Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

Research Fellows

Information Management Unit

The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science announces three openings for research fellows. This new group will be responsible for the planning, development, implementation and scholarly evaluation of digital research projects at the Institute. This work will cover two principal areas: developing tools to process and utilize external data, including sources, text, images, artifacts, bibliographical data, and electronic journals; and digitizing internal data, as well as making said data available for research. In addition, this unit will manage, expand and network the already existent digital libraries, in cooperation with the Institute's library staff and with the Max Planck Society. Finally, the group will assist the Technical Assistance department of the Institute in advising scholars on the optimal use of hardware and software.

We are looking for persons with university degrees, personal experience with research in the humanities, and sufficient qualifications in the area of information technology to accomplish the above-mentioned tasks. Good working knowledge of English is required. The positions are paid according to the valid German scale for wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter up to BAT Ib, which corresponds approximately to the assistant/associate professor level. Women are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications being equal, precedence will be given to candidates with disabilities. Applicants are requested to include a description of their previous work in information management and/or the humanities along with the usual documents (recommendations, CV, list of publications).

Applications should be sent not later than July 31, 2001 to:

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Verwaltung,
Kennwort IT
Wilhelmstraße 44, 10117 Berlin
Germany.