Adjunct Digital Scholarship Specialist

Description

In compliance with NYC’s Pay Transparency Act, based upon the amount of hours worked and pro-rating where applicable, the minimum and maximum compensation for this position is $47,000 annualized salary for a part-time role in the 2024-2025 Academic Year.

Adjunct Digital Scholarship Specialist, New York University Libraries

New York University Libraries’ Digital Scholarship Services department (DSS) is seeking a part-time (10-20 hours per week) adjunct Digital Scholarship Specialist to collaborate on technical and service support for digital scholarship for faculty, students, and staff at NYU. 

Onsite, hybrid, or remote work is possible, with primarily weekday, daytime service hours (Mon – Fri, 9 am – 6 pm) for 10-20 weekly hours (flexible based on availability). This is a one-year limited academic appointment. 

Duties include:

• Supporting users as we sunset our Web Hosting service, providing technical support and writing documentation for users as they migrate and transition their content to alternate hosting solutions and providers.
• Assisting with consultation and outreach for DSS services.
• Providing onboarding and application support for users of Manifold, our open publishing platform.

Preference will be given to candidates with strong communication skills, an understanding of the research process, and an interest in exploring technologies used in digital library and/or digital humanities initiatives. 

Eligibility:

Required Education: Bachelor’s degree, preferably in computer sciences, humanities or social sciences, and some graduate coursework.

About Digital Scholarship Services: DSS helps NYU faculty and students incorporate digital scholarship tools and methods into their research and teaching, including digital humanities tools and platforms, repository services, website creation, and project management. DSS also collaborates closely with services supporting data discovery, creation, and use, and multimedia production.

About New York University Libraries: Library facilities at New York University serve the school’s 60,000 students and faculty and contain more than 4 million volumes. New York University is a member of the Association of Research Libraries, the Research Libraries Group, the Digital Library Federation; serves as the administrative headquarters of the Research Library Association of South Manhattan, a consortium that includes three academic institutions.

Qualifications

Required Experience:

• 1-2 years relevant experience, may include project work or coursework related to digital scholarly projects.
• Experience writing for a public audience.
• Excellent public service, communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Interest in developing skills with digital scholarship tools.

Preferred Experience:

• Master’s degree in Information Sciences, Library Sciences, Computer Sciences, or a related field.
• Experience teaching or training others in digital scholarship or digital humanities tools and methods.
• Experience working in an academic environment, preferably in libraries.
• Experience with commonly used digital scholarship methods, including text analysis, geographic information systems (GIS), network analysis, web development.
• Knowledge of command line, HTML/CSS, and a programming language (e.g. PHP, JavaScript, Python, etc).

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