Position Available: Digital Services Librarian The University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, provides a collegial and dynamic environment for professional involvement and growth. The Libraries seeks an energetic, creative, and outgoing librarian with experience in a variety of digital projects. This position in Digital Services, a unit in the Systems & Technology division, provides a variety of imaging services to the library, campus, and local community in support of digital library initiatives. Reporting to the Assistant Director for Library Systems & Technology, the incumbent plans and manages projects and serves as the unit's primary contact with content providers, and works closely with special collections, cataloging, and other library staff. Project management includes training and consultation, identifying appropriate standards and best practices, establishing workflows, advising on issues of preservation and rights management, and ensuring interoperability among digital library systems. Content providers may include not only special collections and other library staff, but also individuals and units across the University and throughout the state. In addition to managing specific projects, the incumbent serves as local expert across all projects in one or more of the following areas of specialization: scanning and digitization standards, format-specific best practices (such as maps, newspapers, audio recordings, etc.), user interface development, or methods for ensuring quality control. Participation in professional organizations, library committees, and University task forces is expected. Qualifications: Required: Master's degree from an ALA-accredited institution; experience working with digital collections; familiarity with best practices for digitization, metadata, and archival storage. Preferred: Experience with digital content management systems, like CONTENTdm and/or DigiTool; familiarity with large-scale digital library projects such as the digitization of cultural heritage materials; experience with the creation and capture of a wide variety of digital formats; an understanding of emerging standards in digital library systems; the ability to work in a collaborative environment as well as independently; skill in providing technical training (one-on-one or small group) to users with limited technical expertise; planning and project management skills; problem-solving skills; the ability to work well with a diverse population; an interest in professional development, such as committee work (at the library, university, state, regional, or national level), research, publication, teaching, and/or continuing education Environment: The University of Central Florida is a rapidly growing metropolitan university located thirteen miles east of downtown Orlando. UCF has 42,000 students, 4,700 employees, and serves a metropolitan population of 1.5 million residents. The university offers 86 bachelor's, 68 master's, and 24 doctoral programs and confers about 7,000 degrees a year. The main library has a collection of over 1.5 million volumes and is a partial depository for government documents and patents. The library materials budget is $5.3 million. The staff of 123 includes a library faculty of 47. UCF offers an exciting and vibrant academic environment with growing collections, advanced technology, and an expanding campus. http://library.ucf.edu Salary and Rank: Commensurate with experience and qualifications. This is a full-time, non-tenure track faculty position with generous insurance benefits and employer-funded retirement options, 22 paid annual days, 13 sick days, 9 holidays, and no state income tax. To Apply: Committee review is ongoing and search is opened until filled. Submit via email a resume, contact information for at least three professional references, and a letter explaining the applicant's experience and qualifications to: Cynthia Kisby, Personnel Librarian, University of Central Florida Libraries, e-mail: [log in to unmask] Finalists will be asked to give a brief presentation during the on-campus interview. Searches are conducted in accordance with the State of Florida open-records laws. UCF is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>