[CODE4LIB] Job: Library Systems Developer at College of Physicians of Philadelphia

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The Historical Medical Library is seeking a part-time Library Systems Developer 
to further develop and maintain its Digital Assets Management System (DAMS) and 
maintain other library technologies.  This position is a year-long contract 
position which requires approximately 20 hours a month, depending on the needs 
of the Library, with the possibility of renewal after the one-year term has 
expired.  The work can be done remotely and outside of normal working hours.

The Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia 
(Birthplace of American Medicine®) is one of the largest medical history 
collections in the United States with over 325,000 volumes including 
monographs, journals, manuscripts, archives, prints, photographs, pamphlets, 
and incunabula. It was designated a historical library in 1996 to recognize its 
function as a repository for the history of medicine.

The Library Systems Developer manages a portfolio of digital library projects, 
providing the project management framework and technical know-how needed to 
complete projects successfully. They explore, recommend, implement, and 
maintain software tools and frameworks to support digital library activities. 
They create and maintain procedural documentation and provide support to the 
library staff involved with projects and services.

Required skills

· Knowledge of or experience working on projects involving: 
HTML/CSS/SCSS, XML/JSON/YML, JavaScript, PHP, Ruby on Rails, MySQL/PostgreSQL, 
Apache/Nginx, Docker, Samvera/Fedora, Solr, Git

· Experience using AWS (Amazon Web Services) or another cloud based web 
server provider is essential. AWS services currently in use at the College 
include, EC2, Route 53, Elastic Beanstalk, Cloud 9, RDS, S3, Glacier, etc.
Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies and troubleshoot technical issues
· Strong organizational, customer service, written, and verbal 
communication skills

· Excellent project management skills

Description of duties

· Further develop and maintain the Library’s new Digital Assets 
Management System built on the Samvera Framework and deployed in AWS Elastic 
Beanstalk via Docker Containers

· Maintain the Library’s archival management site built with 
ArchivesSpace and hosted on AWS

· Create and maintain documentation related to the library’s digital 
platforms and use of technology

· Maintain the Library’s AWS servers

· Maintain accounts with AWS, GitHub, DockerHub, and others in support 
of digital library functions

· Upgrade system software and application software as needed

· Trouble-shooting technical issues associated with AWS and library 
applications, as needed

· Possibility of migrating the Library’s Omeka instance from Dreamhost 
to AWS

Projected scope of work

DAMS development and configuration

•    Add SSL certificate via AWS Certificate Manager for cpprepo.org DNS

•    Further modeling of work types, roles, and possibly workflows devised 
in conjunction with the Archivist

•    Currently the system uses a file backed minter for identifiers. Based 
on the documentation, this should be being captured and maintained via the EFS 
implemented for derivatives, as /tmp is also used. However, this should be 
changed to a database instance, especially if multiple Hydra-heads are 
employed, as per: 
https://github.com/samvera/hyrax/wiki/Hyrax-Management-Guide#identifier-state

•    Customized metadata forms for discrete work types

•    Enable the included RIIIF server or set up new RIIIF server and enable 
Universal Viewer for display of images

•    Schedule automatic backup from the CPPRepo s3 bucket to AWS Glacier 
account

•    Schedule automatic fixity checks on s3 buckets and Glacier accounts

•    Create custom theme for Hyrax frontend using SCSS files

•    Address known issues, including but not limited to: Production data 
integrity/persistence for Fedora and Solr; robust system monitoring; and 
security settings.

•    Future implementations imagine a system that is accessible to College 
staff and possibly the public, including access to audio, video, and image 
formats

•    Other related tasks as the project progresses

Maintenance

•    Perform regular system and security monitoring and regular backup 
operations on the Library’s AWS servers

•    Upgrade ArchivesSpace as necessary, and troubleshoot any technical 
issues that may arise

•    Update ArchivesSpace public interface with new header and text, 
provided by Library staff

•    Update documentation, including the Library’s GitHub account, 
pertaining to all development work, as needed

•    Troubleshoot technical issues associated with AWS and library 
applications, including ArchivesSpace, Omeka, and Archivematica, as needed

