<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Members of the DSpace Community,<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>As many of you may be aware the Foundation is looking for a Technology Director to help lead the architecture 2.0 project within the community and over the long run work with the technical community to ensure contributions have a place to live within the DSpace platform, and make sure we have a set of tools and infrastructure that can support the work of the distributed and diverse community of developers.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Below is the job description for the Director. Ideally this person would work at MIT, here with me, however I will consider candidates that would work remotely. Please pass this on or post where appropriate. Thanks for you support!</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Feel free to email me if you have any questions regarding this position.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Sincerely, </DIV><DIV>Michele Kimpton</DIV><DIV>Executive Director DSpace Foundation</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Technology Director DSpace Foundation</SPAN></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Are you a leader in the open source world?</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Are you an advocate for public access to digital content?</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Are you passionate about internet technologies and preservation of digital content?</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">If you answer yes to any or all of these questions, we are looking for someone of your caliber to set the technical direction for the DSpace Foundation.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">The DSpace Foundation is a non-profit organization located on the M.I.T campus. The mission of the DSpace Foundation is to lead the collaborative development of open source software for digital repositories that enable services for access provision and stewardship and re-use of digital assets, with a focus on educational and research materials; to promote the adoption of this technology, and to provide a platform for innovation in these areas with an overarching goal of promoting the dissemination and future utility of information and knowledge.</FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">DSpace</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Symbol"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Symbol">ä</FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> (</FONT><A href="http://dspace.org/"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="Arial">http://dspace.org</FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">) is an open source digital repository system, developed collaboratively by the MIT Libraries and Hewlett-Packard Company. It is used primarily by academic and research institutions to capture, manage, preserve, and redistribute their digital research and educational materials and scholarly publications, in a variety of formats for a variety of purposes. In order to encourage the development of a federation of research institutions and other organizations running digital repositories, DSpace has been made available as open source software and the open source community of users is working actively to further develop the system.</FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><B>RESPONSIBILITIES</B></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">: </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">The Chief Technology Officer will work in collaboration with developers from around the world to preserve and provide open access to intellectual output from a community of over 250 top educational institutions. The CTO will be responsible for providing technical guidance, support and leadership to the developer community in advancing the platform to be able to effectively manage digital assets for a diverse set of requirements and applications.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">S/he will work closely and collaboratively with the developers and committers on the software to come up with a technical roadmap.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">S/he will provide technical oversight for key architecture decisions and will work with standards bodies to ensure the application adheres to applicable standards in the industry. The Chief Technology Officer will work with new and emerging applications to access feasibility and development required to use DSpace as a platform; will work with the community to integrate stand alone applications as extensions into DSpace; will maintain code base infrastructure and all developer tools required to support the work; and, will manage release and test functions for code base.</FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><B>QUALIFICATIONS</B></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">: <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Required</SPAN> - Bachelors degree in computer science, engineering, math or physics. Minimum of ten years work experience in a technical or internet industry. Work experience on an open source project. Effective leadership ability within a team environment. Ability to collaborate successfully with other organizations. Ability to document processes and specifications. Experience in a start up environment. Fluency in internet technology. Proficiency with Java. Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Desired</SPAN> -Good familiarity with academic institutions and scholarly communication. Experience in working with a diverse and international community.</FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Position available immediately.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Apply to:</FONT><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF0000" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF0000"><A href="mailto:michele@dspace.org">michele@dspace.org</A>.</FONT></FONT><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><I><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF0000"> </FONT></I></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P></BODY></HTML>