Position at Ligatus Research Unit

Research Technician
Ligatus Research Unit
University of the Arts London

Temporary - Part time

One year fixed term contract, 20 hours per week

Salary: UKP26,017 pro rata

Closing Date: NOv 3, 2011

University of the Arts London is a vibrant world centre for
innovation, drawing together six Colleges with international
reputations in art, design, fashion, communication and performing
arts and a long involvement in the book arts and book conservation.

Ligatus is one of the University's research centres that could
transform the role of object documentation in digital humanities. It
is set to combine traditional bookbinding and archiving knowledge
with the latest web technologies in a whole new way, making this
role unique in its field.

At the moment, there is no system in place to manage the
considerable volume of data Ligatus is accumulating. As part of the
team, you will help to design a new system to organise, publish and
optimise Ligatus digital collections. You will then manage and
maintain the system, administering the digitised data.

Highly IT literate, you can use XML technologies and administer XML
data, XML native databases, relational databases and simple type
data. You can also deal with image quality issues and design, code,
test and correct batch data processing scripts and macro-commands
for both text and images.

Articulate, organised and team-focused, you have worked on digital
humanities projects before and handled text encoding. Perhaps most
importantly, you have an interest in the history of material
culture, plus the ideas and enthusiasm needed to get a new research
centre off the ground.

This is one of the two positions currently offered by Ligatus, with
the second one being a part time Research Assistant.

In return, University of the Arts London offers generous leave, a
final salary pension and a commitment to your continuing personal
development and training in an environment that encourages
excellence, creativity and diversity.

Please download an application pack and then upload your completed
application form by clicking on apply below. If you have any queries
about this role that are not covered in the documentation available
below please contact

Please download an application pack and then upload your completed
application form:

    <URL:http://jobs.arts.ac.uk/
        ViewJob.aspx?id=7afc7837-db9e-4c61-a037-442564fe42d5>

If you have any queries about this role that are not covered in the
documentation available below please contact

    Ewelina Warner
    Ligatus Administrator.
    +44 20 7514 6432
    e.warner<-a t->camberwell< . >arts< . >ac< . >uk

University of the Arts London aims to be an equal opportunities
employer embracing diversity in all areas of activity.


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