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 (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@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