Studies in Radicalism Online (“SiRO”: http://www.studiesinradicalism.org/ ), a federation of digital projects in radicalism studies housed at MSU Libraries, and the Graduate Collage are offering a ½ time graduate assistantship for the duties of a part-time project manager beginning summer, 2016. SiRO is a node in the Advanced Research Consortium (ARC), a group that includes NINES, 18th Connect, MESA (Medieval Electronic Scholarly Alliance), and others. The project manager’s primary responsibility will be to facilitate the ingestion of modernist digital projects into the SiRO searchable database. It is preferred that applicants have experience with digital humanities projects, and technical competencies in XML as well as XSLT or a scripting language (such as Python, Ruby, etc.).
In addition to the technical work, the project manager will shepherd projects through peer review by the SiRO board; conduct virtual and physical outreach and publicity (including the making of exhibits, and managing of social media); and communicate with software developers about bug fixes or specific software needs.
Applicants should submit a cover letter (addressed to Jacquelyn Hansen), a CV or resume, and the names and contact information for two references by April 15, 2016 to the MSU Libraries HR email hrreports@mail.lib.msu.edu.
Minimum: MA degree
Responsibilities:
- Ingesting digital projects into the SiRO database
- Shepherding projects through peer review
- Making of exhibits
- Conducting virtual and physical outreach and publicity
- Communicating with software developers about bug fixes or software needs
For more info on SiRO see: http://www.studiesinradicalism.org/about/ . And for an overview of ARC and Virtual Research Environments please see this article: http://src-online.ca/index.php/src/article/view/189/363 .
The desired starting date for this assistantship is Summer, 2016, though this may be negotiated to begin Fall semester, 2016.