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== Repository Manager Responsibilities == | == Repository Manager Responsibilities == | ||
− | + | #<font color="red">Continuous and appropriate assignments of pipeline content</font> | |
+ | #<font color="red">Server-side work including:</font> | ||
+ | ##<font color="red">Monthly archiving</font>: EADs, digital content, transcriptions, born digital, user tags | ||
+ | ## automated monthly reports of current and new content in Acumen, including PURLs, in XML or tab-delimited form as needed | ||
+ | ## reports of new and changed content for Ebsco Discovery service (monthly) | ||
#<font color="red">Digitization</font> | #<font color="red">Digitization</font> | ||
## content capture | ## content capture | ||
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## quality control | ## quality control | ||
## uploads | ## uploads | ||
− | + | #<font color="blue">Backup person for programming work</font> (Unit Head, Digitization Technologist) | |
− | #<font color="blue">Backup person for programming work</font> ( | + | #<font color="blue">Backup person for assigning pipeline content</font> (Digitization Manager) |
− | #<font color="blue">Backup person for | ||
== Digitization Technologist Responsibilities == | == Digitization Technologist Responsibilities == | ||
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## quality control | ## quality control | ||
## uploads | ## uploads | ||
+ | ### support for automated uploads to Acumen and deposits, including derivative creations and quality control | ||
#<font color="red">Accessibility and usability research & development</font> | #<font color="red">Accessibility and usability research & development</font> | ||
#Technical metadata research and recommendations | #Technical metadata research and recommendations | ||
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#<font color="blue">Backup person for feedback collection/sharing</font> (Outreach Coordinator) | #<font color="blue">Backup person for feedback collection/sharing</font> (Outreach Coordinator) | ||
#<font color="blue">Backup person for Identifying and solving problems in digitization production</font> (Digitization Manager) | #<font color="blue">Backup person for Identifying and solving problems in digitization production</font> (Digitization Manager) | ||
+ | #<font color="blue">Backup person for maintenance of equipment</font> (Digitization Manager) | ||
+ | #<font color="blue">Backup person for student oversight and management</font> (Outreach Coordinator) | ||
== Outreach Coordinator Responsibilities == | == Outreach Coordinator Responsibilities == | ||
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#Developing projects for, locating, obtaining, and overseeing practicum students and interns | #Developing projects for, locating, obtaining, and overseeing practicum students and interns | ||
#Seeking collaborations | #Seeking collaborations | ||
− | # <font color="blue">Backup person for | + | # <font color="blue">Backup person for accessibility and usability research & development</font> (Digitization Technologist) |
− | # <font color="blue">Backup person for | + | # <font color="blue">Backup person for digitization oversight</font> (Digitization Manager) |
− | # <font color="blue">Backup person for | + | # <font color="blue">Backup person for training and direct supervision of staff</font> |
== Digitization Manager Responsibilities == | == Digitization Manager Responsibilities == | ||
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#<font color="red">Oversight of all digitization</font> | #<font color="red">Oversight of all digitization</font> | ||
#<font color="red">Maintenance of all equipment</font> | #<font color="red">Maintenance of all equipment</font> | ||
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##Monthly production statistics | ##Monthly production statistics | ||
##OCR creation and distribution | ##OCR creation and distribution | ||
− | + | ##<font color="red">Semi-annual extraction and archiving</font>: descriptive metadata | |
− | ##<font color="red">Semi-annual archiving</font>: descriptive metadata | ||
##Linking content into EADs and providing documentation of issues preventing this | ##Linking content into EADs and providing documentation of issues preventing this | ||
##<font color="red">Maintenance and oversight of archive and LOCKSS involvement</font>, including database tracking of content harvested | ##<font color="red">Maintenance and oversight of archive and LOCKSS involvement</font>, including database tracking of content harvested | ||
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##<font color="red">Development of software</font> as needed to automate or implement necessary tasks | ##<font color="red">Development of software</font> as needed to automate or implement necessary tasks | ||
##<font color="red">Support of cross-departmental tasks</font>, including: | ##<font color="red">Support of cross-departmental tasks</font>, including: | ||
− | ### | + | ### pre-processing ETDs |
− | ### | + | ### support for ETD embargos, including notifications of embargo lifting, movement of files, anomalies |
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### analysis of problems with OAI feeds and collaborative record sharing, with development of solutions | ### analysis of problems with OAI feeds and collaborative record sharing, with development of solutions | ||
##Development of alternative access/browse mechanisms | ##Development of alternative access/browse mechanisms | ||
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#Support of other library efforts | #Support of other library efforts | ||
##E-research support | ##E-research support | ||
− | ##<font color=" | + | ##<font color="black">Electronic records support<font> (forthcoming) |
− | ##<font color=" | + | ##<font color="black">Born-Digital special collections support</font> (forthcoming) |
− | #<font color="blue">Backup support for | + | #<font color="blue">Backup support for all staff</font> |
Revision as of 20:58, 17 September 2013
This is a list of the basic responsibilities for our staff members. Crucial tasks are indicated in red; blue indicates critical fallback responsibilities.
