Located in a historic neighborhood in the nation's capital, Georgetown offers
rigorous academic programs, a global perspective, exciting ways to take
advantage of Washington, D.C., and a commitment to social justice. Our
community is a tight knit group of remarkable individuals interested in
intellectual inquiry and making a difference in the world.
Requirements
Reporting to the Head of Library Information Technology (LIT), the Digital
Humanities Developer works closely with information professionals and
technologists in the Library to provide expert consultation and support for
faculty and students as they seek innovative approaches to posing and
addressing scholarly questions. As a member of the Library’s team supporting
digitally-enabled scholarship, the Digital Humanities Developer makes use of a
wide range of existing tools and methods and takes a lead role in the design
and development of digital humanities projects, collaborating with Library
colleagues to deploy, modify, maintain, and coordinate digital projects on a
variety of digital publishing platforms.
The Developer builds and implements front-end web designs and sites, while also
appropriately integrating them with back-end applications. In addition, the
Developer assists with activities in support of database development, enhancing
and customizing database applications that will result in sustainable,
generalize digital applications to support and advance research solutions.
Duties include but are not limited to:
Project Conceptualization and Design
Works collaboratively with researchers and staff to imagine, design, and
implement options for digital investigations of humanities data.
In collaboration with others, determines the most effective approach to meet
agreed-upon requirements by adapting and extending existing open source
software across a variety of platforms, frameworks, and languages and also
determines when customized applications are needed.
Digital Humanities Application Development
Takes a lead role in the design and development of digital applications to
support humanities research initiatives.
In collaboration with other technology experts in the Library, builds
applications that enable researchers to collect, manage, produce, manipulate,
or analyze humanities data.
Writes original code; tests and improves existing code.
Front-end Web Development and Design
Designs, develops, and maintains custom web-based applications and other
user-facing applications.
Prototypes and tests interactive designs on digital publishing or web platforms.
Database Development
Enhances and customizes database applications for optimal data acquisition,
maintenance, and extraction of information according to application
requirements and specifications.
Assists with building data structures and semantic queries and leading them to
full implementation.
Collaborates in the development and improvement of workflows and methods that
can be utilized in analyzing and showcasing humanities data in interactive
formats online.
Library Contributions and Professional Development
As appropriate, serves on library and university-wide committees and task
forces; participates in local consortia and regional and national associations.
Regularly contributes to the profession through writing for publication and/or
active involvement in professional associations at the national or regional
levels.
Continually acquires new knowledge and updates skills to enhance professional
performance in all areas of responsibility.
Keeps abreast of developments, trends and issues in the library and digital
humanities field.
Monitors trends and maintains currency in emerging issues and tools within
areas of expertise.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree (minimum), with preference for degree in computer or
information science.
2-3 years of related work experience, with technology skills demonstrated in an
accessible portfolio of work.
Proficiency in one or more programming and scripting languages (Java, Python,
Ruby, etc.) and web services stacks. Experience with a version control system
such as Git.
Web development (HTML, JavaScript, CSS), design, and publishing skills,
including skills in customizing and developing solutions in one or more of the
following platforms: Drupal, Wordpress, Omeka, Scalar.
Proficiency in developing simple to complex data structures (RDF, JSON-LD, N3,
Turtle, etc.) and constructing queries (SQL).
Understanding of the research process and knowledge of the ways that new
technologies are affecting the production of scholarship in the humanities.
Ability to understand and translate researchers' project goals into web-based,
computational requirements.
Ability to function as part of an interactive team while demonstrating
self-initiative to achieve project goals and meet deadlines.
Ability to manage projects and coordinate with team members from across the
library and with different reporting lines.
Preferred Qualifications
Familiarity with humanities research.
Experience or familiarity with software used in a variety of digital
scholarship activities.
Experience working on and contributing to open source software projects.
Domain knowledge of advanced text mining including natural language processing.
Information and data visualization -- front-end development using javascript,
CSS, and visualization formats like SVG. Comfortable with a variety of
JavaScript frameworks and libraries such as d3.js.
Experience with modern web application frameworks (React, Jekyll, Gatsby or
similar, Rails).
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