Digitisation & Archive Assistant - Hybrid (1-Year Contract)

Dunhillmedical; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Sheffield is seeking an Archive and Digitisation Assistant for the Library's Special Collections, Heritage, and Archives team. This one-year post supports a Digital Scholarship Suite project enabled by a legacy gift from Eric Pattison, and aims to develop practical archive and digitisation skills.

The role assists the Digitisation Officer and Project Archivist with metadata creation, digitisation of various formats, basic preservation, and digital asset management workflows,

Qualifications

• Enthusiasm for working with archive and library collections.
• Proven ability to work accurately and methodically.
• Familiarity with library/archives collections management systems.
• Awareness of archival arrangement and description.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the Project Archivist and Digitisation Officer.
• Creation of basic metadata, transferring information from legacy finding aids to import spreadsheets.
• Carrying out digitisation of a variety of formats, including creating essential descriptive and technical metadata.
• Basic preservation work such as re-housing material into archival grade enclosures.
• Uploading digital content and metadata to online catalogues and digital asset management systems following established procedures.
• Preparing, sorting, and packaging material for outsourced digitisation and checking material that has been returned.
• Assisting with the sorting and listing of uncatalogued collections.
• Supervising the work of volunteers and student placements.
• Other duties, commensurate with the grade and remit of the post.

Skills

Attention to detail

Work independently

Team collaboration

Digitisation knowledge

Education

Degree in arts or humanities

Tools

DAM systems

Job description

The University of Sheffield is seeking an Archive and Digitisation Assistant for the Library's Special Collections, Heritage, and Archives team. This one-year post supports a Digital Scholarship Suite project enabled by a legacy gift from Eric Pattison, and aims to develop practical archive and digitisation skills.

The role assists the Digitisation Officer and Project Archivist with metadata creation, digitisation of various formats, basic preservation, and digital asset management workflows,