All,
We are hiring! Please
consider this opportunity to join the Digital Scholarship and Technology
Services Department at Vassar College Libraries. We are looking for a Digital Library Developer:
Posting #1001773
The
Vassar College Libraries seek a dynamic, collaborative, and innovative
library professional for the position of Digital Library Developer. This
position is an excellent opportunity to work within a team to develop
and maintain tools, systems, and applications that enhance scholars'
ability to pursue new avenues for learning and research using the
Library's resources and expertise. The Digital Library Developer will
help to implement systems and services that bring library resources to
our faculty and student scholars in innovative ways. This position will
work alongside faculty members, students, librarians, and IT colleagues
across campus and within open-source communities on projects that
advance research, teaching, and learning.
The
Digital Library Developer will work with the Digital Scholarship and
Technology Services team on various technology projects throughout the
Libraries and the College. This position serves a critical role in
providing support for the continual improvement of the digital
repository system, Islandora. This includes working directly with
objects and metadata while improving functionality. Additionally, the
Digital Library Developer will introduce new and innovative tools for
digital scholarship throughout the Libraries and the College.
The
ideal candidate will be a technology-savvy collaborator, working within
a team to sustain current development and make new projects and
services come to life. A technologist aware of the trends and issues
(technological and otherwise) surrounding digital scholarship,
repositories, and research, and excited by the challenges they bring. A
data and metadata enthusiast, understanding and enjoying the nuances of
each to provide the best resources and digital scholarship possible.
Someone excited by presentation-layer work (e.g., visualizations or
exhibitions), but also by solving technical challenges, and an excellent
communicator that enjoys collaboration and partnerships.
Nicole H. ScalessaHead of Digital Scholarship and Technology Services, Vassar College
845-437-5219