Mellon Digital Scholar

Description

Job Summary/Basic Function:

The successful candidate will
+ Foster the conceptualization, design, development, and assessment of scholarly digital projects;
+ Serve as a liaison to faculty, educating them about the wide range of options offered by the libraries and collaborating with them on the use of digital collections and projects in the curriculum;
+ Train and coordinate training opportunities for library staff to increase their understanding and awareness of the emerging field of digital scholarship;
+ Engage faculty and students, as appropriate, in collaborative scholarship and the creation of knowledge using digital collections and emerging analytical tools;
+ Analyze digital collections, data, or research processes;
+ Advance collaboration with other liberal arts digital scholarship work, including efforts to expand undergraduate research presentation opportunities at venues such as Re: Humanities;
+ Work closely with consortial library committees in carrying out the goals of the grant;
+ Be based at one of the Ohio Five colleges, but travel to consortial sites, ensuring that all five campuses receive the support they need and facilitating steady progress at each; and
+ Perform other duties as required. 

Minimum Qualifications:  The successful candidate must hold a graduate degree in a liberal arts discipline. 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. Exceptional interpersonal, organizational, presentation, project management, and communication skills. Ability to work effectively across disciplines and with a variety of project stakeholders. 

Preferred Qualifications:  Additional MLS (MLIS) from an ALA- accredited program, Ph.D. in a liberal arts discipline, or a computer science/informatics advanced degree. Active involvement in academic communities related to digital scholarship, like CLIR or NITLE. Demonstrated experience with statistical analysis tools; data visualization tools and methods; relational databases; server-side web-development; the digital humanities; or UNIX/Linux. Familiarity with programming languages, such as Java, Perl, or PHP. Experience with text processing, including XML, XSL, and/or XSLT. Relevant experience working in libraries or higher education. 

Posting Date:  04-08-2013 
Closing Date:  Open Until Filled

Special Instructions to Applicants:  The Five Colleges of Ohio consortium (The College of Wooster, Denison University, Kenyon College, Oberlin College, and Ohio Wesleyan University) was founded in 1995 to foster closer cooperation and understanding, coordinate operating functions and administrative services, develop collaborative academic programs and resource sharing, and enhance quality while reducing individual and collective operating and capital costs. The consortial libraries have a long history of collaboration through grant programs totaling over $2,500,000.00 and the establishment of the four-college CONSORT library system. For more information, go to http://www.ohio5.org/

As part of the application process, you will need to provide a cover letter, curriculum vitae or résumé, and contact information (name, mailing address, email address, and telephone number) for three references. Review of applications will begin on 1 May 2013 and continue until the position is filled. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Information about benefits and other employment policies can be found here: http://www.kenyon.edu/x19320.xml. Employment will be contingent upon a successful background check.