Florida Virtual Campus - Gainesville branch, is looking for a new Digital
Library Services Coordinator.

** To apply please fill out an online application here:
https://jobs.ufl.edu/postings/37765 **

The Gainesville office of FLVC provides  state-of-the-art, cost-effective
information technology to assist the libraries of the public universities
of Florida in their support of teaching, learning, research and public
service. Specifically, we implement and centrally support high quality
computer systems that help the libraries acquire, manage and provide access
to information resources. We provide software to enhance access to
information for students and faculty, increase the productivity of library
staff, improve inter-library sharing, and preserve digital materials for
future use. Through planning with the university libraries, we ensure that
these services are integral to the University libraries' ability to carry
out their own missions in support of teaching, research and service.

This position will be part of the Digital Services workgroup, which helps
the libraries of the public colleges and universities of Florida create,
manage, maintain and preserve digital information resources. The incumbent
will provide support for one or more of the following: digital special
collections and archives, electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs),
archival finding aids (EADs), electronic journals, and/or other
born-digital and retrospectively digitized materials. S/he will work with
commercial, open source, and locally-developed content management
applications such as DigiTool, Archon, the Open Journal System (OJS), OAI
data and service providers, Fedora, Islandora and Drupal. The incumbent
will develop and provide expertise to FLVC and library staff in one or more
specialty areas as required; examples of these areas include resource
description (cataloging and metadata), audio and video formats, archives
and records management, and scholarly communications.

Duties are as follows:

1. Take primary responsibility for supporting one or more production
applications, and provide back up to the primary support person for one or
more additional applications. Support includes but is not limited to:
running and/or monitoring production operations; performing quality
control; producing statistics and reports; responding to tickets;
communicating with the vendor or open source community to resolve problems;
and providing web-based and on-site training and training materials for
library staff.

2. Contribute to the general design and operation of applications and
services to enhance the digital capabilities of the libraries. Perform
requirements analysis for new modules, processes and workflows. Draft
specifications for data, data conversions, user interfaces and/or
application programs, and work with programmers to develop, test and
implement them.

3. Participate on state-wide committees, working groups and task forces of
staff concerned with the creation, description and/or management of digital
resources.

4. Keep abreast of regional and national trends and initiatives related to
with technology for digital library services to students and faculty. To
the extent possible, given limitations of time and funding, contribute to
the profession and to your own professional development by participating in
regional and national initiatives through meeting attendance, committee
appointments, and other means of involvement.

5. Performs work in support of business processes and projects. Performs
time-sensitive tasks and meets established deadlines; maintains effective
communications with appropriate FLVC staff; maintains effective working
relationships to ensure the success of the business processes and projects.

6. Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements:
• Master’s degree in an appropriate area of specialization; or a bachelor’s
degree an appropriate area of specialization and two years of appropriate
experience.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Master’s degree in library and/or information science from an
ALA-accredited program strongly preferred
• Working knowledge of MARCXML, Dublin Core, MODS, EAD and/or METS standards
• Working knowledge of XML technologies, Unix/Linux, and relational
database management systems;
• Excellent oral and written communications skills in English
• Demonstrated analytic ability, creativity, energy and enthusiasm.
• Two or more years of experience in an academic library environment.
• Direct experience with digital initiatives (digitization projects,
digital content management systems and/or Web-based delivery of digital
objects).
• Background in special collections, archives and/or cataloging;
programming or Web development experience.
• Teaching or training experience.
Note: Successful candidates for this classification will routinely possess
qualifications higher than the minimum qualifications

Minimum starting salary between $35,000 to $45,000 (Commensurate with
qualifications and experience.)
Closing date: 3/13/2013

** To apply please fill out an online application here:
https://jobs.ufl.edu/postings/37765 **

Email applications will not be considered!

Thanks,

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Caitlin Nelson
Digital Initiatives Librarian
Florida Virtual Campus (FLVC) - Gainesville
(formerly Florida Center for Library Automation)
5820 NW 39th Avenue
Gainesville, FL 32606
P:  352.392.9020 x298
F:  352.392.9185
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