ELO seeking two directory editors
I thought readers of Netpoetic might be interested in this call for job applications.
The Electronic Literature Organization is accepting nominations and applications for two Directory Editors. The positions are part of the NEH-funded “The Electronic Literature Directory: Collaborative Knowledge Management for the Literary Humanities.” The project uses open source content management and social networking software to develop a descriptive metadata vocabulary for the ELO’s comprehensive directory of electronic literature. We seek editors to join a dynamic and growing team distributed at institutions around the world. Editors are hired as consultants on the project at a rate of $3600 for 150
hours of work over an 18 month period. Directory Editors will receive training at an upcoming ELO meeting (to be announced soon). The Directory Editor position is especially suitable for early-career academics and Ph.D. students focused on electronic literature, digital textuality and archiving, and related topics. We welcome nominations of suitable applicants, as well as complete applications. Nominations should include contact information for the nominee and a brief evaluation of the nominee’s suitability for the project. Applications should include a letter indicating interest and suitability for the
project, along with a current CV. Final deadline for applications and nominations is September 30. Send applications and nominations, as well as questions about the position, to Sandy Baldwin clc@mail.wvu.edu.
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I just want to briefly chime in to encourage people to apply for this, and also to encourage people who want to help develop the new version of the directory on a volunteer basis to also contact Sandy. The ELO got a small grant from the NEH which will help finish the implementation of the new version electronic literature directory, which is moving from a technological platform developed in 2000/2001 to one based on current technology and more importantly on the contemporary field of electronic literature, which has changed a great deal over the course of the last decade. Redevelopment of the ELD has been a priority of the ELO for the last several years, and a good deal of productive thinking has gone into the development of this resource. The new directory will be more robust, more open, and will allow individual authors and readers more opportunities to comment on and annotate e-lit. It will also allow us to connect records of e-lit to records of critical works that have been written about them or which reference them. The directory will include several layers of editorial input, ranging from the casual user making an annotated list of their own favorite works of e-lit, to volunteer editors who write structured descriptions of work, to the “super-editors” funded by this grant who will help seed the new directory with an initial set of carefully researched bibliographic records. I’ve seen a beta version of the new system, and I would encourage anyone who has a serious interest in e-lit and a bit of time to spare to volunteer to contribute to the project. It will be a long-awaited barn-raising for electronic literature.
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