Vacancy for Digitisation Technician at University of Leeds

Digital Preservation Coalition; Leeds; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Leeds is seeking a Digitisation Technician to join its Special Collections & Galleries. This full-time position focuses on digitising archives and providing high-quality digital content for various stakeholders, necessitating strong photography skills and a customer-focused approach.

Qualifications

• Experience in photography and digitisation.
• Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines.
• Strong customer service skills.

Responsibilities

• Process images in digital workflows.
• Meet deadlines and maintain high quality standards.
• Work with various stakeholders across the university.

Skills

Photography

Customer Focus

Flexibility

Job description

Vacancy for Digitisation Technician at University of Leeds

6 October 2024

Leeds, England

£24,248 to £25,742 per annum

Full-Time

Do you have experience in photography and an interest in digitisation and archives? Are you able to work under pressure and to deadlines, whilst keeping to performance standards? Are you customer-focused and able to deliver outstanding service?

Special Collections & Galleries at the University of Leeds holds world-class collections encompassing archives, manuscripts, rare books, and the University’s institutional archive and art collection. Access is delivered through our research centre in the Brotherton Library, our two public galleries, and increasingly through rich online content. Resource discovery and the management of collections data are major challenges for the service and are a focus of efforts to effectively showcase our distinctive offer to the University and wider research community.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with practical experience in photography and skills in processing images in digital workflows to join our digitisation studio team. The Digital Content Team in Special Collections delivers a range of digitisation services to academics, visitors to our Research Centre and Library colleagues, digitising material for delivery online, and on-demand digitisation for paying customers.

As a Digitisation Technician, you will understand the need to meet deadlines and peaks in workflows, while maintaining the high quality standards required for digital surrogates. The studio team provides a wide range of services, which means you will need to be flexible and responsive, reacting and adapting positively to new initiatives. You will also need to work with a wide variety of stakeholders and staff across the university to deliver an excellent service.