for data' http://opendata.stackexchange.com/q/26/263 pps. Disclaimer : I'm one of the moderators of the Open Data StackExchange website. From KOSHOFAE at ucmail.uc.edu Tue Mar 17 09:15:35 2015 From: KOSHOFAE at ucmail.uc.edu (Koshoffer, Amy (koshofae)) Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 13:15:35 +0000 Subject: [Rdap] licensing data In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Eugene and Joe, Thank you for the response. I have been exploring the site http://dvn.library.ubc.ca/dvn/. So this dataverse database is a part of the Dataverse network http://dataverse.org/about/. We are considering offering only the open data commons for datasets. Other works will still have access to the creative commons licenses. Our repository is a self-submission repository. The goal is to provide the best options without complicating the process. I am trying to see what is the best approach. We started off with CC licenses, but my impression was that they did not seem appropriate. So I recommended including the ODC licenses. The repository team would like to eliminate the CC for databases and not allow a re-use option for fear that people would not be able to write the re-use so that it would hold up. They are worried that it would complicate the process. But I have little experience and really a lawyer or copyright specialist would better judge the choices. Can you direct me to a specific data set in your repository with a CC license that is more restrictive and give the context for the choices made? Is it still necessary for us to offer the CC licenses? And I think the open data commons licenses do not have an all rights reserved option. Would we want that choice as well? Thank you, Amy -----Original Message----- From: Joe Hourcle [mailto:oneiros at grace.nascom.nasa.gov] Sent: Monday, March 16, 2015 8:32 PM To: Research Data, Access and Preservation Cc: Koshoffer, Amy (koshofae) Subject: Re: [Rdap] licensing data On Mon, 16 Mar 2015, Koshoffer, Amy (koshofae) wrote: > I would like to post this to the listserve. I subscribe, but one post > I attempted was rejected. Can you advise me how to post to the list > serve? I think it went through. > I was wondering if there are good examples for using creative commons > licenses with data sets. We are working on rolling out our > Institutional repository and are trying to see how to provide adequate > licenses for data sets, but we feel that there is much to be learned. > We have reviewed the DCC how to license data > http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/how-guides/license-research-data and > watched the ACRL webinar "Can I copyright my data". I am interested > in cases that use the CC licenses or have used re-use statements (the > language of those re-use statements would be of great interest to us). Version 4.0 of the CC licenses specifically assert rights over databases, not just normal copyright (which doesn't apply to most data in the US). Prior to v4, John Wilbanks (at the time, working for Creative Commons) had recommended CC0 for data, due to some of the issues that other CC licenses caused for data re-use, like attribution stacking. (when you end up with needing to attribute dozens or hundreds of different entities, because they all used various 'BY' clauses) You might also want to consider the Open Data Commons licenses, which are specifically written for data: http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/ There have been some questions about what qualifies as 'attribution'. When OCLC released the WorldCat data as ODC-BY, there were questions about how that would work in practice. They seem to have changed the language on their website to try to get an explicit mention of OCLC on any application made using their data, but the original guidance was closer to the advice under the 'Can attribution be a burden?' section, where they mention just maintaining their identifiers: http://www.oclc.org/data/attribution.en.html -Joe ps. There are also a number of licensing related questions on the Open Data StackExchange site: http://opendata.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/licensing Note that some of the questions are from before CC released the version 4 licenses, such as the 'Benefits of using CC0 over CC-BY for data' http://opendata.stackexchange.com/q/26/263 pps. Disclaimer : I'm one of the moderators of the Open Data StackExchange website. From oneiros at grace.nascom.nasa.gov Tue Mar 17 11:37:21 2015 From: oneiros at grace.nascom.nasa.gov (Joe Hourcle) Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 11:37:21 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Rdap] licensing data In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Tue, 17 Mar 2015, Koshoffer, Amy (koshofae) wrote: [trimmed] > Can you direct me to a specific data set in your repository with a CC > license that is more restrictive and give the context for the choices > made? Sorry, we have a strict 'public domain only' policy on our data. There's a standard for attribution within our community, but there's nothing legally stopping people from using the data without attributing the producers of the data. > Is it still necessary for us to offer the CC licenses? I think that CC0 is still a useful license for data. I already mentioned my issues with attribution stacking from 'BY' (both CC and ODC), but I've had questiosn for years about exactly what 'ND' and 'NC' means for data. If you publish a paper that requires a fee to access, is that a violation of 'Non-Commercial'? (I'm fairly certain it'd be a violation of 'SA') If you're publishing in a journal run by a for-profit publisher, is that a violation of 'NC'? Is a published paper a violation of 'No Derivatives'? > And I think the open data commons licenses do not have an all rights > reserved option. Would we want that choice as well? I don't think so, because it encumbers the data so much to make it unusable, in my opinion. (But I've also been told that I'm a bit restrictive in my interpretation of most licensing). -Joe From daureen.nesdill at utah.edu Wed Mar 18 15:44:06 2015 From: daureen.nesdill at utah.edu (Daureen Nesdill) Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 19:44:06 +0000 Subject: [Rdap] NSF open access announcement Message-ID: <4BB8E3E08D34034DB9A7D4F285555FB13000FFA1@X-MB4.xds.umail.utah.edu> Hi, The announcement talks about access to publications resulting from research funded by NSF. Goes into effect Jan 2016. No changes with data management - yet. http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/public_access/index.