Digital Humanities Librarian, Brown University, Providence, RI
Posted September 22, 2014
The Brown University Library seeks an innovative and service-oriented individual to be the Digital Humanities Librarian. The Digital Humanities Librarian plays a central role in the integration of digital tools, resources and methodologies with traditional resources and approaches to research, teaching and learning in the Humanities. Together with the Senior Digital Humanities Librarian, the Director, and staff of the Center for Digital Scholarship, and colleagues within Research and Outreach Services, the Digital Humanities Librarian will work with faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates to develop sustainable research projects, classroom support, and direct instruction in digital methods in the humanities. The Digital Humanities Librarian reports to the Associate University Librarian for Research and Outreach Services.
Duties:
- Provide direct support, advice, and project management for faculty projects in Digital Humanities (DH)
- Provide guidance and support to graduate and undergraduate students in using new DH tools and techniques
- Work with researchers at all levels to develop analyses and visualizations of humanities data
- As a part of the Center for Digital Scholarship work closely with the Brown Digital Repository staff to enable and participate in software development, metadata creation, preservation, and best practices for sustainable development of faculty and student projects
- Serves as team member/liaison to one or more humanities departments as appropriate.
- Professional contributions and development, including participation in regional, national and international DH organizations/activities, and current awareness of the literature and social media outlets for advances in the field
Qualifications:
- Advanced degree, Ph.D. preferred, in Humanities field and/or MLS from ALA accredited Library School and advanced degree in Humanities field
- 3 years of experience either in an academic library setting or academic digital humanities
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience with technologies and standards used in Digital Humanities work such as TEI, visualization, text and/or network analysis, common scripting languages, HTML5 and related web technologies
- Demonstrated knowledge of current issues in scholarly communications
- Excellent communications and interpersonal skills
- Strong public presentation skills; teaching experience preferred
- Demonstrated initiative, flexibility and ability to work creatively and effectively both independently and as a team member
To Apply: please visit Brown University’s career opportunities website at: https://brown.wd5.
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