Position Announcement: Senior Programmer/Analyst, Dartmouth College Library

Description

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE LIBRARY HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE

Senior Programmer/Analyst

Dartmouth College Library (http://library.dartmouth.edu/) seeks an experienced programmer/analyst to join the Digital Library Technologies Group, which develops and maintains the technical infrastructure of Dartmouth's digital library initiatives and services. Typical projects include: designing and integrating components and web-based delivery tools; working with College faculty on a variety of XML-based digital projects; working with library staff to design, develop and maintain tools to streamline their work; installing, configuring and maintaining commercial and open source software packages and modules.

Required: A Bachelor's degree in computer/information science or engineering, or the equivalent in education and experience. A minimum of six years programming experience. Proficiency with structured programming languages -- C++ or Java -- and PHP or Perl is required, along with a good grounding in XML and related processes such as XSL and XQuery.

Candidates must demonstrate superior programming, organization and written communication skills; ability to plan, document and complete projects independently or with a project team; ability to coordinate activities with related units; ability to refine project requirements; and ability to communicate effectively with non-technical staff and end users.

Highly Desirable: Familiarity with SQL and library metadata standards such as METS, MODS, and OAI. Prior experience installing, configuring and maintaining packages such as Apache, Cocoon, and Tomcat on UNIX systems.

Rank and salary: commensurate with experience and qualifications. Full benefits package including 22 vacation days, comprehensive health care, and retirement plan.

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Please apply online at https:// jobs.dartmouth.edu/. In addition please submit resume and letter of application to:

Search Committee for Senior Programmer/Analyst Dartmouth College Library 6025 Baker-Berry Library Hanover, New Hampshire 03755-3525

Or send by email to Dartmouth.College.Library@Dartmouth.edu

About Us

Founded in 1769 and a member of the Ivy League, Dartmouth College is a private, four-year liberal arts institution that includes an undergraduate arts and sciences program and four graduate schools: Arts and Sciences Graduate Programs, Dartmouth Medical School, the Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business. Dartmouth College offers a lively, intimate university environment with the benefits of rich cultural offerings in a lovely rural setting, within a two to three hours drive of both Boston and Montreal.

The Dartmouth College Library fosters intellectual growth and advances the teaching and research missions of Dartmouth College by supporting excellence and innovation in education and research, managing and delivering scholarly content, and partnering in the development and dissemination of new scholarship. It is an ARL library, participating in national and regional endeavors and organizations such as DLF, CNI, SPARC, JSTOR, NELINET, and the Northeast Research Libraries Consortium.

Dartmouth College is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

Jennifer A. Kortfelt Head, Digital Library Technologies Group Dartmouth College Hanover, NH 03755 Jennifer.A.Kortfelt@dartmouth.edu 603 646-3389