OTA Resource Development Officer (Oxford)

OTA Resource Development Officer

The Humanities Computing Unit, based at Oxford University Computing Services, brings together a number of local, national and international facilities providing support for Humanities Computing at Oxford. As part of the HCU, The Oxford Text Archive (http://ota.ahds.ac.uk/), is one of the world's oldest and best-known electronic text centres, and since 1996 the OTA has been working as the electronic text Service Provider for the UK's national Arts and Humanities Data Service.

The OTA is now seeking to recruit a computer-literate graduate, with a background in the humanities. Candidates should enjoy working with bibliographic reference sources, as the first task to be undertaken will involve performing quality assurance checks on the metadata relating to the OTA's holdings. There will be opportunities to learn about the creation, distribution, and delivery of digital resources, and to participate fully in the work of the OTA. This post will provide an excellent start to a career in humanities computing, information management, or electronic publishing. Applications from persons writing-up or having recently completed a PhD thesis are particularly welcome.

More information about the posts is available from the HCU web site at http://www.hcu.ox.ac.uk/jobs/ To apply, please obtain further details and an application form from:
Mrs Nicky Tomlin
Oxford University Computing Services
13 Banbury Road
Oxford OX2 6NN, UK
Tel: +44 [0]1865-273230
Fax: +44 [0]1865-273275
E-mail: nicky.tomlin@oucs.ox.ac.uk

Completed application forms must be received by 7th April 2000.

RA (source: Humanist)