Health Sciences Library Text and Data Mining Assistant (Student Wage)

University of Virginia • Charlottesville, VA

1d • $18 - $20 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Health Sciences Library’s Research and Data Services (RDAS) Department seeks to hire a graduate student or upper-level undergraduate for a semester-based project to explore large-scale text and data mining (TDM) workflows and assess the capabilities of UVA-licensed products such as Dimensions and ProQuest TDM Studio for these tasks. This position reports to the Research and Data Services Manager and will also work closely under the direction and supervision of the Research Data Scientist on specific projects.

Requirements

• Experience with Python or R
• Interest in text mining
• Willingness and desire to learn new skills
• Current undergrad UVA student
• Resume and Cover Letter required.

Responsibilities

• In collaboration with the RDAS team, explore and document computational text mining workflows in ProQuest TDM Studio, Dimensions, and other bibliometric sources, including data access/export, preprocessing, and analysis
• Conduct an environmental scan of academic health sciences libraries and other research support units in providing TDM services to researchers and staff
• Complete a pilot workflow demonstration for RDAS staff (e.g. with topic modeling as a test case) to assess feasibility, strengths, limitations, and common failure points.
• Provide documentation on project-related work, including: Internal documentation on HSL SharePoint/Teams, Guide and learning materials on HSL webpages as appropriate (e.g. LibGuide content on annotated example code, or tutorial on TDM access to Dimensions)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree