Digital Library Development – Team Lead
The Los Alamos National Laboratory Research Library, one of the world's premier digital
scientific libraries, is seeking a lead for its Digital Library Development Team, a team of
application programmers and technically inclined librarians, to provide vision regarding
architecture and functionality through both coordination and direct involvement in the
development of the technical infrastructure for preservation, management and delivery of
scientific and technical institutional digital content.
The incumbent will lead projects aimed at tackling challenges of information
interoperability and integration across our large scale and complex digital collection,
which includes > 95M bibliographic records, and numerous growing repositories of
institutional digital content that align with the LANL national security science mission and
build on emergent e-research needs of our community.
Responsibilities:
• Provide clear vision, direction, and strong leadership in areas of responsibility,
including reviewing existing digital library tools and information structures and planning
and implementing enhancements and goals for future integration and delivery of on-line
services;
• Provide administrative oversight, including supervising, coaching, and supporting the
Research Library’s Development Team, to foster an environment that encourages
creativity and innovation, professional growth and development, and collaboration across
teams.
• Oversee development and expansion of new strategies that expand the library’s
services, such as discovery and workflow management of scholarly content, and
collection and curation of digital institutional materials.
• Investigate and work with other groups in the Library, at the Laboratory, and potentially
across the DOE Complex and academic communities, and implement, as appropriate,
next-generation tools.
• Engage in understanding user satisfaction and user knowledge of Library technical
capabilities and electronic services, and take appropriate actions by assisting
management in proposing, planning, and implementing policies, processes, and methods
for improving Library integration into the research community across the Laboratory.
• Contribute to overall library planning and operations as a member of the Management
Team.
• Serve as an advocate for the Research Library and represent the library in Laboratory
and industry activities.
Required Skills:
• Demonstrated experience with designing and developing resource-centric applications
that adhere to core architectural principles of the Web including the Web Architecture and
REST;
• Experience with standards from the digital library community (OAI-PMH, OAI-ORE,
OpenURL, SRU/W, etc.);
• Demonstrated experience with standard web programming tools/frameworks (Java,
Perl, php, Python, Ajax, etc) and database query syntax (SQL/mySQL);
• Demonstrated experience with using mainstream Web 2.0 technologies (HTTP, RSS,
XML, JSON, Atom, RESTful APIs);
• Ongoing interest in Semantic Web technologies and concepts including RDF, RDFS, OWL,
triple stores, SPARQL, etc., and embrace of concepts from Social Web activities and
Linked Data;
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex and cross-organizational projects;
• Ability to effectively supervise, train, and motivate staff.
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and analytical skills including communication
and presentation skills, both written and oral.
• Applicants must have the ability to obtain an Q clearance, which normally requires U.S.
citizenship.
Education:
Master's degree in Library/Information Science or Computer Science or equivalent
combination of education and experience.
Clearance: Q (Position will be cleared to this level) – this generally requires US
Citizenship. Applicants selected will be subject to a Federal background investigation and
must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified matter.
For more information or to apply online, please go to:
http://www.hr.lanl.gov/JobListing/SingleJobAd.aspx?JobNumber=220018
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