[CODE4LIB] Job: Web Developer and User Interface Specialist at University of Illinois

[jobs]

 Web Developer and User Interface Specialist
University of Illinois
Urbana

**Web Developer and User Interface Specialist  
Academic Professional

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library**

  
**Position Available: **The expected start date is as soon as possible after 
the closing date. This is a 100%, twelve-month, academic professional position. 
 
  
**Responsibilities: **The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign seeks a 
collaborative and experienced professional to join the University Library's Web 
Team. Working in the Library Information Technology unit under the direction of 
the Technical Architect for Web Content, the Web Developer and User Interface 
Specialist will develop and maintain data-driven and user-centered web pages 
and related internet applications. The Web Developer and User Interface 
Specialist will initially focus on the re-design of the general Library website 
but may also collaborate with other Library units and groups that maintain web 
pages; and will contribute to the Library's evolving user experience (UX) 
program.  
  
**Duties and responsibilities:**  
• Collaborate with faculty and staff to design new interfaces, develop
wireframes, mockups and prototypes for testing in an Agile development
environment.

• Collaborate to transition final prototypes to production.

• Create and maintain documentation.

• Maintain web pages and related applications.

• Participate in UX studies, including comparative and iterative testing of
interfaces, and incorporate findings into designs.

• May modify third party interfaces and create new ones to meet accessibility
standards.

  
**Qualifications: Required:** Bachelor's degree with a focus on interactive 
design, graphic design, web development, informatics, human-computer 
interaction, or related field; Familiarity with web coding best practices; 
Demonstrated fluency in best practices for web-based and mobile information 
architecture, responsive design, and other web design standards; Excellent 
communication skills, including the ability to accurately communicate ideas 
across varying perspectives; Solid understanding of visual design best 
practices, particularly for website design; Experience with HTML, CSS, and 
JavaScript; Successful experience working in a collaborative environment. **See 
[https://jobs.illinois.edu](https://jobs.illinois.edu) for Preferred.**  
  
**To Apply:** To ensure full consideration, please complete your candidate 
profile at [https://jobs.illinois.edu](https://jobs.illinois.edu) and upload a 
letter of interest, resume, and contact information including email addresses 
for three professional references. Please provide a list of three to five 
samples of projects/development work along with a brief description (no more 
than 5 sentences) summarizing your individual contributions to the project. 
Please provide URLs for these projects or submit images with documentation. 
Applications not submitted through this website will not be considered. For 
questions, please call: 217-333-8169.  
  
**Deadline:** In order to ensure full consideration we urge candidates to 
submit application materials on or before October 3, 2014.  
  
**Illinois is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer which includes 
statuses of protected veterans and qualified individuals with disabilities 
(www.diversity.illinois.edu/chancellorscstmt.html). Illinois welcomes 
individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and ideas who embrace and 
value diversity and inclusivity  
www.inclusiveillinois.illinois.edu)**



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Re: [CODE4LIB] Technology for Librarians / Libraries for Technologians

[Laura Krier]

I think Craig's comment about technologists in libraries needing to
understand how patrons gather and consume information points to something a
little bit bigger: most libraries differ from traditional IT companies in
that there are far fewer people to work on large tech projects. So
technologists need to have a better understanding of things that, in a tech
company, would probably be handled by project managers, content
strategists, or user experience designers. They are wearing way more hats,
and need to be involved in more of the conceptualizing and design parts of
IT projects, not just the programming.

Laura


[image: Laura Krier on about.me]

Laura Krier
about.me/laurakrier
  


On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Craig Boman  wrote:

> Hi Micheal,
>
> You present some interesting questions. I think the answers you get might
> depend entirely on what you define as the role of librarians in IT. For
> instance, yes library IT professionals do have a role in PC support in
> libraries, and sadly printing still takes up a lot of our time. These types
> of skills are translatable across the IT industry. However, when you are
> considering the role of IT librarians in the support and distribution of
> online resources, the skills are much different. If I may explain, to
> assist reference librarians in designing information delivery mechanisms
> (ie- library catalogs, patron APIs, proxied databases, etc) we IT
> librarians must have a thorough knowledge of how patrons gather and consume
> information, and often we are required to anticipate information needs,
> skills which an MLIS is great at developing but skills which traditional IT
> professionals may lack.
>
> Based on the assumption that most Directors of library IT more than likely
> delegate PC support, I presume a good library IT director would do best to
> know more about the about "Library IT" rather than "Traditional IT."
> However I am always open to changing my opinion.
>
>  All the best,
>
> Craig Boman, MLIS (Ph.D student)
> Applications Support Specialist
> University of Dayton Libraries
> 937-229-3674
> cbom...@udayton.edu
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 3:18 PM, Michael B. Klein 
> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I was talking this afternoon with a friend of mine about what makes a
> good
> > Director of Library IT. Does the job lie more within librarianship or IT?
> > (Depends on the library.) Is there a natural separation between the
> > "Library IT" of ILS/MARC/e-resource/circ. technology maintenance and the
> > "Traditional IT" of network management, staff and public workstation
> > provisioning, telecom, etc? (Also depends on the library.)
> >
> > I know a lot gets said (here and elsewhere) about Technology for
> Librarians
> > - important skills and standards, what's
> > important/useful/trending/ignorable, and the like. But I'd love to start
> a
> > discussion (or join one, if it already exists elsewhere) about the other
> > side of things - the library-specific stuff that experienced IT folks
> might
> > need to learn or get used to to be successful in a library environment.
> Not
> > just technical stuff like MARC, but also ethical issues like fair use,
> > information privacy, freedom of access, and the like.
> >
> > Of course there are plenty of snarky answers, and I welcome them all, but
> > some constructive input would be nice, too. :-) I hope to compile a "So
> > You're an Experienced IT Worker/Administrator Who Wants to Work in a
> > Library?" wiki page with pointers to resources.
> >
> > So there's my vague intro. Have at it, code4lib.
> >
> > Michael
> >
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Technology for Librarians / Libraries for Technologians

