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California Digital Library OAC Manager position






10 January 2000

I am pleased to announce via the attached a posting for Manager, Online
Archive of California (OAC) for the California Digital Library
(CDL).  Filling this position will mark the beginning of a new phase in
extending the OAC.

Beverlee A. French
Associate University Librarian
Director, Shared Content
California Digital Library
University of California
300 Lakeside Drive 6th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612-3550
(510)987-0425  fax:  (510)893-5212
e-mail:  beverlee.french@ucop.edu

Manager, Online Archive of California
California Digital Library
University of California

$51,700 to 90,850

The California Digital Library (CDL) is a tenth research library for the
University of California, complementing and comprising the nine campus
libraries, whose mission includes building, managing and preserving
high-quality digital collections, promoting changes in scholarly
communication, and extending participation and access to select collections
to populations external to the University.  The Online Archive of
California (OAC) is a searchable database that integrates finding aids to
and selected digital facsimiles of primary source material held in
archives, libraries, and museums throughout California.  To date, the OAC
has been created primarily through a series of successful grants. As such,
the OAC is the foundation for a comprehensive union database of
California's unique collections of primary sources.  For further
information, see www.cdlib.org/about/ .  The OAC Manager will report to the
Associate University Librarian (AUL), who also serves as the Director of
Shared Content for the CDL.

With the OAC as a foundation, the OAC Manager will lead the CDL in creating
a collaborative digital library of primary sources (e.g., text, images,
audio and their metadata) and innovative forms of publication and
dissemination for various audiences.

Responsibilities:  Plan, design, and implement collections of digital
primary sources for the CDL.  Develop the necessary policies and procedures
to guide the development of a collaborative digital library, including
those for archiving and preserving of digital content and for integrating
OAC content with other digital collections and services.  Collaborate with
CDL Technologies to develop and implement solutions to support digital
library collections, including tools that assure standardized creation and
display of digital objects and metadata.  Design an overall structure for
digital object production and ongoing operations in a dispersed
environment.  Lead UC institutional partners and UC faculty and librarians
in initiating projects in strategic areas of content development.  Identify
and secure external funding for multi-institutional digital library
projects, administer grants, and ensure that budgets (presently more than
$2 million/year including grants) are spent effectively.  Provide
leadership to the UC campuses, external partners, and the national digital
library community in building standards-based digital archives and
publications.  Collaborate with the AUL and other CDL senior staff on
content selection and integration, licensing and rights issues, business
models for sustainability, user and staff education and evaluation, public
information, and defining the technology support necessary to maintain and
enhance the Online Archive of California.

Qualifications:

Required:  Superior leadership skills, including creativity and initiative
in planning and implementing new, complex programs.  Demonstrated success
in relevant and complex project management, preferably involving multiple
types of institutions.  Knowledge of digital library technologies, issues,
and trends. Knowledge of bibliographic, archival, and digital description
and access standards (e.g., EAD, TEI, SGML, XML, HTML, Dublin Core) and
practices. Understanding of scholarly and public use of library
collections.  Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and ability
to work effectively with diverse constituencies.  Grant writing
expertise.  Experience in developing and overseeing Requests for
Quotations/Proposals for complex software packages and for information
technology services.

Preferred:  A Master's Degree in an appropriate field.  Knowledge of
relevant delivery technologies, including object and relational databases
and multi-tiered systems.  Demonstrated success in working collaboratively
with researchers and scholars.  Participation in, or knowledge of, key
digital library organizations and associations at the regional, national,
and international level.

Review of applications will begin January 21, 2000 and continue until the
position is filled.

To apply, send resume with cover letter to:

University of California, Office of the President, 1111 Franklin Street,
9th Floor, Oakland, CA  94607-5200, Attn: Job number 0237-00P. Fax: (510)
987-0894; E-mail: apply-L@ucop.edu indicating the Job no. 0237-00P in the
subject line and copying the Hiring Manager Beverlee French
(Beverlee.French@ucop.edu), Associate University Librarian and Director for
Shared Collections for the CDL.

Individuals who may want to learn more about this position at the ALA
Midwinter meeting in San Antonio may contact Ms. French in advance or leave
a message at the ALA message board.





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