FEDORA DEVELOPERS!

WGBH in Boston needs your expertise to create/upgrade a targeted  
digital archives of PBS content. Research and scholarship, especially  
in the humanities, will benefit greatly from increased access to the  
rich moving image, still, audio and text assets in the WGBH Archives.  
Remember that FRONTLINE you saw the other day? What happened to all  
the outtakes? They’re locked in our vault. We need your help to make  
them available and searchable for scholars. This involves more than  
digitizing and more than metadata; we're looking to create new  
services and generate value from our media archive, as well from the  
engagement of our users around it.

See openvault.wgbh.org and teachersdomain.org to get an idea of where  
we’ve been and where we want to go with this.

Contact [log in to unmask] for questions, or apply at http://careers.wgbh.org/

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JOB REQ#: 4384
DATE POSTED: May 02, 2008
TITLE: Web Developer [Interactive] - Mellon Digital Library (Boston)
TYPE OF POSITION: Management, Full Time, Project Contract (26 weeks)

DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW:  For more than 20 years, WGBH Interactive has  
been creating compelling interactive experiences that inform and  
entertain, while pushing the bounds of new technology by bringing  
public broadcasting's rich content and resources to new audiences on a  
variety of new platforms. We develop and deliver the highest quality  
media resources to the nation's teachers and students as classrooms  
migrate to the digital age and are an R&D leader, creating focused  
prototypes and vision pieces in collaboration with the world's leading  
technology companies. The Media Library and Archives (MLA) establishes  
the policies and procedures for the access, acquisition, intellectual  
control, and preservation of WGBH’s physical media and digital  
production and administrative assets. The MLA also offers production  
organization of archival materials from projects start up to shut  
down, research services, rights clearances, and licenses WGBH stock  
footage. The MLA's goal is to promote the efficient and effective use  
and re-purposing of the WGBH physical and digital assets.

POSITION OVERVIEW:  WGBH is looking for a Web Developer to lead the  
implementation of a prototype system to give scholars and researchers  
access to material in the WGBH Archive via the World Wide Web. Working  
closely with the Media Library and Archive’s project manager, the  
Interactive Designer and the Director of Technology for Interactive,  
the web developer will specify, document and develop the technical  
architecture of a prototype web site. Site features will be guided by  
a small group of scholarly users, as well as prior WGBH web sites such  
as http://openvault.wgbh.org and http://www.teachersdomain.org/. As  
part of a small cross-functional team working on a web site, the Web  
Developer’s role will include participating in requirements gathering,  
writing technical specifications (including testing procedures) and  
providing end-user technical support for the prototype. The bulk of  
the web developer’s time will be spent writing code and implementing  
designs, under the guidance of the Director of Technology. Responsible  
for maintaining a working environment that leverages the potential and  
diversity of the department's entire staff. Provide direction and  
leadership in such a way as to nurture, create and maintain an  
environment that is (1) free from discrimination, intolerance and  
harassment and (2) provides employees with equal access to  
opportunities for growth and advancement including professional  
development whenever possible.


REQUIREMENTS OVERVIEW: To perform the required duties, the Web  
Developer must possess the skills and qualities required to complete a  
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, and more than 3 years of work  
experience solving problems for web-based environments. The ideal  
candidate has had experience implementing digital archives, using  
software such as CWIS or Fedora Commons. The Web Developer must  
demonstrate understanding of Internet technologies including (X)HTML,  
CSS, JavaScript, XML (XSLT, XPath and RDF helpful) and web services  
(such as REST, SOAP and/or XML-RPC). The Web Developer must be  
familiar with one or more server-side programming languages, such as  
Java, Perl, Python or PHP, and one or more RDMS, such as McKoi, SQL,  
MySQL, Oracle 9 or PostgreSQL. Experience integrating with, or  
extracting data from, FileMaker Pro will also be helpful. Familiarity  
with online media workflows (from post-production to compression to  
distribution) is highly desirable. Experience developing Section 508  
or WAI-compliant web sites is a plus. WGBH is a Mac shop, with LAMP  
servers. Candidates should be prepared to share and discuss code  
samples.

WGBH IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Please note that this job description is meant to be a generic  
description and represents the minimum job duties an individual will  
be required to perform. Individual departments will/can customize job  
descriptions and hours of work to meet their specific needs.