Category: Jobs

JOB: Director of DH Seed Lab, Arizona State University

From theĀ job announcement:

As director, the successful candidate will be expected to work directly with researchers to define, develop, and/or analyze project design, scope, and/or needs; evaluate existing and/or emerging tools and technologies to identify potential uses in humanities research at ASU; and collaborate with other ASU units/agencies to understand and apply various technology infrastructures to maximize resources and effectiveness. The successful candidate will also provide limited technical support for digital humanities research projects, including implementation of tools, technology, etc. to help researcher achieve goals; develop prototype demonstration projects for use by others; and provide training, group instruction or workshops as appropriate.

Salary: $45,000-60,000
Deadline: June 28, 2013

JOB: Digital Humanities Librarian, Rutgers University

From the position description:

The Digital Humanities Librarian will:
– Provide leadership and instruction within the Libraries on the creation and curation of digital objects for the humanities in all formats, fostering collaboration among scholars, technologists, and information specialists.
– Utilize the infrastructure of RUcore (Rutgers Community Repository) to archive, preserve, and present digital resources.
– Collaborate with campus stakeholders to integrate digital resources, methodologies, technologies, and analytical tools in the humanities disciplines.
– Partner with faculty and library subject specialists to incorporate digitized and born-digital resources into humanities research and teaching activities.
– Engage and collaborate actively as liaison to students, faculty and staff of the departments of Italian, French, and Comparative Literature, providing instruction and research consultations, and developing print and digital collections in support of teaching and research.
– Participate and teach in a proactive user education program and provide a full range of in-person and virtual reference service.

JOB: Digital Humanities Librarian, Ohio State University

The Ohio State University Libraries have announced several openings as part of its Research and Education Faculty Librarian Cohort Search, including a Digital Humanities LibrarianĀ [pdf], a Geospatial Information LibrarianĀ [pdf], and a Data Management Services LibrarianĀ [pdf].

A portion of the announcement for the Digital Humanities Librarian position is reproduced below:

Digital Humanities Librarian

Responsibilities

  • Conduct environmental scans of humanities departments in conjunction with subject librarians and special collectionsĀ curators in order to identify current and emerging scholarly projects for which digital tools and methodologies areĀ appropriate.
  • Coordinate information about digital arts and humanities scholarship on campus in order to connect scholars across theĀ disciplines and facilitate interdisciplinarity.
  • Identify and evaluate current and emerging digital tools and methodologies supporting humanities scholars inĀ collaboration with Digital Initiatives.
  • Provide expert consulting service to humanities scholars and students on techniques and tools that serve to advance theirĀ teaching, learning and research.
  • Serve as a strategist and resource person for the Libraries on trends in the digital arts and humanities.Ā 
  • Collaborate with staff managing the Librariesā€™ digital repository, publishing and reformatting programs, to advance theĀ Librariesā€™ contributions to faculty and student research projects in the arts and humanities; work with the Head of DigitalĀ Initiatives to create strategies for collaboration, program planning, and supportfor interdisciplinary digital projects.
  • Work closely with the Head of the Fine Arts Library, the Data Management Services Librarian, the Geospatial InformationĀ Librarian, and the Head of Digital Initiatives, and others in order to develop strategies focused on scholarsā€™ digital productionĀ and curation needs.
  • Create an education program for Librariesā€™ staff focused on digital arts and humanities topics.
  • Act as subject librarian for a humanities discipline.

Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled. Preference will be given to applications received by August 5, 2013.

 

JOB: Lead Academic Programmer, UCLA Center for Digital Humanities

From the job description:

Reporting to the Academic Technology Manager, the Lead Academic Programmer architects and writes code for humanities and digital humanities projects, and provides project management and development team oversight for designated projects. This includes three primary areas: web development, instructional programming, and faculty-driven digital research projects. Ā The incumbent works with faculty and other campus partners to develop selected projects; advises faculty on project requests and grant proposals; and manages complex development and integration projects, including user needs assessment, workflows, design and analysis, application development and systems integration, testing, implementation, and documentation.

