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Please excuse the cross posting - also note that the search has been extended to May 17. ------------------------------------ *Visiting Research Programmer for Scholarly Communication and Repository Services * *Academic Professional * University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign *Position Available:* As soon as possible, after closing date of search.* *This is* *a full-time, temporary academic professional appointment with possible renewal up to 3 years. This is a regional search; relocation expenses cannot be compensated. This full-time, temporary appointment in the University Library has the potential for renewal for up to three years. The position has been funded through the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library/IT Fee, a fund that is committed to supporting technology services and access to information for Urbana campus students. This is positions maybe come permanent at a later date. *Duties and Responsibilities:* The Library is moving forward to implement a library-wide repository to preserve and manage created and acquired digital content and to expand its scholarly communication services to campus. Led by the Scholarly Communications and Repository Technical Team with close collaboration with key stakeholders within the Library and across campus, this effort will result in a scalable preservation repository, defined interactions with external partners such as the Hathi Trust, and the infrastructure necessary for sustained scholarly communication services, such as an institutional bibliography and scholarship portal, data curation tools, and researcher profiles. As a member of this team, the Visiting Research Programmer for Scholarly Communication and Repository Services (SCRS) reports to the Technical Architect for Scholarly Communication and Repositories Services (TA) and participates fully in the planning and implementation of the repository effort and in particular to the development of technical services and applications to support the scholarly communication services of the Library. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing programming, database design, implementation and support, customization, and continued assessment of the technical infrastructure for all components related to scholarly communication services. These would include development of the repository itself. The SCRS Research Programmer works with staff from the Library and other key campus personnel to translate user needs into technical requirements and implement these in concert with the development of the repository. The SCRS Research Programmer explores, adapts, and implements emerging technologies to support efforts such as analysis of publication patterns on campus, understanding impact of research done at Illinois, and understanding collaboration patterns across campus. The SCRS Research Programmer works closely with the Scholarly Commons coordinator, the IDEALS coordinator, and the Head of Grainger to provide support to existing services, such as IDEALS, the campus repository, and the electronic theses and dissertations (ETD) service. Specific activities include: 1) implementation and support of a planned digital repository to provide sustained access and preservation services to millions of digital files in the University Library’s growing digital research collections; and 2) the development of software applications that support the research and scholarly communications services that are being developed and refined through a collaboration of librarians involved in the current IDEALS Scholarly Communications Program, the Scholarly Commons in the Main Library, and the Grainger Engineering Library’s Digital Library Initiative. Several applications already exist in pilot mode, but they will require concentrated and sustained technical effort to make them production-level systems that can support campus-wide use. These include the Electronic Theses and Dissertations Deposit service (ETD’s), in collaboration with the Graduate College; the BibApp research connections software system; the Researcher Profiles system that enables the Library to create customized research information portals for research groups; and the Hub and Spoke toolkit for creating digital preservation packages for repository ingest. This position is vital to the Library’s nascent efforts to support the ongoing curation of researcher-created datasets throughout the campus and to help fulfill campus obligations to emerging federal agency requirements for data management, curation, and open access. *Environment:* The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library holds one of the preeminent research collections in the world. With more than 10 million volumes and a total of 23 million items, it ranks highly among academic libraries for the breadth of its collections, and first among public university libraries in the United States. The Library is also a leader in the delivery of user services, and active programs in information, instructional, access, and scholarly services help the Library to maintain its place at the intellectual heart of the campus. The Library is committed to maintaining the strongest collections and service programs possible, and to engaging in research, development, and scholarly practice – all of which support the University’s missions of teaching, research, and public service. The Library employs approximately 100 faculty members, and more than 300 academic professionals, staff, and graduate assistants. For more information, see: http://www.library.uiuc.edu The Library consists of more than 35 departmental libraries located across campus, as well as an array of central public, technical, and administrative services. [Description of home unit]. For more information, see: *Qualifications:* *_Required_*: Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in an information technology field and two years of experience in software development and programming; demonstrable experience developing interactive Web sites; web programming experience with Java, Ruby, .NET, or equivalent languages; good written and oral communications skills, and the ability to work independently and in a collaborative environment. Knowledge of latest digital preservation standards and best practices, such as OAIS and TRAC. *_Preferred: _*Master's degree in Computer Science, Library and Information Science, or related information technology field; two or more years of experience in developing and programming interactive, database-driven Web applications; Linux Web and/or Windows Web development experience; knowledge or experience with one or more of the following technologies: DSpace, Fedora, XML technologies, RDF, RDBMS, Dynamic HTML, and conceptual knowledge of or experience in dealing with metadata in a library setting, including one or more of following: METS, MODS, EAD, TEI, Dublin Core, FGDC. *Salary and Rank:* Salary and rank commensurate with credentials and experience. This is a three year visiting academic professional position. *Terms of Appointment:* Twelve-month appointment; 24 annual vacation days; 11 annual paid holidays; 12 annual sick-leave days (cumulative), plus an additional 13 sick-leave days (non-cumulative) available, if needed, each year; health insurance requiring a small co-payment is provided to employee (with the option to purchase coverage for spouse and dependents); required participation in State Universities Retirement System (SURS) (8% of annual salary is withheld and is refundable upon termination), with several options for participation in additional retirement plans; newly-hired employees are covered by the Medicare portion of Social Security and are subject to its deduction. *Campus and Community:* The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a comprehensive and major public, land-grant university (Doctoral/Research University – Extensive) ranked among the best in the world, including “Top 20” programs in Chemistry, Engineering, English, Mathematics, Music, Library & Information Science, Psychology, and Veterinary Medicine. Chartered in 1867, its faculty and staff provide undergraduate and graduate education in more than 150 fields of study, conduct theoretical and applied research, and provide public service to the state and the nation. It employs 3,000 faculty members serving 31,000 undergraduate and 11,000 graduate and professional students; approximately 25% of faculty receive campus-wide recognition each year for excellence in teaching. For more information, see: http://illinois.edu/ <http://www.uiuc.edu/> The University is located in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana, which have a combined population of 100,000 and are situated approximately 140 miles south of Chicago, 120 miles west of Indianapolis, and 170 miles northeast of St. Louis. The University and its surrounding communities offer a cultural and recreational environment ideally suited to the work of a major research institution and its members. For more information, see: http://illinois.edu/about/community/community.html *To Apply:* https://jobs.illinois.edu/ Attach letter of application and complete resume, including names, addresses, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses of three (3) references to: Cindy Kelly, Head, Library Human Resources, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1408 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801. For questions, please call: 217-333-8169. *Deadline:* In order to ensure full consideration, applications and nominations must be received by May 17, 2010 */THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IS AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER/*// -- Sarah L. Shreeves Coordinator, IDEALS http://www.ideals.uiuc.edu/ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [log in to unmask] 217-244-3877 or 217-333-4648