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</b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">2-year postdoc: Advancing Equity and Accessibility in Archives and Special Collections</b><br class="">
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<span style="" class=""> With apologies for cross-posting, please see below for an exciting postdoctoral opportunity focused on “Advancing Equity and Accessibility in Archives and Special Collections” through MIT’s Programs in the Digital Humanities.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="" class=""> We look forward to welcoming a dynamic new member of the Programs in Digital Humanities team!<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<b class=""><span style="" class="">Postdoctoral Associate: Advancing Equity and Accessibility in Archives and Special Collections</span></b><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="" class="">Postdoctoral Research Program, Center for Research on Equitable and Open Scholarship (CREOS)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="" class="">Two-Year Term - Visa Sponsorship Available<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<b class=""><span style="" class="">Position:</span></b><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="" class="">The MIT Libraries’ <a href="https://libraries.mit.edu/creos/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><b class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 95, 111);" class="">Center for Research on Equitable and Open Scholarship</span></b></a> (CREOS)
seeks an exceptional, collaborative, and community-driven researcher for a two-year postdoctoral associate role, to conduct original research on scholarly communications and the scholarly ecosystem. In partnership with the <a href="https://mellon.org/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><b class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 95, 111);" class="">Andrew
W. Mellon Foundation</span></b></a>, CREOS plans to hire three highly motivated scholars with a strong desire to conduct research that will advance knowledge in the service of equitable and open scholarship. We are especially interested in applicants who wish
to pursue research that will further our understanding of incentives and barriers to equitable and open scholarship, impacts of equitable and open scholarship, and/or economic models for equitable and open scholarship.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<b class=""><span style="" class="">Responsibilities:</span></b><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="" class="">Conduct original research in the areas of open and equitable scholarship under the guidance of the Principal Investigator <a href="https://lit.mit.edu/people/sframpton/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><b class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 95, 111);" class="">Stephanie
Ann Frampton</span></b></a> (Associate Professor of Literature and Director of the MIT Programs in Digital Humanities) and in close collaboration with library and faculty mentors, research scientists, and fellow postdoctoral associates. The outcomes from this
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<span style="" class="">This position will focus on research related to identifying, assessing, developing, and promulgating best practices for advancing equity and accessibility in archives and special collections, with a particular focus on accessibility
of digital collections for persons with disabilities. The postdoctoral associate’s research will focus on identifying and analyzing current barriers to accessing digital collections within archives and special collections. The associate will also be expected
to critically assess existing and potential technology solutions for closing the accessibility divide. We are particularly interested in exploring how remote access to digital archives and special collections might redress and/or exacerbate challenges of disability
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<span style="" class="">The first year of the associateship will focus on identifying, describing, and analyzing existing accessibility practices and interventions to digital archives and special collections access, while the second year will focus on designing
prototypes and evaluating interventions within MIT Libraries’ own Distinctive Collections.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="" class="">The participant selected for this position will join the vibrant community of researchers in the humanities, arts, and social sciences who are part of <a href="https://digitalhumanities.mit.edu/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><b class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 95, 111);" class="">MIT
Programs in Digital Humanities</span></b></a>. They will have the opportunity to contribute to established research questions in CREOS as well as to develop their own ideas for research in the areas of open and equitable research: specifically, the barriers,
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