This vacancy, which has recently been advertised in the press, may
be of interest:
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN
HUMANITIES INSTITUTE OF IRELAND
Irish Virtual Research Library and Archive Project
Project Manager (Five Year Post)
(Ref. No. 001063)
The Irish Virtual Research Library and Archive Project is a
component part of the research programme of the Humanities
Institute of Ireland, funded under the Programme for Research in
Third-Level Institutions (Cycle 3). The aim of this five-year project is
the development of a prototype virtual research library. The project
will include the creation of digitised content from original materials in
textual, graphic, audio and video formats in the university's
repositories (the Department of Archives, the Department of Irish
Folklore, the Department of Modern Irish, and the Library), the
application of appropriate metadata tools and structures, and the
development of an innovative research-oriented interface.
Applications are now invited from suitably qualified and experienced
persons for the post of Project Manager. Applicants should have a
primary degree and a qualification in library, information, or archival
studies, and should have experience in some of the following:
digitisation processes, digital libraries, database design, metadata
structures and applications, information retrieval, and the
development of search interfaces. Familiarity with, or experience in,
research collections and an understanding of their use by
humanities researchers would be advantageous, as would previous
experience of project management.
The successful candidate will be appointed at an appropriate point,
commensurate with skills and experience, on the salary scale:
€39,961 - €47,648 per annum
Further particulars of the post, which will be based in the Library,
are available from the:
Deputy Librarian, Main Library,
University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4.
Tel: +353-1-716-7694; Fax: +353-1-283-7667
E-mail: { HYPERLINK mailto:[log in to unmask] [log in to unmask]
Completed letters of application, together with curriculum vitae and
the names and addresses of two referees should be sent to the
above address by 12.00 noon on Tuesday, 19 November 2002.
Further information about the project is included in the further
particulars of the post, and is also available from the Humanities
Institute of Ireland website [http://www.ucd.ie/hii].
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S Phillips,
Librarian,
University College Dublin,
Belfield,
DUBLIN 4
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Tel: +353-1-716 7694
Fax: +353-1-283 7667
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