Job Opportunity: OhioLINK System Developer for the Digital Resource Commons

[Peter Murray]

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OhioLINK <http://www.ohiolink.edu/>


    Digital Resource Commons <http://drc-dev.ohiolink.edu/>


  System Developer Search

/Grant Funded Project - temporary position for 2 years./

The System Developer position will serve as a key team member to
facilitate the design, development, testing and implementation of new
content management technologies for state of Ohio higher education
communities through OhioLINK. The system developer will be building
custom applications using Tomcat/Java in the Fedora Project environment
(http://www.fedora.info/). The java applications will be used to deliver
web content as enterprise-scale web sites.


    Education

Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related technical field is
desired. Hand's-on experience with Java, Apache/Tomcat, UNIX, and
XML/XSL are more important than a formal college degree in Computer
Science. An American Library Association (ALA) accredited graduate level
degree is also desired.


    Required Skills

Experience in the following: planning, design, building, and
implementing of web-database applications using J2EE, SQL, and other
relevant technologies in a UNIX/Linux environment to provide access to
databases and electronic resources; excellent oral, written, and
interpersonal communication skills; excellent analytical,
organizational, and problem-solving skills; experience with manipulation
of metadata in a variety of XML schemas such as Dublin Core, EAD, METS,
MODS, TEI, MPEG-7, etc.; evidence of ability to work effectively and
collaboratively with staff and customers to facilitate access,
assessment, and management of issues related to electronic resources;
knowledge and understanding of issues and practices related to
electronic information, resources, copyright and intellectual property
rights, and scholarly communication.


    Desired Skills

Work experience in the design, development, and integration of software
systems using XML, XSLT, Application Servers and/or UNIX scripts,
particularly projects developed with an open source philosophy;
knowledge of image, audio and video file formats (JPEG 2000 highly
desired); familiarity with current technologies related to computers,
operating systems, client-server computing, network functions, system
administration and database management fundamentals; relevant experience
in an academic or research library setting; strong public service
orientation and awareness of the impact of electronic resource access on
user needs and expectations; recent experience and knowledge gained via
hands-on project work is most desired.


    Background

OhioLINK's Digital Resource Commons <http://drc-dev.ohiolink.edu/> (DRC)
is an Ohio Board of Regents-funded project to create a federated
repository service that ingests, preserves, presents, and mediates
administration of the educational and research materials of
participating institutions. With the capability to store and deliver a
virtually unlimited variety of digital file types and formats (including
text, data sets, image, audio, video, streaming video, multimedia
presentations, animations, etc.) the DRC is positioned to capture
digital content from student and faculty researchers as it is produced
and return it to users of the DRC upon request. The DRC offers wide and
flexible control to member institutions and the communities within
institution to define how content is added, preserved, and displayed to
repository users. With federated community administration features, lead
contacts at member institutions can create communities and delegate up
to a complete subset of their privileges within the system to the
editors/moderators of those new communities. The ability to scope and
brand content to a particular community and institution is offered while
retaining the ability to search for content across the entire
repository. As both an Open Archives Initiative Data Provider and
Service Provider, the DRC is positioned to become the premier point for
the discovery of knowledge by and about Ohio's scholars. In conjunction
with the other parts of the Ohio Board of Regents grant funding, the DRC
is one piece of a larger effort to build the Ohio Digital Commons for
Education -- a powerful vision for the future of learning and research
in the state of Ohio.

Generous benefits package.

Please send a current resume and the names, email addresses, and phone
numbers of 3 references to resume at ohiolink.edu
<mailto:resume at ohiolink.edu>. Include a cover letter that also clearly
states your salary expectations. Review of potential applicants will
begin no later than May 16, 2005 and will continue until a successful
candidate is chosen and has accepted.

For more information about OhioLINK, go to http://www.ohiolink.edu


-- 
Peter Murray                       http://www.pandc.org/peter/work/
Assistant Director, Multimedia Systems  tel:+1-614-728-3600;ext=338
OhioLINK: the Ohio Library and Information Network   Columbus, Ohio




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