“The Scholarly Communications Librarian is a tenure-track, faculty position responsible for developing and delivering an active program of education, training, advocacy, support and information sharing regarding a wide range of issues that promote effective sharing and barrier free access to scholarly resources. Reporting to the Director of Scholarly Communications and Information Policy, this individual works as part of a team to grow and sustain a rapidly evolving set of services that supports researchers across the full scholarly communication lifecycle in the broad array of disciplines served by a large research library….”
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Scholarly Communications Librarian
“The Scholarly Communications Librarian is a tenure-track, faculty position responsible for developing and delivering an active program of education, training, advocacy, support and information sharing regarding a wide range of issues that promote effective sharing and barrier free access to scholarly resources. Reporting to the Director of Scholarly Communications and Information Policy, this individual works as part of a team to grow and sustain a rapidly evolving set of services that supports researchers across the full scholarly communication lifecycle in the broad array of disciplines served by a large research library….”
METRO | 599 | Digital Repository Developer – Metropolitan New York Library Council
“METRO is seeking a developer with experience working as a Drupal 8 site builder and theme developer. We have developed an innovative new open source repository architecture called Archipelago, and as the Digital Repository Developer, you will have a chance to contribute to this project in its infancy! Archipelago uses a modified version of Drupal 8 for the public front end and administrative interface. The first software METRO will build using this architecture will be a digital asset management solution meant for libraries, archives, and museums. Reporting to the Lead Developer, the successful candidate will work collaboratively with our team on our base repository solution, contracts building new custom repositories and new features, and they may manage a portfolio of support contracts as well….”
Senior Program Officer, Scholarly Communications, Mellon Foundation
“The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (“Foundation”) invites nominations and applications for the position of Senior Program Officer (“SPO”) for Scholarly Communications (“SC”) to succeed Donald J. Waters, who is retiring after 20 years of dedicated and exceptional service.
The Foundation is a not-for-profit, grantmaking organization that seeks to strengthen, promote, and defend the contributions of the humanities and the arts to human flourishing and to the well-being of diverse and democratic societies. Scholarly Communications, which was established under the Foundation’s umbrella in 1999, is one of the Foundation’s four core program areas. Through this program, the Foundation assists libraries, archives, museums, universities, presses, and arts organizations in realizing the potential of digital technologies to further the collective understanding of societies and cultures around the world. As it exists today the program promotes the common good by supporting the creation, dissemination, use, and preservation of original sources, interpretive scholarship in the humanities, and other scholarly and artistic materials. Scholarly Communications grants have given rise to scores of nonprofit enterprises, including: Artstor, Digital Public Library of America, Hypothes.is, Ithaka, LOCKSS, and Portico; dozens of new types of professions, such as scholarly communications librarians, digital repository managers, digitization specialists, and data curators; and a large variety of standards and digital tools for knowledge-making. Broadly, the program aims to develop the sustainable tools, organizations, and networks of scholars and other professionals needed for these purposes, thereby making these resources available for potentially broader audiences and users.
The successful candidate will be an individual who is deeply immersed in innovative conversations around the challenges and opportunities that exist in the field of scholarly communications today and its future. Drawing upon her/his/their academic background and administrative experience in a related field, the next SPO will ensure that cultural and scholarly records are preserved for future work, teaching, and research; that records are accessible broadly; and that the economics surrounding this work are viable outside of forprofit industries. She/he/they will also embrace the possibility of reimagining and redefining this program area to best meet the challenges and opportunities of today through initiatives such as prioritizing the support of community-engaged research and knowledge or building previously underprioritized areas, in addition to the work traditionally supported by the Foundation….”
Columbia University: Recruitment of Academic Personnel (RAPS) | Scholarly Communication Technologies Librarian
“The Columbia University Libraries seek an innovative, collaborative, and engaged Scholarly Communication Technologies Librarian to provide technical leadership and vision for re-imagining Columbia’s institutional repository as a hub for scholarly communication and open knowledge creation across campus. The librarian will have deep knowledge of cutting-edge scholarly technologies and workflows that will help evolve the operations, integrations, and services of the institutional repository. They will collaborate with campus and community partners to gather requirements for and implement innovative integrations with broader library, campus, and general scholarly communication infrastructure, with the goal of supporting frictionless scholarly workflows for new and evolving forms of scholarship across and beyond the University. This new librarian position reports to the Assistant Director for Scholarly Communication and Projects, and is part of a values-driven team that encompasses scholarly communication, digital humanities, and computing fundamentals….”
arXiv Service Reliability Engineer (Applications Programmer IV)
“Cornell University seeks an experienced applications programmer for arXiv to serve as Service Reliability Engineer for its next generation system. arXiv is the premier open access platform serving scientists in physics, mathematics, computer science, and other disciplines….”
