Job Announcements, News

Job: Libraries Web Developer at University of St. Thomas

From the announcement: The University of St. Thomas is recruiting a Libraries Web Developer. The incumbent serves as the chief technical expert in developing and maintaining the Libraries’ digital presence, including the website and associated applications; formatting of the e-resource management and discovery tools; database, subject guide, and scheduling applications; institutional repositories and finding aids; interlibrary […]

CFPs & Conferences, News

CFP: DHCommons Journal

From the CFP: Deadline for Submissions – March 9, 2015 The DHCommons Journal seeks submissions for a section dedicated to procedural descriptions of how to launch and/or maintain an exemplary aspect of a stable digital project. We encourage you to emphasize in your submission a component of the project that came out particularly well and/or […]

Job Announcements, News

Job: Digital Asset Coordinator at San Francisco Symphony

From the job announcement: Reporting to the Archivist and working collaboratively with staff across the Symphony, the Digital Asset Coordinator will develop sustainable practices and processes to ensure the availability and integrity of digital assets that chronicle the Symphony’s history, collections, programs, and operations. The successful applicant will demonstrate experience with a variety of technologies […]

Announcements, News

Announcement: Summer 2015 Digital Art History Institutes

From the Announcement: Some of the digital art history summer institutes from last year are returning for 2015! At the moment, there are two announced institutes, both being funded by the Getty Foundation: July 13 — July 24: Building a Digital Portfolio at George Mason University: “Participants will learn from experienced RRCHNM and GMU faculty […]

Job Announcements, News

Job: Project Manager at University of Michigan

From the Announcement: The University of Michigan Library is seeking a librarian to be a project manager and specialist in the area of digital preservation services.The successful candidate will work as part of a team of programmers, librarians, and other experts on a major initiative to build a new digital library system architecture. The new […]

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Job: PressForward Outreach Coordinator

From the announcement: PressForward is hiring an Outreach Coordinator to work with us as we develop new publications using the PressForward plugin. The PressForward Outreach Coordinator will identify and recruit key pilot partners and deliver hands-on training using the PressForward plugin. The RRCHNM PressForward team offers pilot partners customized technical and editorial expertise at each stage of […]

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Job: Digital Technologies Development Librarian at NCSU

From the job announcement: The NCSU Libraries invites applications and nominations for the position of Digital Technologies Development Librarian in the Digital Library Initiatives department. Digital Library Initiatives develops and delivers an information environment that significantly advances end-user resource discovery and use of library services. As a member of the Digital Services Development group, the […]

CFPs & Conferences, News

CFP: ‘Accessible Future’ Workshop in Atlanta, GA

From the announcement: This NEH-funded 2-day workshop workshop is intended for humanists, librarians, information scientists, and cultural heritage professionals who wish to learn about technologies, design standards, and accessibility issues associated with the use of digital technologies. Instructors include (in alphabetical order) Jeremy Boggs, Cory Bohon, Dan Brown, Jen Guiliano, Tina Herzberg, James Smith and […]

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Job: Digital Library Visualization Engineer, Digital Library Systems & Services, Stanford University Libraries job

From the announcement: Stanford University Libraries is seeking a talented web developer to support scholarship in the digital age by delivering on the promises of the digital library. The Visualization Engineer will develop interfaces, tools and software to enable online discovery, viewing and collaborative annotation of digital medieval manuscript materials. He or she will develop […]

News, Reports

Report: Common Ground — Exploring Compatibilities Between the Linked Data Models of the Library of Congress and OCLC

From the post: The Library of Congress (LC) and OCLC Research have released the white paper, “Common Ground: Exploring Compatibilities Between the Linked Data Models of the Library of Congress and OCLC.” The paper, written by Carol Jean Godby (OCLC) and Ray Denenberg (LC), serves as an executive summary, published in advance of a “more detailed […]