Interested applicants should submit a resume and a statement of interest (up to 
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[CODE4LIB] Job: Archivist I/II/III (Technical Services) at Wayne State University Libraries - Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs

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Wayne State University seeks a service-oriented individual for the position of 
Technical Services Archivist. The Technical Services Archivist will work 
closely with archival preservation and content management systems with the 
purpose of improving collection management practices, as well as the 
preservation and discovery of digital materials. This position reports to the 
Director of the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs 
and is an AAUP-AFT represented position on Employment Security System (ESS) 
track with eligibility for promotion. The successful candidate will be hired at 
the rank of Archivist I, II, or III, based on qualifications and experience.

The Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs is the 
largest labor archives in North America and is home to the collections of 
numerous unions and labor related organizations. Its collection strengths 
extend to the political and community life of urban and metropolitan Detroit, 
the civil rights movement in Michigan and nationally, and women's struggles in 
the workplace. The Reuther Library is home to the Wayne State University 
Archives, established by the Board of Governors in 1958 in recognition of the 
importance and permanent value of the University's official files, records, and 
documents.

Wayne State University is a premier, public, urban research university located 
in the heart of Detroit where students from all backgrounds are offered a rich, 
high quality education. Our deep-rooted commitment to excellence, 
collaboration, integrity, diversity, and inclusion creates exceptional 
educational opportunities preparing students for success in a diverse, global 
society. WSU encourages applications from women, people of color, and other 
underrepresented people. Wayne State is an affirmative action/equal opportunity 
employer.

Essential job functions:

Oversee archives-oriented platforms for the discovery, management, and 
preservation of collections
Work towards integration of the preservation, collection management, and 
discovery systems used by the Reuther (presently Archivematica and 
ArchivesSpace)
Collaborate with Wayne State University Library System (WSULS) Discovery 
Services to ensure extensibility and compatibility of library-wide tools.
Articulation and application of relevant metadata schemas and standards
Maintain consistent "high-level" collection management practices through the 
creation of shared workflows, regular reports, and batch modifications of 
collection resources
Collaborate generally with staff (specifically with Digital Resources 
Specialist) to develop and streamline innovative access to digital content
Help conduct team-based web development using languages such as HTML, CSS, PHP, 
and JS
Actively engage in shared decision-making for library planning, resource 
management, and policy development
Work effectively and collaboratively in a team based, production-oriented 
environment, as well as independently
Participate in the archival community through membership in and service to 
professional organizations
Meet the physical demands of the position, e.g. lift heavy storage boxes, climb 
stair ladders, work in a sedentary position for long durations.
Provide general reference services and perform other tasks as assigned by the 
director.

Qualifications:

Master's degree from an accredited institution in library/information science, 
archival administration, or a related field
Working knowledge of digital repositories and emerging digital curation 
practices
Experience using and administering collection management and preservation 
systems, such as ArchivesSpace and Archivematica
Fundamental understanding of DACS, EAD, and other relevant description 
standards, e.g. ISAD(G)
Excellent interpersonal, organizational, written, and oral communication skills
Demonstrated commitment to advancing professional knowledge through formal 
training, continuing education, or professional certification
Ability to meet expectations for promotion and ESS as part of the Reuther 
Library academic staff

Preferred Knowledge and Skills:

Open source software, e.g. Bagit, MediaConch, Sleuth Kit
ArchivesSpace API, JSON, RESTful Web services
Python, Ruby, or other high-level / object-oriented programming languages
Analysis and visualization of data using spreadsheets and other statistical 
analysis tools and methods

Rank and Salary:
Expected salary ranges from 52,000 – 68,000USD depending on rank, 
qualifications, and prior professional experience; Three (3) or more years of 
post-degree professional archive/library experience is required for rank above 
Archivist I
To Apply:
Archivist I/II/III (Technical Services)

https://jobs.wayne.edu [Refer to posting number 044966]



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[CODE4LIB] CFP: ICHORA-9 Archives and the Digital World

[Jesse Johnston]

Sharing this call for papers, which may be of interest:

From: Ricardo Punzalan 
Date: February 6, 2020 at 8:33:53 AM EST
To: a...@lists.ucla.edu

*Subject: ICHORA 9: Archives and the Digital World -- Call for Papers*

The program committee and organizers invite paper proposals to the *9th
International Conference on the History of Records and Archives (ICHORA)*.
ICHORA 9 will be held at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan,
U.S.A. from October 29 to 31, 2020. Submit paper proposals to
ichora2...@umich.edu by *March 30, 2020*. For more information, please
visit the conference website at https://www.ichora2020.com.

