Vacancy for Digital Library Assistant at LSE Library

Digital Preservation Coalition; London; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

An opportunity for a Digital Library Assistant at a leading institution in London, responsible for managing and making the Library’s digital collections available. The role entails collaborating with various teams, showcasing strong IT skills and expertise in digital asset management.

Qualifications

• Experience working with digital files and their metadata.
• Ability to maintain high standards in managing physical and digital collections.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

IT skills

Digital asset management

Metadata management

Job description

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 collaborate with a range of colleagues, including their line-manager the Digital Assets Manager, as well as colleagues in other teams, to support 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 managing both physical and digital collections.

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