Digital Humanities Librarian

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This is a full-time 12-month tenure-track faculty position. Rank considerations are based on professional performance research and service experience sufficient to qualify for appointment at the rank of Assistant Librarian or Associate Librarian. See the Libraries Criteria for Academic Ranks document: information about the Libraries promotion and tenure procedures can be found at the following website: RESPONSIBILITIES (70%)

• Consults with students faculty and staff on digital humanities projects providing technical expertise and support for DH methods. Consultations are designed to empower faculty and graduate students to pursue their own research and teaching.
• Offers introductory training in DH tools and methods. Oversees and executes hands-on workshops training sessions and seminars for faculty and graduate students.
• Develops and delivers DH content for graduate and undergraduate courses and works with instructors to integrate DH skills into course learning outcomes.
• Designs and develops programmatic materials and content to support IDRH programs and activities to foster engagement of students faculty staff and community partners.
• Understands the potential benefits and liabilities of various digital platforms and tools and communicates them clearly to a range of audiences.
• Creates and maintains project documentation.
• Independently and collaboratively coordinates and executes a variety of IDRH programs and events which may include grant funded programs.
• Collaborates on grant funding proposals.
• Participates in IDRH in a leadership role helping develop goals and objectives and participating in the planning administration and execution of IDRH events and programming.
• Assesses and reports on IDRH program outcomes.
• Engages with KU Libraries colleagues to enhance and coordinate digital scholarship support. Participates in services and programs such as Sprints and Carpentries.
• Works collaboratively with faculty and other librarians to design and deliver library instruction to students
• Advances the libraries priorities and strategic directions through participation on project teams and/or task forces.

• Contributes to the professions collective knowledge by engaging in scholarly research activity.
• Research may involve the publication of articles books book reviews grant-supported inquiry or editorial work (see Promotion and Tenure Procedures at KU Spring 2017).

• Engages in service to the Libraries the University and to professional organizations by participating in committee work projects and other contributory achievements.

Required Qualifications for All Candidates

ALA-accredited masters degree in Library/Information Science or equivalent from a foreign institution by date of appointment OR a PhD in library and information science from an LIS program that also offered an ALA-accredited masters degree at the time the PhD was awarded .

Appointment at the Associate Librarian rank requires a review of the candidates materials to ensure work at the level documented in KU Libraries Criteria for Academic Ranks of Library Faculty

This position requires a formal degree in the cited discipline area(s) to ensure that candidates have the foundational knowledge and skill set required to perform the duties of the position. The level of degree is based on accreditation requirements institutional standards of academic and professional excellence alignment with peer institution benchmarks and contributes to the credibility and effectiveness of the role within the university community.

The Digital Humanities Librarian collaborates with faculty staff and students on the use of digital humanities (DH) scholarship tools and methods. Duties will include project consulting and development working with course instructors to incorporate DH into the classroom and providing training for faculty staff and students in digital humanities tools and methods. The position requires a broad familiarity with the digital humanities including the capacity of the field to amplify stories by and about underrepresented groups. Working closely with colleagues in KU Libraries as a part of the Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities (IDRH) the successful applicant will contribute to a collaborative approach to digital scholarship that raises the visibility of digital humanities on campus and enhances KUs reputation in the DH community.

KU Libraries mission is to advance research teaching and learning at the intersection of people and ideas. We seek to empower all learners through transformative partnerships including the IDRH. Situated in KU Libraries and reporting to the librarian co-director of the IDRH the Digital Humanities Librarian is a key member of the IDRH staff collaborating closely with the IDRH co-directors and other stakeholders to shape the vision of the IDRH set and assess goals and provide a range of services programming and support for digital humanities research.

The IDRH supports creates and disseminates digital research in the humanities (DH). Established in 2010 as a partnership between KU Libraries the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Hall Center for the Humanities the IDRH provides an intellectual hub for DH and fosters an interdisciplinary conversation across the university community. Led by a co-director from KU Libraries and a co-director from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences IDRH aims to build a flourishing environment for innovative exploration at the intersection of digital technology and humanities research by providing resources and training in the practices and tools of DH. Promoting public scholarship and partnership-building the IDRH facilitates externally funded research and welcomes everyone from the curious to the novice to the expert. Major IDRH initiatives include a DH Fellows program for KU faculty and students; a public-facing DH colloquium; offering regular workshops in DH tools and methods; providing grants for research and teaching; the African initiative; project consulting and partnerships; and externally funded grant initiatives in the digital humanities such as the Public Digital Humanities Institute.

Below are common examples of work for this position:

• Works with one or more tools or platforms for creating scholarly digital projects which may include but are not limited to Omeka ArcGIS StoryMaps Scalar Jekyll
• Works with web development and/or programming tools which may include but are not limited to: HTML CSS JavaScript Python Ruby R Git Jupyter Notebook tools for working with Generative AI and Large Language Models
• Works with structured data formats which may include but are not limited to JSON XML CSV relational databases
• Engages with current trends and resources in the digital humanities
• Develops grant proposals
• Develops and delivers workshops instruction sessions and other training
• Works collegially and collaboratively in a team environment