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Current VIVO-related job postings

UNAVCO Seeking a Content Specialist, UNAVCO, Boulder, Colorado – Posted 9/26/14

  • UNAVCO has a challenging and career-launching opportunity for the right individual with skills in information systems, computer science or a physical science. We need an energetic, fast-learning and flexible Content Specialist to help connect geoscience research tools at UNAVCO with researchers using a VIVO implementation. VIVO is an open source semantic web application populated with researcher information, such as publications, collaborators, and institutional connections. The position as a Content Specialist – Data Technician II is available either as full time or part-time. See UNAVCO’s career page for more details and to apply now.
  • Contact person: Linda Rowan rowan@unavco.edu, External Affairs Director, UNAVCO, 6350 Nautilus Drive, Boulder CO 80301-5394 www.unavco.org

Semantic Applications and Linked Data Developer, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY – Posted September 19, 2014

  • Cornell University’s Mann Library IT Team is seeking a senior-level Semantic Applications and Linked Data Developer who will apply innovative knowledge representation techniques and tools to library, university, regional, and international projects. Mann Library is a friendly and collaborative workplace where flexible, thoughtful and self-motivated librarians and IT staff engage together in a portfolio of projects encompassing climate science, international agricultural knowledge sharing, GIS and data visualization, and transitions from library catalogs to linked data. Join the team developing the VIVO software (vivoweb.org and github.org/vivo-project) and VIVO-ISF ontology through an international consortium of universities, research institutions, government agencies, and non-profits, promoting rich semantic interconnectivity among researchers, activities, and outputs anywhere in the world...

    Responsibilities include:

    • Researching, synthesizing, and applying the most appropriate knowledge, technologies and tools to improve data harvesting, integration, interoperability, and dissemination to consuming websites and services
    • Active participation with local, national, and international collaborators on ontology development, standards initiatives, and open source software
    • Contributing to the full range of information technology services provided by the Cornell University Library (may functionally supervise the work of others and lead project teams)
    • Preparing strategic guidance, white papers, project proposals, visualizations, presentations, technical documentation, and reports influencing technology development practices and policies and having broad impact within and beyond the University.
    • Providing training and guidance to academic and professional staff at Cornell and partner institutions

    Required Qualifications:

    • Bachelor’s degree in an information science (library science, information science, computer science or equivalent) or other relevant discipline and more than 5 years of relevant experience
    • Experience applying Semantic Web and Linked Data standards (RDF, SPARQL, and OWL) to real-world applications; expert-level Java programming; web application development experience in Java, Python, Ruby or similar language; web presentation layer experience with HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, and JSON; knowledge of current database management systems, SQL, and non-relational alternatives
    • Excellent interpersonal and oral and written communication skills and a strong, user-centered service orientation
    • Evidence of ability to assess, analyze, plan, and solve problems creatively and collaboratively in a complex, rapidly-changing environment

    Preferred Qualifications:

    • Experience designing, programming, and deploying creative and effective web applications
    • Experience working with metadata standards, ontologies, and thesauri
    • Familiarity with data interchange standards, reasoning, rules, XML and XSLT, and with statistics, data mining, text mining libraries, algorithms, and applications
    • Experience with Agile Software Development methodologies, with UNIX shell scripting, log analysis, and scheduling
    • Experience contributing source code, ontologies, testing, documentation, and/or support to open source communities
    • Experience working in higher education or research
  • Contact Person: Jon Corson-Rikert, jc55@cornell.edu

 

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