Director of Digital Services and Open Educational Resources at Florida Academic Library Services Cooperative- Gainesville, FL - iSchool MLS

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Summary:

"The Director of Digital Services and Open Educational Resources (OER) leads the Digital Services workgroup, based in FALSC’s Gainesville office, and reports directly to the organization’s Executive Director. The Director is responsible for setting strategic direction for all digital services, and plans, develops, and directs work related to digital services and OER.

Through a process of information gathering, data analysis, and market research, the Director creates strategies for the preservation and dissemination of digital archival materials, evaluates the feasibility of implementing new versions of digital platforms, and provides recommendations for the use and distribution of open-access textbooks and open educational resources.

Digital services and applications under the Director’s oversight include the statewide digital library platform Islandora, Florida Online Journals (Florida OJ), Archon/ArchivesSpace, the Florida Digital Archive (FDA) and Dark Archive in the Sunshine State (DAITSS), and the Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) program.

In regards to OER, the administrator works collaboratively with the Distance Learning and Student Services (DLSS) division of FLVC to develop services and programs promoting the use and proliferation of open-access textbooks and open educational resources at Florida’s public colleges and universities. The Director evaluates the options for successful implementation of OER materials as well as the potential cost involved.

The Director also is responsible for the development and implementation of policies related to the FALSC’s primary services and products and the communication of those policies to library affiliates and liaisons.

The Director works closely with librarians throughout the State University System (SUS) and Florida College System (FCS) regarding digital services, and serves as the organizational liaison to statewide SUS and FCS library committees concerned with these topics. [...]"

Link:

http://mlis.umd.edu/2017/09/director-digital-services-open-educational-resources-florida-academic-library-services-cooperative-gainesville-fl/

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Date tagged:

09/09/2017, 19:09

Date published:

09/09/2017, 15:09