Contents
Repository Manager Responsibilities
- Continuous and appropriate assignments of pipeline content
- Server-side work including:
- Monthly archiving: EADs, digital content, transcriptions, born digital, user tags
- automated monthly reports of current and new content in Acumen, including PURLs, in XML or tab-delimited form as needed
- reports of new and changed content for Ebsco Discovery service (monthly)
- Digitization
- content capture
- metadata verification/creation
- quality control
- uploads
- Backup person for programming work (Unit Head, Digitization Technologist)
- Backup person for assigning pipeline content (Digitization Manager)
Digitization Technologist Responsibilities
- Digitization
- content capture
- metadata verification/creation
- quality control
- uploads
- support for automated uploads to Acumen and deposits, including derivative creations and quality control
- Accessibility and usability research & development
- Technical metadata research and recommendations
- Digitization side script support
- Backup person for Marketing (Outreach Coordinator)
- Backup person for feedback collection/sharing (Outreach Coordinator)
- Backup person for Identifying and solving problems in digitization production (Digitization Manager)
- Backup person for maintenance of equipment (Digitization Manager)
- Backup person for student oversight and management (Outreach Coordinator)
Outreach Coordinator Responsibilities
- Marketing (blog, Facebook, etc.)
- Developing feedback mechanisms and sharing feedback obtained (This includes usability studies.)
- Digitization
- content capture
- metadata verification/creation
- quality control
- uploads
- Developing projects for, locating, obtaining, and overseeing practicum students and interns
- Seeking collaborations
- Backup person for accessibility and usability research & development (Digitization Technologist)
- Backup person for digitization oversight (Digitization Manager)
- Backup person for training and direct supervision of staff
Digitization Manager Responsibilities
- Oversight of all digitization
- Maintenance of all equipment
- Identifying and solving problems in digitization production
- Training and direct supervision of staff
- Backup person for administrative functions of unit head
Unit Head Responsibilities
- Administrative functions
- Representation of unit needs to collaborative groups and Associate Dean
- Oversight of Digital Services focus, direction, and progress
- Developing unit goals and tracking progress
- Annual access statistics and production statistics compilation
- Developing and maintaining cross-departmental collaborations that effectively support the goals of Digital Services production
- Programming and automation
- Monthly production statistics
- OCR creation and distribution
- Semi-annual extraction and archiving: descriptive metadata
- Linking content into EADs and providing documentation of issues preventing this
- Maintenance and oversight of archive and LOCKSS involvement, including database tracking of content harvested
- Implementation of digital preservation policies
- Maintenance and oversight of checksum capture, storage, and verification system
- Monthly backups of critical databases, and removal of old backups
- Server administration on libcontent.lib.ua.edu and etd.lib.ua.edu, including support for staff/faculty working on servers
- Management of ingest, extraction, and deletion of content for tagging and transcription software, with incorporation of new content into Acumen/archive
- Management and support for local persistent URLs, including software to support others to obtain new ones
- Database tracking of information about collections (digital and analog), their items, number of pages, etc.
- Verification of correct browse display pulled from databases
- Development of software as needed to automate or implement necessary tasks
- Support of cross-departmental tasks, including:
- pre-processing ETDs
- support for ETD embargos, including notifications of embargo lifting, movement of files, anomalies
- analysis of problems with OAI feeds and collaborative record sharing, with development of solutions
- Development of alternative access/browse mechanisms
- Presentations and publications to publicize UA Libraries and Digital Services efforts
- Support of other library efforts
- E-research support
- Electronic records support (forthcoming)
- Born-Digital special collections support (forthcoming)
- Backup support for all staff