DIGITAL LIBRARIES, DIGITAL HUMANITIES
Current and emerging roles for librarians
Kent Gerber Digital Library Manager Bethel University April 2011
Digital Library Types
Focal Point: Discipline Audience Institution Geographic Broad Interdisciplinary
Digital Libraries + Digital Humanities
From Bruce Cole in First Monday article, "The Humanities in the Digital Age" on the launch of the Digital Humanities Initiative in 2006: “The National Endowment for the Humanities and IMLS are currently partners on two of our key digital humanities grant programs, Digital Humanities Start–up Grants and Advancing Knowledge. These would not have been possible without the help of the IMLS. Both of these programs encourage collaboration among librarians, museum officials, archivists, and scholars. And both the NEH and IMLS benefit, because we are able to reach new constituents and inspire important projects.”
Job Market
Recent Postings 1. Digital Collections Initiative Mgr, The Henry Ford Museum 2. Archivist for Digital Dvt & Uni Records, Ball State University 3. Assistant Director, Visual Resources Collection, University of Virginia 4. Digital Repository Manager: The Brown University Library 5. Web and Digital Projects Developer (Analyst, IT) at Duke University Libraries April 13th, 2011
Job Market - Sources
Listservs Code4Lib, LITA-L, Web4Lib, Madslisjobs, MCN-L Digital-Scholarship Digital Library jobs archive: http://bit.ly/RKaHc Library IT jobs archive: http://bit.ly/8N9H3v
Grant (Great) Environment
NEH Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Grants Available Tuesday, April 12th, 2011 The National Endowment for the Humanities has announced the availability of Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grants. The maximum award is $350,000 (up to three years). The deadline is July 20, 2011. Here's an excerpt from the announcement: The Humanities Collections and Reference Resources program supports projects that provide an essential foundation for scholarship, education, [...] http://digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/2011/04/12/neh-humanities-collections-and-reference-resources-grants-available/
Demos
Bethel http://content.clic.edu/cdm/betheluniversity War and Peace in Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2600/2600-h/2600-h.htm Example of a search for a name in Perseus: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/nebrowser?id=franklin,benjamin&query=Perseus:text:2001.05.0158
Necessary Skills and Experience
Two studies of large sets of job postings 1. College and Research Libraries News job postings1999-2007 2. Listservs - boai forum, dcc-associates, digital-preservation-JISC, American Scientist Forum
Necessary Skills and Experience
Required skills: 1. Imaging technologies 2. Optical Character Recognition 3. Mark-up languages 4. Cataloging and Metadata 5. Indexing and Databases 6. User interface design 7. Programming 8. Web technology 9. Project Management
Personal Traits: 1. Quick and Constant learner 2. Flexible 3. Innately skeptical 4. Risk-taker 5. Public service perspective 6. Good interpersonal skills 7. Change management skills 8. Can work independently and likes it
Necessary Skills and Experience
Good knowledge of Cultural and Heritage Informatics and Digital Humanities
Digital Librarian's Toolkit
Digital Imaging and Photography Scanners Digital Cameras Color Management Lighting Standard Formats
Digital Librarian’s Toolkit Repository Collections Software
Libraries Archives Musuems
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Dspace
Fedora/Islandora
Digital Commons
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Archon
Archivists Toolkit
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CollectiveAccess
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PastPerfect
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Collective Access
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