Indiana University recently received a $3 million grant from the Digital Libraries Initiative-Phase 2, to establish a digital music library testbed. IU is seeking skilled computer professionals to develop software tools and applications to support music teaching, learning, and research. Positions are currently available in system architecture, component architecture, and software development. Duties for all positions include system design, programming, and facilitating productive research and instructional use of digital music library applications. All positions require three years programming experience, including experience in Java, and good customer service skills, including the ability to interact professionally with faculty, librarians, and technical staff.

IU is home for the Abilene Network Operations Center and recipient of a $10 million award to develop the TransPAC international network connecting the vBNS to the Asia Pacific Advanced Network (APAN). This strategic initiative provides opportunities for technical leaders to develop, design, and deploy high-capacity, reliable regional networks spanning remote locations, and for senior staff to maintain the systems that deliver administrative and library systems applications across IU-managed networks. Applicants must have extensive experience with advanced network design, management and operations, performance monitoring, security, and with Cisco's IOS. Applicants should have a working knowledge of the Unix operating system and shell programming.

Indiana University is a large, diverse, state university, among the oldest in the Midwest and one of the largest in the US. Of its $1.7-billion annual budget, research and sponsored program funding makes up $190 million. Some 100,000 students, faculty, and staff populate its eight campuses. IU supports comprehensive professional, graduate, and undergraduate programs, many of which are ranked top in their fields. Professional staff salaries are highly competitive, negotiable, and dependent on experience and qualifications. Indiana University offers an excellent, comprehensive benefits package that includes fee courtesy.

Bloomington, the site of IU's flagship campus, is located in the rolling hills and forests of south-central Indiana, an hour away from Indianapolis. Bloomington offers urban, suburban, and rural housing options and a community enlivened by the cultural and intellectual vitality of a major university; former New York Times education editor Edward B. Fiske hailed Bloomington as one of America's top 10 college towns for its "rich mixture of atmospherics and academia." Recognized for its quality of life, Bloomington has been designated an All-American City, ranked seventh lowest-stress city in the US by Psychology Today, and named by Rand McNally as of the eight most desirable places to live in the US, based on economy, personal safety, climate, housing, services, and leisure activity; Bloomington is an excellent place to raise a family.

The 12th largest city in the nation, and the capital of Indiana, Indianapolis is ranked as one of the nation's cleanest and safest cities, with a cost of living below the national average. Indianapolis offers a mixture of the old and the new: beautiful historic neighborhoods border on areas of recent development. Indianapolis is a lively center of the arts, host to some 250 not-for-profit organizations representing opera, symphony, jazz, blues, ballet, theater, and the visual arts. IUPUI is recognized as a leader in urban higher education, and home to one of the most sophisticated electronic libraries in the nation. The IU School of Medicine, based at IUPUI, is ranked among the top 20 schools in the country.