LINGUIST List 11.2193

Wed Oct 11 2000

Jobs: Director at Brown U Scholarly Tech Group, USA

Editor for this issue: Michael Appleby <michaellinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. Allen_Renear, Director, Brown University Scholarly Technology Group, RI, USA

 DIRECTOR
 The Scholarly Technology Group, Brown University

The Brown University Scholarly Technology Group (STG) is a 15 person R&D
and service unit that explores the use of advanced information technology
in academic research, teaching, and scholarly communication, and provides
services, such as systems analysis and project management, which make its
expertise available to the Brown University research community. STG works
in several related areas, including digital library technologies and
textbase development, interactive hypermedia systems, and arts and
humanities computing. STG is recognized as one of the leading academic
technology research centers in the world, with well-known specialists in
the areas of SGML/XML markup systems and hypermedia systems, and with
pioneering digital library projects, such as the Women Writers Project
(http://www.wwp.brown.edu). STG's senior management staff includes Steve
DeRose, Chief Scientist; Elli Mylonas, Associate Director for Research and
Projects; and Julia Flanders, Associate Director for Textbase Development,
and David Reville, Associate Director for Communications and Systems.
Standards activities include the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI),
W3C XLink/Xpointer, and the Open Electronic Book Forum. For more
information about STG see http://www.stg.brown.edu

We are seeking a Director who is both an accomplished scholar and a
skillful and entrepreneurial manager of research and service groups, and
who has demonstrated capability to lead innovative research in relevant
areas of digital technology applications. Minimum requirements include
five years relevant experience; three years project management or lead
systems analysis and a substantial record of publication and professional
activities.

For further information about this position see
http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Human_Resources/hrweb/jobs/b00438.htm
or contact Dr. Allen Renear, Director (until January 2001), Scholarly
Technology Group (401 863-7312 or Allen_RenearBrown.Edu).

To apply send a current c.v. to Human Resources, Box 1879/B00438, Brown
University, Providence, RI 02912. Review of applications is beginning now
and will continue until an appointment is made.

Brown University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

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(This is an unusual opportunity I think, a chance to set the agenda of a
very influential and capable organization with an international
reputation. And, more specifically, to shape its r&d in digital libraries,
arts and humanities computing, electronic publishing, electronic books,
and IT standards research. A wide range of candidates are plausible --
from Associate Directors of academic centers who are ready to strike out
on their own, to ex-CEOs who want to return to academia, to academics who
want to try something more entrepreneurial. -- AHR)