Digital Humanist - Koeln
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Inserito il 26/10/2014
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Digital Humanist / Software Developer
(3 years, TV-L 13, full-time with part-time option, starting 1 January 2015)
Tasks
Collaboration on different projects; among others an international
EU-funded project aiming at providing access to archival material for
academics and the public:
- implementation of open-source Web 2.0 features and tools
- usability of technical tools in the environment of digital archival
material
- crowdsourcing tools for indexing and transcription on the basis of a
web-based XML WYSIWYM
- gamification features
- development / enhancement / implementation of tools for image
cropping, text image linking, image annotation (supported by tagging
taxonomies, vocabularies and folksonomies)
- information enrichment (e.g. named entities) with authority files,
Required skills
- x-technologies (XML, XSLT, XQuery, XML-DB)
- web technologies (including deeper understanding of JavaScript)
- software development experience
- experience in distributed collaboration using git and issue tracking
software
- dissemination & communication skills
Desirable skills
- additional programming languages (e.g. Java/C++, Ruby, Python, PHP)
- data and metadata standards in the Digital Humanities (CEI/TEI, EAD)
- digitization of cultural heritage objects (artifacts / images / texts)
- understanding humanities concepts and finding ways to realize them as
technical solutions
A working knowledge / understanding of German should be acquired within
1 year.
Application Deadline: 17 November 2014
Applications should include a brief cover letter and a CV and may
include links to projects. Applications must be sent electronically to
info-cceh@uni-koeln.de.
For further information or in case of queries contact Dr. Patrick Sahle
at info-cceh@uni-koeln.de.
http://www.cceh.uni-koeln.de/node/565
