The University of Georgia Libraries are recruiting an Assistant University Librarian. Here's an excerpt from the ad: The University of Georgia Libraries seeks a forward-thinking, results-oriented leader for the position of Assistant University Librarian (AUL) for Technology Services to help refine and implement the information technology vision of the UGA Libraries and the statewide GALILEO [...]

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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte has announced that his committee will undertake a comprehensive review of copyright law. Here's an excerpt from the announcement: There is little doubt that our copyright system faces new challenges today. The Internet has enabled copyright owners to make available their works to consumers around the world, but has [...]

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New Tools Available to Mine World's Largest Digital Repository of Books, http://t.co/C4CITtnVoQ Internet2 Signs Deal With Smithsonian to Connect Colleges to Digitized Artifacts, http://t.co/NmR8g0Yt8L The New York Taxpayer Access to Publicly Funded Research Legislation (A180-2013 and S405-2013), http://t.co/HWSryzJNAr Building the Foundation for an Open Data Directory, http://t.co/odz5gatRcw Open Access Science News Is Mostly Good, with [...]

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Making Memento Successful BitTorrent Sync Creates Private, Peer-to-Peer Dropbox, No Cloud Required Research Data Management and Libraries [Presentation] RDMRose: Taught and CPD Learning Materials about Research Data Management Tailored for Information Professionals [Presentation] Trust and Digital Preservation [Training event] Digital Scholarship | DigitalCurationNews

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The Government and Heritage Library is recruiting a Librarian—Systems Support. Here's an excerpt from the ad: This is a time-limited position. The Government and Heritage Library is seeking an enthusiastic, innovative Systems Support Librarian to be part of the NCpedia team in the Digital Information Management Program. NCpedia is the online North Carolina encyclopedia managed [...]

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Carolyn F. Hank has self-archived "Scholars and Their Blogs: Characteristics, Preferences, and Perceptions Impacting Digital Preservation" in the Carolina Digital Repository. Here's an excerpt: This descriptive study investigated scholars who blog in the areas of history, economics, law, biology, chemistry and physics, as well as attributes of their respective blogs. It offers an examination of [...]

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The University of Cincinnati Libraries are recruiting a Digital Repository Software Developer. Here's an excerpt from the ad: Full-time staff appointment responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining software components and interfaces of the UC Libraries digital repository service, to support the storage and management of digital images, text, audio, video, data sets, and other content, [...]

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Nicolas Suzor has self-archived "Access, Progress, and Fairness: Rethinking Exclusivity in Copyright" in SSRN. Here's an excerpt: This Article examines models of supporting and coordinating cultural production without exclusivity, including crowdfunding, tips, levies, restitution, and service-based models. In their current forms, each of these models fails to provide a cohesive and convincing vision of the [...]

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A Google Custom Search Engine is now available for the entire Digital Scholarship site. Digital Scholarship | Digital Scholarship Publications Overview | Sitemap

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German Court Nixes Selling Used E-books, http://t.co/0hdTsyB6Kt WTF? The University of California Sides with Publishers against the Public, http://t.co/k6TwAssWEX Google Accessibility Improvements, http://t.co/VSS8JqZALU What I Learned Getting Published by Taylor & Francis, http://t.co/RWOwzqRfao Google Glass for Everybody A 'Year-Ish' Away, http://t.co/almS1vcn7E Senate Passes "Online Sales Tax" by 74-20 Vote, http://t.co/jY7SKPm5rA Open Access in Poland: Interview [...]

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Celebrating DigCCurr—Curate Thyself: Defining and Cultivating an Academic Trajectory in Digital Curation and Digital Curation Education Experts Meeting NEW: Learn All about Digital Preservation at State Library, State Archives of North Carolina Web Site Born Digital Archival Materials at NYPL: An Interview with Donald Mennerich "A Systemic Approach to the Preservation of Audio Documents: Methodology [...]

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The Mountain West Digital Library is recruiting a Digital Metadata Librarian (funded through August 31, 2014). Here's an excerpt from the ad: The Digital Metadata Librarian of the Mountain West Digital Library will support the improvement of metadata standards and metadata in digital collections from MWDL partners, including memory institutions in Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Arizona, [...]

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Dorothy Byatt, Mark Scott, F. Gareth Beale, Simon J. Cox, and Wendy White have self-archived "Developing Researcher Skills in Research Data Management: Training for the Future—A DataPool Project Report" in ePrints Soton. Here's an excerpt: This report will look at the multi-level approach to developing researcher skills in research data management in the University of [...]

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The Mountain West Digital Library is recruiting an Assistant Director/Outreach Librarian (funded through August 31, 2014). Here's an excerpt from the ad: The Assistant Director/Outreach Librarian of the Mountain West Digital Library develops and coordinates the partnership program of the MWDL, including outreach, promotion, and training. Develops partner relationships and facilitates cooperation with other memory [...]

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Federica Bressan and Sergio Canazza have published "A Systemic Approach to the Preservation of Audio Documents: Methodology and Software Tools" in the Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Here's an excerpt: This paper presents a methodology for the preservation of audio documents, the operational protocol that acts as the methodology, and an original open source [...]

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Open Access Repositories, Copyright, and Fair Use at ACRL, http://t.co/l78YrvOk2K The Future of the Past Is Now: Digital Humanities Resource Guide, http://t.co/0ydP8Urtio Order and Liberty: The DPLA Launches, http://t.co/WvGKozOEc0 What Happens When the Cloud Abandons You, http://t.co/K2i1T9hdGn Mixed Reactions among Participants in WIPO Talks on Treaty for the Blind, http://t.co/LBHtkqkkdD Digital Scholarship

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Archiving the Web: How to Support Research of Future Heritage? Digitization Services Awarded a Jefferson Trust Grant to Pursue Multispectral Scanning The Digital Preservation Network: A Report and Discussion on DPN's Emerging Architecture, System Protocol & Service Model [Presentation] Research Data Management in a Collaborative Network CURATEcamp Digital Libraries 2013 Digital Scholarship | DigitalCurationNews

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Syracuse University Library is recruiting a Copyright Librarian/Adviser. Here's an excerpt from the ad: The Copyright Librarian/Adviser is the University Library's chief resource and consultant on issues that span copyright, information policy, and University Library services and initiatives. The Copyright Librarian/Adviser develops the University Library's copyright policies and coordinates their application to the University Library's [...]

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Jun Zhao of the University of Oxford has released the "Research Object for Scholarly Communication (ROSC) Community Group Charter." ROSC is a W3C group. Here's an excerpt: The primary goal of the Community Group is to provide a platform for scholars, librarians, publishers, archivists and policy makers to exchange requirements and expectations for supporting a [...]

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The University of San Diego's Copley Library is recruiting a Digital Initiatives Librarian. Here's an excerpt from the ad: Reporting to the University Librarian and working under the direction of the University Archivist/Special Collections Librarian, the Digital Initiatives Librarian is responsible for assisting librarians and faculty with digital projects and developing and managing the University's [...]

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