Vacancy for Digital Preservation Analyst at University of Cambridge

Digital Preservation Coalition; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

The Digital Preservation Coalition is seeking a Digital Preservation Analyst to join the University of Cambridge's Libraries. This pivotal role focuses on enhancing the Digital Preservation Programme, managing digital materials, and ensuring staff are trained to utilize new services effectively.

Qualifications

• Experience in digital preservation methodologies.
• Ability to manage complex data workflows.
• Strong communication and training skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead analysis of digitization workflows.
• Determine and implement new preservation processes.
• Train library staff on new digital preservation services.

Skills

Digital Collection Analysis

Stakeholder Engagement

Project Management

Training Development

Education

Master's Degree in Information Management or related field

Job description

• Vacancy for Digital Preservation Analyst at University of Cambridge

Vacancy for Digital Preservation Analyst at University of Cambridge

11 August 2023

Cambridge, UK

Full-Time

An exciting opportunity has come up to join the Digital Preservation team at Cambridge University Libraries to help deliver its Digital Preservation Programme!

This is a new role on the team and the Programme that will also involve engaging with colleagues across the Libraries and the wider University.

The Libraries create and acquire a wide range of digital materials for its collections, including digitised images created from print and physical artefacts, the research outputs of Cambridge University (eTheses, research data, and eJournals), and born-digital archives (personal and corporate archives as well as the official records of the University in digital formats).

The Digital Preservation Analyst will support the delivery of services for these materials and ensure library staff can use these services to carry out their responsibilities.

Reporting to the Head of Digital Preservation, the Digital Preservation Analyst will focus on the following activities:

Digital Collection Analysis (e.g., lead a review of the digitisation workflow to inform its future state, focusing on day-to-day data management, preservation, and storage).

Business change (e.g., determine and plan new processes and procedures for digital preservation, metadata improvement, and quality management and dataflow processes, and embed them into the work of staff).

Stakeholder engagement and learning delivery (e.g., lead on training for new services delivered by the Programme, creating a training programme that addresses the needs of library staff who will use these services).

Community, collaboration, advocacy (e.g., work with the Head of Digital Preservation to build and manage mutually beneficial partnerships and networks within CUL, the University, and wider digital preservation and GLAM communities).