Vacancy for Digital Repository Services Manager at National Library of Ireland

Digital Preservation Coalition; Dublin; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization is seeking a Digital Repository Services Manager to enhance how digital content is managed and accessed. This full-time role involves ensuring the operational efficiency of digital repository services and fostering collaboration across multiple teams within the National Library of Ireland.

Qualifications

• Experience in digital content management and archival practices.
• Strong collaboration skills with various departments.
• Ability to develop and implement services and policies.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver services for digital content management.
• Establish infrastructure and policies for digital access.
• Collaborate with different teams and participate in cross-departmental groups.

Skills

Data management

Archival storage

Access control

Preservation planning

Collaboration

Job description

Vacancy for Digital Repository Services Manager at National Library of Ireland

19 January 2024

Dublin, Ireland

Full-Time

The Digital Repository Services Manager will be responsible for developing and delivering services, policies, and processes such as ingest, data management, archival storage, access control, and preservation planning. The goal is to streamline and operationalise the long-term management of ingested digital content, regardless of how it has been acquired by the NLI. The manager will ensure the infrastructure and policies are in place to enable the NLI to provide digital content access in various ways to meet the needs of diverse user communities. This role supports the entire organisation, acting as a key link between collecting departments, user-facing services, and the NLI’s ICT and Library Systems teams.

The Digital Repository Services Manager will collaborate with colleagues across various NLI teams, including Digital Library Systems, Born Digital Archives, Special Collections and Published Collections, Digitisation, Web Archive, Service Delivery, and Education, Learning, and Programming. The role also involves participation in the NLI’s cross-departmental Digital Collecting Steering Group.