Digitisation Coordinator

This is a permanent, part-time position (0.6 FTE), to coordinate the delivery of our ambitious digitisation programme. As part of the library team, the post-holder will oversee the archives to be digitised on-site, liaise on a daily basis with the external digitisation supplier, conservation specialists where required, perform quality assurance on the metadata and images to ensure that the data is correct as it goes online on our open digital platform.

Good project coordination and organisational skills are essential for this position. The post-holder will assist the digital resources manager in the delivery of the 2024-2027 digitisation programme which will include manuscript correspondence, meteorological records and institutional minutes books. The postholder will need good understanding of digitised assets and digital platforms and will be familiar with the digitisation process within archives. The post-holder will coordinate the delivery of the high-quality images hosted on the Royal Society platforms, ensuring that the digitised data collection is accurate as it goes online, good understanding of metadata, image quality, digitisation of archives and file management is therefore essential.

Reports to: Digital Resources Manager

Location: Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AG plus hybrid remote working. 

Hours: Part time, 21 hours per week (0.6 FTE)

Closing date for applications: 29 November 23:59pm. 

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