Job Description
The Commonweal Trust is continuing to develop an exciting project to help activists discover and use the peace and nonviolence resources which make up the Commonweal Collection, an independent specialist library housed securely at the J.B. Priestley Library, University of Bradford..
We are recruiting for a Collection Development Worker to join our team who will work with the print Commonweal Collection and, through development of a digital strategy, increase the use and visibility of the Collection. This post also includes funding for a 60 hour discrete scoping project linking the resources on the Civil Resistance.info bibliography with the physical resources in the Collection. This role will work in collaboration with the Bradford Peace Museum at Saltaire and the J.B. Priestley Library, University of Bradford.
Collection Development Worker: Primary purpose of the role
To manage the Commonweal Collection, including responsibility for digital strategy, in order to provide access to resources for activist individuals and organisations, and increase nonviolent action within movements for positive social change.
Duties and responsibilitie:
The post-holder acts as the main point of contact for the Collection and is resonsible for ensuring it is is up-to-date and accessible. The intial focus of this fixed term contract is to build on work already undertaken with the print collection by scoping a digital strategy linking the Commonweal Collection to the CivilResistance.info website building on its role as a rich source of materials to inspire, support and informactivists seeking nonviolent transformative change.
* To liaise closely with the J.B Priestley Library, including with its Special Collections archive.
* To undertake a discrete scoping project (60 hours) on integrating the work of the CivilResistance.info website and Commonweal Collection ahead of future funding and development.
* To manage, maintain and develop the physical Commonweal Collection and updating the online library management system.
* To develop and implement a digital strategy for Commonweal to ensure Commonweal resources reach national and international audiences.
* To work with the Outreach Worker to develop emotionally engaging resources on nonviolence that speak to a diversity of traditions, so that people learn practical ways to puruse change and maintain hope.
* To update the Commonweal website and its social media/online presence, including responsibility for the Commonweal blog, in collaboration with the Outreach Worker.
* To support the Outreach Worker as needed, to include work with volunteers and maintaining Commonweal's visibility within the Peace Museum premises.
* To ensure that the Collection is engaging and accessible to activists and organisations from diverse backgrounds, with a focus on what nonviolence means to different communities and under-represented perspectives.
* Reporting to the Commonweal Trust board,
* Monitoring and evaluating the use of the physical collecion and online presence.
* Any other tasks which you might reasonably be asked to do,