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The National Gallery of Art's Center for Advanced Study in the Visual
Arts is seeking a full-time, on-site text-encoding specialist for a
website under development: "The History of the Accademia di San
Luca, 1589-1635: Documents from the Archivio di Stato, Rome."
Key responsibilities:
-- Work with project head and members of Accademia team to define
technical strategies, set development targets, and develop needed
capabilities
-- Define TEI architecture and standards for Accademia project
-- Tag approx. 400 transcribed archival documents according to TEI
standards
-- Set standards and provide technical oversight to web developer
concerning design, implementation, and maintenance of Accademia website
-- Work with Publications Office/Web team to develop and integrate
database for scholarly users
-- Analyze and select technology for use in development and
maintenance of Accademia website
-- Lead project team in final development and testing of website
-- Assume role as respondent to public queries and comments
--
Requirements:
-- Bachelor's degree in media studies or related subject in the humanities
-- Demonstrated experience with database and website development
-- HTML, XML, TEI
-- Art history and/or Italian/Latin training a plus
Salary $40,000 per year, plus federal leave and health benefits, and
allowance for project-related travel. Position funded through
December 15, 2010. Email resume by March 15, 2008 to Dr. Peter M.
Lukehart, Accademia Project Director, at
p-lukehart@nga.gov.
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