[Matthew K. Gold (he/him)]

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From: Tracy, Daniel <dtracy@illinois.edu>
Date: Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 11:55 AM
Subject: [DHSI] Opening at University of Illinois Library: Digital
Humanities Librarian
To: DSS-dh_dg@lists.ala.org <DSS-dh_dg@lists.ala.org>, DSS-l@lists.ala.org <
DSS-l@lists.ala.org>, institute@lists.uvic.ca <institute@lists.uvic.ca>

I’m excited to pass along this announcement for our Digital Humanities
Librarian search! Please share with individuals you think may be
interested. If people have questions about the position, I’m happy for them
to get in touch with me about them as the reporting unit head. This person
will be joining a great team of digital scholarship library support in the
library!

*Digital Humanities Librarian*

*Assistant or Associate Professor, University Library*

*University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign*

*Position Available:*

Position available immediately. This is a 100%, twelve-month, tenure-system
appointment.

The University of Illinois is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action
employer. Minorities, women, veterans and individuals with disabilities are
encouraged to apply. For more information, visit http://go.illinois.edu/EEO
(http://email.hiretouch.com/wf/click?upn=-2By-2F0iTLLghS-2Faa8yoqY8ir6KT-2BCnXx2cEkRk1-2F6eZsuU4EecSlcHs-2FlLUtuhrsFO_WYm9AJSWWSBsLAcK1BaxATQBLFwfzNYcQCjfl57ibJB-2Ffs7eTWtFwUvmaKEvsr7hfbnSUti9h3Wmr8HwdEPYSg7GBy-2FqB3OQJjn-2FWg7mHyVfAbtyj-2BcjLinn4il1jwF2YZSEwA-2F3y2dJrzwByvhZDe8Dp5gmG-2FchO2vpqbq19SvR3CqzgyL3m-2BOGscwNKIfAZSbtr3n3gLFN2UZX02rcjF1uuZOgyfISPxmTwxOkfaZJrwQZSeg-2F8-2F6dNnJ2PhsGPG4QGeMUumMsr4nL5KYQqHDHm9-2BWQeqMRMjgIVGeSo3tL8FVT2yPe8Dv4an1Niw0sj9buE1lGEs01W523GONRw-3D-3D).
To learn more about the University’s commitment to diversity, please visit
http://www.inclusiveillinois.illinois.edu
(http://email.hiretouch.com/wf/click?upn=8COOFSBPWV18fuJPHqqRs-2B8lQk7gEEBIvbPONkYmIzR4WU6HFW2JssukGVeQDDYV1GLzZ-2B6cCxo5gbQDcMj53g-3D-3D_WYm9AJSWWSBsLAcK1BaxATQBLFwfzNYcQCjfl57ibJB-2Ffs7eTWtFwUvmaKEvsr7hfbnSUti9h3Wmr8HwdEPYSg7GBy-2FqB3OQJjn-2FWg7mHyVfAbtyj-2BcjLinn4il1jwF2YZSEwA-2F3y2dJrzwByvhZDe8Dp5gmG-2FchO2vpqbq19SvR3CqzgyL3m-2BOGscwNKIfA1q4nObuRLsMVSLZ6kcS7dTsRv9iaMfN8kKSiJVT8LNfhWPPsFeNbYDZD-2Bc3PZCECuMfgxodLN7GU-2FQIpKCnF0PTx2IBggn5YEidU5wJTeGRRvV7JotqYVsApE5zCRKgbdxkXdmA5pXfSE3VA-2B6qY8Q-3D-3D)
.

*Position Summary: *

The University Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is
seeking a creative, innovative, collaborative, and intellectually curious
individual to lead digital humanities services in the Library. The
successful candidate will contribute to engaged, inclusive digital
scholarship across campus. We encourage applicants who are committed to
the principle that a diverse community enhances our institution and who
will help the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign achieve new levels
of excellence by *fostering and sustaining our diverse and inclusive
academic environment.*

Reporting to the Head of Scholarly Communication and Publishing, the
Digital Humanities Librarian leads outreach and services for research and
instruction in the humanities and arts that employs digital technologies
and data. Working with colleagues in the library’s Scholarly Commons,
Research Data Service, and Scholarly Communication and Publishing units,
Library Information Technology, Media Commons, special collections curators
and archivists, and subject liaisons, the Digital Humanities Librarian is
part of a team of functional and subject experts that works with
researchers on digital scholarship broadly.

