Call for Proposals: Digital Public Library of America, 2017

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DPLA is seeking session proposals for DPLAfest 2017, an annual conference that brings together librarians, archivists, and museum professionals, developers and technologists, publishers and authors, educators, and many others to celebrate DPLA and its community of creative professionals. Proposals should be related to digital libraries, broadly defined. This year, we are particularly interested in proposals at the intersection of digital libraries and: Social justice Copyright and rights management Public engagement Analytics, assessment, and impact Metadata/data quality Collaboration across types of institutions and sectors Training, professional development, and technical literacy Open educational resources Open access content, including use and reuse Technical infrastructure of interoperability including International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) integration ResourceSync Linked Open Data Repository systems Aggregation technologies Search and discovery We also encourage proposals that highlight digital library work being done in and/or focusing on our host city – Chicago! The deadline to submit a session proposal is Tuesday, January 17, 2017. You will be notified by early February whether or not...
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Research Fellowships: University of Illinois, Chicago Library

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The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Library is now offering Short-Term Fellowships to further research using the holdings of Special Collections and University Archives. Special Collections at the Richard J. Daley Library houses manuscripts, rare books, photographs, and artifacts on the social, political, and cultural history of Chicago. The Library of the Health Sciences-Chicago Special Collections documents the city’s rich history as a center for the education and practice of the medical arts. Premier collections include the papers of Richard J. Daley, the Chicago Urban League, the Century of Progress, exemplars of 21st century design, the Chicago settlement house movement, and the Chicago Board of Trade. Special Collections also holds the Sierra Leone collection, 1792-1825. More information is available atlibrary.uic.edu/home/collections/special-collections-university-archives. ELIGIBILITY: The award is open to individual researchers, teachers, and writers of any nationality, in any academic discipline. Preference is given to applicants who plan to use UIC political manuscript collections. Applicants must live outside of the Chicago metropolitan area and more...
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Job Posting: Assistant Archivist, Center for Popular Music (Murfreesboro, TN)

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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: Assistant Archivist, Center for Popular Music, Middle Tennessee State University Serve as archival assistant for a research collection in the Center for Popular Music that contains over one million archive items, including over 100,000 pieces of sheet music, 230,000 sound recordings, over 20,000 books, photographs, posters, trade catalogs, and related materials. Provide reference assistance to onsite and remote patrons, particularly in areas related to American traditional and roots music genres. Assist the CPM Coordinator – Archivist with processing and maintenance of special collections. Assist the CPM Librarian with cataloging of books, sheet music, sound recordings and other items as needed. Provide reference services to students and other researchers locally and remotely. Assist with the Center’s social media accounts and general promotion. Assist with the general operations of the Center and perform other related tasks and special projects as assigned. Master’s degree from an accredited institution in an area relating directly to the Center’s mission. Required Year(s) and Type of Work Experience: ...
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News: Recording Posted for Seminar on the Abbey Theatre Digital Archive

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The James Hardiman Library at National University of Ireland, Galway, hosted a seminar on Tuesday 4 October which told the story of the Abbey Theatre Digital Archive, created by one of the largest theatre archive digitisation projects undertaken worldwide. It reflected on challenges faced, lessons learned, new opportunities and impact on academic mission, library and archives. All talks have been recorded with audio podcasts available at the following link: https://digital.library.nuigalway.ie/islandora/object/nuigalway%3Aabbeydigitalseminar  Slides from many of the presentations are available here: http://library.nuigalway.ie/about/events/past/digitisingtheabbeytheatrearchive/   PROGRAMME 1100    Welcome and Introduction (John Cox, University Librarian, NUI Galway) 1110    A brief history of the Abbey Theatre archive (Mairéad Delaney, Archivist, Abbey Theatre) 1140    Digitising the archive (Martin Bradley, Archives Consultant, and Aisling Keane, Digital Archivist, NUI Galway Library) 1210    The Abbey Theatre Early Minute Books Project (Cillian Joy, Digital Library Developer, NUI Galway Library, and Patricia O’Beirne, Abbey Digital Archive PhD Fellow, Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance, NUI Galway) 1340    The academic impact of the Abbey Theatre Digital Archive (Professor Patrick Lonergan, Centre for...
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Job Posting: Production Art Cataloger, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Los Angeles)

