The Scholarly Technology Group at Brown is looking for the right person to
complete our team.

We're looking for a creative, technically sophisticated individual who will
use computer methods and structured data to augment the resarch process for
humanities scholars. We're not an acronym-based technical services shop; we
are part of the university research environment, with a license to explore
content and technology, and push the boundaries of practice where possible.
If you're not interested in the digital or the humanities, you're probably
not a good fit.

You will have the opportunity to explore and to learn, in a unique academic
environment. This position is ideal for the humanist who has experience in
digital humanities and who wants to develop their skills and experience.

An increased, university-wide, focus on the digital humanities and digital
libraries make this an especially exciting moment to join STG. The  Research
Programmer will be part of defining and implementing technology in
humanities research agendas at Brown.

While this is not an academic position, STG has close relationships with the
academic part of the university, and STG staff often participate in classes
and seminars.

This position requires breadth of vision and experience across significant
and disparate fields. No candidate can be equally deep in all areas, so we
are not limited by formal credentials in any specific area; we are  looking
for a candidate who can excel in an interdisciplinary environment. You will
thrive here if you can communicate and think across the gap. We will also
consider interested applicants without a formal humanities background.
Applicants with a degree in Library Science, Information Science, or
Computer Science and an interest in the kinds of problems involved in
digital humanities projects and data are encouraged to apply.

Research Programmer - Humanities
Scholarly Technology Group
Brown University

The Scholarly Technology Group (STG) at Brown University is seeking a staff
member who will contribute technical skills and project oversight as part of
STG's involvement in, and engagement with, faculty research projects in the
digital humanities. STG projects range from document databases based on XML
and XML tools, to experiments in collaboration, classification and online
publication. STG projects are founded in high-level information design, and
require current knowledge of web standards and tools. The Research
Programmer is encouraged to have a relevant research agenda of their own, or
to participate in the group's ongoing research into digital humanities
topics.

STG staff provide faculty projects with expertise in text encoding and
metadata standards, accessibility, database design, web programming, digital
project design, information design, documentation and grant-writing. We
combine a strong background in the humanities and social sciences with a
deep interest in the significance of digital technologies for scholarly
communication.

The Research Programmer works closely with faculty, STG staff and students
to carry out digital humanities projects by performing project analysis,
implementation, and management.  Student workers are an integral part of of
STG's team, and the Research Programmer will interact with them as manager
and as collaborator.  Since STG is a small group, this person can contribute
at all levels: to recruit, plan, manage projects, write grant proposals,
contribute to outreach activities, stay abreast of new methods and
technologies and disseminate STG's work at conferences.

Qualifications:
* Minimum Bachelor's degree, advanced degree in the humanities desirable.
Demonstrable technical skills.
* Experience in digital humanities, digital libraries or comparable area.
* Technical background in relevant areas, ideally: Web standards, HTML, CSS,
XML, web technologies, metadata standards, text retrieval, software
development
* Knowledge of digital communications and collaboration, new media.
* Strong analytical and problem solving skills
* Ability to communicate STG work and results within the group and
externally.

STG is part of Computing and Information Services and provides advanced
technology consulting to Brown humanities faculty primarily through large
and small projects in support of scholarly work in the digital medium. We
explore, extend and contribute to the critical new technologies that are
transforming scholarly work and helping to maintain its longevity: data and
metadata standards, XML publication tools, text encoding methods, database
design, and accessibility standards. We have a strong relationship with the
Brown University Library's Center for Digital Initiatives, and often work on
joint projects. STG consists of three staff members: the Director, a Senior
Research Programmer, and a Research Programmer. STG also employs several
student programmers and designers and works with graduate students who
provide content expertise.

For more information: www.stg.brown.edu or [log in to unmask]
To apply, http://careers.brown.edu, look for job B01052

-- 
Andrew Ashton
Senior Research Programmer
Scholarly Technology Group
Brown University