Primer for Israeli Academic Libraries

When Israel Universities will recruit Librarians based on their qualifications, not friendship with University administration or top rank academic bureaucracy. Dont't say you are not aware of it (see Israel Scholar of 21 March 2005). Alternatives, however, do exist:

"The Texas A&M University Libraries are looking for a metadata librarian. Excerpt from the job ad:
[E]xperience with one or more of the following standards: Dublin Core, METS/MODS, OpenURL, OAI-PMH, TEI, or others. Experience with creation and/or management of digital objects in various text, image, sound, and/or video formats. Knowledge of institutional repositories and open access publishing..."

Quotation Source: P.Suber. Another sign of progress. OANews Blog [FullText]