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The Margaret Herrick Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is hiring for a part-time Production Art Cataloger. This position is based in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills. The Production Art Cataloger is responsible for creating production art database records. This is a part-time (20-24 hours per week) position in the Graphic Arts Department of the Margaret Herrick Library and reports to the Production Art Librarian. Duties and Responsibilities The Production Art Cataloger's duties include organizing and processing new collections and small gifts as well as backlogged collections: creating original catalog records in the Inmagic Production Art db; foldering and boxing collections; assessing materials for conservation; updating Location Manager records; managing the transfer of materials between the Graphic Arts department offices at the library and at the Pickford Center; and assisting with the processing of requests for reproductions; pulling material for weekly conservation photography orders. For more information and to apply: https://www.appone.com/MainInfoReq.asp?R_ID=1439520&B_ID=56&fid=1&Adid=0&ssbgcolor=FFFFFF&SearchScreenID=1670&CountryID=3&LanguageID=2&InternalJobCode=111460...
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ATAP Delivers 2016 Report to ASTR Members

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The following report was delivered by ATAP co-chair Eric Colleary to the membership of the American Society for Theatre Research at its annual meeting in Minneapolis on November 5, 2016: The American Theatre Archive Project is a collaboration of archivists, librarians, scholars, dramaturgs, and theatre enthusiasts dedicated to helping theatre artists develop and sustain their own archives. The Project is organized by a six-member steering committee who support the efforts of regional teams who work with theatre companies in their local areas. Since its founding in 2009 ATAP has assisted dozens of companies including Atlantic Theater Company (NYC), the Baltimore Theatre Project, New York Theatre Workshop, the Rude Mechs (Austin), and Seattle Shakespeare Company. 2016 has been a busy year for ATAP. We designed and launched a new website, now available at AmericanTheatreArchiveProject.org, which is allowing us to share more news and resources of value to theatre artists and our supporters. These resources include free archivist consultations for companies and artists and our...
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Job Posting: Performing Arts Librarian, Univ. of Maryland

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Title: Performing Arts Librarian Category: Librarian (Open Rank) Department: Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library, Research & Learning Services Division Benefits: 22 Days Annual Leave, 15 Days of Sick Leave, 3 Days Personal Leave, 15 Paid Holidays Tuition Remission, Health, Dental, Vision, and Prescription As the largest university library system in the Washington D.C.-Baltimore area, the University of Maryland Libraries serve more than 37,500 students and 4,200 faculty of the flagship College Park campus. The University of Maryland Libraries share the teaching, learning and research goals of the university. Its role as a key academic resource is evident in its service to the academic community and its actionable strategic plan. Recent membership in the Big Ten Academic Alliance is particularly meaningful to the University Libraries and will further propel the university’s ascendancy in academic excellence. The incumbent reports to the Head of the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library (MSPAL) and manages a combination of duties and expectations. The incumbent serves as liaison to the School of Theatre,...
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Job Posting: Digital Archivist, Cal State Dominguez Hills

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Digital Archivist Position,  California State University, Dominguez Hills Carson, CA 90747  (near LA) Review of applications begins November 12, 2016. Full Description:  https://my.csudh.edu/psp/paaprd/EMPLOYEE/HDHPRD/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL Position Information The faculty of the University Library at California State University Dominguez Hills invites applications from individuals for a two-year temporary full-time (with a possible extension) Librarian position in the Archives & Special Collections department. The University Library at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) seeks a technology-savvy, innovative, adaptive, and service-oriented Digital Archivist to join the Archives and Special Collections team. The Digital Archivist provides leadership, vision, and support for the CSU System-wide Archives and its digital projects as well as other CSUDH collections-related digitization and archival projects. The successful candidate will: * Coordinate with Archives staff to plan, prioritize, and carry out projects to digitize CSU archival materials. * Process, catalog, and upload digital objects across image, text, audio, and video formats into the CSU and CSUDH digital collections. * Digitize materials and participate in the integration of related metadata into systems for storage,...
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Fellowships: Short-Term Research Fellowships at the NYPL

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The New York Public Library is pleased to offer Short-Term Research Fellowships to support scholars from outside the New York metropolitan area engaged in graduate-level, post-doctoral, and independent research. Individuals needing to conduct on-site research in the Library’s special collections to support projects in the humanities, business and the arts are welcome to apply. Preference is given to scholars whose work is based on materials in the NYPL research collections, especially when those materials are unique. Each fellow is expected to be in residence at the Library for the duration of their fellowship and each fellow will be expected to produce a written summary of his/her experience working with the collections.  Fellowship stipends are $1,000 per week for a minimum of two and maximum of four weeks. Please visit http://nypl.org/research-collections for detailed information about the rich and varied research resources of The New York Public Library. Eligibility:  Only U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and foreign nationals who have been resident in the United States for the three years as of January...
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