Northeastern Region


The Northeastern region includes Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania 

Digital Collections Librarian,  Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr, PA

Systems Administrator,  New York University
New York,  NY




Position description/Responsibilities:


NYU Division of Libraries is currently seeking a Systems Administrator.  This position is a member of the Digital Library Technology Services (DLTS) unit, which processes, enables access to and preserves digital materials that come from both the NYU community and from collaborating partner organizations. Our methods include digitization, software development, research, project coordination and the articulation of best practices. DLTS creates infrastructure and systems to advance networked scholarly communication and explores the questions raised by the use of these services as they continue to evolve.



The Systems Administrator, reporting to the Manager, Digital Library Publication and Access, will plan, configure, and manage both in-house and cloud environments for DLTS. The incumbent will also provide advanced technical assistance in support of faculty and interact with librarians, staff, and scholars as appropriate.  DLTS supports Library-wide initiatives and serves as a meeting point between Libraries and ITS. This position will be a fulcrum for these communities and will facilitate teamwork and collaboration among them. The incumbent's deliverables will impact DLTS primarily, but will also have an impact on DLTS customers, who include members of NYU Libraries as well as NYU faculty.   For more information about DLTS, see: http://dlib.nyu.edu


Key Responsibilities:

  • Plan and implement robust system for content preservation and publishing •Plan and implement redundant storage architecture
  • Establish failover/backup solutions for high availability
  • Implement changes to ensure system uptime, disaster recovery, and optimization for global initiatives
  • Analyze architectural options and recommend solutions including cloud-hosted or hybrid PaaS or SaaS environments
  • Implement system changes for high availability
  • Provide technical support for faculty, including deployment and support of tools, workflows, and platforms
  • Support enterprise applications on an as-needed bas
  • Required qualifications: Bachelor's degree and 4 years relevant experience as well as experience with Linux administration (any flavor), LAMP and Tomcat environment setup and maintenance, demonstrated success working in a collaborative environment with technical and non-technical partners and excellent oral and written communication skills Desired qualifications:
  • Experience in higher education, preferably in a research library environment
  • MySQL database administration
  • Scripting language (Perl, Python, Ruby, PHP)
  • Experience with cloud hosting
  • Drupal platform administration
  • Experience installing and maintaining enterprise applications, such as WordPress, Omeka, or Open Journal
  • Experience providing training or workshops and/or presenting in scholarly venues

Working environment/Description of institution

Libraries at New York University serve the school’s 40,000 students and faculty and contain more than 5 million volumes. The Libraries supports NYU’s vision to become the first true Global Network University by collaborating and providing services to our 11 global academic centers and “portal campuses” in Abu Dhabi and Shanghai.   New York University Libraries is a member of the Association of Research Libraries, the OCLC Research Library Partnership, and the HathiTrust. The Libraries participates in a variety of consortia and collaborates closely with Columbia University Libraries and the New York Public Library through the Manhattan Research Library Consortium. For the NYU Libraries Mission and Strategic Plan go to http://library.nyu.edu/about/Strategic_Plan.pdf


Salary and benefits: Not specified  Deadline for applying: Until filled




Application instructions:  Copy and paste the address into your browser:  www.nyucareers.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=57460


Apply to/Contact person:
Enrique Yanez,  Director of Human Resources
URL for further information:  http://www.nyucareers.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=57460
 

Librarian, Web Services- Medical Library (#23176BR), Yale University
New Haven, CT

Head, Digital Services Unit, Yale University- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
New Haven, CT

Processing Archivist,  Princeton University Library
Princeton, NJ

URL for further information:  https://jobs.princeton.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobDetails_css...

Technical Services Librarian/Lead Cataloger,  Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Pittsburgh,  PA

Undergraduate Research &  Instruction Librarian,  Millersville University
Millersville, PA

Position description/Responsibilities: Millersville University of Pennsylvania invites an enthusiastic, innovative, and collaborative team member to apply for a full-time, tenure-track, nine-month faculty position to begin August 2014. The new Undergraduate Research & Instruction Librarian will support undergraduate student research, success, and retention at Millersville through collaboration with campus partners, programs, and communities of practice and by providing information literacy instruction to general education courses. The Francine G. McNairy Library and Learning Forum recently underwent a $25 million dollar renovation and now features a digital media studio, writing center annex, flexible library classrooms, faculty collaboratory, and café.

Required qualifications: Strong candidates will be committed to student learning and teaching, demonstrate professional initiative, excellent analytical skills, and experience with academic library services.

Desired qualifications:
To see the full job description and list of qualifications and to apply, go to https://jobs.millersville.edu.

Full consideration will be given to applications received by January 10, 2014.  Working environment/Description of institution: An EO/AA institution.



Deadline for applying: Open Until Filled Application instructions: Apply Here:  http://jobs.millersville.edu:80/postings/134


Apply to/Contact person: Human Resources URL for further information: http://jobs.millersville.edu:80/postings/134

Public Policy Papers Project Archivist, Princeton University Library
Princeton NJ



Position description/Responsibilities: The Project Archivist will assist in managing the library's accessioning processes and the completion of processing, description, and digitization projects. Priorities include the completion of a large-scale digitization project, management of regular accessions from outside organizations, and processing of personal papers and organizational records held within the Princeton University Library.


Working environment/Description of institution:
The Princeton University Library is one of the world’s leading research libraries, serving a diverse community of 5,200 undergraduates, 2,600 graduate students, 853 faculty, and many visiting scholars.  The Project Archivist will work at the Princeton University Library’s Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, a unit of the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections. This library houses the Princeton University Archives as well as a major collection of 20th-century public policy papers.



Salary and benefits: Compensation commensurate with experience.



Deadline for applying: Applications will begin to be reviewed on November 1, 2013.
Application instructions: Applications will be accepted only from the Jobs at Princeton website: http://www.princeton.edu/jobs




Apply to/Contact person: Dan Santamaria, dsantam@princeton.edu
URL for further information: https://jobs.princeton.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobDetails_css...
 

Executive Director,  Bernardsville Public Library
Bernardsville, NJ

Library Metadata Programmer/Analyst, New York University
New York, NY