New York University
Programmer/Analyst
New York Universityıs Division of the Libraries seeks a Programmer/Analyst
to work on the Preserving Public Television NDIIPP project:
http://www.ptvdigitalarchive.org <http://www.ptvdigitalarchive.org>
Partners in the project to preserve digital public television (Channel
Thirteen, WGBH Boston, PBS, and NYU) are collaborating to establish the
first procedures, structures, and national standards necessary to preserve
public television programs produced in digital formats, including the
high-definition formats. The programmer/analyst will work with project
partners to continue the development of models for preserving digital
content, to create a functional framework for such a repository, and to test
the functionality of this repository model. NYU has recently deployed and
continues to develop a DSpace-based preservation repository; this project
will contribute to the continued development of the repository and extend
its functionality with the use of Storage Resource Broker (SRB) for storage
management and the transfer of very large files.
This is a grant-funded position and is available for 1 year.
Candidates should have the following skills:
* Bachelor's degree in computer or information science and 3 years of
relevant experience or equivalent combination
* Must include experience developing applications using Java
* Must include experience with relational database management systems
(RDBMS) and digital repositories (DSpace preferred)
* Demonstrated knowledge of Apache, Tomcat, Java, SQL, XML, XSLT, a
scripting language (Perl, Ruby, etc)
* Experience with digitization projects involving library and digital
library metadata and standards (E.g. METS, MODS, Dublin Core, PREMIS)
* Experience with data grid software such as SRB or iRODS
* Experience working in a Unix/Linux environment
* Familiarity with video file formats and packages, video encoding standards
(MPEG2, MPEG4), and metadata standards
* Preferred: familiarity with the OAIS reference model for open archival
information systems
* Excellent communication and analytical skills
Please apply through NYU's application management system:
www.nyu.edu/hr/jobs/apply <http://www.nyu.edu/hr/jobs/apply> .
At this page click on "External Applicants" then "Search Openings." Type
6914BR in the "Keyword Search" field and select search. NYU offers a
generous benefit package including 22 days of vacation annually. NYU is an
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
NYU, founded in 1831, is the largest private university in the United States
with an enrollment of approximately 48,000 students. The University, which
includes 14 schools and colleges, occupies six major centers in Manhattan
and has various programs around the world. NYUıs Division of Libraries is
currently ranked 17th within the 2002-03 ARL membership criteria index.
New York University Libraries: Library facilities at New York University
serve the schoolıs 40,000 students and faculty and contain more than 4
million volumes. New York University is a member of the Association of
Research Libraries, the Research Libraries Group, the Digital Library
Federation; serves as the administrative headquarters of the Research
Library Association of South Manhattan, a consortium that includes three
academic institutions. The Libraryıs website URL is http://library.nyu.edu
<http://library.nyu.edu/>
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