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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
Director, Digital Research and Scholarship
GENERAL FACULTY
POSITION DESCRIPTION
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
PART I: ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION
POSITION
NUMBER FP 627
Working Title Director, Digital Research and Scholarship
Organization University of Virginia Library
PART II: POSITION INFORMATION
PERCENT
OF TOTAL
WORKING
TIME
DESCRIBE FULLY AND CLEARLY THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK FIRST, THEN THE NEXT MOST IMPORTANT IN A SEPARATE
PARAGRAPH, AND SO ON. .MAKE THE DESCRIPTIONS DEFINITE AND DETAILED TO GIVE A CLEAR PICTURE OF THE WORK.
IT IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT THAT THE SUPERVISION RECEIVED OR EXERCISED BE CLEARLY EXPLAINED. IT IS ALSO
IMPORTANT THAT SUCH TERMS AS "CHECK", "HANDLE", "RESPONSIBLE FOR", "ASSIST" BE EXPLAINED. LIST ANY
EQUIPMENT OPERATED OR SPECIAL SKILL USED. ESTIMATE WORKING TIME DEVOTED TO EACH KIND OF WORK
The Director, Digital Research and Scholarship will provide leadership for the ever-evolving digital
scholarship services and programs at the University of Virginia Library. The primary audience for these
services are faculty and graduate students in the Humanities, Social Sciences, the Arts, and Architecture.
50% Provide strategic direction and oversight to full-time staff and part-time students in provision of a suite of
services to support digital scholarship, ensuring that the University retains an international reputation as a
cultural center for digital scholarship. The range of responsibility and oversight include:
the Scholars’ Lab, a physical place for scholars to pursue digital scholarship services include
triage for expert format-specific consulting and intellectual property advising, outreach
services, and instructional services.
faculty project consulting and programming assistance with projects, tools selection and
development, and assistance in using format-specific tools.
a graduate student fellowship program in support of their use of digital scholarship in pursuit of
their degrees
30% Establish programs and services that facilitate inter-disciplinary scholarship and new partnerships and
collaborations that engage faculty and students of the University in interdisciplinary digital scholarship
both locally and internationally.
10% Serve as liaison and facilitate communication within the Library and among University entities engaged
in digital scholarship activities. Externally that includes the University Press, ITC, IATH, VCDH, DLF,
etc. Internally, that includes the Brown Library’s Research Computing Lab, Robertson’s Digital Media
Lab, etc.
10% Engage professionally in activities related to digital scholarship and scholarly communication represent
the University at appropriate conferences, seminars, and scholarly societies. Pursue research in own
interest area related to digital scholarship.
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