[Craig Boman]

Hi Micheal,

You present some interesting questions. I think the answers you get might
depend entirely on what you define as the role of librarians in IT. For
instance, yes library IT professionals do have a role in PC support in
libraries, and sadly printing still takes up a lot of our time. These types
of skills are translatable across the IT industry. However, when you are
considering the role of IT librarians in the support and distribution of
online resources, the skills are much different. If I may explain, to
assist reference librarians in designing information delivery mechanisms
(ie- library catalogs, patron APIs, proxied databases, etc) we IT
librarians must have a thorough knowledge of how patrons gather and consume
information, and often we are required to anticipate information needs,
skills which an MLIS is great at developing but skills which traditional IT
professionals may lack.

Based on the assumption that most Directors of library IT more than likely
delegate PC support, I presume a good library IT director would do best to
know more about the about "Library IT" rather than "Traditional IT."
However I am always open to changing my opinion.

 All the best,

Craig Boman, MLIS (Ph.D student)
Applications Support Specialist
University of Dayton Libraries
937-229-3674
cbom...@udayton.edu



On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 3:18 PM, Michael B. Klein  wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I was talking this afternoon with a friend of mine about what makes a good
> Director of Library IT. Does the job lie more within librarianship or IT?
> (Depends on the library.) Is there a natural separation between the
> "Library IT" of ILS/MARC/e-resource/circ. technology maintenance and the
> "Traditional IT" of network management, staff and public workstation
> provisioning, telecom, etc? (Also depends on the library.)
>
> I know a lot gets said (here and elsewhere) about Technology for Librarians
> - important skills and standards, what's
> important/useful/trending/ignorable, and the like. But I'd love to start a
> discussion (or join one, if it already exists elsewhere) about the other
> side of things - the library-specific stuff that experienced IT folks might
> need to learn or get used to to be successful in a library environment. Not
> just technical stuff like MARC, but also ethical issues like fair use,
> information privacy, freedom of access, and the like.
>
> Of course there are plenty of snarky answers, and I welcome them all, but
> some constructive input would be nice, too. :-) I hope to compile a "So
> You're an Experienced IT Worker/Administrator Who Wants to Work in a
> Library?" wiki page with pointers to resources.
>
> So there's my vague intro. Have at it, code4lib.
>
> Michael
>

[CODE4LIB] Code4LibNYC Meeting - Sept. 10th 2 PM

[Christina Marie Harlow]

A friendly reminder from the Code4Lib NYC group
- NEXT WEDNESDAY:

**Autumn Code4LibNYC Event - September 10th 2-4 PM at METRO
**

The line-up for this meeting:

   - Eric Glass and Jeremiah Trinidad-Christensen, librarians at Columbia
   University, on GeoData@Columbia .
   - Matthew Lipper, a developer for the NYC Department of Planning, on the NYC
   GeoClient API 
   - Eric Hellman, president of Gluejar , on web
   privacy  **changed topic**
   - Jennifer Anderson, senior UX designer at NYPL, on her work on a rapid
   prototyping package for NYPL (described as 'kind of our own Twitter
   Bootstrap').

The event is free and open to all, no registration required. We will be
going out for drinks after the meeting.
Directions: METRO's office is located at 57 East 11th Street, 4th Floor
(between Broadway and University Place, near Union Square).

Thanks!