ICHORA 9 will focus on *Archives and the Digital World*. Digital
technologies have been in use for over 70 years and were, in fact, late
additions to a whirlwind of new record-making and -keeping technologies
that began a century before that transformed the creation, transmission,
preservation, representation, and interpretation of records and archives.
Digital technologies mediate how the past is documented, remembered, and
commemorated. Digital recordkeeping and society are mutually constituted, a
relationship that is far-reaching and challenging to predict. Despite
claims of ubiquity, digital infrastructures are culturally, linguistically
and historically specific, often maintaining and reinscribing longstanding
power imbalances that have favoured some groups and marginalized others;
but sometimes affording new opportunities for resistance to the mainstream,
used by subcultures to advance their survivance, and by other groups to
maintain cultural diversity.

The Program Committee seeks contributions to ICHORA 9 that will stimulate
critical reflection on the evolution and development of records, archives,
archival forms/genres and archival institutions in relation to the
histories of digital technologies and ongoing digital transformations.
Examinations of the relationship of digital technologies to indigenous
communities and knowledge systems, the use of digital technologies to
enhance equality or further reinforce inequality for marginalized and
underrepresented communities, as well as the deployment of digital
technologies in archives of resistance, activism and resurgence, are
especially welcome. Areas of focus and possible topics may include:

   - Archives, digital studies, media studies and histories of the digital;
   - Non-digital media precursors of digital record making and keeping
   technologies;
   - Future(s) of electronic incunabula;
   - Digitization, surrogacy, and materiality of digital objects (and the
   reimagined future of the non-digital archive);
   - Evolution of access and preservation infrastructures, systems,
   platforms and analytical tools including the cloud, emulation and data
   visualizations;
   - Development of standards, guidelines and approaches for digital
   recordkeeping and digital preservation;
   - Algorithmic appraisal, acquisition, and description, including
   building and sustaining social media archives, and approaches to their
   analysis and use;
   - Histories of digital recordkeeping including punched card
   preservation, EDRMS, Web archiving, blockchain, and whole platform
   preservation;
   - Recordkeeping technologies in surveillance and policing (and how this
   has affected marginalized communities);
   - Postcolonialism and decolonization, particularly the role of the
   digital in reflecting alternative ideological approaches to archives and
   records;
   - Intersection of digital archiving, maintenance work, and historical
   trajectory of digital archival labor; and
   - Implications of the digital for copyright, privacy, ownership, trust
   and ethics.

*Submission and Proposal Deadline*: Proposals for 20-minute papers are
invited. Abstracts of 450-500 words and a short bio should be sent to
ichora2...@umich.edu by *March 30, 2020*. We will advise acceptance by May
8, 2020. Following the conference, presenters may be invited to submit
their contributions for a peer-reviewed publication.

Previous ICHORA conferences took place in Toronto (2003), Amsterdam (2005;
2015), Boston (2007), Perth (2008), London (2010), Austin (2012), and
Melbourne (2018).

