HathiTrust Research Center Digital Humanities Specialist
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Champaign

Position available immediately. This is a full-time visiting academic
professional appointment in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Library, funded for two years with the possibility of renewal or being made
permanent.

  
Responsibilities will include planning, implementation and continuous design
and development of training materials and educational workshops (both face-to-
face and remote) and outreach activities in support of the usage of HTRC tools
and datasets. The successful candidate will focus on supporting the
development of HTRC research services at HathiTrust member institutions, and
will collaborate with public services and data services librarians at
HathiTrust member institutions on developing support services for digital
humanities research with HTRC corpus. The specialist will work closely with
the English and Digital Humanities Librarian at the University of Illinois
Library to develop research data services for the humanities, with particular
emphasis on the HTRC corpus and tools.

  
Qualifications: Required: Bachelor's degree in a humanities
discipline or information science field, and two years of experience working
in a related field; demonstrated experience in instructional design and in
providing workshops or other instruction;; effective oral and written
communication skills in a variety of modes; knowledge of or experience with
one of more of the technologies used to support text mining, topic modeling,
or, such as R and related analysis tools; the ability to work independently as
well as collaboratively in a team environment; excellent organizational skills
and a demonstrable ability to manage multiple priorities; familiarity with
content management systems and website management; the ability to remain
conversant with newly evolving technologies. See
https://jobs.illinois.edu for Preferred.



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