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Dean Steven Smith Associate Dean for Research
& Scholarly Communication Holly Mercer Data Curation Chris Eaker LRC Librarian Digital Humanities Ashley Maynor LRC Librarian Geographic Info. Systems Eric Arnold Scholarly Communication Rachel Radom LRC Librarian Media Literacy Michelle Brannen LRC Librarian Scholars’ Collaborative The Studio Digitial Initiatives Mark Baggett Digital Production
& Publishing Seth Jordan Maps
&Government Info. Greg March LRC Librarian LRC
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184 Representative Documents: Job Descriptions UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI LIBRARIES Digital Humanities Strategist An affirmative action/equal opportunity institution University of Cincinnati Libraries University of Cincinnati PO Box 210033 Cincinnati, OH 45221-0033 640 Langsam Library Phone: (513) 556-1599 Fax: (513) 556-0325 POSITION: Digital Humanities Strategist EFFECTIVE DATE: May 2014 GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The Digital Humanities Strategist plays a lead role in UCL digital humanities initiatives, and support for UC faculty and students in the area of digital humanities research and scholarship. Develops connections and collaborations with digital humanists, department and program chairs across UC. Works in a highly collegial and inter-disciplinary way to establish and strengthen partnerships with appropriate colleges, but especially with the McMicken College of Arts &Sciences and other units like the Taft Center. Plays a leading role in coordinating digital humanities related taskforces, committees and advisory groups. Coordinates, develops and leads a team of staff, students and research fellows to work on digital humanities projects. Plays a leading role in identifying and writing digital humanities grant funding proposals for UCL or in collaboration with UC faculty and staff. Acts as resource for UCL and UC faculty, staff and students in the area of copyright/fair use, digital scholarship in general and digital humanities specifically. Serves as the liaison and selector for the Romance Languages and Literatures (RLL) Department. RELATIONSHIP AND AUTHORITY: Reports to the Associate Dean of Library Services. Receives guidance from and consults with the Associate Dean of Digital Initiatives and Special Collections, and the Associate Dean for Collections on collection matters. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: • Provides support and leadership for digital humanities scholarship at UC, building alliances and collaborations to advance UCL and UC digital humanities initiatives. Develops connections with digital humanities efforts at the university. Through outreach and relationship building, and employing a deep knowledge of research in the humanities, finds research collaborators, with appropriate colleges, but especially in the McMicken College of Arts &Sciences and the Taft Center. • Looks beyond UCL to engage faculty and students about digital scholarship in the humanities, reaching out to understand research and teaching needs. Forges new collaborations that extend UCL’s capacity to support the university’s humanities scholarship and research, collaborating with campus stakeholders to integrate digital resources, methodologies, technologies and analytical tools into humanities research. • Works with the Associate Dean of Library Services and the Associate Dean for Digital Initiatives and Special Collections to develop digital humanities initiatives. Assists with the assessment for and development of potential UCL space for digital scholarship.