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Research Assistant

Research Assistant (Arts and Humanities) Scale 6
(£23,002 - £24,403 per annum) plus London
Allowance of £2,572 per annum, Full time, 9 month contract
due to funding.
E -Curator: 3D colour scans for remote object identification
and assessment
This project draws on UCL's expertise both in
curatorship and in e-Science. It takes advantage
of the presence at UCL of world class collections
across a range of disciplines and of a state of
the art colour scanner, the quality of which is
unequalled in the UK. The project aims to apply
e-science technologies to museum work and
artefact analysis, exploring the potential to
capture and share in a secure and repeatable
manner very large, detailed datasets about museum
artefacts, thereby enhancing international
scholarship and facilitating the safe movement of
artefacts. The ability to share validated 3D
colour data could facilitate object-tracking and
condition checking, enabling curators and
conservators to compare records collected at
different institutions and stored remotely, or
collected over a period of time under different
conditions, in order to assess and monitor
change. The project is jointly funded by the Arts
and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), the
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research
Council (EPSRC) and the Joint Information Systems Committee
(JISC).
We are seeking a Research Assistant with a
background in the Arts and Humanities, who will
be responsible for organising formative, interim
and summative evaluation of the project with
curators and conservators. S/he will be trained
in 3D colour scanning with Arius equipment and
software in order to undertake object scanning
with curators, will organise workshops, and will
play a key role in publishing and disseminating
the findings in appropriate professional contexts
within the museum and heritage sector. S/he will
work closely with a Research Assistant from a
Computer Science background who is developing software tools
for the project.
A full job description, person specification is
available at
<http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/jobs>www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/jobs.
Application forms can be downloaded from
<http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/jobs/>http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/jobs/.
Please email completed applications to Hannah
Parton
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] or
post to Room 118, Chorley Institute, Pearson
Building, UCL, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT.
Telephone enquiries - 020 7679 2462.
Interviews will be held on 26 November.
We regret that due to administration costs we are
only able to respond to applicants whom we wish
to interview. If you have not heard from us
within one month after the closing date please
assume you have been unsuccessful in your application for
this post.
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Sally MacDonald
Director, UCL Museums and Collections
Vice Provost's Office, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
tel: 020 7679 2825
mob: 07809 565349
fax: 020 7916 8505
www.ucl.ac.uk/museums

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Dr Suzanne Keene
Reader in Museum Studies
Institute of Archaeology
University College London
31-34 Gordon Square
London WC1H 0PY
+44 (0)20  7679 4935

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology
http://www.suzannekeene.info
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