Vacancy Details

Description

Part Time 0.8FTE – 28.8 Hours per week, Fixed Term for 11 weeks

A short term vacancy has arisen for an Audio Project Cataloguer to work at the British Library on the major preservation and access project Unlocking Our Sound Heritage, which is part of the British Library’s wider Save Our Sounds programme.  The project will digitally preserve almost half a million sound recordings, establish a network of ten audio archiving centres across the UK, and make it easier for people to discover and listen to them.

We are looking for someone with broad experience in cataloguing, excellent listening skills and a good understanding of audio formats.  Routine work will include the creation and enhancement of catalogue descriptions of audio recordings and editing metadata in SIPs (Submission Information Packages).  Listening to audio and creating timecodes using audio editing software is also an integral part of the role.

Ideally we are looking for an individual with knowledge that complements the British Library’s sound recording collection.  For this particular vacancy within the team, knowledge of World and Traditional music and its taxonomy would be particularly useful, as it is expected that the successful candidate will work largely with collections from this Curatorial area.  Although a qualification of degree level or above may illustrate this, practical experience and background will certainly be taken into account, and working knowledge of a foreign language will also be considered an asset.

This post is part of a Heritage Lottery funded project.

In return we offer a competitive salary and a number of excellent benefits.  Our pension scheme is one of the most valuable benefits we offer, as our staff can become members of the Alpha Pension Scheme where the Library contributes 20.9%. Another significant benefit the Library provides is the provision of a flexible working hours scheme which could allow you to work your hours flexibly over the week and to take up to 5 days flexi leave in a 3 month period. This is on top of 25 days holiday from entry and public and privilege holidays.

More about the British Library

As one of the world’s great libraries, our duty is to preserve the nation’s intellectual memory for the future. At the moment we have well over 150 million items, in most known languages, with three million new items added every year. We have manuscripts, maps, newspapers, magazines, prints and drawings, music scores, and patents. We operate the world’s largest document delivery service providing millions of items a year to customers all over the world. What matters to us is that we preserve the national memory and enable knowledge to be created both now and in the future.

Closing date: 8 July 2018

Interview date: 24 July 2018

Disability Confident

We are a Disability Confident employer, and make a commitment to recruit and support disabled people. We guarantee an interview for disabled candidates who meet the minimum (essential) requirements for a vacancy.

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