Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 40, No. 83.
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    [1]    From: Mia (will not see replies to gmail) <mia.ridge@gmail.com>
           Subject: Research Software Engineer post with the British Library's Digital Research team (45)

    [2]    From: Mapes, Kristen <kmapes@msu.edu>
           Subject: Digital Scholarship Librarian Position at Michigan State University (32)


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        Date: 2026-07-10 11:43:20+00:00
        From: Mia (will not see replies to gmail) <mia.ridge@gmail.com>
        Subject: Research Software Engineer post with the British Library's Digital Research team

Research Software Engineer, Digital Research team, British LibraryThis is
an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development and implementation
of our digital scholarship and public outreach activities. Working as part
of a multi-disciplinary team, the successful candidate will help identify
requirements, design and implement software to showcase our collections,
help answer research questions, and support application of novel methods
across team activities.

The DH RSE will create outputs, tools and interfaces for digitised
collections, crowdsourcing and annotation tasks, for subject matter
specialists, academic, and public users. See our Research Reports
<https://bl.iro.bl.uk/collections/dd918e54-b46f-44dd-a1f8-4376b94421ae>
and recent
blog posts
<https://www.bl.uk/stories/blogs/posts?filters=%5B%7B%22filterType%22%3A%22blog-
topic%22%2C%22filterValue%22%3A%22digital-scholarship%22%7D%5D>
and
our archived posts <https://blogs-archive.bl.uk/#digital-scholarship> for
examples of the different types of past activities we have been involved
in.

The post holder will have a good understanding of digital scholarship,
preferably gained from working in a research library, academic or other
appropriate environment. This may include work as a research software
engineer, software developer, creative technologist, data or visualisation
specialist, or digital humanities researcher. They will have excellent
technology skills, including experience of the tools and technologies that
support digital scholarship, increasingly including AI and machine
learning. Excellent oral and written communication skills are also
essential for this post. As with other Research Software Engineer roles,
the post holder will have the opportunity to develop their skills and play
an active part in all aspects of research and outreach, including
publications.

The role is permanent, hybrid with our office in the British Library in St
Pancras, salary: £43,867.

Closing at 23:59 on Sunday 19th July 2026

If you have any questions, please contact BL-recruitment@bl.uk
<BL-recruitment@bl.uk> 

Full job description, further information, applications:
https://ce0752li.webitrent.com/ce0752li_webrecruitment/wrd/run/etrec179gf.open?W
VID=5071482BMD&LANG=USA&VACANCY_ID=458454BQbE

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        Date: 2026-07-09 17:09:30+00:00
        From: Mapes, Kristen <kmapes@msu.edu>
        Subject: Digital Scholarship Librarian Position at Michigan State University

Dear colleagues,

The Digital Scholarship Lab at Michigan State University Libraries is hiring a
Digital Scholarship Librarian! The person in this position will join a team that
supports and undertakes digital scholarship work across campus, and who
particularly engages with Digital Humanities at MSU.

Primary responsibilities include consultation on digital projects, with a
particular focus on web-publishing platforms such as Omeka, Mukurtu, Wordpress,
and minimal computing strategies. The person in this role will also co-
facilitate our Digital Project Incubator Program, and Graduate Arts Fellowship,
and will serve as core faculty in DH@MSU.

https://careers.msu.edu/jobs/librarian-i-ii-continuing-east-lansing-michigan-
united-states-b22fc7e9-b7a8-4584-9db0-31a039505f01

Applications close on August 5, 2026. There is a minimum salary of $65,000,
which is negotiable, and an MLIS/MLS is required.

Please share this position information and feel free to reach out to me with any
questions. I am happy to chat about the position and to connect potential
candidates with colleagues in the Library!

Thanks,
Kristen

Kristen Mapes
Director of Digital Humanities, College of Arts & Letters
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
kmapes@msu.edu<mailto:kmapes@msu.edu>
she/her


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