Digital Library Applications Programer Position at the University of California, Santa Cruz Library The University of
California, Santa Cruz Library will make available digital collections from the Grateful Dead Archive on a
cutting-edge website. This website will provide access to Grateful Dead
Archive materials and tools to facilitate public contributions to the
archive. This project will
enable the university to convert a significant part of a traditional archive
to digital form and make it available online while simultaneously experimenting
with the impact of fostering, creating, and curating of a large, socially
constructed archive. The website
will support discovery, delivery, use and construction of the Grateful Dead
Archive for a broad range of users including the general public and the
academic research community. The
position will contribute to the development of open source software Omeka (http://omeka.org/) developed by the Center for History and New Media at George
Mason University. Enhancement of
the software will include improving social metadata capacity, permissions and
rights consent for contributed digital content, and migration (export and
import) of metadata and data between collection management software/social
sharing sites and Omeka, as well as applications, servers and repositories
supporting access, content management and digital preservation. Lastly, the position will also
support the installation, configuration and management of applications and
servers supporting the website. Under general
supervision and reporting to the Grateful Dead Project Manager, this position
designs and develops code to enhance applications and installs, configures
and manages server, storage and networking hardware. Work is performed using PHP, MySQL,
Javascript, XML software and XSLT stylesheets. Position interacts with University Library staff in
Special Collections and Digital Initiatives to gather requirements, write
specifications, develop code enhancing existing or creating new Omeka plug-ins,
testing code and perform quality assurance to evaluate code against original
requirements. Position works closely with University Library Information
Technology Services (ITS) staff to manage applications and servers
(development, staging and production) in a LAMP environment supporting the website
including Omeka, CONTENTdm, Wordpress and Drupal software and migrate
metadata and data between applications, servers and digital preservation
repositories. For more information and to apply for the position please see https://jobs.ucsc.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=64755 |