The University of Amsterdam seeks a versatile, highly motivated Post-doctoral researcher and PhD candidate to work on dedicated retrieval tools for Web archives. The positions are part of the WebART project (Web Archive Retrieval Tools), conducted in close collaboration with the Web archive of the Dutch National Library (KB) The Hague, and the National Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI). WebART is funded through the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) under its Continuous Access To Cultural Heritage (CATCH) program. The advent of the Web has had a revolutionary impact on how we acquire, share and publish information. In fact, it has a fundamental impact on our daily lives that increasingly take place "on the Web." However, this increasing dependence on the Web comes at a price: the ease of publishing on the Web also results in the easy loss of information---Web content tends to be ephemeral. The WebART project will critically assess the value of Web archives for realistic research scenarios, and develop information access tools and methods that maximize the archive`s utility for research. Our approach is to conduct actual Web archive research hand-in-hand with the development of Web archive access tools tailored to the realistic research scenarios. Technically, we will use structured DB/IR technology to let searchers construct, store, share, and reuse complex search strategies corresponding to emerging digital research methods for the Web and Web archive. Requirements (1) Post-doctoral researcher (3 years full-time) The postdoc will work on digital methods supporting Web and Web Archive research. The candidate should hold a PhD in a relevant subject, and have a strong background in: 1. New Media, especially the Web and Web archiving; 2. Digital research methods specific to the Web as a medium; and 3. Critical reflection on current Web and Web archive practices. Extensive experience in applied Web (archive) projects is a must. Experience with related methods from the social and exact sciences, such as social network analysis, Web link based methods or visual analytics, is a definite advantage. (2) PhD candidate The PhD candidate will work on complex search support tools for the Web and Web Archive. The PhD candidate should hold a research-oriented Master`s degree (MSc/MA) or an equivalent qualification, and have a strong background or demonstrable interest in: 1. Information retrieval, especially in statistical language modeling; 2. Semi-structured data, semantic annotation, and linked data; and 3. Interactive information access. Solid programming skills are a must. Research experience or demonstrable interest in research on Web archives and the Web, is a definite advantage. (3) The project has another position on distributed computing and data storage (Research Programmer, 4 years full-time) that will be advertised separately. Job application Details of the vacancies are here: - Postdoc position: <http://www.english.uva.nl/vacancies/vacancies.cfm/1A5CFFB9-7FD6-4158-93B877CF3E1FF4FE> - PhD position: <http://www.english.uva.nl/vacancies/vacancies.cfm/9A8B4BC9-ECEB-4BF8-83C1B42F54447AA5> Applications should include a letter of motivation, a detailed curriculum vitae, a publication list and two letters of reference. The application should be sent -- on or before December 7, 2011 -- by e-mail to <webarchiving@gmail.com>. Please quote the vacancy number. More information A detailed de1111ion of the WebART project can be found at <http://nwo.nl/catch/webart/>. For further details contact Jaap Kamps (e-mail ). The project is jointly supervised by Jaap Kamps <http://staff.science.uva.nl/~kamps/> Richard Rogers <http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/r.a.rogers/> Arjen de Vries <http://homepages.cwi.nl/~arjen/> ----- To unsubscribe from this list send an email to inex-leave@lists.otago.ac.nz ------