Code4lib is hiring: Digital Initiatives Librarian, Assistant in Orlando
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Digital Initiatives Librarian, Assistant The University of Central Florida (UCF) Libraries seeks a Digital Initiatives Librarian to join our team as a full-time, non-tenure track, 12-month faculty librarian at the Assistant Librarian rank. Reporting to the Head of Digital Scholarship in the Digital Strategies, Impact, & Visibility division, this position leads the management of UCF's institutional repository (STARS) and advances the visibility and accessibility of UCF's scholarship and unique collections. Scholarship, professional service, and participation on various committees related to digital collection and institutional repository management are expected.
The Digital Initiatives Librarian will collaborate with library and campus stakeholders to develop and sustain digital projects, with a particular focus on expanding STARS services. The ideal candidate will bring experience in digital preservation and digitization, along with knowledge of emerging trends and digital scholarship methodologies. This role oversees STARS-related services that support the research and publishing needs of the UCF community.
Responsibilities Strategic Leadership: Manage daily operations and provide strategic leadership for digital initiatives by setting unit goals and objectives, creating policies, evaluating services, and supervising 2 full-time staff.
Institutional Repository: Facilitate the use, management, and growth of UCF’s institutional repository (STARS), supporting the dissemination of special collections, university archives, scholarly, research, and creative outputs.
Digital Accessibility: Research, recommend, and implement accessibility standards for digital collections and repository content by developing policies, advocating for accessible systems, and guiding content remediation and creation.
Digital Preservation: Spearhead digital preservation efforts by overseeing program development, implementation, and best practices to ensure long-term access to digital assets.
Digitization Efforts: Develop, cultivate, and manage digital initiatives through cross-departmental collaboration and stakeholder engagement, securing funding to support retrospective scanning, born-digital materials, and digital research projects and coordinating with vendors on outsourced digitization projects.
Open Access and Scholarly Publishing: Advise on open access, rights management, and data management while partnering with librarians to raise awareness of scholarly publishing issues and foster institutional change through education and advocacy.
Minimum Qualifications Master’s degree in library and/or information science from an accredited institution; or doctorate combined with academic library experience.
Experience working with an institutional repository platform, such as Bepress’ Digital Commons.
Preferred Qualifications Supervisory experience or experience managing a team.
Experience with project management and/or leading digital projects.
Experience with developing and documenting digitization policies, digital preservation strategies, and scanning practices.
Experience consulting with teaching faculty, administrators, and/or students to recruit content for digital projects.
Familiarity with data management strategies and digital accessibility laws and standards.
Knowledge of digital scholarship methodologies, tools, and technologies, scholarly communication, and metadata principles and practices.
Additional Application Materials Required UCF requires all applications and supporting documents be submitted electronically through the Human Resources employment opportunities website, https://ucflib.fyi/job-digital-initiatives. In addition to the online application, candidates should upload a cover letter, a current curriculum vitae, and a list with contact information for three (3) professional references. The selected candidate will be required to submit official transcripts (and, as applicable, U.S. degree equivalency evaluations) documenting the conferral of their qualifying academic credentials.
Special Instructions to the Applicants Please have all documents ready when applying so they can be simultaneously uploaded. Once the online submission process is finalized, the system does not allow applicants to submit additional documents later.
Contact Questions regarding this search should be directed to: Tina Buck, search chair, at tina.buck@ucf.edu .
Application Review and Salary Application review begins 2/13/2025.
Assistant Librarian salary begins at $60,000.
Job Close Date Open until filled.
How to apply https://ucflib.fyi/job-digital-initiatives
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En Español: La Universidad de Florida Central (UCF) Libraries busca un bibliotecario de iniciativas digitales para unirse a nuestro equipo como biblioteario de la facultad de tiempo completo, no tenor, de 12 meses en el rango de bibliotegista asistente. Informando al Jefe de Becas digitales en la división de Estrategias Digitales, Impacto y Visibilidad, este puesto lidera la gestión del repositorio institucional de la UCF (STARS) y avanza la visibilidad y accesibilidad de la beca y las colecciones únicas de UCF. Se espera becas, servicio profesional y participación en varios comités relacionados con la recopilación digital y la gestión de los repositorios institucionales. Este papel supervisa los servicios relacionados con STARS que apoyan las necesidades de investigación y publicación de la comunidad de la UCF. Responsabilidades Liderazgo Estratégico: Gestionar las operaciones diarias y proporcionar liderazgo estratégico para las iniciativas digitales estableciendo objetivos y objetivos unitarios, creando políticas, evaluando servicios y supervisando a 2 empleados a tiempo completo. Repositorio Institucional: Facilitar el uso, gestión y crecimiento del repositorio institucional de la UFC (STARS), apoyando la difusión de colecciones especiales, archivos universitarios, académicos, investigaciones y resultados de la Universidad. Accesividad Digital: Investigación, recomendación y implementación de estándares de accesibilidad para colección y contenido de la biblioteca digital mediante el desarrollo de políticas, la promoción de sistemas de acceso accesible a los estudiantes y la creación de guías de acceso a los datos. Preservación de las normas digitales: Aspectos específicos: Preservar las herramientas de gestión de los contenidos digitales mediante la supervisión de las políticas de administración de datos, gestionar prácticas abiertas, implementar estrategias de la gestión de la información y la información digital. Además de la solicitud en línea, los candidatos deben subir una carta de presentación, una curriculum vitae actual y una lista con información de contacto para tres (3) referencias profesionales. Se requerirá que el candidato seleccionado presente transcripciones oficiales (y, según corresponda, evaluaciones de equivalencia de grado de EE.UU.) que documenten la concesión de sus credenciales académicas calificantes. Instrucciones especiales a los solicitantes Por favor tenga todos los documentos listos cuando solicite para que puedan ser subidos simultáneamente. Una vez finalizado el proceso de presentación online, el sistema no permite que los candidatos presenten documentos adicionales más tarde. Las preguntas de contacto relacionadas con esta búsqueda deben dirigirse a: Tina Buck, busque, en tina.buck@ucf.edu.
