About the position
The Online Publication Service Editor at the University of Chicago plays a crucial role in managing and promoting digital publications within the UChicago Online Publication Service series. This position is integral to the Forum for Digital Culture, which serves as a hub for digital arts and humanities. The editor will report directly to the Director of Online Publications and will be responsible for a variety of editorial tasks that ensure the quality and accessibility of digital materials produced by scholars. This includes collaborating with faculty and researchers to facilitate the publication process, adhering to established data modeling and publication standards, and cleaning existing data to maintain accuracy and consistency. In addition to editorial responsibilities, the Online Publication Service Editor will actively promote the Online Publication Service to faculty and researchers both at the University of Chicago and beyond. This involves engaging with potential authors, discussing the suitability of the service for their digital research, and representing the service at various academic events, conferences, and workshops. The editor will also be involved in creating marketing materials and composing publication advertisements to enhance the visibility of the service and its offerings. Teaching is another key component of this role, as the editor will be expected to teach or assist in teaching one or two Digital Studies courses each year. This may include courses focused on data management and publication for the humanities. The position also allows for the possibility of conducting independent computational research and contributing to academic publications, subject to approval by the Faculty Director. Overall, the Online Publication Service Editor will play a vital role in advancing the mission of the Forum for Digital Culture and enhancing the digital scholarship landscape at the University of Chicago.
Responsibilities
- Performs editorial tasks related to the digital publications in UChicago Online Publication Service series.
- Collaborates closely with the Director of Online Publications, the Director of Technology of the Forum for Digital Culture and other Forum staff to achieve OPS goals.
- Communicates with OPS authors throughout the editorial process.
- Adheres to data modeling and publication standards established by the OPS.
- Cleans existing tabular, textual, and other data to remove errors and inconsistency.
- Assists authors in migrating or entering publication data into the OCHRE core database.
- Works closely with Forum Software Engineers to implement the web delivery of OPS publications.
- Promotes the use of the Online Publication Service to faculty and researchers at the University of Chicago and elsewhere.
- Meets with researchers to discuss the appropriateness of OPS for publishing their digital research.
- Participates in conferences, workshops, forums, symposiums, and other events to represent the OPS.
- Represents the Online Publication Service through public presentation and through print and digital advertising.
- Creates marketing materials for the OPS and for specific publications.
- Composes publication advertisements and announcements.
- Contributes content to the OPS website.
- Teaches or assists teaching one or two digital studies courses per year (normally DIGS 20003/30003, Data Management for the Humanities and DIGS 20005/30005, Data Publication for the Humanities).
- Checks typeset proofs before author review. Reviews typeset proofs or revised written copy returned by authors and approves or rejects changes. Enters author changes as appropriate and checks typeset pages.
- Coordinates all stages of manuscript editing and proof review up to the time the book is bound and edits and approves catalog and jacket materials with guidance from others.
- Performs other related work as needed.
Requirements
- Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in a related field.
- Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 2-5 years of work experience in a related job discipline.
Nice-to-haves
- Master's degree in the humanities or social sciences.
- PhD.
- Experience performing computational tasks and/or training for one or more humanities research projects.