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_51 Daureen Daureen Nesdill, MS, MLIS Data Curation Librarian The Faculty Center @ the J. W. Marriott Library University of Utah 801-585-5975 daureen.nesdill at utah.edu ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0126-5038 Daureen Nesdill, MS, MLIS Data Curation Librarian The Faculty Center @ the J. W. Marriott Library University of Utah 801-585-5975 daureen.nesdill at utah.edu ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0126-5038 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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They do mention data in the PDF version of their report, but they also talk about how there's still work to be done: page 16, http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/nsf15052/nsf15052.pdf Over the next three years, NSF will consult with the community and with other Federal agencies and facilitate the establishment of standards for metadata and repository systems. NSF understands that issues of description and access as well as cost, use, and preservation are all elements of these discussions. Possible investments include: * Workshop and pilot activities on data archiving by journals and institutional and disciplinary repositories, including developing best practices and procedures for identifying and providing attribution; preserving a balance between long-term preservation and costs, providing access, and managing and deaccessioning data, and the associated costs; * Workshops and pilot activities on standards development, networking, and linkage activities associated with data and data repositories; * Pilots in data infrastructure and sustainable operation; and * Challenge or prize competition(s) to promote development of persistent identifier approaches and evaluation of their utility. Now I guess I just have to wait for NASA to see what policies they come up with that would affect my job. (the issues of a lack of dedicated funding for data systems, and issues with funding for 'Phase E' in general came up on a telecon today) -Joe From mehenderson at vcu.edu Thu Mar 19 14:52:41 2015 From: mehenderson at vcu.edu (Margaret E Henderson) Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 14:52:41 -0400 Subject: [Rdap] NSF open access announcement In-Reply-To: References: <4BB8E3E08D34034DB9A7D4F285555FB13000FFA1@X-MB4.xds.umail.utah.edu> Message-ID: For those of you not on Twitter following the #OSTPResp thread, you might want to check out the Google Doc where we are crowd sourcing the OSTP memo plans as they come it. http://bit.ly/FedOASummary You'll find columns covering data and articles - and of course a data dictionary. Thanks to Kristen Briney for setting it up, and thanks to all the contributors. Margaret Henderson, MLIS, AHIP Associate Professor Director, Research Data Management VCU Libraries www.library.vcu.edu Room 146 Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences Virginia Commonwealth University 509 North 12th Street Richmond, VA 23298 (804)628-2714 mehenderson at vcu.edu On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 10:08 PM, Joe Hourcle wrote: > > > On Wed, 18 Mar 2015, Daureen Nesdill wrote: > > Hi, >> The announcement talks about access to publications resulting from >> research funded by NSF. Goes into effect Jan 2016. >> No changes with data management - yet. >> http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/public_access/ >> index.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_51 >> > > Daureen, > > Thanks. > > They do mention data in the PDF version of their report, but they also > talk about how there's still work to be done: > > page 16, http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/nsf15052/nsf15052.pdf > > Over the next three years, NSF will consult with the community and > with other Federal agencies and facilitate the establishment of > standards for metadata and repository systems. NSF understands > that issues of description and access as well as cost, use, and > preservation are all elements of these discussions. Possible > investments include: > > * Workshop and pilot activities on data archiving by journals and > institutional and disciplinary repositories, including > developing best practices and procedures for identifying and > providing attribution; preserving a balance between long-term > preservation and costs, providing access, and managing and > deaccessioning data, and the associated costs; > * Workshops and pilot activities on standards development, > networking, and linkage activities associated with data and data > repositories; > * Pilots in data infrastructure and sustainable operation; and > * Challenge or prize competition(s) to promote development of > persistent identifier approaches and evaluation of their > utility. > > > Now I guess I just have to wait for NASA to see what policies they come up > with that would affect my job. (the issues of a lack of dedicated funding > for data systems, and issues with funding for 'Phase E' in general came up > on a telecon today) > > -Joe > _______________________________________________ > Rdap mailing list > Rdap at mail.asis.org > http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/rdap > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I personally thought it good that they admitted that there's still work to be done regarding repositories & data citation, and there needed to be investment to find solutions. If you really want wishy-washy, you should see what NASA considers to be a registry of 'datasets': https://data.nasa.gov/ With entries such as: https://data.nasa.gov/Space-Science/Solar-Data-Analysis-Center/9kkr-qytf https://data.nasa.gov/Space-Science/Solar-Data-Analysis-Center-Data-Finder/33b2-g32s They claim they're 'data extraction tool or application' when they're just pages with links on them. They didn't bother to actually index any 'datasets'. (or they'd learn that Yohkoh, the thing filling the summary of the first one ... isn't actually a NASA spacecraft). (and yes, I contacted people the responsible parties years ago, and got the brush-off) -Joe From mehenderson at vcu.edu Thu Mar 19 15:45:46 2015 From: mehenderson at vcu.edu (Margaret E Henderson) Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 15:45:46 -0400 Subject: [Rdap] NSF open access announcement In-Reply-To: References: <4BB8E3E08D34034DB9A7D4F285555FB13000FFA1@X-MB4.xds.umail.utah.edu> Message-ID: Very interesting Joe. I wonder if we all just have different standards based on what we have been taught or what we have been working with? I also wonder if we are unrealistic in expecting every researcher to care as much about data sets as we do, but that is another story. Thanks for the info. Margaret Margaret Henderson, MLIS, AHIP Associate Professor Director, Research Data Management VCU Libraries www.library.vcu.edu Room 146 Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences Virginia Commonwealth University 509 North 12th Street Richmond, VA 23298 (804)628-2714 mehenderson at vcu.edu On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 3:19 PM, Joe Hourcle wrote: > > > On Thu, 19 Mar 2015, Margaret E Henderson wrote: > > For those of you not on Twitter following the #OSTPResp thread, you might >> want to check out the Google Doc where we are crowd sourcing the OSTP memo >> plans as they come it. http://bit.ly/FedOASummary >> >> You'll find columns covering data and articles - and of course a data >> dictionary. Thanks to Kristen Briney for setting it up, and thanks to all >> the contributors. >> > > Interesting how different people interpret things. The note for NSF is : > > The data stuff in this one is wishy washy. > > I personally thought it good that they admitted that there's still work to > be done regarding repositories & data citation, and there needed to be > investment to find solutions. > > If you really want wishy-washy, you should see what NASA considers to be a > registry of 'datasets': > > https://data.nasa.gov/ > > With entries such as: > > https://data.nasa.gov/Space-Science/Solar-Data-Analysis- > Center/9kkr-qytf > > https://data.nasa.gov/Space-Science/Solar-Data-Analysis- > Center-Data-Finder/33b2-g32s > > They claim they're 'data extraction tool or application' when they're just > pages with links on them. They didn't bother to actually index any > 'datasets'. (or they'd learn that Yohkoh, the thing filling the summary of > the first one ... isn't actually a NASA spacecraft). > > > (and yes, I contacted people the responsible parties years ago, and got > the brush-off) > > > -Joe > _______________________________________________ > Rdap mailing list > Rdap at mail.asis.org > http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/rdap > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From euhlinger at nps.edu Fri Mar 20 12:49:09 2015 From: euhlinger at nps.edu (Uhlinger, Eleanor (CIV)) Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 16:49:09 +0000 Subject: [Rdap] Data Dilemma (dd) MMOWGLI game 6-17 April 2015 Message-ID: <4065FF30CE445446A0A7256B2898096AB9A0C310@GROWLER.ern.nps.edu> Virtual Wargamers are needed to help solve the Navy's Data Dilemma. Can you help? The dd MMOWGLI (massively multiplayer online war game leveraging the internet) runs 6-17 April 2015. Please signup now to be notified when the game starts. 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Data and information visualization involves expressing information to tell meaningful stories with data. It is critical for libraries to communicate their value to their stakeholders, and data visualization tools and technologies can enable libraries to tell the story of their value in a way that is dynamic, engaging, and easy for viewers to understand. Libraries can also utilize data visualization technologies to assist researchers in interpreting public open data sets. *Recommended Topics* Recommended topics include, but are not limited to: Choosing, interpreting, and designing visualizations from datasets, such as: - How to identify data for use in visualizations - Data presentation architecture - Principles/best practices of visual storytelling with library data - Visualizing data from a variety of sources, such as: - Electronic resource (journal, database, e-book) usage - Discovery and user behavior metrics and analytics - Integrated Library System (ILS) / Library Services Platform (LSP) data - Physical space utilization visualization - Learning outcomes / instructional effectiveness metrics - Institutional repository usage and inventory metrics - Geographic and/or demographic data about library users or collections - Visualizing workflows and processes - Data mashups (combining data from multiple sources) Tools, technologies, and architecture for creating meaningful visualizations, such as: - JavaScript visualization libraries such as D3, Highcharts, Leaflet, Tabletop, or others - Google