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The University of Glasgow is seeking a successor to Professor Seamus Ross, Director of Humanities Advanced Technology & Information Institute (HATII), who will be taking up the post of Dean at the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto from January 2009.

During the month of July, 2008, you can follow Netwurker Mez as she explores the artistic potential of Twitter. She's New Media Scotalnd's second Twitterer in residence.

Follow Netwurker Mez's tweets at http://www.twitter.com/mediascot

Anyone else doing fun twitter things?

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Three-year fixed-term post

£23,172-£30,704 per annum

Would you like to work alongside Charles Darwin, Lord Byron and Jane Austen?

A unique and exciting opportunity to help bring to life one of the world‚s literary treasures has arisen from the National Library of Scotland's acquisition of the John Murray Archive <http://www.nls.uk/jma/index.html> (1768-1920). The archive comprises over 150,000 items, featuring some of the greatest writers of the 19th century. We are looking for someone who can bring this literary treasure to life online for 21st century users.

The Scottish Museums Council has published the results of its recent survey of ICT in Scottish Museums to its website at http://www.scottishmuseums.org.uk/areas_of_work/ICT/ICT_survey.asp .

The survey of SMC members was conducted in October and achieved a very ositive response rate of over 50%. The report maps the results against hose of the last ICT survey which was conducted just after the launch f the SMC's 'A national ICT strategy for Scotland's museums' in 2004, nd is one way in which SMC is measuring the outcomes and benefits of this publication.

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