Vacancy at the British Library: Intellectual Property Rights Coordinator

International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives; City Of London; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A national library organization is seeking an Intellectual Property Rights Coordinator to lead a team in a project aimed at preserving audio collections. The role involves managing rights clearance tasks, ensuring compliance with copyright laws, and coordinating with UK partners. Ideal candidates will have strong knowledge of IPR issues and experience in online publication.

Responsibilities

• Manage a small team and collaborate with UK partners for audio access.
• Ensure rights clearance targets are met efficiently.
• Develop policies for rights clearance and data protection.
• Coordinate workflows in audio preservation.
• Develop project-specific training on IPR and data protection.

Skills

Knowledge of IPR issues

Data protection law

Online publication experience

Understanding of copyright law

Team management experience

Job description

Vacancy at the British Library: Intellectual Property Rights Coordinator

Submitted by Richard Ranft on Tue, 13/06/2017 - 13:32

Job Details

£32,000 per annum
Based at St Pancras, London
Full‑time fixed‑term contract for five years
Reference: 01262

Description

This is an opportunity to contribute to an innovative 5‑year project, Unlocking Our Sound Heritage, which will preserve and transform access to the nation’s most at‑risk and vulnerable audio collections. The project will digitally preserve almost half a million sound recordings, establish a network of ten audio archiving centres across the UK and create a new website allowing online access to 100,000 recordings.

Responsibilities

• Manage a small team at the British Library and work with the network of ten UK partners to maximise access to the digitised sound recordings in line with the agreed organisational approach.
• Ensure the project’s ambitious targets for rights clearance are met in the most efficient and pragmatic manner.
• Explore best ways to undertake rights clearance and data protection with the 10 partners, following consistent and agreed policies and standards, including maintaining clear records of the due diligence process and independently verifying permissions prior to online publication.
• Act as an effective communicator, liaising closely with teams across the Library and the UK partners to coordinate effective workflows across the life cycle of audio preservation and access.
• Assist with the development and delivery of project‑specific training relating to IPR and data protection.

Qualifications

• Good knowledge of IPR issues and data protection law.
• Experience of online publication and production.
• Good understanding of copyright law as it relates to sound recordings.
• Experience of managing the work of a small team and network relationships.

Travel

Occasional travel to partner organisations across the UK.

Funding

This post is part of a Heritage Lottery funded project.

Closing Date and Interview

Closing Date: 26 June 2017
Interview Date: 7 July 2017

Applications and further details

Applications and further details: https://britishlibrary.recruitment.northgatearinso.com/birl/pages/main.jsf (link is external)

Contact

Richard Ranft
Head of Sound and Vision, The British Library, 96 Euston Road, London NWI 2DB, UK.