Digitisation Officer

You will work at the University of Bristol’s Theatre Collection on the archive of the arts organisation, Welfare State International (1968-2006), as part of the Wellcome funded Fire starters project to make the archive accessible.

The role-holder will support the Fire starters project by providing high-quality digital images of selected material from the Welfare State International archive to enable and increase public access to the collection for research, education and inspiration.  The archival material selected for digitisation will respond to key research themes and will include documents created as part of producing performances such as planning notes and sketches, marketing material like programmes and posters, as well as photographic material including prints, slides, transparencies and negatives.  The project aims to digitise one evocative item from each production, as well as intensively digitise material from 10-20 key productions to enable remote in-depth research access, creating 2250-2500 images.

Working as part of a small team and under the supervision of the Project Archivist, the role-holder will work to integrate the images into our Digital Asset Management System for digital preservation, as well as into our archival management system and web pages to increase discoverability and access. 

You will:

• capture images of archival materials using camera or scanners appropriate to the material being copied, and process the files in image-handling software
• record basic descriptive, copyright and technical metadata
• use creative and technical judgment to optimise images for a variety of uses
• autonomously organise and prioritise tasks, whilst monitoring the progress of digitisation against project targets

You have:

• specialised photographic skills including the operation of cameras, lighting and scanners
• advanced skills in post-capture image manipulation and optimisation using image optimisation software
• experience of handling rare or fragile items and the ability to solve problems relating to the age, size or condition of such items
• good communication skills with experience of working in a team
• an interest and enthusiasm for working with archival materials

Contract type: Fixed-term contract for 12 months

Work pattern: Full-time

Grade: F

Salary: £26,444-£29,605 per annum

School/Unit: Library Services

For informal queries, please contact Siân Williams, [email protected], 0117 455 8602

This advert will close at23:59 GMTon 07/04/2024. Interviews are anticipated to take place on 25/04/2024.

We recently launched our strategy  to 2030 tying together our mission, vision and values.

The University of Bristol aims to be a place where everyone feels able to be themselves and do their best in an inclusive working environment where all colleagues can thrive and reach their full potential. We want to attract, develop, and retain individuals with different experiences, backgrounds and perspectives – particularly people of colour, LGBT+ and disabled people – because diversity of people and ideas remains integral to our excellence as a global civic institution.

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You will work at the University of Bristol’s Theatre Collection on the archive of the arts organisation, Welfare State International (1968-2006), as part of the Wellcome funded Fire starters project to make the archive accessible.

The role-holder will support the Fire starters project by providing high-quality digital images of selected material from the Welfare State International archive to enable and increase public access to the collection for research, education and inspiration.  The archival material selected for digitisation will respond to key research themes and will include documents created as part of producing performances such as planning notes and sketches, marketing material like programmes and posters, as well as photographic material including prints, slides, transparencies and negatives.  The project aims to digitise one evocative item from each production, as well as intensively digitise material from 10-20 key productions to enable remote in-depth research access, creating 2250-2500 images.

Working as part of a small team and under the supervision of the Project Archivist, the role-holder will work to integrate the images into our Digital Asset Management System for digital preservation, as well as into our archival management system and web pages to increase discoverability and access. 

You will:

• capture images of archival materials using camera or scanners appropriate to the material being copied, and process the files in image-handling software
• record basic descriptive, copyright and technical metadata
• use creative and technical judgment to optimise images for a variety of uses
• autonomously organise and prioritise tasks, whilst monitoring the progress of digitisation against project targets

You have:

• specialised photographic skills including the operation of cameras, lighting and scanners
• advanced skills in post-capture image manipulation and optimisation using image optimisation software
• experience of handling rare or fragile items and the ability to solve problems relating to the age, size or condition of such items
• good communication skills with experience of working in a team
• an interest and enthusiasm for working with archival materials

Contract type: Fixed-term contract for 12 months

Work pattern: Full-time

Grade: F

Salary: £26,444-£29,605 per annum

School/Unit: Library Services

For informal queries, please contact Siân Williams, [email protected], 0117 455 8602

This advert will close at23:59 GMTon 07/04/2024. Interviews are anticipated to take place on 25/04/2024.

We recently launched our strategy  to 2030 tying together our mission, vision and values.

The University of Bristol aims to be a place where everyone feels able to be themselves and do their best in an inclusive working environment where all colleagues can thrive and reach their full potential. We want to attract, develop, and retain individuals with different experiences, backgrounds and perspectives – particularly people of colour, LGBT+ and disabled people – because diversity of people and ideas remains integral to our excellence as a global civic institution.

Available documents