<ul><li>Vacancy for Digital Archivist at University of Cambridge</li></ul><h3>Vacancy for Digital Archivist at University of Cambridge</h3><p>1 September 2024</p><p>Cambridge, England</p><p>Fixed Term</p><p>The Cambridge University Libraries (CUL) is due to complete a 5-year Digital Preservation Programme by July 2026, which will result in the development of a Digital Preservation Service, including infrastructure, tools, and guidance to support digital preservation.</p><p>Fixed-term: This is a fixed-term 3-year post, due to limited funding for a specific purpose.</p><p>Alongside digitised assets created by CULs Cultural Heritage Imaging Laboratory and external suppliers, as well as the Universitys research outputs, born-digital archives are another category of content in scope for long-term preservation. It is expected that the acquisition of digital archives will grow in future, in both volume and variety.</p><p>At this exciting and critical juncture, we are hiring a Digital Archivist for three years initially to aid the completion of the Digital Preservation Programme and transition its services to business-as-usual, working closely with the Archives and Modern Manuscripts and Digital Preservation teams.</p><p>The Digital Archivist will - Develop, document, implement, and improve processes and workflows. - Appraise, acquire, and catalogue born-digital archives and support their ingest and access. - Train and support professional archivists and other curatorial staff. - Liaise with record creators, information compliance officers, and IT systems managers/developers to develop guidance and advocate for the management and archiving of core digital University records. - Use existing digital infrastructure and tools as well as those under development or to be developed in future and advise on archival requirements. - Provide advice to stakeholders on the curation of digital archives.</p><p>This is an exciting role to support CULs digital archives, and we are seeking to work with an individual with the following experience: - Management and preservation of digital archives. - Intermediate general IT literacy and basic familiarity with relevant computer programming, storage infrastructure, and information security. - Knowledge of archival and digital preservation theory and standards and their applications to managing digital archives. - Excellent communication and teamworking skills.</p><p>Ideally, the role holder will also demonstrate the ability to liaise with and influence stakeholders, assess risks and issues to inform preservation planning and actions using research and problem-solving skills, and delegate and coordinate tasks, with a qualification in Archive Administration /Records Management or Library and Information Studies or similar relevant qualification.</p>