Vacancy for Preservation Audio Engineer at the British Library

Digital Preservation Coalition; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious cultural institution in the UK seeks a Preservation Audio Engineer to join the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage project. You will be responsible for digitising endangered sound recordings and creating associated metadata. Ideal candidates will have strong knowledge of obsolete sound carriers, experience in audio archival work, and relevant degree-level education. This role is part of a funded heritage project aimed at preserving national audio heritage.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of obsolete sound carriers like ¼” open reel tape and cassette.
• Experience with audio recording, playback, and transfer technologies.
• Demonstrable experience creating metadata for digital audio resources.

Responsibilities

• Digitisation of sound recordings on endangered media.
• Creation of metadata related to the transfer process.

Skills

Knowledge of obsolete sound carriers

Current digital formats

Experience in audio archival work

Education

Degree or equivalent professional experience in an archive

Job description

Vacancy for Preservation Audio Engineer at the British Library

Join the British Library on the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage project to save the nation's audio heritage and make it available for everyone. The project, part of the British Library’s ambitious Save our Sounds programme, aims to digitally preserve almost half a million rare and unique recordings from the Library's collections and a UK-wide network of audio preservation centres.

As a Preservation Audio Engineer, you will be responsible for the digitisation of sound recordings held on endangered media selected for the project, particularly ¼” open reel tape and cassette, and the creation of metadata relating to the transfer process.

You will have strong, demonstrable knowledge of obsolete sound carriers and current digital formats, a familiarity with audio recording, playback and transfer technologies, with demonstrable experience of professional audio archival work including the creation of metadata relating to digital audio resources and relevant education to degree level or equivalent professional experience in an archive.

This post is part of a Heritage Lottery Funded project.

The British Library makes our collections and programmes available to all, with a priority to preserve the national memory and enable knowledge to be created both now and in the future by anyone, anywhere.