University of Portsmouth
Research Assistant in Metadata Standards for Digital Preservation and Emulation
School of Creative Technologies
Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries
Fixed term contract for 36 months
Salary: £20,226 - £23,449
Reference: RFCC 0018
Closing date: 19th December 2008
Applications are invited for the above post to work on a European Commission
FP7-funded project which will develop an Emulation Access Platform to enable
accurate rendering of both static and dynamic digital objects: text, sound,
and image files; multimedia documents, websites, databases, videogames etc.
The overall aim of the project is to facilitate universal access to our
cultural heritage by developing flexible tools for accessing and storing a
wide range of digital objects. The project will address all aspects ranging
from safeguarding the original bits from the carrier to offering online
services to end-users via a highly portable emulation framework.
In addition to producing a software package, the project will deliver
understanding about how to integrate emulation-based solutions with an
operational electronic deposit system. Existing metadata models will be
researched and guidelines will be developed for mapping digital objects to
emulated manifestations.
The applicant will be working on the metadata aspect of this project and
should have a good understanding of data modelling in general and in
particular a specific knowledge of bibliographic and/or games data.
Applicants must possess at least a good undergraduate degree in Cultural and
Heritage Informatics; Information Management / Preservation; Digital
Humanities; Library and Information Science; Database Technologies; Computer
Science or similar. Relevant research publications and previous research
experience with digital libraries would also be advantageous.
For informal enquiries about this post, please contact the principal
investigator by emailing [log in to unmask] (or by phoning 0239284
5461).
To find out more about the University of Portsmouth and this role, visit
www.port.ac.uk/vacancies and apply on-line. Alternatively telephone 023 9284
3421. Please quote the reference number on all communications.
Further details are available at:
http://www.port.ac.uk/vacancies/research/vacancytitle,89692,en.html
University of Portsmouth
Research Assistant in User Interfaces
School of Creative Technologies
Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries
Fixed term contract for 36 months
Salary: £20,226 - £23,449
Reference: RFCC 0017
Closing date: 19th December 2008
Applications are invited for the above post to work on a European Commission
FP7-funded project which will develop an Emulation Access Platform to enable
accurate rendering of both static and dynamic digital objects: text, sound,
and image files; multimedia documents, websites, databases, videogames etc.
The overall aim of the project is to facilitate universal access to our
cultural heritage by developing flexible tools for accessing and storing a
wide range of digital objects. The project will address all aspects ranging
from safeguarding the original bits from the carrier to offering online
services to end-users via a highly portable emulation framework.
In addition to producing a software package, the project will deliver
understanding about how to integrate emulation-based solutions with an
operational electronic deposit system. Existing metadata models will be
researched and guidelines will be developed for mapping digital objects to
the emulation framework.
Applicants must have experience of developing multimedia user interfaces,
for local and network (Internet) use, particularly those that utilise
database search functionality. The user interface will be required to host
the emulation services offered by the project system, so experience of
emulation is highly desirable.
The successful applicant will also be expected to manage the delivery of a
transfer tool framework designed to assist institutions in using various
existing media transfer tools (such as floppy/CD imaging software), and
enabling the use of existing archived digital objects within the project
framework. Familiarity with C++, Java, or an equivalent language is thus
essential.
For informal enquiries about this post, please contact the principal
investigator by emailing [log in to unmask] (or by phoning 0239284
5461).
To find out more about the University of Portsmouth and this role, visit
www.port.ac.uk/vacancies and apply on-line. Alternatively telephone 023 9284
3421. Please quote the reference number on all communications.
Further details are available at:
http://www.port.ac.uk/vacancies/research/vacancytitle,89691,en.html
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