University of Rhode Island -- Assistant Professor, Digital Initiatives Librarian
From:
Andree Rathemacher <andree_at_uri.edu>
Please excuse cross-posting
Posting Number: 6000458
Job Title: Assistant Professor, Digital Initiatives Librarian
Position Type: Faculty
Union: AAUP - American Assoc of Univ Professors
Status:
Calendar Year
Full-time
Tenure-track
Permanent
Department: Kingston Library
Duties and Responsibilities:
This is a calendar year, tenure-track position with anticipated appointment date of
September 1, 2011.
Provide leadership in the management of the University of Rhode Island's digital
repository (currently DigitalCommons_at_URI) and technical expertise to continue development
and enhancements.
Coordinate with library subject liaisons, Technical Services Dept staff, Information
Technology Svs (ITS) staff, and other members of the University community to enhance
access to the University's scholarly communications and publications within the digital
repository.
Formulate policies and procedures for the production, management, and preservation of
digital content and metadata, technical workflow, quality control, and intellectual
property issues.
Provide training and outreach to the campus community about digital initiatives and
DigitalCommons_at_URI.
Actively seek out new user communities and content for the digital repository.
Provide leadership and vision in planning and implementing future digital library development.
Provide ongoing qualitative and quantitative assessment of library digital services
through data gathering and analysis.
Plan and coordinate the preservation of and ongoing access to digitized and born-digital
materials curated by the library.
Work with IT staff and users of campus-wide applications to integrate library digital
collections into these services, e.g., Sakai.
Anticipate future trends in an evolving digital environment and maintain current awareness
of national and international developments affecting knowledge management, metadata, and
information retrieval; articulate to campus community.
Identify grant opportunities and work collaboratively to create proposals in support of
digital collections.
Work as a member of the Technical Services Department and reports to the Dean.
Required Qualifications:
1) Master's degree in library science from an ALA-accredited program;
2) A minimum of two years' experience in an academic library setting;
3) The following are also required: Technical proficiency with programs and platforms such
as Unix / Linux, XHTML, XML, XSLT, CSS, Oracle / SQL, PERL or PHP, and experience with
digital repository platforms.
4) Demonstrated ability to plan, coordinate, and implement effective digital projects;
5) Experience with the concepts and applications used in organizing and presenting digital
information;
6) Demonstrated professional facility with a variety of metadata and associated functional
standards, including Dublin Core, EAD, MARC, TEL, etc. and appropriate thesauri.
7) Awareness of institutional repository issues and software requirements.
8) Knowledge of intellectual property compliance issues and applicable copyright law.
9) Knowledge and understanding of best practices, standards, issues and trends relating to
digital initiatives in an academic library.
10) Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing, as well as excellent
organizational skills.
11) Demonstrated ability to handle complex analytical and detailed work.
12) Ability to effectively interact with audiences of diverse technological backgrounds.
13) Ability to work independently and effectively across organization lines and in
collaboration with a variety of individuals and groups.
14) Ability to learn and teach new technologies quickly.
15) Demonstrated ability to work in a collaborative, service oriented, rapidly changing
environment to accomplish mutual goals.
16) Demonstrated ability to write grants and project RFPs.
17) Ability to fulfill University requirements for retention, tenure and promotion.
Position Number: 108158
Preferred Qualifications:
Preferred:
Degree in computer science strongly preferred.
Experience with Innovative Interfaces integrated library system and Millennium platform.
Posting Date: 05-17-2011
Closing Date: 06-15-2011 (This date includes grace period if applicable.)
Special Instructions to Applicants: Please attach a cover letter and curriculum vitae in
PDF format.
This is a calendar year, tenure-track position with anticipated appointment date of
September 1, 2011.
Campus Location: Kingston
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Andrée Rathemacher
Associate Professor / Head, Acquisitions
University Libraries, University of Rhode Island
15 Lippitt Road
Kingston, RI 02881-2011
(401) 874-5096 / fax: (401) 874-4588
andree_at_uri.edu
Received on Thu May 19 2011 - 03:01:15 EDT