Hello everyone,
Would it be possible to investigate ways of getting funding for a position like this? As special interest group of the ADHO, is there a way some of the membership we pay can be redirected for positions like this?
As someone who has volunteered as webeditor and social media community manager positions in various academic projects I am very much aware these are positions that we digital humanists should recognise as labour intensive and very time consuming. The web is the gateway to what the group does, and keep asking colleagues (regardless of academic position or career stage) to do it on a completely voluntary basis seems unfair. Particularly when the membership to the ADHO is paid by numerous members and there seems to be budget for other things.
I know talking about money is always awkward but seems necessary to say it, particularly in our field regarding web publishing work.