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Hi All, I'm posting this on behalf of Peter Wosh, Director of NYU's Archives / Public History Program. Brian NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES/PUBLIC HISTORY PROGRAM DIGITAL CURRICULUM SPECIALIST New York University’s Archives and Public History Program (History Department) is now considering applications for a one-year grant- funded Digital Curriculum Specialist. The Program seeks a scholar experienced with the technical and intellectual issues in digital humanities to help the Program incorporate digital technologies throughout its curriculum and internship programs. The successful candidate will work with existing faculty to reconfigure existing courses, develop a digital history track within the program, provide technical services and conduct workshops for student and staff, create a platform for mounting student digital projects, and partner with archival and public history institutions in order to establish digital humanities internships for students. He or she will work closely with NYU’s Information Technology Services and Digital Library staff. Qualifications: The successful candidate will have an advanced degree in either humanities or computer or information science, with a solid grounding in the issues and technologies relevant for humanities scholarship. Knowledge and experience with XML, XSLT, TEI, PHP programming, and Web 2.0 social networking technologies. Familiarity with archival metadata and digitization standards. For three decades, NYU has prepared students for successful careers as archivists, manuscript curators, documentary editors, oral historians, cultural resource managers, historical interpreters and new media specialists. The program emphasizes a solid grounding in historical scholarship, intense engagement with new media technologies, and close involvement with New York's extraordinary archival and public history institutions. For more information on the program, see http://history.fas.nyu.edu/object/history.gradprog.archivespublichistory.html Salary and Benefits: Competitive depending on qualifications. Review of applications will begin on July 31, 2008 and will continue until the position is filled. Please submit cover letter, curriculum vitae, and names of three references to: Dr. Peter J. Wosh Director, Archives/Public History Program Department of History, New York University 53 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012 (212) 998-8666 (212) 995-4017 (fax) [log in to unmask]