**Digital Initiatives Librarian**

**Senior Assistant Librarian**

**Full time, permanent appointment**  
  
  
The Henry Madden Library at California State University, Fresno seeks an
innovative, versatile, and team-oriented librarian to join us in enhancing the
library's growing digital assets and initiatives and supporting and
collaborating with campus partners. The successful candidate will join a
university-wide cohort of faculty that will develop and support teaching,
research, and outreach initiatives that focus on water quality, technology,
and management, including a new interdisciplinary Master's degree in water
resource management. Working with library faculty, in close collaboration with
the Water Cohort group, the Digital Initiatives Librarian will lead the
design, creation, and maintenance of multiple library digital projects, most
notably the Waterways Archive, a digital geo-portal which will eventually
serve the entire campus and region. This position will include significant
responsibilities collaborating with campus faculty to support scholarship,
teaching and student success through information literacy instruction,
research support, library digital initiatives, collection management,
scholarly publishing and academic data curation.

  
Responsibilities include: Participating in activities related to acquiring,
organizing, and providing access to the Library's digital resources;
Developing and implementing appropriate metadata strategies to enhance
discovery, management, and presentation of digital collections; Coordinating
and leading the continued development of the Library's institutional
repository and other digital projects; Participating on teams comprised of
library faculty and staff that actively reach out to and engage designated
colleges and departments; Engaging in course-related information literacy
instruction and integration of digital content into the curriculum and the
campus learning management system.

  
Academic Preparation: One of the following: American Library Association
accredited Master of Information Studies or Science, Master of Information,
Master of Librarianship, Master of Library and Information Studies, or Master
of Art/Master of Science in Library Science or Information Studies.

  
This position requires experience and knowledge required to perform the duties
of a Digital Initiatives Librarian as described above; demonstrated experience
with one or more web programming languages (e.g. PHP, Perl or Python), web
markup languages (e.g. HTML, CSS, XML and XSLT), and analytics software; and
knowledge of current models, practices, and tools used by academic libraries
for the access and discovery of digital resources.

  
Preference will be given to candidates with some or all of the following:
experience working with content management systems; experience working with
learning management systems; demonstrated experience with digital
technologies, applying digital standards, employing appropriate metadata
schema/markup standards and using controlled vocabularies; experience with
library web applications such as link resolvers and modern discovery systems;
familiarity with developing web interfaces using recommended best practices
from the Americans with Disabilities Act; experience working with library OPAC
systems; demonstrated interest in information literacy and teaching,
especially in an academic library; a publishing record and record of
involvement in professional activities; expertise or interest in water
quality, technology, and management; knowledge of U.S. water history and
policy, especially within the context of California history and the history of
the San Joaquin Valley.

  
To apply, please see complete vacancy announcement at the [Fresno State Jobs
site](http://jobs.fresnostate.edu/).

  
Open Until Filled:To ensure the full consideration, applicants should submit
all application materials by 10/26/2012. Searches automatically close on
4/1/2013 if not filled.



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