Nate -- This might be a good question to post on one of the Open Knowledge Foundation listservs as well: http://okfn.org/contact/. -- Jena Winberry Program Officer Council on Library and Information Resources 1707 L Street NW, Suite 650 Washington, DC 20036 [log in to unmask] www.clir.org | www.diglib.org On 10/7/13 3:47 PM, "Nate Hill" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Thanks Toby... that is exactly where I'm starting to look. >This is a great resource: >http://project-open-data.github.io/cdo/ >What is complicated is finding anything that relates this to classic >collection development activities. >I might have to just make that up! >If you see anything out there, let me know! >Cheers > > >On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 3:45 PM, Toby Greenwalt ><[log in to unmask]>wrote: > >> Nate, >> >> I'm guessing you're venturing into uncharted territory - at least as the >> library field is concerned. It's more likely that you'll find more >>relevant >> descriptions in either the urban planning or journalism fields. Let me >>poke >> around and see if I can dig something up. >> >> Toby >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 2:40 PM, Nate Hill <[log in to unmask]> >>wrote: >> >> > Hi all, >> > >> > I'm working on a job description for an Open Data Specialist at my >>public >> > library. >> > >> > This person would work for the public library as a builder/maintainer >>for >> > our open data portal (currently an instance of DKAN) which serves >>civic >> > (and eventually other) public domain data. >> > >> > They would also be an open data evangelist and expert, working with >>other >> > city departments to get/keep them involved as contributors of useful, >> > useable data, etc. >> > >> > I'd also like to highlight the collection development-like aspects of >>the >> > job. >> > >> > Has anyone seen a similar job description? >> > >> > Thanks >> > >> > Nate >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Nate Hill >> > [log in to unmask] >> > http://4thfloor.chattlibrary.org/ >> > http://www.natehill.net >> > >> > > > >-- >Nate Hill >[log in to unmask] >http://4thfloor.chattlibrary.org/ >http://www.natehill.net