The Digital Humanities Librarian typically serves as the initial point of
referral for humanities and affiliated researchers as they begin digital
research and teaching projects, referring to and collaborating with these
other experts as necessary. Building on a history of increasing library
support for digital humanities on campus, the librarian plays a key role in
furthering digital humanities library services, collaborating with others
to fulfil needs identified in the library’s recent Digital Humanities Needs
Assessment Report
(http://email.hiretouch.com/wf/click?upn=JvIYOHR1NyNpkeKMwd5M23sfjCxCAHm-2BVLoVG8IwC20CwPN9SyaGj3BrCfG0IkDz6JsE9j2BDWSZLQg7LZ9dPQ-3D-3D_WYm9AJSWWSBsLAcK1BaxATQBLFwfzNYcQCjfl57ibJB-2Ffs7eTWtFwUvmaKEvsr7hfbnSUti9h3Wmr8HwdEPYSg7GBy-2FqB3OQJjn-2FWg7mHyVfAbtyj-2BcjLinn4il1jwF2YZSEwA-2F3y2dJrzwByvhZDe8Dp5gmG-2FchO2vpqbq19SvR3CqzgyL3m-2BOGscwNKIfAp0iT0Pkr1y6CJB3xKLAmQnHO7bhMW8GF8eORFMyJD3RrAq5-2FWivbMsg6-2BjWKj-2FFB9x09vu8XlGCDsT74ssz5jg8IiDhO1eEEAZGNxExxVqk5eaItQ67bk9jgdx-2BNI0useJJKwyAzvMA1CygroQM-2FhA-3D-3D)
and providing ongoing assessment for new and existing activities. This role
includes working to further the development of the library’s Scholarly
Commons as a hub for digital humanities collaboration and discussion. The
librarian also collaborates with other areas of campus that provide
complementary services for digital research (including the NCSA Culture and
Society Initiative, an emerging design center network, and others) to
provide referrals and maximize impact.

*Duties and Responsibilities:*

– Provide both reference services and in-depth research consultations
for faculty and students on digital humanities-related research, in
collaboration with colleagues;
– Design and deliver instruction to classes, research groups, and other
audiences to further information literacy and digital literacy outcomes;
– Acquire and manage humanities research data (e.g., text and media
corpora from commercial publishers) in consultation with others;
– Work with librarians, library IT, and researchers to evaluate digital
scholarship tools and select and implement the most appropriate tools to
meet specific needs;
– Serve as the primary point of consultation for researchers with
questions about text and data mining tools and approaches;
– Work with colleagues on digital humanities-related publishing
activities and scholarly communications outreach related to digital
humanities research;
– Collaborate with colleagues in the Scholarly Commons and other units
on outreach activities related to digital scholarship, and on fostering the
Scholarly Commons as a collaborative space for digital humanities work;
– Assess evolving campus needs and represent the Library in campus
initiatives and activities involving digital humanities related research
and data science, including serving as a liaison to the Illinois Program
for Research in the Humanities and other relevant initiatives;
– Facilitate professional development opportunities for library faculty
and staff, including subject specialists, in digital humanities areas
relevant to their interests and responsibilities;
– Contribute to the national and international reputation of the
University Library through professional research, service, and
collaboration with national colleagues, organizations, and consortia.

*Qualifications:*

*Required:*

– ALA-accredited MS-LIS or equivalent, or a PhD in the humanities or
humanistic social sciences (completed by start date) with two years of
relevant experience with digital projects;
– Understanding of traditional and emerging digital approaches to
research and publication in humanities work, and of how new digital
approaches can reshape research and teaching in the humanities;
– Experience with research software or programming languages used within
some area of digital humanities, such as text and data mining, network
analysis, or multimodal publishing;
– Experience teaching in workshop or classroom settings;
– Excellent oral and written communications skills;
– Demonstrated ability to work both independently and collaboratively
with a diverse community, and manage multiple tasks effectively in a team
environment;
– Evidence of the ability to do research, publication, and service
consonant with University standards for tenure and promotion.

*Preferred:*

– Experience teaching technology and digital literacy concepts;
– Experience authoring or collaborating on digital humanities projects
in research or instruction;
– Coursework or experience using a programming language, especially one
commonly used in digital humanities projects such as Python or R;
– Demonstrated understanding of metadata standards and data curation
practices relevant to digital humanities work;
– Familiarity with copyright and licensing issues related to digital
projects.

*Environment: *The University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign is
one of the preeminent research libraries in the world. With more than 14
million volumes and significant digital resources, it ranks second in size
among academic research libraries in the United States and first among
public university libraries in the world. As the intellectual heart of the
campus, the Library is committed to maintaining the strongest possible
collections and services and engaging in research and development
activities in pursuit of the University’s mission of teaching, scholarship,
and public service. The Library currently employs approximately 80 faculty
and 300 academic professionals, staff, and graduate assistants.