Visualization API / Google Charts - Creating visualizations with data from Business Intelligence (BI) tools such as Pentaho, Jaspersoft, or Tableau - GIS tools for visualizing spatial or geographic data - Tools for visualizing workflows and processes Case studies of information visualization projects or applications in libraries, such as: - Creating library usage and analytics dashboards - Visualizing library collection usage - Visualizations for data-driven decision making - Visualizing processes or workflows for training and identifying efficiencies - Using data visualizations in discovery interfaces - Using data mashups (data combined from multiple sources) for visualizations - Integrating data and spatial literacy into information literacy instruction - Data visualization challenges and emerging trends in libraries *Submission Procedure* Please send a proposed title, 500-word abstract, and 100-word author bio to lauren.magnuson[at]csun.edu on or before April 30, 2015. 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Finalists for the position will be asked to provide at least two references. *A successful applicant must demonstrate:* - Commitment to advancing scholarly communication practices and librarianship - This includes demonstrated leadership in - and/or advocacy for - the intersections of scholarly communication and librarianship, as well as knowledge in any of the specific areas related to JLSC topics of interest (publishing, data services, digital repositories, open access, article metrics, et al.). - Scholarly experience - This includes an active record of professional growth and scholarly achievement. For example, the candidate is engaged in research, has authored works in areas related to JLSC topics of interest, is active in relevant professional organizations, or is involved in advocacy or instruction related to topics of interest. Preference will be given to individuals with prior experience as an editor or editorial board member for a journal. - Institutional support or individual dedication - The candidate must be able to dedicate the time necessary to provide ongoing timely support for authors and the journal as a whole. Examples of evidence of this could include: the candidate being provided release time for JLSC duties, the activities falling within the scope of the candidate?s professional responsibilities (e.g. employer expectations to be engaged in scholarship), or recent adjustments to responsibilities (e.g. cycled off committees or other obligations that have created time for new opportunities). *Beyond the above primary requirements, additional consideration will be given to the following criteria when reviewing applicants:* - Academic discipline or arena of study, professional work, performance, etc. with a preference for individuals familiar with academic librarianship - Affiliation with institution or professional/community entity, with a preference for individuals with expertise that demonstrates a high level of professional achievement - Location of current employment (nation, region, hemisphere), with a preference for individuals that can provide a voice for under- or un-represented perspectives - Academic or professional position, with a preference for individuals that demonstrate evidence of substantial professional contributions to librarianship or their related academic discipline, as well as attainment of a high level of activity in other professional endeavors. *About JLSC* The *Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication* is a quarterly, peer-reviewed open-access publication for original articles, reviews, and case studies that analyze or describe the strategies, partnerships, and impact of library-led digital projects, online publishing, and scholarly communication initiatives. *JLSC* is a shared intellectual space for scholarly communication librarians, institutional repository managers, digital archivists, digital data managers, and related professionals. The journal provides a focused forum for library practitioners to share ideas, strategies, research, and pragmatic explorations of library-led initiatives related to such areas as institutional repository and digital collection management, library publishing/hosting services, and authors? rights advocacy efforts. As technology, scholarly communication, the economics of publishing, and the roles of libraries all continue to evolve, the work shared in JLSC informs practices that strengthen librarianship. The journal welcomes original research and practitioner experience papers, as well as submissions in alternative formats (e.g. video). In order to lower barriers to publication for authors, JLSC does not charge submission or any other form of author fees. *Publisher* *JLSC* is published by Pacific University Libraries. Pacific University (Oregon) is a private undergraduate liberal arts institution with graduate and professional programs in education, optometry and the health professions. *Indexing* *JLSC* is indexed in *Library & Information Science Source* and *Academic Search Premier *(EBSCO) and is included in the *Directory of Open Access Journals* (DOAJ). *------------------------------------------------------------------------**Isaac Gilman, MLIS* | Scholarly Communication & Publishing Services Librarian | Associate Professor Pacific University - Hillsboro Campus | 222 SE 8th Avenue, Suite 202 | Hillsboro, OR 97123 p: 503.352.7209 | f: 503.352.7230 | gilmani at pacificu.edu Pacific University is committed to sustainability. Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cql25 at drexel.edu Thu Mar 26 16:50:03 2015 From: cql25 at drexel.edu (Liu,Christine) Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 20:50:03 +0000 Subject: [Rdap] University Archivist, Drexel University Message-ID: <53040D393A229B45A0F0E3232714F5A00F87A7D8@MB4.drexel.edu> Position Title: University Archivist The University Archives selects and preserves records in a variety of formats that document the founding, growth and function of the University as a leading STEM focused institution, founded in the late 19th century as the Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry. Since the institution's founding, its greatly expanded enrollment, campuses, and focus on experiential learning reflect a history of responsiveness to societal and individual needs and a tradition of innovation. The Archives was developed into a formal program just 15 years ago, and implemented a formal University Records Management program three years ago. The Archives includes 65,659 digital objects and 2,606 linear feet in multiple formats. There are 3 FTE staff and occasional project based student employees. Its focus is digital records and its digital repository (iDEA) provides access to Drexel theses, dissertations and other digital collections. The Archives also includes small special collections, including the history of library education and professional organizations and the history of the book. Researchers and users include Drexel administrative units, faculty and students, alumni and families, and those studying the history of science, technology, library science, and education. Drexel University Libraries seeks a creative, entrepreneurial archivist to lead the continued growth and increasing impact of the Archives collections and programs. We seek managerial leadership for the discovery, use and interpretation of its resources by the Drexel community, facilitating the exposure of Drexel University content to learners and researchers globally. Key Responsibilities The University Archivist, reporting to the Director, Library Services & Quality Improvement, is responsible for managing and interpreting its digital and special collections, while ensuring preservation of and access to University records of enduring value. Duties include: * Lead the University Archives program through articulation of program mission, goals, and impact; manage and coordinate daily functions, policies, and program operation in accordance with professional standards and best practices; * Provide leadership in the identification, preservation, storage, and long-term access issues related to digital objects and collections and implementation of digital strategy for the Archives; * Leverage Drexel's entrepreneurial culture and opportunities in concert with the Dean of Libraries to develop long-term plans and funding strategies for archival collections and records management; expand collections by acquiring new collections of Drexel material and relevant special collections; * Serve as liaison with University Administrative departments to develop partnerships for collaboration; * As a member of a campus federated collaborative effort for data stewardship, cultivate the Libraries' digital repository, iDEA, by soliciting content, assessing user needs and offering services and functions that support scholarly communication at Drexel; * Lead campus collaborative efforts to efficiently and effectively manage the University's historic artifacts; * Serve as University Historian, collecting core stories and traditions in multiple formats to illustrate the unique mission of Drexel University, its academic and research experience and impact on the world. Qualifications Required * Master's degree in a relevant discipline; such as programs focused on Archives, History, or Library Science; * Minimum of three years' experience working in archives, preferably college or university archives; experience working with both records creators and patrons; * Familiarity with best practices and demonstrated technological expertise in digital archives and/or born-digital records; * Understanding of Records Management principles and regulations; * Demonstrated success bringing innovation to the workplace; * Sound judgment and the ability to handle responsibilities with both discretion and independence; * Record of successful contribution to the profession; * Demonstrated ability to manage multiple high profile and complex projects simultaneously; * Exceptional oral and written communication skills. Preferred * Advanced degree in related field; * Demonstrated supervisory ability; * Experience with digital collection platforms, e.g. Islandora; * Knowledge of metadata rules and standards such as DACS, Dublin Core, EAD, MODS and PREMIS; * Experience with matrixed organizational environments; * Ability to thrive in a changing organization; * Experience working in a collaborative environment, including working with people with diverse backgrounds. Supplemental Posting Information: Drexel University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, welcomes individuals from diverse backgrounds and perspectives, and believes that an inclusive and respectful environment enriches the University community and the educational and employment experience of its members. The University prohibits discrimination against individuals on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age, status as a veteran or special disabled veteran, gender identity or expression, genetic information, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions and any other prohibited characteristic. Please visit our website to view all University Policies and Workplace Postings. Background investigations are required for all new hires as a condition of employment, after the job offer is made. Employment will be contingent upon the University's acceptance of the results of the background investigation. Interested, qualified applicants may apply at: www.drexeljobs.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=79469 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: