Employee (m/f/d)(all genders welcome) in the area of XML-based publishing (all genders welcome)

At the University of Göttingen -Public Law Foundation-, Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, there is a position as

Employee (m/f/d)(all genders welcome) in the area of XML-based publishing (all genders welcome)
Entgeltgruppe 13 TV-L/100%

to be filled. Starting date is as soon as possible. The position is limited to April 30th 2026.

The Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Stiftung Öffentlichen Rechts - Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek a vacanciy to be filled as soon as possible. The positions are limited until 30.04.2026.
Position 74319: Specialist (m/f/d) for XML in the "Library of Neology" project Pay grade 13 TV-L - 50% position of 39,8 hours per week

The Göttingen State and University Library (SUB Göttingen) is one of the largest academic libraries in German-speaking Europe. It is involved in many national and international projects in the fields of digital libraries, research infrastructures, data science, research software engineering, open science and various aspects of publication and research data management. For decades, the library has acted as a technology partner for critical editing projects in text-oriented disciplines and works closely with researchers to disseminate their research findings in platform-based digital editions and conventional formats such as print and e-books in a manner appropriate to the scientific community. In the "Library of Neology" edition project, central texts and text collections of neology have been prepared in a portal-based critical hybrid edition in digital format since 2014 and made available to neological research without access restrictions. At the same time, the content is published in a form that is equally suitable for interdisciplinary research and academic teaching. The DFG-funded project is being carried out in cooperation with the University of Münster / Seminar for Church History and the SUB Göttingen and will be completed in 2026 with its fourth funding phase.

The tasks for position 74319 include

• Prepress production based on TEI-XML data for the ongoing provision of soft proofs for the researchers
• Quality assurance of the prepress stages for data transfer to other production partners
• Establishment, further development and maintenance of project-specific prepress pipelines

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• Completed university degree in media informatics, media design or a related field or equivalent media technology training and several years of professional experience
• Proven experience with typesetting from scientific typesetting programs such as TUSTEP, TeX or LaTeX, as well as the willingness to familiarize yourself with discipline-specific publication processes
• typographical knowledge
• Basic knowledge of XML technologies (XML, XPath, XSLT) or the willingness to learn these quickly
• Openness to scientific editorial issues
• High level of communication skills and ability to work in a team, independent, punctual and precise way of working
• Good command of English and very good command of German

• Experience in editing projects or digital humanities projects, as well as in handling TEI data
• Knowledge of web technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript

• A modern, family-friendly working environment in one of Germany's largest academic libraries 
• Flexible working hours and the possibility of mobile working
• Opportunities for further training and personal development
• Supplementary private pension scheme with employer contribution
• Collectively agreed salary with corresponding increases and up to 30 vacation days per year.

If you have any questions about the project, please contact Mr. Brase ([email protected])

The University of Göttingen aims to increase the proportion of women in areas where women are underrepresented and therefore strongly encourages qualified women to apply. It also sees itself as a family-friendly university and promotes the compatibility of science / career and family. The university has set itself the goal of employing more severely disabled people. Applications from severely disabled persons with equal qualifications will be given preference.

Please submit your application with all important documentsexclusively via the application portal. Please indicate in your application whether you wish to apply for both positions.

In justified exceptional cases, you can send your documents to the Directorate of the Göttingen State and University Library, Platz der Göttinger Sieben 1, 37073 Göttingen.

The University of Göttingen is an equal opportunities employer and places particular emphasis on fostering career opportunities for women. Qualified women are therefore strongly encouraged to apply in fields in which they are underrepresented. The university has committed itself to being a family-friendly institution and supports their employees in balancing work and family life. The University is particularly committed to the professional participation of severely disabled employees and therefore welcomes applications from severely disabled people. In the case of equal qualifications, applications from people with severe disabilities will be given preference. A disability or equality is to be included in the application in order to protect the interests of the applicant.

Please upload your application in one pdf file including the usual documents until 2/26/2024 on the application portal of the university using this link: http://obp.uni-goettingen.de/de-de/OBF/Index/74319 . For more information get in touch with Jan Brase directly via E-Mail: [email protected], Tel. 015114909344 .

Please note:
With submission of your application, you accept the processing of your applicant data in terms of data-protection law. Further information on the legal basis and data usage is provided in the Information General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)