As you may know, Harvard's faculty in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences has
recently voted to provide open access to scholarly articles created by
faculty. This job posting is in support of that goal. If interested, please
contact Randy Stern.

Digital Library Software Engineer
Harvard University Library
Office for Information Systems
Grade 57, One Year Term

Duties & Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Manager of Systems Development in the Office for
Information Systems, serves as the lead developer for software applications
and tools for the implementation of a new institutional repository within
the Harvard University Library. Responsibilities include the configuration,
customization, and on-going support of a DSpace instance at Harvard, as
well as the development, maintenance, and integration of institutional
repository software tools to create an extremely user friendly deposit and
repository management and reporting process. May also integrate
authentication processes and other DSpace modules with Harvard systems.

This position includes customizing the user interface of DSpace, utilizing
XML, XSL, and JSP technologies.

This position requires the ability to grasp a high level view of
requirements from discussions with stakeholders, recommend solutions, and
iteratively translate that into specifications, prototypes, and working
code with accompanying documentation.

Requirements: BA/BS in computer science with a minimum of 4 years
development experience in java. Ability to produce results and work
independently with general guidance in an environment in which requirements
evolve over time. Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication
skills. Experience designing, developing, deploying, and managing both
stand alone and Internet applications utilizing Unix and World Wide Web
technologies. Experience with java stand alone and web applications, SQL,
JDBC, XML, XSL, HTML.

Desirable: Experience with IT and library systems in a higher education
environment; experience with Open Source software; familiarity with library
metadata standards such as Dublin Core, METS, MODS, and the OAI protocol;
knowledge of associated digital storage formats and conversion principles,
procedures, and operations; strong understanding of information
organization and retrieval technologies used to organize, store, and access
digital content; experience with programming best-practices, including
test-drive development and design patterns. Hands-on experience with
DSpace, Perl, CVS, Eclipse, Struts, Tomcat, Cocoon, Maven, Ant a plus.





Randy Stern
Manager of Systems Development
Harvard University Library Office for Information Systems
90 Mount Auburn Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel. +1 (617) 495-3724
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