Digitisation Coordinator

University of London; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

University of London’s Senate House Library seeks a Digitisation Coordinator to lead our in-house digitisation studio and line-manage the Digitisation Officer. You will coordinate publisher and grant-funded projects and develop workflows to improve online visibility of rare collections.

You will apply current and emerging digital preservation strategies and metadata practices, solving challenges with staff at all levels to support ambitious digitisation goals.

Qualifications

• Experience in digitisation workflows and digital preservation strategies.
• Ability to line manage staff and coordinate multiple digitisation projects.
• Knowledge of metadata and discovery workflows to maximise online visibility.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Digitisation Studio and line-manage the Digitisation Officer.
• Coordinate publisher, internal and grant-funded digitisation projects.
• Work with the Metadata & Discovery Manager to implement new workflows.

Skills

Digitisation coordination

Team management

Digital preservation

Metadata awareness

Problem-solving

Tools

Publisher coordination

Job description

The University of London is both the UK’s largest provider of international distance and online learning and the convenor of a federation of 17 renowned higher education institutions.

The federation brings together more than 250,000 learners and 50,000 staff in a collaborative community that is delivering high-quality research and education across all disciplines.

Since 1858, we have expanded access to world-class higher education. Today, around 40,000 students in more than 190 countries are part of our global learning community.

The University of London is also home to the School of Advanced Study, the national centre for the humanities, whose mission is to advocate for the discipline.

By working together, we expand access to outstanding higher education and resources, and extend their benefits to learners and researchers across the UK and around the world.

Senate House Library

Senate House Library is the central library for the University of London and the School of Advanced Study. Also serving the wider national scholarly community and the university’s 40,000 distance learners, it isone of the UK’s largest academic libraries for arts, humanities & social sciences with over 2 million books, 50 special collections and 1,800 archival collections. The Library and its collections have been continuously developed since the 1870s and include many unique and rare treasures.

This is a significant moment in the Library’s history and an exciting time to work with us as we undertake an ambitious programme of investment and change through the Library Transformation Programme, which will increase the visibility of the Library and its unique collections to the international scholarly community.

A critical component of the Programme is to strengthen our digital offer, and in particular to promote and increase digital access to our collections.

The Role

Digitisation Coordinator

The successful candidate will take on an exciting role in the fast-developing area of digitisation and preservation, supporting the delivery of the Library’s ambitious new digitisation vision.

The Digitisation Coordinator will manage our small Digitisation Studio, where we carry out in-house digitisation work, and will line manage the Digitisation Officer. They will also coordinate work related to our publisher, internal and grant-funded digitisation projects. Additionally, working with the Metadata & Discovery Manager and other SHL colleagues, they will contribute to the implementation of new workflows and procedures which maximise the online visibility of our unique special collections.

The successful candidate requires an understanding of current and emerging digital preservation strategies, and the ways metadata is used to link digital resources to their physical copies on a catalogue.

An enquiring mind, with an ability to problem-solve while working effectively with all levels of staff is essential.

For a full role profile, please refer to the job description below.

Further Information

Interviews will be held on Monday 19th October 2026.

The University will be unable to sponsor candidates for a visa for this role. Successful applicants must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK for the duration of their employment.

The University currently operates a Hybrid Working framework involving a mix of working remotely and in the office. Typically, the majority of employees will be able to agree to work remotely for up to 60% of their working week, role dependent, however will be required to attend on specific days for training or team meetings.

The University of London is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive working environment where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We particularly encourage applications from members of Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic communities as this group is currently under-represented at all levels within the University. All appointments will be made on merit, based on the criteria identified in the job description.

Pursuing excellence in education and equal opportunities.

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