Program Committee:

   - Ricardo L. Punzalan, Program Committee Chair, University of Michigan,
   U.S.A.
   - Greg Bak, University of Manitoba, Canada
   - Iyra Buenrostro-Cabbab, University of the Philippines Diliman,
   Philippines
   - Jenny Bunn, University College London, U.K.
   - Stanley Griffin, University of the West Indies, Jamaica
   - Anthea Josias, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
   - James Lowry, University of Liverpool, U.K.
   - Heather MacNeil, University of Toronto, Canada
   - Gillian Oliver, Monash University, Australia
   - Valentina Rojas Rojo, National Archives of Chile, Chile
   - Eric Stoykovich, Trinity College, U.S.A.
   - Naya Sucha-xaya, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
   - Tonia Sutherland, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, U

[CODE4LIB] Call for participation in Cost Assessment working group, part of DLF Assessment Interest Group

[McIntosh, Marcia]

This email is an invitation to participate in the Digital Library Federation's 
Assessment Interest Group's (DLF AIG) working group on 
costs
 in 2020. There is more information about the group below, but first, a few 
words about participating in DLF AIG.


The only requirement for participation in a DLF AIG working group is a 
willingness to dig in and devote a small part of your time contributing to the 
tools, methods, and body of knowledge on digital library assessment. Attendance 
at the DLF forum is not a requirement for participation in any of the working 
groups. Additionally, if your institution is not a DLF member, you can still 
participate.


Costs in 2020

As the oldest working group in the AIG, the Costs group was originally formed 
in 2014 for the creation, enhancement, and maintenance of the Digitization Cost 
Calculator,
 a tool to help institutions assess the money (and time) needed for 
digitization projects. In 2020, the group will explore ways to move away from 
exclusively focusing on the upkeep of the Cost Calculator and seek to create 
other tools and resources that could aid institutions in digitization project 
planning and benchmarking.



As we move into this new phase for the group, we will continue to collect, 
aggregate, and share data on the time and cost of the various tasks involved in 
the digitization process, but we will also focus more of our time and energy 
towards the creation of other resources to help institutions assess the cost 
and time requirements for digitization.



The Cost Working group is an ideal place for digital lab practitioners and 
managerial staff alike to come together to talk about practical ways to assess 
the resources necessary to plan and execute successful digitization projects.


Costs Goals for 2020


* Finish updating the data collection tool for the cost calculator 
(begun in 2019)

* Explore a "Costs Assessment Toolkit" - What might this include? What 
should this look like?

* Explore the creation of a more flexible tool (i.e. a formula-driven 
worksheet, or...?) to allow organizations to build cost estimates outside of 
the original calculator tool

* Explore the creation of a vendor list, to help institutions assess 
the cost of digitizing in-house versus vending out.

* Explore the future of the Costs group by assessing current needs of 
the community.


How can you participate?


* Join us for the kickoff meeting scheduled for February 19, 2020 at 
1pm(eastern)/12pm(central)/11am(mountain)/10am(pacific)

* Do you have experience costing projects at your organization? Tell us 
what you use to make internal estimates. Or, tell us what you wish you had to 
make these estimates.

* Have data to contribute? Help us enhance our data collection form.

* Are you a spreadsheet wizard? We'd love to work with you.

* Have ideas for potential projects related to digitization costs? 
Let's hear them!


To join the group, email either Deirdre Joyce or Shannon Willis directly (see 
email addresses below), or go to the Google 
Group
 and join us!


For questions about the larger DLF Assessment Interest Group, contact the DLF 
AIG co-leaders, Sara Rubinow 
(sararubi...@nypl.org) and Santi Thompson 
(sathomps...@uh.edu).


Thank you for participating in the DLF AIG!


Deirdre Joyce (dfjo...@syr.edu) and Shannon Willis 
(shannon.wil...@unt.edu)

DLF AIG Costs Group co-coordinators


Marcia McIntosh
Digital Production Librarian
Digital Libraries Division
University of North Texas
(940) 369-7809
marcia.mcint...@unt.edu

[CODE4LIB] ELAG2020 proposal deadline is almost there

[Boheemen, Peter van]

Dear all,

Tomorrow the deadline for submitting ELAG2020 proposals will pass. Send in your 
proposals ASAP : https://elag2020.lnb.lv/slider/call-for-proposals/ 

Best regards,

Peter



 Drs. P.J.C. van Boheemen
 ELAG chair
 MDT Library
 FB – Information Technology 
 Wageningen University & Research
 tel. +31 317 48 25 17
 FORUM, building 102 
 Droevendaalseseteeg 2, 6708 PB, Wageningen