*Job description**
*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:
·recognition, mining, and analysis of text, images or patterns in
large amounts of data
·cultural heritage digitisation, digital scholarly editions
·exploring, preserving or adding value to digital collections
·text encoding
·metadata, access to (linked) open data
·developing and/or exploring digital methods and tools
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.
*Qualifications**
*The position requires a degree at advanced level (Master’s) in
library and information science or adjacent fields.
Applicants should also have very good knowledge of English, both
written and spoken.
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.
The University of Borås values the qualities that even gender and age
distribution as well as ethnic and cultural diversity add to our
organisation.
*Contact **
*Information about the position can be provided by Head of Department
Åsa Söderlind by telephone +46 (0)33-435 44 02 or by
(emailasa.soderlind /at/ hb.se) <mailto:(asa.soderlind /at/ hb.se)>. 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.
*Type of employment:*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.
*Start date:* As agreed upon.
*Position location:* Borås, Sweden
*Reference number:*PA 2019/400
*Application****
*You can apply for the position via our website by clicking on “Apply.”
The following documents must be attached to your application:
·Doctoral thesis plan, written in either Swedish or English (6-10
pages, 3000-5000 words, excluding reference list).
·Registration form
·Personal letter
·CV
·Master’s thesis
·Any other publications
After the application deadline, no additions can be made electronically.
Please submit your application at the latest by*2020-03-15.*
According to the National Archives’s regulations, we must archive
application documents, excluding publications, for two years after the
appointment decision has been finalised.
/We kindly decline contact with advertisers and staffing companies
during the recruitment process./
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