Opportunity for a Digital Preservation Consultant at the V&A

Digital Preservation Coalition; London; On-site; GBP 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cultural institution, the V&A, seeks a Digital Preservation Consultant to enhance its strategy for managing digital collections. Responsibilities include auditing the existing digital assets and providing a gap analysis and actionable recommendations for future preservation strategies. This is a fixed term role with a budget of £30K, aimed at strengthening the data management processes within the museum.

Qualifications

• Experience in digital preservation practices.
• Ability to conduct gap analysis and formulate recommendations.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Audit collection, archive and corporate information.
• Produce a high-level gap analysis highlighting risks and opportunities.
• Recommend digital preservation strategy and policies.

Skills

Digital Preservation

Gap Analysis

Policy Recommendations

Job description

• Opportunity for a Digital Preservation Consultant at the V&A

Opportunity for a Digital Preservation Consultant at the V&A

31 January 2023

London

Up to £30K

Fixed Term

The V&A is the world’s leading museum of art and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects, books and archives that span over 5,000 years of human creativity. The museum holds many of the UK's national collections and which include some of the greatest resources for the study of architecture, furniture, fashion, textiles, photography, sculpture, painting, jewellery, glass, ceramics, book arts, design, theatre and performance.

The V&A’s collections and corporate information each contain a growing quantity of born-digital, hybrid and digitised assets. Recognising the need to preserve, maintain, and provide access to its digital collections and corporate information, the V&A is seeking a consultant to:

audit collection, archive and corporate information across V&A collections and sites, with reference to its digital preservation

produce a high-level gap analysis highlighting key risks, opportunities and priorities for the organisation, to inform future strategy

produce recommendations for organisational digital preservation strategy, policies and procedures

The chosen consultant will report to a cross-museum working group, with representation from curatorial departments, technology, collections care and access, and archives. A budget of £30k is available and it is expected that the work will commence prior to the end of March 2023.

For a copy of the consultancy brief and details of how to apply, please contact Corinna Gardner, Senior Curator of Design and Digital at [e-mail]