Digital Collections Librarian
Digital Collections Librarian
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The Digital Collections Librarian will coordinate the development curation implementation and assessment of digital collections focusing on archival and special collections through active partnerships across multiple library departments and with campus and IUwide partners. They will contribute to strategies policies procedures best practices processes and system requirements that support longterm discovery access reuse management and preservation of digital collections by cultivating partnerships around discovering collections of distinction. With collection managers the Digital Collections Librarian will seek and evaluate potential collections for digitization or processing (in the case of borndigital content) emphasizing highlighting underrepresented and otherwise hidden collections. This position reports to the Head of Digital Collections Services in the Library Technologies division of the IU Libraries . The successful candidate will join a robust local community of librarians archivists collection managers and information technology professionals active in building community and digital collections through digitization and borndigital acquisitions and building and managing digital repository environments to support these collections. They will work closely with an engaged group of archivists and collection managers from across Indiana University in direct support of the Digital Collections service that consists of backend support for the management of digital special collections including cataloging and description of text and imagebased collections and frontend support for enduser discovery of these collections. They will also support the creation of digital exhibitions via Spotlight and Omeka platforms. In addition the Digital Collections Librarian will have the opportunity to liaise with library departments research centers/museums/other archives on campus and directly with faculty and students to support digital scholarship projects. They will also engage with national and international initiatives supported by Indiana University and Indiana University Libraries including the Samvera https://samvera/ and IIIF https://iiif/ communities. The Indiana University Libraries are committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce. We encourage all employees to fully incorporate their diverse backgrounds skills and life experiences into their work and towards fulfilling our mission. RESPONSIBILITIES Working closely with librarians and staff in Library Technologies and special collections units such as University Archives as well as with University Information Technology Services and other library campus and university units the Digital Collections Librarian will: Manage services related to Digital Collections repository service including onboarding and supporting collection managers to host repositories identifying appropriate metadata schema for itemlevel description and/or identifying appropriate digitization/borndigital workflows providing training support for collection managers leading the IUwide Digital Collections Working Group Serve as Product Owner for Digital Collections (curation and discovery) and Product Owner for Spotlight (digital exhibitions) Provide coverage for managing adjacent repository services like Archives Online Facilitate accessibility and usability testing for enduser repository services Coordinate and maintain systemwide Best Practices for archival and special collections description and digitization of archival and special collection materials with input from collection managers Coordinate and maintain policies for digital collection development Liaise and consult with librarians collections managers Bloomington campus research centers/archives/museums IUwide libraries and archives and faculty and students in support of digital pedagogy/digital scholarship use of digital collections Participate in the development of borndigital descriptive practices for enduser discovery Participate in the development of digital preservation strategies for digital collections Contribute to the IU Libraries participation in consortial and opensource efforts such as the Big Ten Academic Alliance BTAA HathiTrust Digital Library IIIF and Samvera Engage in professional development opportunitiesmemberships conferences training and certificationto stay current on new programs standards and developments in the field of digital libraries and in turn provide mentoring and leadership in the field of digital libraries. Represent the university in matters concerning digital libraries/digital collections at the local national and international level Promote the Libraries culture of diversity and inclusion and support the values outlined in the IU Libraries Diversity Strategic Plan .
The Digital Collections Librarian will coordinate the development curation implementation and assessment of digital collections focusing on archival and special collections through active partnerships across multiple library departments and with campus and IUwide partners. They will contribute to strategies policies procedures best practices processes and system requirements that support longterm discovery access reuse management and preservation of digital collections by cultivating partnerships around discovering collections of distinction. With collection managers the Digital Collections Librarian will seek and evaluate potential collections for digitization or processing (in the case of borndigital content) emphasizing highlighting underrepresented and otherwise hidden collections. This position reports to the Head of Digital Collections Services in the Library Technologies division of the IU Libraries . The successful candidate will join a robust local community of librarians archivists collection managers and information technology professionals active in building community and digital collections through digitization and borndigital acquisitions and building and managing digital repository environments to support these collections. They will work closely with an engaged group of archivists and collection managers from across Indiana University in direct support of the Digital Collections service that consists of backend support for the management of digital special collections including cataloging and description of text and imagebased collections and frontend support for enduser discovery of these collections. They will also support the creation of digital exhibitions via Spotlight and Omeka platforms. In addition the Digital Collections Librarian will have the opportunity to liaise with library departments research centers/museums/other archives on campus and directly with faculty and students to support digital scholarship projects. They will also engage with national and international initiatives supported by Indiana University and Indiana University Libraries including the Samvera https://samvera/ and IIIF https://iiif/ communities. The Indiana University Libraries are committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce. We encourage all employees to fully incorporate their diverse backgrounds skills and life experiences into their work and towards fulfilling our mission. RESPONSIBILITIES Working closely with librarians and staff in Library Technologies and special collections units such as University Archives as well as with University Information Technology Services and other library campus and university units the Digital Collections Librarian will: Manage services related to Digital Collections repository service including onboarding and supporting collection managers to host repositories identifying appropriate metadata schema for itemlevel description and/or identifying appropriate digitization/borndigital workflows providing training support for collection managers leading the IUwide Digital Collections Working Group Serve as Product Owner for Digital Collections (curation and discovery) and Product Owner for Spotlight (digital exhibitions) Provide coverage for managing adjacent repository services like Archives Online Facilitate accessibility and usability testing for enduser repository services Coordinate and maintain systemwide Best Practices for archival and special collections description and digitization of archival and special collection materials with input from collection managers Coordinate and maintain policies for digital collection development Liaise and consult with librarians collections managers Bloomington campus research centers/archives/museums IUwide libraries and archives and faculty and students in support of digital pedagogy/digital scholarship use of digital collections Participate in the development of borndigital descriptive practices for enduser discovery Participate in the development of digital preservation strategies for digital collections Contribute to the IU Libraries participation in consortial and opensource efforts such as the Big Ten Academic Alliance BTAA HathiTrust Digital Library IIIF and Samvera Engage in professional development opportunitiesmemberships conferences training and certificationto stay current on new programs standards and developments in the field of digital libraries and in turn provide mentoring and leadership in the field of digital libraries. Represent the university in matters concerning digital libraries/digital collections at the local national and international level Promote the Libraries culture of diversity and inclusion and support the values outlined in the IU Libraries Diversity Strategic Plan .
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