Job Posting; Digital Initiatives Librarian, Georgia Tech

[Ross Singer]

Digital Initiatives Librarian at Georgia Tech

Reporting to the head, Digital Initiatives Department, the Digital
Initiatives Librarian coordinates selected digital initiatives
projects regarding the overall management (production, capture,
access, and preservation) of the digital intellectual output of
Georgia Tech and the digital conversion of library and archival
collections. Carries out technical project management for
initiatives such as ETDs, student e-portfolios, and other digital
repositories and archives projects such as learning objects,
digitally captured courses, etc. Participates in and oversees
similar technical processes for the digital conversion of existing
library and archival collections. The work includes: designing and
supervising workflow processes, operating procedures, and the
technical details of production processes needed to establish and
maintain digital initiatives operations; managing standards usage
and compliance, encoding metadata, managing databases, converting
textual, image, audio and video materials into digital form and
migrating digital resources into newer formats; works closely with
other Digital Initiatives and Systems staff and other university
faculty and staff in a collaborative work environment to carry out
digital initiatives projects. Maintains awareness and develops
in-depth knowledge of new metadata practices, assesses them, and
integrates the appropriate metadata schemes into library practices
for digital object management. Provides information training and
support to improve the overall knowledge of web-based technologies
known by the library faculty and staff and keeps aware of new
standards, technologies, and applications and adopts them for
library use as appropriate.

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Digital Initiatives Department
http://www.library.gatech.edu/about_us/digital/index.php