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            Humanities Computing Positions at Oxford
 
Oxford University's internationally renowned Humanities Computing Unit
(HCU) is currently seeking to fill a range of exciting new posts in IT
support and development. Brief details of each of the five posts are
given below, but also see our web site at
http://info.ox.ac.uk/oucs/humanities/jobs.html.
 
* Oxford Text Archive Computing Officer
 
     You will play a major role in helping the Oxford Text
     Archive meet its obligations as a Service Provider for the
     national Arts and Humanities Data Service by designing,
     implementing, and maintaining state of the art electronic
     text management and delivery systems. You should have
     practical experience of technologies such as: SGML/XML,
     Perl, web authoring and management, UNIX, Windows 95/98
     and/or NT. Available for one year in the first instance.
 
* Humanities Computing Unit Project Officer
 
     You will work in the CTI Centre for Textual Studies
     assisting the Centre Manager in all aspects of the Centre's
     work, in particular the TLTP3 ASTER Project. You should
     have a strong interest in applying C&IT to humanities
     teaching and learning, good communication skills, and some
     experience of web authoring or desktop publishing.
     Available for one year in the first instance.
 
* English Faculty/Oxford Text Archive Project Officer
 
     In this joint post, you will combine provision of high
     level advice and support for academic members of the
     University English faculty with promotion and development
     of the OTA's extensive collection of digital literary and
     linguistic corpora. You should be enthusiastic about
     electronic texts and their applications in teaching and
     learning, able to work independently, and communicate well
     at all levels. Available for three years in the first
     instance.
 
* Humanities Computing Unit Information Officer
     You will help develop the extensive web- and print-based
     publication programme of the CTI Centre for Textual
     Studies. You should have experience of managing a large web
     site, desktop publishing expertise, and a keen
     understanding of research and teaching within the
     humanities.  Available for one year in the first instance.
 
* CEDARS Project Officer
 
     You will work with OTA and Oxford library staff on the eLib
     funded CURL Exemplars of Digital ArchiveS project (see
     http://www.leeds.ac.uk/cedars) in developing guidelines and
     best practices for the long-term preservation of digital
     resources. You should be aware of current metadata
     activities and able to work independently, with some
     experience of library cataloguing systems, existing and
     emerging standards for electronic metadata, and other
     relevant practical IT skills. This is a two year fixed-term
     post.
 
Background information on the HCU is available from our web site at
http://info.ox.ac.uk/oucs/humanities/.
 
Candidates for all the above positions must have a degree in a relevant
subject, and should expect to be appointed on the RS1A scale (15,462 to
23,241 pounds). The closing date for all positions is 18 September 1998,
For further details and application forms, please contact Mrs Nicky
Tomlin, OUCS, 13 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6NN. Tel:  01865 273230,
fax:01865 273275, email: [log in to unmask]
 
Informal enquiries about any of the above posts or the work of the HCU
are also welcome: contact [log in to unmask]