The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio is seeking a full-time, permanent, twelve-month tenure track Digital Humanities Librarian. The Digital Humanities Librarian will establish and grow a dynamic, multifaceted program that addresses the growing demand for digital arts and humanities support on campus. Working with arts and humanities scholars, faculty and students, the Digital Humanities Librarian will foster successful adoption and application of digital arts and humanities approaches to research, teaching, and learning. The librarian will engage deeply with the Digital Arts and Humanities scholars around campus, the Goldberg Center, the Humanities Institute, ACCAD (Advanced Computer Center for the Arts and Design), and other campus entities to identify innovative and evolving digital tools and resources that advance scholarly investigation, while building upon the traditional cornerstones of research methodologies in the arts and humanities disciplines.
As a member of the Research Services Department, which leads the Libraries in creating new, engagement-centered service models based in cross-university partnerships, the Digital Humanities Librarian will be a change agent, partner, and resource person for subject librarians, Research Commons staff, and Special Collections curators involved in facilitating faculty and student digital projects and will be expected to analyze and understand the campus environment to identify emerging areas of interest. This tenure-track librarian will have responsibility for providing user-centered services in support of teaching, research, and scholarship as a liaison to a humanities discipline and will approach the deliver of services with creativity and innovation to align with the Libraries’ Strategic Plan and to operate within the Engaged Librarian Framework.”
Required Qualifications:
- An ALA-accredited MLS or MLIS degree or PhD in relevant subject area or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Experience with digital arts and humanities research tools and approaches (e.g., text mining, data visualization, image analysis, and augmented reality).
- Knowledge of data issues in the research/knowledge creation life-cycle.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with faculty, subject librarians, special collections and others in order to advance digital arts and humanities research.
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience in developing a multifaceted program for a multidisciplinary constituency.
- Familiarity with research methodologies across a variety of arts and humanities disciplines.
- Demonstrated project management, organizational, analytical, and problem solving skills.
- Familiarity with data visualization tools and techniques applied to humanities research.
- Experience representing a library to external stakeholders and engaging in consortial projects or programs.
- Demonstrated ability to lead change
For further details about position responsibilities and the OSU Libraries, visit the job description.
To apply, send the following to Kelly Rose at rose.900@osu.edu with “Digital Humanities Librarian” in the subject field:
- Cover letter
- CV
- References
- Salary History and Requirements