The candidate has robust programming skills (XML, PHP, Python or other scripting languages required), and preferably a PhD in the humanities; candidates with a strong humanities affiliation and highly developed programming skills will also be considered. The Lead Academic Programmer is expected to have a high level of technical competence overall, including one or more sub-fields of digital humanities (e.g., geospatial analysis, TEI, data visualization, topic modeling, network analysis, etc.). Prior experience in supporting and contributing to digital humanities projects is desirable.

JOB: Executive Director of Digital Scholarship Services, Rice University

From the posting:

The Executive Director of Digital Scholarship Services (DSS) is part of Fondren Libraryā€™s executive team, responsible for the oversight and management of scholarly communications, the institutional repository, the Digital Media Commons, the Kelley Center for Government Information & Microforms, and the GIS/Data Center. The Executive Director of DSS will work with faculty on digital projects and collaborate in securing grant funding to support digital library and digital humanities research. Serving as the Principal Investigator on grants, the Executive Director will be responsible for the overall management of grant-funded activities in DSS. The position may occasionally involve collaborative teaching with faculty for Rice courses that address the use of digital technologies in scholarship.

JOB: Fulbright Opportunities in Digital Humanities and Digital Culture

Laurie Taylor writes:

The most recent application solicitation for US Fulbright Scholar grant opportunities includes many wonderful opportunities including ones in digital culture and digital humanities. Applications for the 2014-2015 academic year are due by August 1, 2013.

The Digital Culture opportunity is in Norway and the Digital Humanities opportunity is in Ireland, and these are in addition to the All Disciplines awards and many others. For all of the opportunities and full information on the US and other programs, see the Fulbright Scholar Program website and see the catalog for details on all of the many opportunities.

JOB: Project Manager, MITH

From the position description:

The Project Manager will work with senior MITH staff to conceptualize, implement, and manage digital humanities research work in a collaborative, team-driven environment. The successful candidate will have experience developing and administering collaborative research projects and events; strong oral and written communications skills; experience writing for, and working with, academic and public audiences; and an interest in digital research methods and tools.

JOB: Mellon Digital Scholar, Five Colleges of Ohio

From the position description:

The Digital Scholar will support the Ohio Five Libraries’ transition to digital scholarship and continue the process of integrating digital collections into the curriculum and faculty research agendas. …Ā We seek applicants who will bring both a demonstrated effectiveness in a training or teaching environment and a sophisticated understanding of digital projects, metadata standards, digital publishing, and scholarly communications. Familiarity with digital repositories. Conversant with a variety of digital methodologies, such as text-mining, geographic information systems, data visualization, or other modes of digital scholarship. Experience creating effective digital projects and a history of successful experiences working with students, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds and with various levels of technical expertise.

JOB: Director of Scholarly Communication and Digital Initiatives, American Historical Association

From the position description:

Ā The Director of Scholarly Communication and Digital Initiatives will oversee the AHAā€™s communications with members and other constituencies.Ā  This includes print and digital publishing, web design, information management, and membership – all part of a strategy to enable the American Historical Associationā€™s programs and activities to take maximum advantage of the new digital environments in which historians work.Ā  Ā The AHA seeks a scholar with the skills and vision to help lead the development of the AHA as the nationā€™s most important hub for the work of professional historians in the 21st century.

 

JOB: Manager, Digital Scholarly Communication, Australian National University

From the position description:

The Manager, Digital Scholarly Communication is responsible for the ANU Digital Collections facility which provides a range of services to assist academic staff and postgraduate researchers to manage the dissemination of their research output (including publications, theses and conference papers) particularly through deposit in the open access repository. The position also provides support and advice to researchers during the publishing process and supports research output management needs of the University in terms of delivery of access of these resources to the public.