DigitalKoans postings will resume on 11/29/10.

The latest update of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog (SEPW) is now available. It provides information about new works related to scholarly electronic publishing, such as books, e-prints, journal articles, magazine articles, technical reports, and white papers.

• Library Technologies Support Analyst [Ball State University] http://icio.us/sf23bs #
• Drupal Software Developer [University of Minnesota] http://icio.us/h11ezt #
• The Open Internet Under Assault http://icio.us/kvfcqx #
• Barnes & Noble Unveils Full-Color, Android-Based Nook http://icio.us/zonteo #
• New Podcast Features Adam Farquhar of the British Library (Library of Congress) http://icio.us/cyehgt #
• Digital Storage, Digital Preservation (Library of Congress) http://icio.us/jts0f3 #
• Enabling Data Discovery through Virtual Internet Repositories http://icio.us/o4noen #
• DC-2010–Pittsburgh Proceedings http://icio.us/za5bfb #
• DuraSpace OR10 DSpace and Fedora User Group Session Videos http://icio.us/fuot4f #
• Digital Preservation Recorder http://icio.us/saooyj #
• Network Neutrality 101 – Why the Government Must Act to Preserve the Free And Open Internet http://icio.us/ckkt1c #
• Results of Librarian Survey on Usage Statistics http://icio.us/kxidjy #
• Just Published: Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2010 [EDUCAUSE] http://icio.us/vfbxsf #
• Appraise & Select Research Data for Curation [Digital Curation Centre] http://icio.us/aazdj4 #
• The End of the Public University in England http://icio.us/m4vepz #
• New Available: Presentations (Audio, Video, Slides) from the ITHAKA Sustainable Scholarship 2010 http://icio.us/5wmsop #
• ARL Announces 2010–2011 Board of Directors http://icio.us/eqhgyr #
• The Conclusion of Open Access Week 2010 (SPARC) http://icio.us/qnvmsb #

The California Digital Library is recruiting a Discovery and Delivery Services Programmer. Salary: $66,900 minimum.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

Reporting to the Technical Lead, Discovery and Delivery Services, this position is one of eight programmer/analyst positions in the Discovery and Delivery Services Group responsible for the technical design, implementation, maintenance, and operation of the CDL's bibliographic systems (the Melvyl Union Catalog, UC-eLinks, Request) as well as providing technical leadership in the design, development and implementation of new systems like ERMS (Electronic Resources Management System) and the HathiTrust a shared digital library being built by major research libraries.

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Thomson Reuters plans to release a Book Citation Index in 2011.

Nancy Herther has interviewed Thomson Reuters' James Testa about the forthcoming product.

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The Emory University Libraries are recruiting a Director of Engineering. Salary: $88,600-$124,600.

Here's an excerpt from the ad (job requisition ID: 19187BR):

The Director of Engineering will work with the Chief Technology Strategist and senior library managers to guide the organization in assessing key industry trends and defining technology strategy. This is a strategic leadership position within the team, with the opportunity to significantly influence the business, both in its daily operations and in its future direction. May design and implement specific projects such as digital repositories, image archives, and tools to support digital humanities.

Core Responsibilities include:

• As the overall engineering leader within the library Digital Systems Division, work closely with library senior leadership to define a long-term operational vision, strategy and execution plans for the division
• Lead teams of systems, software, and support engineers, with a balanced focus on products, processes and people leadership; and develop existing talent on the teams
• Plan and execute complex development projects

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The University of Rochester has released IR+ 2.0.

Here's an excerpt from the announcement:

The new version has many new features and updates. These include:

• OAI-PMH harvestable
• Dublin Core mapping features for Identifiers and contributors
• Improved batch metadata manipulation – automated re-indexing enhancements (changing control lists forces re-indexing of all items that use changed data)
• Sponsor browsing / statistics
• Paging and Sorting for contributor pages
• Improved Search Engine Optimization(SEO) for better indexing of researcher pages and content within the repository
• Researcher page interface enhancements
• Content type listing and filtering at the repository and collection levels
• Content type counts at the repository and collection levels
• Increased download information and removal options for more accurate download counts
• Updated Help, Installation and User manuals
• RSS feeds for Collections/Contributor Pages
• Upgraded pdf/word/excel/power point text extraction libraries
• Updated user account management features
• Submission performance enhancements
• Improved home page module placement
• Improved change tracking

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• OAPEN-UK: New Project to Experiment with OA Models for HSS Monographs http://icio.us/ztv3ms #
• Portico Introduces New Preservation Services http://icio.us/lpju5b #
• French Three Strikes Agency Getting 25,000 Complaints a Day http://icio.us/ca2lrg #
• No Base Station Required: Peer-to-Peer WiFi Direct Is Go http://icio.us/03dm1p #
• In Time for the Holidays, Borders Slashes Prices of E-Book Readers http://icio.us/mal5zm #
• Mellon Digital Scholarship Post-Doctoral Fellows [Occidental College] http://icio.us/ef4kij #
• ACTA and the Embrace of Big Government http://icio.us/f2wukj #
• Exposing Digital Content for Reuse (jiscEXPO) [JISC] http://icio.us/4mpwk5 #
• EFF Urges EU Data Protection Authorities to Call for the Repeal of the EU Data Retention Directive http://icio.us/1dupgn #

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock's Ottenheimer Library is recruiting a Director of Technical Services and Technology.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The Director of Technical Services and Technology is a faculty appointment with rank leading to tenure and will be required to meet the Library's criteria for promotion and tenure, which include librarianship, service and scholarship/research. The position reports directly to the Dean of the Library and works closely with the Directors of Public Services, Administrative Services and Archives/Special Collections. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing administrative oversight of technical services and information technology departments (acquisitions, cataloging, collection development, serials and IT).

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The University of Oregon Libraries and Oregon State University Libraries have established an Open Access Journal Publishing Service.

Here's an excerpt from the announcement:

The University of Oregon Libraries and Oregon State University Libraries have joined forces to establish an Open Access Journal Publishing Service that will support the broader dissemination of scholarship and promote the advancement of both universities’ research. Open access journals represent an emerging academic publishing model that makes the results of scholarly research freely available online to all readers who have access to the Internet. . . .

The initiative will provide support to UO and OSU faculty members for the creation, management, distribution, and preservation of open access journals, primarily based on the Open Journal System (OJS) open source software. In addition to hosting journals on an OJS server, the initiative will assist in the migration of journal content from traditional print format to digital format. The OJS program supports the full cycle of journal publishing from article submission to archiving. . . .

Plans for creating new open access journal titles are already underway at both universities. For example, at the University of Oregon the first issue of the open access journal Humanist Studies and the Digital Age is expected to appear this winter. The journal will provide scholars and students with free and immediate online access to the results of humanities research conducted by scholars throughout the world. At Oregon State University, the Journal of the Transportation Research Forum is currently offered as an open access publication, and other titles are in the development stages. The website for the service at http://journals.oregondigital.org/ provides additional information on the new program and access to individual journals.

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