-- 
Christina Harlow

Metadata Assistant
Columbia University Libraries

cmh2...@columbia.edu
 +1 212 854 8457
102 Butler Library, MC 

[CODE4LIB] Technology for Librarians / Libraries for Technologians

[Michael B. Klein]

Hi all,

I was talking this afternoon with a friend of mine about what makes a good
Director of Library IT. Does the job lie more within librarianship or IT?
(Depends on the library.) Is there a natural separation between the
"Library IT" of ILS/MARC/e-resource/circ. technology maintenance and the
"Traditional IT" of network management, staff and public workstation
provisioning, telecom, etc? (Also depends on the library.)

I know a lot gets said (here and elsewhere) about Technology for Librarians
- important skills and standards, what's
important/useful/trending/ignorable, and the like. But I'd love to start a
discussion (or join one, if it already exists elsewhere) about the other
side of things - the library-specific stuff that experienced IT folks might
need to learn or get used to to be successful in a library environment. Not
just technical stuff like MARC, but also ethical issues like fair use,
information privacy, freedom of access, and the like.

Of course there are plenty of snarky answers, and I welcome them all, but
some constructive input would be nice, too. :-) I hope to compile a "So
You're an Experienced IT Worker/Administrator Who Wants to Work in a
Library?" wiki page with pointers to resources.

So there's my vague intro. Have at it, code4lib.

Michael

Re: [CODE4LIB] library of congress call number subject coding

[Dana Pearson]

yes, that works, thanks Bilal...very impressive

regards,
dana


On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 11:06 AM, Bilal Khalid 
wrote:

> Apologies! Here's a link that should be more durable:
> http://www.library.utoronto.ca/bilal/lc_dimension.xml
>
> Regards,
> -Bilal
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Dana Pearson
> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 8:53 PM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] library of congress call number subject coding
>
> Hi Bilal,
>
> sounds very interesting but the link does not connect to anything
>
> don't have an immediate need but i work with XSL, MARCXML and would be fun
> to experiment
>
> regards,
> dana
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 4:24 PM, Bilal Khalid 
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Ken,
> >
> > Here's a link to an XML mapping of LC call numbers ranges to
> > categories that we use in an indexing software. It may be a bit hefty
> > for your needs (almost 6000 mappings), but hope it helps!
> >
> > http://bilalk.library.utoronto.ca/lc_dimension.xml
> >
> > Cheers,
> > -Bilal
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf
> > Of Ken Irwin
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 4:42 PM
> > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> > Subject: [CODE4LIB] library of congress call number subject coding
> >
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > Does anyone have a handy scheme for coding LC call numbers into just a
> > few broad subject areas (e.g. Arts, Humanities, Sciences, Social
> > Sciences) or perhaps something only a little more granular than that?
> >
> > I'm hoping for a list that will turn 1-3 letter LC classes into
> > subject groups, and I'd rather not reinvent the wheel if someone's
> > already got something.
> >
> > Any leads?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Ken
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Dana Pearson
> dbpearsonmlis.com
> Metadata and Bibliographic Services for Libraries
>



-- 
Dana Pearson
dbpearsonmlis.com
Metadata and Bibliographic Services for Libraries

[CODE4LIB] Reminder: Call for Survey Participation: DAMS Migration

[Stein, Ayla]

Please excuse cross-postings



Greetings:



This is a friendly reminder that our survey, "Identifying Motivations for DAMS 
Migration: A Survey", concludes on October 1, 2014.



We are soliciting survey responses from information professionals at 
institutions which are migrating, have migrated, or will migrate to a new 
digital asset management system.  The title of the survey is "Identifying 
Motivations for DAMS Migration: A Survey."



For the purposes of this survey, a digital asset management system (DAMS) is 
software that supports the ingest, "description, tracking, discovery, 
retrieval, searching, and distribution of collections of digital objects [1]".  
  Some examples of commonly used DAMS are: CONTENTdm, DSpace, Islandora, 
DigiTool, Fedora, etc.



Please note that this survey does not focus on systems used exclusively as 
institutional repositories, which we consider to be repositories that only 
provide access to the "intellectual output of an institution [2]".



The results from our survey will possibly lead to a publication in a 
professional journal and/or presentations at relevant professional conferences.



If your institution meets these parameters, we would appreciate your 
participation in this survey.  The survey will take approximately 20 minutes to 
complete and will not ask for or obtain any personally identifying information.



You can access the survey here: 
 
https://uiuc.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_3aw56frpWbGLlgV



If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us (information provided 
below).



We look forward to seeing your responses and sharing the results of our 
research.



Thank you.