The scope of the Scholarly Communication and Publishing unit of the library
includes digital publishing, repository services (including the library’s
institutional repository, IDEALS), copyright, researcher profiles,
scholarly communication, and digital humanities. Librarians in the unit
collaborate closely with other units in the library’s Office of Research,
including the Research Data Service and Scholarly Commons, as well as with
a network of subject specialists, technical services experts, and special
collections librarians and archivists on projects of mutual interest. It is
a partner on the Mellon-funded Publishing Without Walls grant to understand
digital publishing needs of humanists and implement publishing solutions
that fill those needs. The library has nearly a decade of experience acting
as a key collaborator and service provider for digital humanities research
and teaching, and it is a partner, with the School of Information Sciences,
on the HathiTrust Research Center (https://analytics.hathitrust.org/
(http://email.hiretouch.com/wf/click?upn=JvIYOHR1NyNpkeKMwd5M231mnyQkjpIXO2NS3P9kRL1gGNG3CnrxDXb-2FcKW7YBlE_WYm9AJSWWSBsLAcK1BaxATQBLFwfzNYcQCjfl57ibJB-2Ffs7eTWtFwUvmaKEvsr7hfbnSUti9h3Wmr8HwdEPYSg7GBy-2FqB3OQJjn-2FWg7mHyVfAbtyj-2BcjLinn4il1jwF2YZSEwA-2F3y2dJrzwByvhZDe8Dp5gmG-2FchO2vpqbq19SvR3CqzgyL3m-2BOGscwNKIfAU7x5qN5pd2BDwSMh8Ky5aF7bcYZFjc0SZcvk24vVP8RVMSK7PtgMkEWMZEAH-2BQuNLCEYgR9iAPHDjKr8K4QXtf9o8mZ8gVGcEBfNZuuTgyvP4NDn9TQtgR0Gmug5HC7-2FvasM1In9VqBa1BxFmD34Cg-3D-3D)).
The library is also a founding partner of the Association of Research
Libraries Digital Scholarship Institute (
http://www.arl.org/focus-areas/scholarly-communication/digital-scholarship/arl-digital-scholarship-institute
(http://email.hiretouch.com/wf/click?upn=8COOFSBPWV18fuJPHqqRs21htCRd6vqBG-2FJzu5hVdLZpi-2B5Yr1dNYUuDzvZtlXwO-2BY8Vva16thCPz13IoTLyIhAUycuw0Cvu8YeEJDlNF0JqdlxsG8UgZjZd-2BGyG-2F81xJMAWTmbuw30vC40WzaQO8VG0k7TEw4bnEZRcoWN4eTY-3D_WYm9AJSWWSBsLAcK1BaxATQBLFwfzNYcQCjfl57ibJB-2Ffs7eTWtFwUvmaKEvsr7hfbnSUti9h3Wmr8HwdEPYSg7GBy-2FqB3OQJjn-2FWg7mHyVfAbtyj-2BcjLinn4il1jwF2YZSEwA-2F3y2dJrzwByvhZDe8Dp5gmG-2FchO2vpqbq19SvR3CqzgyL3m-2BOGscwNKIfAG3fi1Ofoir9odUFQvynqm12Lwz9h5Jn-2Bz8zbhBtN2ClvV0S6SFMJ-2BVZKNCxL-2B-2FBIP-2BqVc318pTI3lDwB-2BX954xF3ZFc5Jh1qyAHRMMKwhY9gqcC9bmMMmusWKXSl2RitI9uSSL3wsTVGCfcLPPXDgQ-3D-3D)).
The campus humanities center, the Illinois Program for Research in the
Humanities is a key partner for digital humanities work, and it has just
begun a multi-year initiative, Training in Digital Methods for Humanists,
that provides support for tenured humanities faculty to learn new digital
approaches for research and teaching.

*Salary and Rank: *Salary commensurate with credentials and experience.
Librarians have faculty rank, and must demonstrate excellence in
librarianship, research, and university/professional/community service in
order to meet university standards for tenure and promotion. Library
faculty have an obligation to remain professionally informed, to pursue the
discovery of new knowledge related to their field of expertise, to
disseminate the results of their scholarly work, and to seek opportunities
for service to the Library, campus, state, nation and profession. Library
faculty are governed by University statements on review and promotion found
in Article IX of the *Statutes*, and in Provost’s Communication No. 9 <
http://provost.illinois.edu/communication/09/index.html&gt; and Provost’s
Communication No. 13 <
http://provost.illinois.edu/communication/13/index.html&gt;. For more
information on library tenure and promotion, see <
https://www.library.illinois.edu/staff/committee/promotion-and-tenure-advisory-committee/
>.

