Maybe there is a different ad, but this one clearly says that the position is funded by the ACLS post-doctoral public fellowship - hence PhD required. (http://dp.la/2013/01/25/dpla-participates-in-2013-american-council-of-learned-societies-public-fellows-program/ links to http://www.acls.org/programs/publicfellows/) My guess is that DPLA needs a PM at this point and wants to use the funding for that purpose.
~Bohyun -----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Esmé Cowles Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 11:00 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Job: Project Manager at Digital Public Library of America The ad also doesn't mention that this is a 2-year fellowship, and requires not just a PhD, but one conferred since 2010. -Esme -- Esme Cowles <escow...@ucsd.edu> "Men feared witches and burnt women." -- Louis Brandeis, Whitney v. California, concurring On 03/6/2013, at 10:48 AM, William Denton <w...@pobox.com> wrote: > As Candy Schwartz pointed out on Twitter: PhD required, but no project > management experience. Odd requirements for a project manager at a library, > albeit an unusual library. > > Bill > > On 6 March 2013, j...@code4lib.org wrote: > >> The Project Manager will: >> >> * manage a portfolio of select research projects related to the Hubs project >> (including conducting research and analysis); >> * manage the addition of several content Hubs to DPLA, including project >> management of the process from agreement signing through ingestion of data >> and data evaluation; >> * write blogs posts, presentations, reports, white papers and other >> publications for promotion or dissemination of research or activities; >> * plan and organize internal and external meetings and workshops; >> * broaden the scope of participants through networking, focused outreach and >> or participation in conferences; >> * as part of a team, write grants to support content infrastructure >> development; and >> * act as an active participate in the overall development of the >> organization. >> **Qualifications** >> >> * Ph.D. in the humanities or humanistic social sciences >> * Strong desire to research the impact of transformative technologies >> * Excellent writing skills and research, data analysis and analytical ability >> * Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail >> * Flexibility, initiative and strong problem-solving abilities >> * Excellent interpersonal and cross-cultural skills >> * Ability to work collaboratively and without supervision >> * Willingness to move to DPLA permanent headquarters (TBA by April 2013) >> * Knowledge of one or more of the following fields is desirable: >> * Digital Humanities >> * Digital Scholarship >> * Data Management/Curation >> * Data Modeling >> * Libraries and Scholarly Communication > > -- > William Denton > Toronto, Canada > http://www.miskatonic.org/
