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Job Description
This position is responsible for managing Virginia Tech's digital library of cultural heritage, natural history, and scientific materials, placing a special emphasis on integrating emerging digital formats such as 3D imagery, augmented reality (AR), and virtual reality (VR).
Responsibilities include developing, managing, and innovating digital collections that encompass digitized archival materials, cultural artifacts, audio-visual formats, and biodiversity specimens. The role demands advanced skill in managing digital collections, in-depth knowledge of metadata standards, and proficiency in digital preservation technologies to ensure broad accessibility and long-term preservation of diverse materials. Interdisciplinary collaboration across various library and university departments is crucial to effectively manage and enhance the accessibility and utility of digital collections through a range of evolving technologies. The librarian will play a leadership role in digital librarianship, demonstrating innovation in collection management, strategic budget management, and staying current with evolving trends in the field to continuously enhance the library's digital offerings, while also engaging actively with the broader academic and library communities.
Responsibilities
The Digital Collections and Emerging Formats Librarian manages digital collections for Virginia Tech University Libraries’ digital libraries and preservation program by accomplishing the following :
- Digital Collections Management : Overseeing digital collections for Virginia Tech’s digital libraries and preservation program, enhancing access to digitized heritage and scientific collections, including emerging digital formats such as AR, VR, and 3D objects, using content management systems and metadata editors.
- Metadata Remediation and Transformation : Coordinating metadata remediation for digital objects in cultural and scientific collections. Ensuring compatibility with external aggregators like DPLA and developing new metadata schemas for emerging formats.
- Workflow Optimization : Collaborating with the Digital Library Development team to optimize workflows for ingest and management. Implementing new technologies and systems that enhance digital asset management, especially for novel and emerging formats.
- Supervision and Quality Control : Supervising staff and student workers, overseeing quality control, metadata enhancement, and authority control for collections. Fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation within the team.
- Collection Organization : Ensuring collections are organized and described according to local standards and best practices in digital librarianship. Leading initiatives to digitize and make accessible physical collections, focusing on unique or rare items.
- Emerging Technologies and Formats : Staying abreast of and experimenting with emerging technologies and formats in digital librarianship. Piloting projects, evaluating new tools, and collaborating with tech companies and academic departments to advance the library's digital offerings.
- Community Engagement and Collaboration : Engaging with the broader academic and library communities. Participating in consortia, contributing to professional communities, and building partnerships to enhance the library's digital collections and services.
- Professional Development and Leadership : Pursuing continuous learning and professional development in the field of digital librarianship. Attending and contributing to conferences, workshops, and webinars, and engaging in scholarly writing and presentations.
Required Qualifications
Appointment Type
A / P Faculty, Assistant Professor, regular full-time appointment
Salary Information
66,032.00
Review Date
12 / 10 / 2024
Additional Information
The application package needs to include a resume, cover letter addressing the candidate’s experience with the responsibilities associated with the position, and the required and preferred qualifications, and the names of three(3) references and their contact information.
In addition, please include a portfolio titled “Evidence of Required Qualifications,” with clearly labeled examples that substantiate each requirement. This portfolio should include documentation such as project descriptions, screenshots, code samples, course transcripts, and other relevant materials demonstrating your expertise and experience as outlined in the job posting.
The University Libraries at Virginia Tech is committed to building a culturally diverse community and strongly encourages applications from women and minorities. We are committed to mentoring and establishing safe spaces, both physical and virtual, where employees from current and historically minoritized groups can thrive.
The members of the University Libraries at Virginia Tech strive individually and collectively to create, sustain, and share inclusive ways of knowing in conscientious community with each other and all the people we serve in every space we shape. In keeping with our Aspirational Identity and the Virginia Tech Principles of Community, the University Libraries commits to build and maintain enduring climates of mutual care, respect, and responsibility.
The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.
About Virginia Tech
Dedicated to its motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on, transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world, Virginia Tech is an inclusive community dedicated to knowledge, discovery, and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students in eight undergraduate colleges, a school of medicine, a veterinary medicine college, Graduate School, and Honors College. The university has a significant presence across Virginia, including the Innovation Campus in Northern Virginia; the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke; sites in Newport News and Richmond; and numerous Extension offices and research centers. A leading global research institution, Virginia Tech conducts more than $500 million in research annually.
Virginia Tech endorses and encourages participation in professional development opportunities and university shared governance. These valuable contributions to university shared governance provide important representation and perspective, along with opportunities for unique and impactful professional development.
Virginia Tech does not discriminate against employees, students, or applicants on the basis of age, color, disability, sex (including pregnancy), gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, ethnicity or national origin
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