• "Agile Research Data Management with Open Source: LinkAhead"

    Updated: 2024-01-31 16:38:17
    Research data management (RDM) in academic scientific environments increasingly enters the focus as an important part of good scientific practice and as a topic with big potentials for saving time and money. Nevertheless, there is a shortage of appropriate tools, which fulfill the specific requirements in scientific research. We identified where the requirements in science … Continue reading ""Agile Research Data Management with Open Source: LinkAhead""

  • Open Science Librarian at Utah State University

    Updated: 2024-01-31 16:36:52
    The Utah State University Libraries seeks a collaborative, innovative and user-centered candidate for the position of Open Science Librarian to join a team supporting our communities in discovering, creating, and sharing knowledge. Working with a team of librarians, the Open Science Librarian engages with students and faculty to support emerging open science and scholarly communication … Continue reading "Open Science Librarian at Utah State University"

  • "Training Generative AI Models on Copyrighted Works Is Fair Use"

    Updated: 2024-01-31 16:34:48
    Why are scholars and librarians so invested in protecting the precedent that training AI LLMs on copyright-protected works is a transformative fair use? Rachael G. Samberg, Timothy Vollmer, and Samantha Teremi (of UC Berkeley Library) recently wrote that maintaining the continued treatment of training AI models as fair use is "essential to protecting research," including … Continue reading ""Training Generative AI Models on Copyrighted Works Is Fair Use""

  • Director of Digital Initiatives at University of Rochester Libraries

    Updated: 2024-01-31 16:32:24
    The Director of Digital Initiatives is responsible for the overall direction, development, and management of the River Campus Libraries’ (RCL) core and emerging digital infrastructure in support RCL’s strategic aims and the teaching, learning, and research mission of the University. Reporting to the Assistant/Associate Dean for Scholarly Resources and Curation, this position works closely with … Continue reading "Director of Digital Initiatives at University of Rochester Libraries"

  • "RDA Professionalising Data Stewardship — What Does a Career Track for Data Stewards Look Like?"

    Updated: 2024-01-31 16:30:43
    The report "What does a career track for data stewards look like?" provides an initial discussion of the results of the RDA IG Professionalising Data Stewardship career tracks survey completed in 2022. The survey asked respondents who self-identified as performing data stewardship roles about their job titles, educational background, match between educational background and area … Continue reading ""RDA Professionalising Data Stewardship — What Does a Career Track for Data Stewards Look Like?""

  • Scholarly Communication Librarian at Utah State University

    Updated: 2024-01-30 16:40:22
    The Scholarly Communication Librarian will support data literacy across the institution and provide expertise and guidance for managing, preserving, and sharing research data. Collaborating with library colleagues and groups across campus, including the Office of Research, this position will also help develop strategic initiatives and partnerships to promote open scholarship, including conducting outreach and providing … Continue reading "Scholarly Communication Librarian at Utah State University"

  • "Could AI Change the Scientific Publishing Market Once and for All?"

    Updated: 2024-01-30 16:38:24
    Artificial-intelligence tools in research like ChatGPT are playing an increasingly transformative role in revolutionizing scientific publishing and re-shaping its economic background. They can help academics to tackle such issues as limited space in academic journals, accessibility of knowledge, delayed dissemination, or the exponential growth of academic output. Moreover, AI tools could potentially change scientific communication … Continue reading ""Could AI Change the Scientific Publishing Market Once and for All?""

  • Open Press Editorial Manager at University of Sussex

    Updated: 2024-01-30 16:36:46
    This is an exciting opportunity to help shape a new open access University Press from scratch. Following a highly successful12-month textbook pilot project, the Library is looking to expand its open publishing capacity; we’re keen to broaden our textbook offering and explore opportunities to develop a monograph imprint. The press is currently using the Pressbooks … Continue reading "Open Press Editorial Manager at University of Sussex"

  • "Librarians as Agents of Change: New Sparc Europe Strategy for Open Education 2024-2026"

    Updated: 2024-01-30 16:34:37
    We are pleased to announce a new Open Education strategy for 2024-2026, Librarians as Agents of Change. We will support Higher Education policymakers, librarians, ambassadors and facilitators of OE in Europe to implement the UNESCO OER Recommendations using a targeted and action-oriented approach. With this strategy, we aim to make the many connections between Open … Continue reading ""Librarians as Agents of Change: New Sparc Europe Strategy for Open Education 2024-2026""

  • Digital Archivist at Carnegie Mellon University

    Updated: 2024-01-30 16:32:32
    In this role, you will be responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining the Carnegie Mellon University Archives’ born-digital program. This includes developing policies and procedures for accessioning, ingesting, preserving, managing, and providing access to electronic records; developing procedures and workflows for describing born-digital records within hybrid collections; managing web-archiving activities; and advising departments and donors … Continue reading "Digital Archivist at Carnegie Mellon University"

  • Ithaka S+R: The Second Digital Transformation of Scholarly Publishing

    Updated: 2024-01-30 16:30:13
    Today, the scholarly publishing sector is undergoing its second digital transformation. The first digital transformation saw a massive shift from paper to digital, but otherwise publishing retained many of the structures, workflows, incentives, and outputs that characterized the print era. A variety of shared infrastructure was developed to serve the needs of this first digital … Continue reading "Ithaka S+R: The Second Digital Transformation of Scholarly Publishing"

  • Bridge to Faculty Research Associate — Digital Publishing Librarian at University of Illinois Chicago (Term)

    Updated: 2024-01-29 16:40:16
    The Bridge to Faculty Digital Publishing Librarian will establish a research agenda during this time and work towards publishing their scholarship. There will be limited librarianship responsibilities and no service expectations during this year. The primary focus on research during this year is provided to ensure that the individual can establish a robust research agenda … Continue reading "Bridge to Faculty Research Associate — Digital Publishing Librarian at University of Illinois Chicago (Term)"

  • "Towards a Shared Framework: A Classificatory Matrix for Teaching Data Standards"

    Updated: 2024-01-29 16:38:31
    Standards for research data can be a mystifying topic for both researchers and data professionals. A common source of confusion is that they are multipurpose: standards can (and should) be applied to both primary data and metadata, enabling a wide range of functions from the search features in a repository to the integration of disparate … Continue reading ""Towards a Shared Framework: A Classificatory Matrix for Teaching Data Standards""

  • Website Coordinator at University of Wyoming

    Updated: 2024-01-29 16:36:41
    Coordinate, develop, enhance, modify, and maintain websites and other digital marketing platforms for the University of Wyoming Libraries. Gather information from multiple sources and publish information on designated webpages using the University’s content management system (CMS) and third-party websites/platforms. Work with and assist UW Libraries website site authors in maintaining content. Manage and oversee UW … Continue reading "Website Coordinator at University of Wyoming"

  • "Athena Jackson Named UCLA University Librarian"

    Updated: 2024-01-29 16:34:38
    Athena N. Jackson has been named UCLA’s Norman and Armena Powell University Librarian. Her appointment will begin March 1. Jackson, the former director of special collections at UCLA Library, has served since 2021 as dean of libraries at the University of Houston, where she holds the Elizabeth D. Rockwell Chair. . . . At the … Continue reading ""Athena Jackson Named UCLA University Librarian""

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