*Terms of Appointment*: Twelve-month appointment; 24 annual vacation days;
11 annual paid holidays; 12 annual sick-leave days (cumulative), plus an
additional 13 sick-leave days (non-cumulative) available, if needed, each
year; health insurance requiring a small co-payment is provided to employee
(with the option to purchase coverage for spouse and dependents); required
participation in State Universities Retirement System (SURS) (8% of annual
salary is withheld and is refundable upon termination), with several
options for participation in additional retirement plans; newly-hired
employees are covered by the Medicare portion of Social Security and are
subject to its deduction.

*Campus and Community*: The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a
comprehensive and major public land-grant university (Doctoral/Research
University-Extensive) that is ranked among the best in the world. Chartered
in 1867, it provides undergraduate and graduate education in more than 150
fields of study, conducts theoretical and applied research, and provides
public service to the state and the nation. It employs 3,000 faculty
members who serve 31,000 undergraduates and 12,000 graduate and
professional students; approximately 25% of faculty receives campus-wide
recognition each year for excellence in teaching. More information about
the campus is available at http://www.illinois.edu.

The University is located in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana, which
have a combined population of 100,000 and are situated about 140 miles
south of Chicago, 120 miles west of Indianapolis, and 170 northeast of St.
Louis. The University and its surrounding communities offer a cultural and
recreational environment ideally suited to the work of a major research
institution. For more information about the community, visit:
http://illinois.edu/about/community/community.html
(http://email.hiretouch.com/wf/click?upn=EqdaATwha1JrSZGofM8HlwPoVP3jQ6RW6F1y7I-2BRbIvJetzUBf7AcnsrRfRxI4tPIuHEgHDy2ds-2FnrKgYVouwg-3D-3D_WYm9AJSWWSBsLAcK1BaxATQBLFwfzNYcQCjfl57ibJB-2Ffs7eTWtFwUvmaKEvsr7hfbnSUti9h3Wmr8HwdEPYSg7GBy-2FqB3OQJjn-2FWg7mHyVfAbtyj-2BcjLinn4il1jwF2YZSEwA-2F3y2dJrzwByvhZDe8Dp5gmG-2FchO2vpqbq19SvR3CqzgyL3m-2BOGscwNKIfA6A7inUu372wU9OLdCPvFUFt3d22xOWCXLAzUA1C3NkMn2uVgGzBTJ2kzaXKC-2FBqbjwfejr-2FTWpBxw79FzMhhABObdrHxDpwUe1bIM2Cl-2BhiqpzZy-2F61UpKGR0wahwEPYP6-2Bd5z6F-2F0viLTFCun8qCg-3D-3D)
or http://www.ccchamber.org/
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*To Apply*: To ensure full consideration, please complete your candidate
profile at https://jobs.illinois.edu
(http://email.hiretouch.com/wf/click?upn=JvIYOHR1NyNpkeKMwd5M2929deNTG0kxckdqJcSY7VFgAphckaQyH04w-2F28Wau9L_WYm9AJSWWSBsLAcK1BaxATQBLFwfzNYcQCjfl57ibJB-2Ffs7eTWtFwUvmaKEvsr7hfbnSUti9h3Wmr8HwdEPYSg7GBy-2FqB3OQJjn-2FWg7mHyVfAbtyj-2BcjLinn4il1jwF2YZSEwA-2F3y2dJrzwByvhZDe8Dp5gmG-2FchO2vpqbq19SvR3CqzgyL3m-2BOGscwNKIfADQAnxAS-2FOpMzzwnbhZt7ltug8pTJilEfLlNe7lpM4O0sDiEprcee4JkCKWMT-2BHUbWm2dXlFwYOR5lyz3XyeHXWp7hkYIMnN4xpAMlbWCiYAqgYt1HkrX8h8k1xZEl47N6YNsf22L7vrh4ySvN4jFpA-3D-3D)
and upload a letter of interest, resume, and contact information including
email addresses for three professional references. Applications not
submitted through this website will not be considered. For questions,
please call: 217-333-8169.

*Deadline:* In order to ensure full consideration we urge candidates to
submit application materials on or before November 16, 2018.

The University of Illinois conducts criminal background checks on all job
candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer.

—-
Dan Tracy
Head, Scholarly Communication and Publishing

Assistant Professor, University Library
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Phone: 217-300-8439

Email: dtracy@illinois.edu

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0106-6293

Illinois Experts Profile:
https://experts.illinois.edu/en/persons/daniel-tracy

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