The Digital Initiatives Librarian will collaborate with library and campus stakeholders to develop and sustain digital projects, with a particular focus on expanding STARS services. The ideal candidate will bring experience in digital preservation and digitization, along with knowledge of emerging trends and digital scholarship methodologies. This role oversees STARS-related services that support the research and publishing needs of the UCF community.
Responsibilities Strategic Leadership: Manage daily operations and provide strategic leadership for digital initiatives by setting unit goals and objectives, creating policies, evaluating services, and supervising 2 full-time staff.
Institutional Repository: Facilitate the use, management, and growth of UCF’s institutional repository (STARS), supporting the dissemination of special collections, university archives, scholarly, research, and creative outputs.
Digital Accessibility: Research, recommend, and implement accessibility standards for digital collections and repository content by developing policies, advocating for accessible systems, and guiding content remediation and creation.
Digital Preservation: Spearhead digital preservation efforts by overseeing program development, implementation, and best practices to ensure long-term access to digital assets.
Digitization Efforts: Develop, cultivate, and manage digital initiatives through cross-departmental collaboration and stakeholder engagement, securing funding to support retrospective scanning, born-digital materials, and digital research projects and coordinating with vendors on outsourced digitization projects.
Open Access and Scholarly Publishing: Advise on open access, rights management, and data management while partnering with librarians to raise awareness of scholarly publishing issues and foster institutional change through education and advocacy.
Minimum Qualifications Master’s degree in library and/or information science from an accredited institution; or doctorate combined with academic library experience.
Experience working with an institutional repository platform, such as Bepress’ Digital Commons.
Preferred Qualifications Supervisory experience or experience managing a team.
Experience with project management and/or leading digital projects.
Experience with developing and documenting digitization policies, digital preservation strategies, and scanning practices.
Experience consulting with teaching faculty, administrators, and/or students to recruit content for digital projects.
Familiarity with data management strategies and digital accessibility laws and standards.
Knowledge of digital scholarship methodologies, tools, and technologies, scholarly communication, and metadata principles and practices.
Additional Application Materials Required UCF requires all applications and supporting documents be submitted electronically through the Human Resources employment opportunities website, https://ucflib.fyi/job-digital-initiatives. In addition to the online application, candidates should upload a cover letter, a current curriculum vitae, and a list with contact information for three (3) professional references. The selected candidate will be required to submit official transcripts (and, as applicable, U.S. degree equivalency evaluations) documenting the conferral of their qualifying academic credentials.
Special Instructions to the Applicants Please have all documents ready when applying so they can be simultaneously uploaded. Once the online submission process is finalized, the system does not allow applicants to submit additional documents later.
Contact Questions regarding this search should be directed to: Tina Buck, search chair, at tina.buck@ucf.edu .
Application Review and Salary Application review begins 2/13/2025.
Assistant Librarian salary begins at $60,000.
Job Close Date Open until filled.
How to apply https://ucflib.fyi/job-digital-initiatives
#J-18808-Ljbffr
En Español: La Universidad de Florida Central (UCF) Libraries busca un bibliotecario de iniciativas digitales para unirse a nuestro equipo como biblioteario de la facultad de tiempo completo, no tenor, de 12 meses en el rango de bibliotegista asistente. Informando al Jefe de Becas digitales en la división de Estrategias Digitales, Impacto y Visibilidad, este puesto lidera la gestión del repositorio institucional de la UCF (STARS) y avanza la visibilidad y accesibilidad de la beca y las colecciones únicas de UCF. Se espera becas, servicio profesional y participación en varios comités relacionados con la recopilación digital y la gestión de los repositorios institucionales. Este papel supervisa los servicios relacionados con STARS que apoyan las necesidades de investigación y publicación de la comunidad de la UCF. Responsabilidades Liderazgo Estratégico: Gestionar las operaciones diarias y proporcionar liderazgo estratégico para las iniciativas digitales estableciendo objetivos y objetivos unitarios, creando políticas, evaluando servicios y supervisando a 2 empleados a tiempo completo. Repositorio Institucional: Facilitar el uso, gestión y crecimiento del repositorio institucional de la UFC (STARS), apoyando la difusión de colecciones especiales, archivos universitarios, académicos, investigaciones y resultados de la Universidad. Accesividad Digital: Investigación, recomendación y implementación de estándares de accesibilidad para colección y contenido de la biblioteca digital mediante el desarrollo de políticas, la promoción de sistemas de acceso accesible a los estudiantes y la creación de guías de acceso a los datos. Preservación de las normas digitales: Aspectos específicos: Preservar las herramientas de gestión de los contenidos digitales mediante la supervisión de las políticas de administración de datos, gestionar prácticas abiertas, implementar estrategias de la gestión de la información y la información digital. Además de la solicitud en línea, los candidatos deben subir una carta de presentación, una curriculum vitae actual y una lista con información de contacto para tres (3) referencias profesionales. Se requerirá que el candidato seleccionado presente transcripciones oficiales (y, según corresponda, evaluaciones de equivalencia de grado de EE.UU.) que documenten la concesión de sus credenciales académicas calificantes. Instrucciones especiales a los solicitantes Por favor tenga todos los documentos listos cuando solicite para que puedan ser subidos simultáneamente. Una vez finalizado el proceso de presentación online, el sistema no permite que los candidatos presenten documentos adicionales más tarde. Las preguntas de contacto relacionadas con esta búsqueda deben dirigirse a: Tina Buck, busque, en tina.buck@ucf.edu.