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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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UCL Museums & Collections
Room 118
Chorley Institute
Pearson Building
University College London
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London WC1E 6BT
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