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Subject: job posting: Extended! GeoSpatial Data Curator
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 15:49:08 -0700
From: Jon Jablonski <[log in to unmask]>
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Did you hesitate to apply for our current opening at the UCSB Map &
Imagery Lab? Afraid you missed the closed date?
Our new super-slick HR hiring software is a little glitchy, so we have
extended the 'start your application' deadline by another week. Give it
a shot!
-Jon Jablonski
Map & Imagery Lab
UC Santa Barbara Library.
GeoSpatial Data Curator
August 17, 2013
The University of California, Santa Barbara, one of ten campuses of the
University of California
system, seeks applications for a GeoSpatial Data Curator (an Associate
Specialist position) to work with faculty, students, researchers, and
Library staff to develop strategies and programs for the collection,
description, organization, normalization, storage, preservation,
integration, visualization and mining of geospatial data within the
Library and across the spectrum of programs on campus. The position
will offer its incumbent the chance to help define the emerging field of
geospatial data curation and informatics.
ENVIRONMENT
The University of California, Santa Barbara, (UCSB) is one of ten
campuses of the University of California system and one of only 61
research-intensive institutions elected to membership in the Association
of American Universities. UCSB’s increasingly strong reputation for
collaboration and excellence is recognized in a growing number of high
national rankings. Of the 31 campus programs reviewed, the 2010
National Research Council rankings placed nearly one third of UCSB’s
academic programs in the top five nationally, and 20 of the 31 programs
in the top 20. U.S. News & World Report’s 2011 guide to “America’s
Best Colleges” ranks UCSB number 10 among all public universities. The
total student population is over 22,000 and faculty number over 1,100.
The UCSB Library is committed to the pursuit of excellence, diversity,
innovation, and collaboration with a vision to be the premier scholar
resource and information leader advancing UCSB’s mission of exemplary
research, teaching, and service to California and beyond.
The Library is actively engaged with partners on campus and with other
University of California (UC) libraries to provide extensive resources
and services to advance information discovery for research, scholarship
and creativity in a dynamically evolving teaching and learning
environment. UCSB Library is a member of the prestigious Association of
Research Libraries and an active participant in UC’s and other regional
and national collaborative initiatives. Among the top research
libraries in the country, the Library’s collections include
approximately 3 million volumes and over 6 million non-print and digital
resources. The collection supports undergraduate and graduate programs
in 33 academic areas and serves the wide-ranging research needs of
diverse campus programs and centers. Central to the campus skyline as
well as to its mission, the Library takes pride in providing outstanding
service to all its clientele.
Responsibilities
Under the direction of the head of Cataloging and Metadata Services
(CMS), the GeoSpatial Data Curator has primary responsibility for
ensuring standards of description and delivery of UCSB geospatial data.
As part of an evolving team of Data Curators, the candidate will be
expected to make substantial contributions in the primary area of
responsibility and in collaboration with other members of the team.
The GeoSpatial Data Curator contributes to the design and delivery of
services and content supporting the Map & Imagery Laboratory (MIL) that
manages more than one million aerial photographs (200,000 scanned),
500,000 sheet maps, and multiple terabytes of raster and vector GIS
data. These services include, but are not limited to, the Alexandria
Digital Library Gazetteer (a global placename dictionary) and a
Fedora-based repository for aerial photography and other digital
collections in MIL. Working closely with staff in MIL, CMS, and other
departments, the GeoSpatial Data Curator has primary responsibility for:
• Developing and implementing best practices for describing geospatial
data in all collected formats, including workflows for ingesting
geospatial data into the developing Digital Library repository;
• Planning, conducting, and overseeing the conversion of legacy data and
metadata to contemporary formats;
• Maintaining a high level of expertise in descriptive metadata
standards for geospatial data, including but not limited to MARC and
ISO-191xx;
• Create digital content used as finding aids, instructional materials,
and visualizations of canonical datasets;
• Assisting with the ongoing architecture of discovery and access
mechanisms for geospatial information;
• Supporting end-user services by providing consultation to end-users
with geospatial data needs in all formats, analog and digital
individually and in classroom settings using consumer- and professional-
mapping software, including but not limited to ArcGIS desktop, ArcGIS
Online, Google Earth, and Quantum GIS;
• In collaboration with the Head of MIL and other librarians, engaging
faculty and researchers on requirements for the UCSB University
Library’s geospatial strategy and partnerships;
• Helping the Library perform outreach and promote its geospatial data
services within UCSB disciplines, programs, and centers;
• With MIL staff, developing training and support strategies
(particularly online and self-directed) in aspects of geospatial data
curation relevant to researchers, including data formats, identifiers,
metadata, integration, visualization and data mining/informatics;
• Working with the Head of CMS and the Metadata Librarian to develop
standards and implement practices for ingesting and describing relevant
geospatial data into the Library’s collections and the campus
cyberinfrastructure;
• Collaborating with fellow metadata specialists and data curators in
emerging data-curation efforts for the UCSB Library and UC-system;
• Helping train the staff of the UCSB Library and collaborating with
other UC system-wide initiatives as appropriate in the curation needs of
geospatial data.
Required skills, knowledge, abilities, and competencies
• An advanced degree in a relevant field (e.g. geography or information
science) or a field with a substantial geospatial data research
component and equivalent skills/training;
• Significant relevant experience working with spatial data;
• Familiarity with information science or informatics as applied to
geographical research or geospatial data, including design and/or use of
software for data analysis;
• Demonstrated understanding of research methods and the data lifecycle;
• Expert user of at least one desktop GIS-software package, and
familiarity with a second
• Expertise with a wide variety of spatial data formats, including but
not limited to shapefiles, geodatabases, raster remote sensing data, and
geoJSON;
• Proven flexibility and self-motivation in setting and meeting goals
and challenges;
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (oral and written);
• Experience in a collegial setting.
Preferred qualifications
• Knowledge of library descriptive practices, including XML metadata
schemes for specific knowledge domains, MARC cataloging;
• Professional experience in a geospatial archive, library, or research
center;
• Professional experience constructing and maintaining a controlled
vocabulary,
• Demonstrated experience working with researchers and technology staff
regarding requirements for technology and platforms that support research;
• Excellent skills in project management;
• Experience providing training or instruction;
• Expert user of ArcMap;
• Hands-on experience implementing and administering online spatial
database applications under architectures such as ArcSDE, Oracle,
Postgres, MicrosoftSQL and/or MySQL.;
• Familiarity with linked data expressed as RDF, and web mapping
techniques such as Leaflet, PolyMaps, and D3.
SALARY AND BENEFITS:
Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications.
TO APPLY:
• Consideration of applications begins immediately and continues until
the position is filled; applications received by Monday, September 16
will receive first consideration; applications must be started by
Friday, September 27 and completed by Friday, October 4.
• Applications will be accepted online through UC Recruit:
https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/apply/JPF00217.
o Help for UC Recruit is available at
https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/help/applicants.
• Applicants will be asked to submit a portfolio that demonstrates a
knowledge of cartography, graphic design, and skills with the software
and processes necessary for making maps available online.
o Portfolio materials may be submitted electronically to
[log in to unmask] or via mail to:
UC Santa Barbara
University Library
ATTN: Ryan George
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010
• For additional assistance, contact Ryan George with Library Human
Resources at (805) 893-3841 or [log in to unmask]
• Appointment and/or continued employment is contingent on successful
completion of a background check.
The Library is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to
the diversity and excellence of the academic community through research,
teaching and service. The University of California is an Equal
Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer.
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