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</style></head><body style='font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; '><div><i>Apologies for cross posting. <br></i></div><div><i>Position closes soon!<br></i></div><div><br></div><div> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman" , serif;">We are currently announcing a doctoral student position in Library and Information Science with a specialisation in Digital Humanities. Please help us spread the information to potential candidates and in relevant networks. Deadline: March 15.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman" , serif;"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: Arial , sans-serif;color: rgb(51,51,51);"><br style=""> </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman" , serif;"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.hb.se/en/About-UB/Work-at-UB/Job-vacancies/"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: Arial , sans-serif;color: rgb(51,51,51);"></span></a><a target="_blank"><i><u><span style="color: blue;">https://www.hb.se/en/About-UB/Work-at-UB/Job-vacancies/</span></u></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman" , serif;"></span></p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: Arial , sans-serif;color: rgb(51,51,51);"></span></div><div><i><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: Arial , sans-serif;color: rgb(51,51,51);"><br></span></i></div><div><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: Arial , sans-serif;color: rgb(51,51,51);"><i>Gustaf Nelhans</i><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: Arial , sans-serif;color: rgb(51,51,51);"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman" , serif;"></span> <h1><span style="">Doctoral Student in Library and Information Science with a Specialisation in the Digital Humanities </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman" , serif;"></span></h1> <p class="extid"><span style="">Ref PA 2019/400</span></p> <p><span style="">At the Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT, education and research is conducted in Library and Information Science, Pedagogical Work as well as Trade and IT. Undergraduate and graduate programmes and training for librarians, preschool teachers, primary and subject teachers, system architects and web editors are offered.</span></p> <p><span style="">Doctoral education is offered in the field of library and information science and is working to establish doctoral education programmes in Pedagogical Work and Trade and IT.</span></p> <p><span style="">The Faculty specifically contributes to collaboration between the university and the surrounding community in the following areas: The Regional Development Centre, the Centre for Digitisation and the Centre for Cultural Policy Research.</span></p> <p><span style="">We are now seeking a doctoral student in library and information science with a specialisation in the digital humanities at the Swedish School of Library and Information Science.</span></p> <p><span style="">The Swedish School of Library and Information Science has for a long time been active in the digital humanities. The school has established relationships and partners in the field both internationally and nationally, such as the network Digital Humanities in the Nordic Countries, Centre for Digital Humanities at the University of Gothenburg, and HumLab at Umeå University. A data lab focusing on digital methods development has recently been launched</span></p> <p><span style="">For more information, please see the research group's website:<br> </span><a href="https://www.hb.se/Forskning/Forskningsportal/Forskargrupper/kunskapens-infrastrukturer/"><span style="">https://www.hb.se/en/Research/Research-Portal/Research-groups/knowledge-infrastructures/</span></a><span style=""></span></p> <p><strong><span style="">Job description</span></strong><b><span style=""><br> </span></b><span style="">The digital humanities often take as their starting point structured collections of digitised materials. These have long been enriched, analysed, evaluated and explored by library and information science. We would therefore like the doctoral student’s thesis work to be directed towards one or more of the following areas:</span></p> <ul><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>recognition, mining, and analysis of text, images or patterns in large amounts of data</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>cultural heritage digitisation, digital scholarly editions</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>exploring, preserving or adding value to digital collections</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>text encoding</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>metadata, access to (linked) open data</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>developing and/or exploring digital methods and tools</span></li></ul> <p><span style="">Employment as a doctoral student covers the equivalent of four years of full-time studies. Normally, doctoral studentship employment focusses 80% of the time on doctoral studies and thesis work. The remaining time is set aside for departmental service including teaching and administration, meaning a total period of employment of five years.</span></p> <p><strong><span style="">Qualifications</span></strong><b><span style=""><br> </span></b><span style="">The position requires a degree at advanced level (Master’s) in library and information science or adjacent fields. <br> Applicants should also have very good knowledge of English, both written and spoken.</span></p> <p><span style="">It is considered a merit to have knowledge of Swedish or another Scandinavian language as well as previous experience of and/or participation in research studies, particularly in the form of published research articles.</span></p> <p><span style="">The University of Borås values the qualities that even gender and age distribution as well as ethnic and cultural diversity add to our organisation.</span></p> <p><strong><span style="">Contact </span></strong><b><span style=""><br> </span></b><span style="">Information about the position can be provided by Head of Department Åsa Söderlind by telephone +46 (0)33-435 44 02 or by email </span><a href="mailto:asa.soderlind@hb.se"><span style="">asa.soderlind@hb.se</span></a><span style="">. Trade union representatives are Magnus Sirhed, OFR-ST and Rebecca Gmoser, Saco-S; they can be reached via the university’s switchboard at +46 (0)33-435 40 00.</span></p> <p><strong><span style="">Type of employment:</span></strong><span style=""> Employment according to the regulations contained in the Higher Education Ordinance, Chapter 5. The first period of employment is usually one year and is subsequently renewed by one year at a time. <br> <strong>Start date:</strong> As agreed upon.<br> <strong>Position location:</strong> Borås, Sweden<br> <strong>Reference number:</strong> PA 2019/400</span></p> <p><strong><span style="">Application </span></strong><b><span style=""><br> </span></b><span style="">You can apply for the position via our website by clicking on “Apply.”</span></p> <p><span style="">The following documents must be attached to your application:</span></p> <ul><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>Doctoral thesis plan, written in either Swedish or English (6-10 pages, 3000-5000 words, excluding reference list).</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>Registration form</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>Personal letter</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>CV</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>Master’s thesis</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span>Any other publications</span></li></ul> <p><span style="">After the application deadline, no additions can be made electronically.</span></p> <p><span style="">Please submit your application at the latest by <strong>2020-03-15.</strong></span></p> <p><span style="">According to the National Archives’s regulations, we must archive application documents, excluding publications, for two years after the appointment decision has been finalised.</span></p> <p><em><span style="">We kindly decline contact with advertisers and staffing companies during the recruitment process.</span></em><span style=""></span></p> <p class="fulllink"><span style="">URL to this pagehttp://www.hb.se/en/About-UB/Work-at-UB/Job-vacancies/?rmpage=job&rmjob=2087&rmlang=UK</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p> <style>p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {<br> margin: 0.0cm;<br> font-size: 12.0pt;<br> font-family: "Adobe Garamond Pro" , serif;<br>}<br>h1 {<br> margin-top: 12.0pt;<br> margin-right: 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