Vacancy for Digital Library Assistant at LSE Library

Digital Preservation Coalition; City Of London; On-site; GBP 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading library organization is seeking a Digital Library Assistant to manage and make available online the Library’s digital collections. The role involves working with various colleagues and requires good IT skills and experience with digital files. The salary ranges from £27,416 to £30,607, with potential progression to £32,768.

Qualifications

• Experience working with digital files and their metadata (e.g., publishing photos or performing digitisation work).
• Ability to maintain high standards in managing both physical and digital collections.

Responsibilities

• Manage and make available online the Library’s digital collections.
• Work with colleagues to assist with the strategic goals of the Library.

Skills

Good IT skills

Experience with digital files and metadata

Job description

• Vacancy for Digital Library Assistant at LSE Library

Vacancy for Digital Library Assistant at LSE Library

London

£27,416 to £30,607 pa inclusive with potential to progress to £32,768 pa inclusive of London allowance

Full-Time

The role

The Digital Library Assistant, a member of the Digital Library team, works with colleagues across the Library to manage and make available online the Library’s digital collections, particularly those originated from digitisation projects. They are involved in all aspects of managing digital collections, including describing them, arranging for digitisation, uploading them to our Digital Asset Management System and making them available online, primarily on LSE Digital Library .

The main duties and responsibilities of the post focus on the description and management of the Library’s extensive and varied digital collections. The post-holder will work with a range of colleagues, including their line-manager the Digital Assets Manager as well as colleagues in other teams, to assist with this key strategic goal for the Library.

The role holder

Candidates should have good IT skills, experience working with digital files and their metadata (e.g., publishing photos on social media or on websites, performing digitisation work, or scanning files to create PDFs) and the ability to maintain high standards in the management of both physical and digital collections.

We welcome applications from those with digital assets management background as well as information professionals interested in working with digital collections.