Digitisation Coordinator

The Digital Asset Management Consortium, Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of London is seeking a Digitisation Coordinator to lead the in-house Digitisation Studio and line-manage the Digitisation Officer. You will coordinate publisher and grant-funded digitisation projects and work with SHL colleagues to implement workflows that maximise online visibility of special collections.

You should understand current digital preservation strategies and how metadata links resources to their physical copies in the catalogue.

Qualifications

• Experience with digital preservation strategies.
• Understanding metadata links digital resources to physical copies in a catalogue.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and collaboration across staff levels.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Digitisation Studio and workflow.
• Line-manage the Digitisation Officer.
• Coordinate digitisation work with publisher, internal, and grant-funded projects.
• Contribute to new workflows to maximise online visibility of special collections.

Skills

Digital preservation

Metadata management

Project coordination

Staff supervision

Education

Relevant degree in Library/Information Science

Job description

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.

Employer: The University of London
Location: London, UK
Posted Date: 17/09/2026
Expiry Date: 17/01/2027
Type: Full-Time
Categories: Librarian / Collections / Digitisation / Archivist
Ref: DN-JB-3059
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