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From: David Anderson <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 3, 2008 1:29:07 AM
Subject: [LIBJOBS] Jobs in Digital Preservation at Portsmouth
Two Humanities Computing jobs have just been posted by the University of Portsmouth.
I encourage list members to apply or contact me for more details.
Best wishes,
David
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
Dr. David P. Anderson B.A.Hons Ph.D.
University of Portsmouth
Leader Humanities Computing Group
"The Newmanry"
Room 1003
36-40 Middle Street
Portsmouth PO5 4BT
Ph. +44 (0)23 9284 5525
Fax: +44 (0)23 9284 6364
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