Santi Thompson

sathomps...@uh.edu



Ayla Stein
ast...@illinois.edu

[1] http://www2.archivists.org/glossary/terms/d/digital-assets-management-system
[2] 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutional_repository#cite_note-eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk-1


--
Ayla Stein
Metadata Librarian
220 Main Library
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1408 W. Gregory Drive|MC-522
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone 217.300.2598|email ast...@illinois.edu

Re: [CODE4LIB] library of congress call number subject coding

[Bilal Khalid]

Apologies! Here's a link that should be more durable: 
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/bilal/lc_dimension.xml

Regards,
-Bilal

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Dana 
Pearson
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 8:53 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] library of congress call number subject coding

Hi Bilal,

sounds very interesting but the link does not connect to anything

don't have an immediate need but i work with XSL, MARCXML and would be fun to 
experiment

regards,
dana


On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 4:24 PM, Bilal Khalid 
wrote:

> Hi Ken,
>
> Here's a link to an XML mapping of LC call numbers ranges to 
> categories that we use in an indexing software. It may be a bit hefty 
> for your needs (almost 6000 mappings), but hope it helps!
>
> http://bilalk.library.utoronto.ca/lc_dimension.xml
>
> Cheers,
> -Bilal
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf 
> Of Ken Irwin
> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 4:42 PM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: [CODE4LIB] library of congress call number subject coding
>
> Hi folks,
>
> Does anyone have a handy scheme for coding LC call numbers into just a 
> few broad subject areas (e.g. Arts, Humanities, Sciences, Social 
> Sciences) or perhaps something only a little more granular than that?
>
> I'm hoping for a list that will turn 1-3 letter LC classes into 
> subject groups, and I'd rather not reinvent the wheel if someone's 
> already got something.
>
> Any leads?
>
> Thanks
> Ken
>



--
Dana Pearson
dbpearsonmlis.com
Metadata and Bibliographic Services for Libraries

Re: [CODE4LIB] Informal survey regarding library website liberty

[Edward M. Corrado]

At different jobs I have had this has been done this differently, but right
now our main Website is hosted by our campus Communications & Marketing
department (not campus IT although they do run the hardware from what I
understand) using their CMS (OmniUpdate). This is a recent change (a little
over a year now) for us. Previously, we have had our own Website. This
switch has been a positive experience for us. The key, I think, is that the
people that are in charge of the Web site understand that the Libraries
have specific needs and they have been willing to work with us to make sure
the site works for our patrons. Not only do we not have to worry about
maintaining the server and what to do if it goes down at 1:00 am, C&M has
provided quality support and helped with design services. We did have to
give up some control over some of the design elements including color,
header, and footer. However, these are relatively minor and makes our Web
presence more cohesive with the rest of the University. We did not give up
any control of content. We do run other Web servers, however, for specific
LAMP applications and our blog because that is not possible within
OmniUpdate. Campus IT also runs some servers for us as do some external
"cloud" providers - we do things differently on a case-by-case basis.

Basically, I think going with a campus-wide CMS solution is good, but only
if the people in charge are willing and able to work with the library and
the library is willing to work with the people operating the CMS. This has
been the case here so we have been successful.

Edward




On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 11:39 AM, Brad Coffield 
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I would love to hear from people about what sort of setup they have
> regarding linkage/collaboration/constrictions/freedom regarding campus-wide
> IT practices and CMS usage and the library website.
>
> Some history: For a very long time our library ran its own server and its
> own website, completely independent of campus-wide concerns (save for
> occasional requests for help from IT with server issues). A few years ago
> the server began to reach EOL and it was determined that we couldn't afford
> to get another. Also around the same time it was deemed that the library
> website needed a complete re-do. I was tapped to do that re-do. During that
> process the Marketing dept got involved and it was agreed upon that the
> library's general look should be aligned with the university's public site
> (which I think was a good idea). Then it was determined that because of
> that decision that the simplest way to achieve it was to put us inside
> their existing CMS which was already setup etc etc.
>
> Part of the problem is that the existing CMS is Ektron...
>
> The revised library site went live in Ektron 2 years ago. My marketing
> contact was a massive help in getting it live and training me in ektron
> etc. He is now no longer with the university and we are in the middle of a
> transition period.
>
> My inclination and desire is to regain some level of independence wherein
> we collaborate with IT in getting our own server space on their servers but
> are not tied to their decisions regarding CMS, how and when to go
> mobile-friendly, etc. Our site is still not fully, truly what it should be
> because of limitations with Ektron and I would like to get out of it. I
> would like to have the option to either run a CMS of my choice or go
> CMS-less (since I'm the only editor). I fear that the site will be held
> back from being able to do the things that it needs to do.
>
> I'm hoping that I can get some responses from you all that way I can
> informally say "of x libraries that responded y of them are not firmly tied
> to IT." (or something to that effect) I'm also very curious to read
> responses because I'm sure they will be educational and help me to make our
> site better.
>
> THE QUESTION:
>
> What kind of setup does your library have regarding servers, IT dept
> collaboration, CMS restrictions, anything else? I imagine that there are
> many unique situations. Any input you're willing to provide will be very
> welcome and useful.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Brad
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Brad Coffield, MLIS
> Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian
> Saint Francis University
> 814-472-3315
> bcoffi...@francis.edu
>