THE
UNIVERSITY
OF
ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
Mervyn
H.
Sterne Library
Digital Resources/Preservation Librarian
Mervyn H. Sterne Library
University of
Alabama at Birmingham
This position
is
available no
later
than July
1,
2012
at a
rank
commensurate
with experience
and
qualifications.
It is
a twelve-month
non-tenure
earning
academic
appointment with generous
fringe
benefits;
rank
and
salary
will
be based
on qualifications.
Responsibilities:
The Digital Resources/Preservation
Librarian
will take a
lead
role in the
creation,
maintenance, and
stewardship
of
digital
collections,
and the implementation
and
maintenance
of
discovery
tools related to these
initiatives.
The
successful
candidate
will
evaluate and
modify operating
procedures
and
workflows
as
needed; improve
access to
digitized content
through ongoing evaluation of
the Library's
services;
investigate
relevant standards and
best practices and
maintain compliance with standards,
including
metadata
standards;
investigate, plan,
and
manage format
conversions and migrations;
plan,
implement,
and monitor
external contracts
providing digitization
and other
related
services;
seek and/or
manage
grant
funding for digital initiatives; develop
an in-depth
knowledge
of new
technology; seek
collaboration
opportunities
with
other
libraries
and
institutions;
develop
preservation
and curation
plans
for digital content
in repositories;
and participate in the
creation
of online exhibitions and presentations.
The
Digital
Resources/
Preservation Librarian will
train and supervise a
production
staff involved
in digital
collections
and
preservation,
and train
staff
and
others
in
processes and
procedures to
help
develop
high
levels
of productivity and
quality for
the
digital
collections and general preservation
efforts.
Required Qualifications:
Master's
degree
from an ALA
accredited
program. Experience in
an academic
library; two
or
more years’ experience
with
current digital
library
technologies, standards, and practices;
experience with
implementing and maintaining
digital
content
management
systems such as CONTENTdm,
DSpace,
EPrints,
and Fedora;
general cataloging
experience using
the
OCLC system; experience
with
a
variety
of metadata and markup
standards, including
Dublin
Core,
EAD,
TEl, MARC, and appropriate
controlled
vocabularies.
Preferred qualifications: Additional
advanced
degree;
cataloging
experience using the
Voyager system;
experience
in
managing
digital
projects;
experience
in developing interfaces
for
accessing online
resources;
experience
administering grants;
knowledge
of
database
management principles
and
software;
and
supervisory
experience.
Applications
received
by
March
16,
2012
will receive
first consideration.
Send
letter of application,
current
resume,
and
the
names,
addresses
and
telephone
numbers
of three references to:
Anne
Waldrop
Mervyn
H.
Sterne
Library
University of
Alabama
at
Birmingham
SL
172, 1530
3'd
Avenue
South
Birmingham,
AL
35294-0014
Applications may
also be e-mailed
to
mhsl-search@mail.ad.uab.edu.
The
University of Alabama
at Birmingham
is an
Affirmative Action/Equal-Opportunity
Employer and
welcomes
applications
from
qualified women and minorities.
Women, minorities,
individuals
with
disabilities
and veterans
are