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IT position on the Digital Library Research & Prototyping Team of the Research Library of the Los Alamos National Laboratory The Research Library's Library Without Walls project is looking for a technical staff member to assist in programming and supporting our digital library research, prototyping, and development efforts. The purpose of the Library Without Walls (LWW) project is to enhance scientific research productivity through enabling digital library technologies, which integrate user applications and digital content. Current projects focus on increasing the richness of the scientific literature available to LANL scientists as well as the means in which that literature can be used in a collaborative research process. The successful candidate will have a mix of assignments within the Digital Library Research and Prototyping team. That team focuses on assimilating cutting-edge concepts from information science, computer science, digital library research, as well as web research and experience, and using those concepts to define and build digital library prototype components for evaluation and eventual implementation. The team is involved in high-profile research projects. Specifically, the successful software engineer will work collaboratively with the team leader and colleagues in the following areas: *Design and develop tools for ingesting, storing, managing, and accessing scholarly digital assets into the LANL Repository; *Design and develop tools for disseminating various representations of scholarly assets stored in the LANL Repository; *Design and develop capabilities to facilitate a deeper integration of scholarly assets stored in the LANL repository into the research process, including tools that support personalized access to and interaction with assets; *Design and develop tools that support collaborative research, and in which the scholarly assets stored in the LANL Repository are integrated; *Other work areas will be assigned as appropriate. Required Skills: *Significant programming experience in JAVA and at least one other of the following languages: C, C++, Perl, XSLT; *Significant experience in building XML-based applications and in using XML tools; *Significant experience working with and developing on Linux platforms; *Understanding of and experience in developing software based on W3C standards such as XML Schema, SOAP, DOM, XPath, XPointer and associated tools; *Understanding of and experience in developing software based on other standards relevant to the work of the team: HTTP, CVS; *Understanding of and experience in developing relational database applications (Oracle and/or MySQL); *Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with a team leader and with members of a technical team in achieving common goals; *Demonstrated ability to work autonomously in the realm of discovering, exploring, and assimilating technical information, and in analyzing problems, proposing and implementing solutions; *Demonstrated effective communication skills, both verbal and written. Desired Skills: *Understanding of and experience in developing software based on other standards relevant to the work of the team: RDF, DOI, handle, MPEG-21 DIDL, MPEG-21 DIP, OAI-PMH, OpenURL. Education: M.S. degree in computer science, mathematics, information science, or physics and relevant high-level experience in programming and web system design, or equivalent combination of education and experience. Contact: For specific questions about the status of this job, call (505) 667-8401, or mail [log in to unmask] Applications: Apply for job 208854 in the "Jobs" section of the LANL web site <http://www.lanl.gov> .