DASG Senior Corpus and Audio Archive Assistant
The University of Glasgow is seeking a DASG Senior Corpus and Audio Archive Assistant to undertake high-quality corpus and audio archival support and team leadership to the Digital Archive of Scottish Gaelic (DASG) and Corpas na Gàidhlig projects.
Job Responsibility:
The successful candidate will:
* Supervise the work of corpus assistants working on the DASG project, and train new staff as needed.
* Maintain accurate records of work in progress and completed work, and prepare regular reports.
* Use OCR software to capture texts digitally, proofread and edit OCRed texts, and save them as appropriately named files.
* Scan Gaelic texts using digital scanning equipment, file and correctly label scanned images and texts, and edit scanned images according to project protocols.
* Develop links with other corpus-related projects, and with libraries, archives, and electronic repositories as appropriate.
* Travel to and work in repositories as necessary, such as the National Library of Scotland or Edinburgh University Library, in connection with DASG duties.
* Deal with copyright issues as appropriate.
* Liaise with IT and computing staff, and with commercial printers, as appropriate.
* Assist the DASG systems developer with the DASG Audio Archive, maintaining the database of reel-to-reel tapes and cassettes, transcribing and/or overseeing the transcription of the digitized recordings, aligning the transcriptions and recordings, and adding functionality to the web interface.
* Oversee DASG social media output, in particular the DASG blog, and regularly monitor the DASG email account.
* Undertake training as required relating to corpus and archival duties.
* Undertake other duties relating to the DASG project as requested by the Director of DASG and the Project Manager.
Knowledge, Qualifications, Skills and Experience
Essential:
* Honours degree in Scottish Gaelic or Celtic Studies with Gaelic.
* Detailed knowledge of Scottish Gaelic spelling conventions.
* Intimate knowledge of the DASG project.
* Excellent communications skills, both oral and written, in both English and Scottish Gaelic.
* Good interpersonal and presentation skills.
* Time/project management skills and ability to work to deadlines.
* Ability to use initiative and independent judgement.
* Ability to work as part of a team.
* Excellent IT skills, including ability to use a text editor to markup audio transcriptions.
* Ability to self-motivate and work with little supervision.
* Some relevant work experience with qualifications or more substantial work experience without relevant qualifications.
* Experience of scanning texts and working on Gaelic digital projects.
* Experience of cataloguing, transcribing, and annotating Gaelic audio recordings.
* Experience of working with online databases.
Desirable:
* Good knowledge of traditional Scottish Gaelic music.
* Good working knowledge of database administration tools.
* Good working knowledge of markup technologies, in particular VTT, HTML.
Terms and Conditions
Salary will be Grade 5, £25,138 - £29,605 per annum. This post is full-time (35 hours per week) and has funding until 31 July 2025. The University of Glasgow offers a warm, welcoming, and engaging organizational culture, with generous terms and conditions, including 41 days of leave for full-time staff, pension, benefits, and discount packages.
The University of Glasgow is committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion. Applications are particularly welcome from under-represented communities, including people from the Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community.
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