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Archival Metadata Specialist
Job summary
A national archival organization in London is seeking an Archival Metadata Specialist to lead on archival data and metadata within a significant research project. The role involves overseeing data workflows and providing guidance on data modeling, while collaborating with various project partners. Ideal candidates should possess expert knowledge in archival practice and be able to maintain ethical data governance frameworks.
Qualifications
- Expert knowledge of archival data and metadata.
- Experience in leading data modelling and ontology.
- Ability to maintain data sharing and governance frameworks.
Responsibilities
- Lead on archival data and metadata for the project.
- Oversee data workflows from community-generated digital content to Linked Data.
- Collaborate with internal and external project partners.
30 April 2023
London
Fixed Term
The National Archives is looking for an Archival Metadata Specialist to join an existing research project, Our Heritage, Our Stories: Linking and searching community-generated digital content to develop the people's national collection, part of the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s programme Towards a National Collection: Opening UK Heritage to the World (TaNC). The project brings together a powerful partnership, including researchers in digital humanities, archives, history, linguistics, and computer science at our HEI partners, the Universities of Glasgow and Manchester, with research and development in archive and digital infrastructure at The National Archives, the project's lead Independent Research Organisation.
The Archival Metadata Specialist will lead on archival data and metadata for the project, maintaining an up-to-date and documented overview of all the datasets and data flows associated with the Our Heritage, Our Stories project, including those of external project partners. They will bring expert knowledge of the field to advise, guide, analyse and make recommendations to the project to establish, maintain and document a robust, secure ethical data sharing and governance framework. will provide data modelling and ontology advice and guidance to the project, and build on their knowledge of archival practice to research developments in the use of Linked Data in cultural heritage. They will oversee the progress of data through the project’s workflows, from community-generated digital content (CGDC) to Linked Data, its representation and testing through the interfaces the project is developing.
At The National Archives, they will join the creative, motivated multi-disciplinary project team within the wider Research and Academic Engagement Department. They will work collaboratively with internal and external project partners to deliver for the project, taking joint responsibility with the local project team for The National Archives’ commitments to this nationally important programme.
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