Professional development varies widely to support instructors teaching online and using OER
“Faculty members in the State University of New York system who want to transition from proprietary course materials to open educational resources can take advantage of the OER faculty fellowship, a semester-long series of seminars and workshops that culminates in the creation of a new openly licensed course resource. The program originated in 2014 and has grown since New York state’s substantial investments in OER….”
New York Land Records Indexing Project | New York Genealogical & Biographical Society
“FamilySearch has digitized millions of original pages from counties across the state of New York.
The majority of these records include deeds and mortgages from various county offices covering a wide range of dates, none of which have been digitally indexed before.
This crowd-sourced project will enable anyone with an interest in preserving the records of New York to take part in the largest volunteer effort to index New York’s state records to date….”
SUNY Board of Trustees Open Access Resolution | University Libraries
“On March 22, 2018, the SUNY Board of Trustees passed an Open Access Policy and System Repository Resolution put forward by Chancellor Kristina M. Johnson.
The resolution instructs all SUNY campuses to adopt “an open access policy that recognizes each campus’s unique mission and culture by no later than March 31, 2020”.
On February 6, 2017, Stony Brook University became the first SUNY campus to adopt an open access policy. The SBU Open Access Policy leverages Green Open Access, allowing SBU authors to retain their copyright, publish in the journals of their choice, and share their final peer-reviewed article drafts in an open access repository….”
Hofstra University Faculty/Administration Opportunities
“The Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University seeks applications for an anticipated position as Assistant Director of Digital Initiatives & Technical Services. Reporting to the Director of the Law Library, the Assistant Director provides leadership and vision for coordination of digital projects, including but not limited to the law school’s institutional repository….”
Associate Publisher, Open Access : New York, NY, United States
“The main purposes of the Associate Publisher role is to: Assist with the development and execution of a strategic plan for the Biological Sciences portfolio Assist with journal and team budgeting (including but not limited to honoraria, travel, and staffing) Assist with the development and execution of a strategic plan for growth of BioMed Central in key markets….”
Publishers Lunch Job Board: Journal Development Editor – 5281 (#13423)
“The successful candidate will be the primary publishing contact for a suite of open access journals in biomedicine and will take responsibility for growing and developing this portfolio. This involves setting and implementing journal plans, as well as supporting key stakeholders (Editors, authors, reviewers, and societies). It also involves working closely with other members of the Biological Sciences team to acquire new journals in this area. Strategic thinking, excellent communication skills and the ability to build strong relationships are key to the role. This is an exciting and varied position that allows an individual to remain close to the cutting edge of scientific advances and work closely with leading academics, while gaining exposure to all aspects of the industry in a successful and growing open access publishing environment….”
Scholarly Communications Librarian, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University
“As part of a dynamic team, the Scholarly Communications Librarian provides expert support in scholarly communications, systematic reviews, biomedical research, and information management to the communities of Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM), NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (NYPH), and affiliates. S/he is a public-facing representative of the Library and is responsible for leading outreach activities and training initiatives….[Responsibilities:] Facilitate researchers in meeting the requirements of the NIH Public Access Policy, locate data available for re-use, advise on appropriate repositories for sharing data, consult on intellectual property issues related to data sets and publications, and assist with grant applications and renewals….”
Mass Digitization Coordinator
“The Digital Imaging Unit of the New York Public Library is hiring a Mass Digitization Coordinator to serve as a primary architect of a range of new digitization streams — e.g. rapid book scanning, high-speed microfilm digitization, and experiments with new approaches — with the goal of dramatically increasing the volume, speed, and range of NYPL’s digitization activities. The Coordinator will also help refine existing workflows and explore new options for large-scale reformatting through vendors and partnerships in order to deliver as much material as possible through the Library’s own online collection portals and other digital library access sites like the HathiTrust Digital Library and the Internet Archive….”
Director, Center for Digital Research and Scholarship
“The Columbia University Libraries seeks a motivated, collaborative, and forward-thinking professional to lead its Center for Digital Research and Scholarship (CDRS).
CDRS works to increase the utility and impact of research produced at Columbia by creating, adapting, implementing, supporting, and sustaining innovative digital tools and publishing platforms for content delivery, discovery, analysis, data curation, and preservation. The Center engages in extensive outreach, education, and advocacy to ensure that the scholarly work produced at Columbia University has a global reach and accelerates the pace of research across disciplines. CDRS is one of five entities that comprise the Digital Programs and Technology Services branch of the Columbia University Libraries….”