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Digital Lifecycle Program Librarian - Library
The University of California, Berkeley Library seeks a dynamic, collaborative, and user-oriented colleague as the Digital Lifecycle Program (DLP) Librarian. This role guides, manages, and coordinates the planning, designing, implementation, maintenance, and outreach of digital initiatives, including digital collections, platforms, preservation, and projects. The DLP Librarian develops strategies, policies, procedures, best practices, and system requirements to support digitized and born-digital collections, including long-term digital preservation, access, discovery, reuse, and management.
The DLP Librarian, as part of the Library IT Division, is a strong leader and partner for digital initiatives, coordinating and cultivating relationships with all libraries, divisions, and units within the UC Berkeley Library to support digital initiatives. The DLP Librarian will be a skilled project manager and effective communicator. The role is highly collaborative, working with staff throughout the Library to plan and manage projects.
Responsibilities
This position will :
- Lead, enhance, assess, implement, and coordinate digital initiatives in their entire lifecycle from selection to digitization to digital preservation and everything in between including related digital services.
- Lead planning and evaluation for new digital projects and collections with relevant stakeholders.
- Monitor progress toward project milestones and coordinate with stakeholders of participating departments in the Library and the University to ensure timely progress toward completion, making necessary adjustments in keeping with the priorities of the digital lifecycle program.
- Play a lead role, in coordination with relevant stakeholders, in developing and documenting policies and designing workflows that make digital initiatives a transparent and collaborative process.
- Coordinate and facilitate the implementation of digital collection-related workflows and processes across departments, and lead cross-functional working groups.
- Develop and implement policies and processes to describe, ingest, publish, manage, migrate, and preserve digitized and born-digital objects.
- Work closely with the Head of Digitization Services on the planning and workflows related to digitizing collections in-house and / or with vendors / external partners.
- Work closely with the Head of Library IT to improve and develop services to enhance and improve the digital projects lifecycle.
- Stay up to date on developments in digital libraries, digital pedagogy, and digital preservation in order to effectively communicate their implications to library and campus stakeholders.
- Seek out new opportunities for the Library with emphasis on innovation, digital developments, and new roles for academic libraries in digital pedagogy and curriculum.
- Lead and / or participate in UC-wide and Library-level committees, task forces, and / or special projects.
- Serve as a public and internal face for digital initiatives by representing the Library on internal and external committees, working groups, and other professional organizations as needed.
Qualifications
Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
Advanced degree
Additional qualifications (required at time of start)
Preferred qualifications
Application Requirements
Document requirements
Job location
Berkeley, CA
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The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status.
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