Dear colleagues
Please pass the details of this post on to anyone you think would be interested and suitable – or feel free to apply yourself!
With thanks and best wishes
Rupert
Data Wrangler (Collection Information Project)
The National Gallery is seeking a Data Wrangler to work for nine months on its Collection Information Project, to take semi-structured or unstructured data in various formats from a variety of sources, convert them into structured data, and import them into the Gallery`s SQL Server-based collections management system and/or a data store attached to the Gallery`s middleware (still to be developed). They may also be required to automate the mapping of individual records to Linked Open Data authority files.
We are looking for someone with a relevant degree or comparable experience in data analysis and processing; practical experience of data analysis and architecture, particularly in relation to structured academic research information; facility with scripting and coding at a shell script / command line level; understanding of XML, XLST, and SQL; an ability to use regular expressions and suitable scripting languages to regularise unformatted and fuzzy data; and an understanding of Linked Open Data and semantic technologies and the ability to write SPARQL queries.
Department: Curatorial
Salary: £29,937 - £37,511
Type: Fixed Term Full-Time
Closing date: 8 January 2017
Interview date: Week Commencing 23rd January 2017
Job ref: 1456
Further details: http://login.amris.com/wizards/nationalgallery/vacancyView.php?requirementId=MTQ1Ng==&jId=
Rupert Shepherd, PhD FSA
Collection Information Manager
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Tel: +44 (0)20 7747 5921
[The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN]<http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk>
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