193 SPEC Kit 350: Supporting Digital Scholarship
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN LIBRARIES
Digital Development Manager
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
University Libraries
POSITION DESCRIPTION
Digital Development Manager
Major Responsibilities:
Responsible for researching, testing, and recommending open source technologies and approaches for the
Center for Digital Research in the Humanities in collaboration with the technology team. Manages
professional and student programmers in the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities. Coordinates
tasks and milestones in the technical team to efficiently complete projects in support of the Center's
mission. Designs, creates, and codes accessible and usable interfaces for Center research projects utilizing
HTML, CSS and Javascript. Responsible for presentation of data stored in eXtensible Markup Language
(XML) for web access utilizing modern frameworks and technologies. Creates search interfaces and
designs search indexes using open source technologies such as Apache Solr.
Duties:
Manages 2.00 FTE programmer/analyst IIs and student programmers in CDRH. Determines staff
assignments based on priorities established with the directors. Trains various graduate and undergraduate
student workers in design and UX. Helps them develop an understanding of the linkages of public
interfaces with back-end architecture created in Java, Python, node.js, C++, and Ruby on Rails or
databases developed for GIS purposes.
Utilizes various open source search applications, such as Lucene, Solr, or XTF, to create searching
indexes, and creates prototype search interfaces with a focus on user experience and usability.
Researches, tests, and recommends open source technologies and approaches for the Center for Digital
Research in the Humanities in collaboration with the technology team.
Provides technical advice and information to CDRH faculty, graduate students, and project personnel, and
works collaboratively with programmer/analysts and systems administrators to ensure that information
architecture for projects is highly functional.
Researches, tests, and recommends open source technologies and approaches for the Center for Digital
Research in the Humanities in collaboration with the technology team
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN LIBRARIES
Digital Development Manager
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
University Libraries
POSITION DESCRIPTION
Digital Development Manager
Major Responsibilities:
Responsible for researching, testing, and recommending open source technologies and approaches for the
Center for Digital Research in the Humanities in collaboration with the technology team. Manages
professional and student programmers in the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities. Coordinates
tasks and milestones in the technical team to efficiently complete projects in support of the Center's
mission. Designs, creates, and codes accessible and usable interfaces for Center research projects utilizing
HTML, CSS and Javascript. Responsible for presentation of data stored in eXtensible Markup Language
(XML) for web access utilizing modern frameworks and technologies. Creates search interfaces and
designs search indexes using open source technologies such as Apache Solr.
Duties:
Manages 2.00 FTE programmer/analyst IIs and student programmers in CDRH. Determines staff
assignments based on priorities established with the directors. Trains various graduate and undergraduate
student workers in design and UX. Helps them develop an understanding of the linkages of public
interfaces with back-end architecture created in Java, Python, node.js, C++, and Ruby on Rails or
databases developed for GIS purposes.
Utilizes various open source search applications, such as Lucene, Solr, or XTF, to create searching
indexes, and creates prototype search interfaces with a focus on user experience and usability.
Researches, tests, and recommends open source technologies and approaches for the Center for Digital
Research in the Humanities in collaboration with the technology team.
Provides technical advice and information to CDRH faculty, graduate students, and project personnel, and
works collaboratively with programmer/analysts and systems administrators to ensure that information
architecture for projects is highly functional.
Researches, tests, and recommends open source technologies and approaches for the Center for Digital
Research in the Humanities in collaboration with the technology team
