This is a six-month, benefit eligible appointment, with potential to extend based on funding.

Position Summary

The Institute for Advanced Study seeks a focused and detail-oriented individual to manage the digital arrangement of files and metadata for a project that is digitizing our collection of epigraphic squeezes from the ancient Mediterranean. This project aims to make these resources available to the broader scholarly community through open access. A successful applicant will have experience working with RDF (Resource Description Framework) and TEI (Text Encoding Initiative) XML, and will be comfortable with the computer programming necessary to automate work with humanities files and data. They will also be sufficiently competent in ancient Greek to read the text of the epigraphic squeezes, and in Latin to read major publications such as Inscriptiones Graecae. 

Essential Job Duties

Project Management (40%)

• Clean collected metadata to ensure consistency and quality

• Continue 3D-scanning work via photogrammetry and computational development

• Develop metadata schema in accordance with EpiDoc and RDF best practices

• Select and annotate squeeze images for use by Smith College team

• Coordinate with NEH OCR project co-directors on project activities and needs

IT System Design and Implementation (45%)

• Develop appropriate ecosystem for Krateros data and materials in consultation with faculty and staff

• Oversee the ongoing operation of the system

Domain Leadership and Development (10%)

• Build productive relationships between IAS and other entities engaging in similar work related to Digital Humanities

• Curate the scanning project and promote access to and use of the digital squeeze collections which might include providing a greater understanding of the collection to scholars of the ancient world

• Ensure IAS team is aware of and leveraging best practices to carry out the project

• Serve as a resource to other IAS digital humanities efforts

All other duties as assigned by your manager (5%)

Minimum Qualifications

· Experience with RDF and XML metadata formats

· Competency in Latin and ancient Greek

· Familiarity with Python, Javascript, or other Digital Humanities programming language

Preferred Qualifications

· Familiarity with classical epigraphy 

· Working knowledge of Preservica, ArchivesSpace, or a similar repository

· Experience with photogrammetry, Agisoft Metashape, or high performance computing

Working Conditions

· Ability to remain in a sitting position for long periods of time

· This position can be largely remote, although the incumbent must live in the tri-state area and be able to travel to campus for meetings as necessary

The Institute for Advanced Study retains the right to change or assign other duties to this position at any time.

To perform this role successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

At the Institute for Advanced Study’s creation in 1930, the founders wrote: “fundamental in our purpose, and our express desire, [is] that in the appointments to the Staff and Faculty as well as in the admission of workers and students, no account shall be taken, directly or indirectly, of race, religion, or sex.”  We recognize these ideals require continual examination of our culture. Today, we strive to create a community in which all people feel welcomed, respected, and valued.  We seek to address the harmful effects of inequity and discrimination on individual Scholars, Faculty, Staff, and scholarship as a whole.  We affirm equality and embrace our differences as we work to transform principles into action and grow new forms of scholarly community. 

For consideration, please apply with a cover letter and resume by October 31, 2024.