Humanities Data Curator
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara

Reporting to the Head of Cataloging & Metadata Services (CMS), the Humanities
Data Curator has primary responsibility for the planning, implementation, and
ongoing production of digital collections and scholarly initiatives in support
of digital humanities scholarship and artistic production on campus to ensure
their high functionality and discoverability through the flow and lifecycle of
digital research data. As part of an evolving team of Data Curators, the
candidate will be expected to make substantial contributions to his/her
primary area of responsibility as well as to collaborate with other members of
this team.

  
The Humanities Data Curator is responsible for collecting, managing, curating,
preserving, and providing access to digital humanities datasets and other
digital collections in the Library. The candidate actively
manages data produced by humanities scholars on campus, as well as data
acquired by the Library, and ensures ongoing sustainable preservation and
access through metadata creation and data discovery tools
development. The candidate participates in the development,
evaluation, education, and implementation of metadata policies, standards,
goals, procedures, and workflows in cooperation with engaged campus
stakeholders.

  
The Humanities Data Curator will create and implement the Library's support
plan for digital humanities researchers and provide research data consultation
to campus data creators. S/he will understand the ways in which humanities
scholars conduct research in this new era of data sharing, including using new
computational methods of analysis (for example, text-mining, topic modeling,
social network analysis, or mapping and visualization).

  
In collaboration with humanities subject librarians and other data curators in
the library, the Humanities Data Curator will provide leadership to define the
library's strategy as it transforms research data services.
S/he will engage relevant faculty and researchers and will collaboratively
provide services that are scalable to each data set, promote the Library's
digital humanities research data services, and educate data users and
producers of datasets on campus. The Humanities Data Curator will contribute
to local, regional, and national digital humanities discussions and
initiatives.

  
Required Qualifications:

  * ALA-accredited MLS or equivalent experience in one or more fields relevant to library services in data curation.
  * Significant relevant experience working with digital humanities projects.
  * Demonstrated knowledge of issues and technical challenges related to data curation, including format migration, preservation, metadata, data access (including open access).
  * Working Knowledge or advanced training with XML metadata.
  * Knowledge of metadata standards, such as TEI and EAD, and data management practices in humanities.
  * Familiarity with common content-management-system platforms used by humanities data creators such as WordPress and Omeka.
  * An understanding of the humanities research process as demonstrated by academic or work experience.
  * Ability to work independently and collaboratively, prioritizing work to ensure that departmental and library goals are realized.
  * Excellent organizational skills, proven problem solving ability, and flexibility.
  * Demonstrated initiative in fostering new ideas and in implementing change.
  * Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
Salary commensurate with experience and qualifications.
Librarians at the University of California, Santa Barbara are professional
academic appointees who accrue vacation at the rate of two days per month and
sick leave at the rate of one day per month. The University
has an excellent retirement system which is coordinated with Social
Security. A selection of group health, dental, vision, and
life insurance plans are offered by the University. The
incumbent will be a member of the LX Collective Bargaining Unit represented by
the American Federation of Teachers.

  
This position will remain open until filled with primary consideration of
applications received by October 16, 2015.



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