Vacancy at British Library: Digital Preservation Software Engineer

Software Engineer
Location: London or Boston Spa
Position Type: Fixed term till 1st Feb 2015
Salary: £27477  - £31912 (+London weighting)
Closing Date: Monday 6th August

The British Library has a long term commitment to preserve digital content and plays a significant role in the EU co-funded research and development project Scalable Preservation Environments (SCAPE). If you are a JAVA developer with an excellent understanding of software development, you can help advance our groundbreaking work to archive and preserve the nation’s cultural memory in new digital formats.

The purpose of this role is twofold:
• to provide a strong technical contribution to developments on the SCAPE Project.
• to support implementation of digital preservation solutions in business units across the Library.
You will be part of a research and development team that collaborates widely with libraries, archives, and commercial organisations across Europe to develop innovative digital stewardship solutions. You will help ensure our internationally renowned collection survives through time and remains accessible for future researchers.
 
For more details or to apply, visit  http://goo.gl/5BVOt

Vacancy at Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington New Zealand: Assistant Digital Archivist

Assistant Digital Archivist
Location: Wellington New Zealand
Position Type: Permanent
Section: Knowledge, Information, Research and Technology
Salary: $56,392  - $76,295
Closing Date: 1700 Tuesday 7th August

The Alexander Turnbull Library is currently recruiting for a position to assist with the management of the Library's digital collections. The Alexander Turnbull Library is one of New Zealand's premier research libraries. The Library is responsible for building, managing, preserving and providing access to a national documentary heritage collection, an increasing proportion of which is digital. The Assistant Digital Archivist will be responsible for working with the Digital Archivist and the curatorial staff to ensure that the Library builds a national collection of born digital materials for permanent retention. The appointee will assist the staff of the Alexander Turnbull Library with the acquisition, management and preservation of digital collections, both published and unpublished.

The appointee will require technical knowledge about digital materials. An archival or library qualification is essential and experience of IT projects within a library or archival environment is preferable. If you are a positive, well organised and enthusiastic team player with a strong interest in our digital memory we would like to hear from you! Please note that interviews for this position will not be conducted until late August 2012.

Applications Close 5pm, Tuesday 7 August 2012

For a full job description and details on how to apply, please see: http://www.bfound.net/detail.aspx?jobId=107734&CoId=164&rq=5

Two Posts at the British Library: Digital Preservation Technical Architect and Technical Lead

Digital Preservation Technical Architect
Location: Boston Spa, Yorkshire
Position Type: Permanent
Specialism: Information Technology
Salary: £34,391 - £39,743 per annum
Closing Date: 25/06/2012

How would you like to help preserve our digital cultural memory? The British Library is one of the World’s great research libraries, committed to providing researchers with access to reliable digital content now and into the future. Working closely with colleagues across the Library as well as internationally, this is a rare opportunity to ensure our digital resources are both sustainable and sustained for the long term.

Long term digital preservation of world class content is a challenge that requires effort throughout the digital lifecycle and a reliable preservation infrastructure. As Digital Preservation Technical Architect in the Digital Preservation Centre of Excellence, you will work closely with colleagues to:

• Contribute to the evolution of a dependable and scalable technical architecture for preserving the Library’s digital collections;
• Establish requirements and develop solutions to pilot, implement, and validate different approaches to preservation;
• Advise on embedding digital preservation into other Library systems and processes to enable complete end-to-end lifecycle management;
• Ensure preservation is addressed in BL digital projects and activities across the BL, especially during the development phases.

With a strong background in systems design and development, you will have excellent communication skills and a strong desire to continually improve and rise to new challenges that protecting the cultural wealth of the nation brings.

For informal enquires please contact Maureen Pennock, Digital Preservation Manager, on 01937 546302
For more information see: http://bit.ly/LfClUb 

Digital Preservation Technical Lead
Location: Boston Spa, Yorkshire
Position Type: Fixed Term
Specialism: Information Technology
Salary:  £34,391 - £39,743 per annum
Fixed term until 31 July 2014
Closing date:  25 June 2012

How would you like to help preserve our digital cultural memory? The British Library is one of the World’s great research libraries, committed to providing researchers with access to reliable digital content now and into the future. Working closely with colleagues across the Library as well as internationally, this is a rare opportunity to ensure our digital resources are both sustainable and sustained for the long term.

As Digital Preservation Technical Lead for the Digital Preservation Centre of Excellence, you will work with colleagues to develop and embed digital preservation technology within the British Library. At least half of your time will be spent on the EU co-funded SCAPE project to develop and implement scalable preservation tools and solutions for quality assured digital preservation workflows. You will:

• Ensure effective implementation and management of SCAPE Testbeds, content, and requisite tools at the British Library;
• Test and evaluate digital preservation tools on British Library collections;
• Work closely with colleagues in other business units to ensure tools meet business requirements;
• Integrate and embed effective preservation technologies in BL processes and workflows to ensure digital library content remains authentic and accessible over the long term;

You will be an excellent Java developer, with experience in tailoring software solutions to meet business needs. In addition to skills in planning, executing and fully documenting unit and system testing, you will be able to communicate effectively with colleagues and willing to travel across Europe when required.

For informal enquires please contact Maureen Pennock, Digital Preservation Manager, on 01937 546302
For more information see: http://bit.ly/LQNd8a

Vacancy at the British Library: Web Archiving Engineer

Web Archiving Engineer
Location: Boston Spa, Yorkshire
Position Type: Fixed Term
Specialism: Information Technology
Salary: £27,477 - £31,912 per annum
Fixed term contract until 31 March 2015
Closing date: 21 June 2012

Take your IT skills and passion for the web to a role where it will impact on research and learning for generations to come. You’ll not only enjoy working with cutting edge technology, but also have the opportunity to develop expert knowledge in web archiving and display your expertise on an international stage.

Joining the British Library’s web archiving team, you’ll manage and monitor the process of harvesting UK websites, and help build innovative and integrated access systems to make these resources available to our users. This will include the brand new large-scale UK web harvest (under the Legal Deposit Programme) as well as the established ‘selective’ archive, which focuses on those sites are representative of British social history and cultural heritage. You’ll ensure that they are effectively collected and curated, in order to increase their availability and access for users now and in the future. It is also your responsibility to make sure that harvested websites achieve appropriate quality standards and that our web archiving infrastructure operates securely, effectively and efficiently.

A background in archiving is not required for the post – we are looking for enthusiasm and technical ability. You’ll possess good technical, communication and interaction skills. In addition to knowledge of scripting languages and regular expressions, you’ll possess experience of maintaining Apache Webserver and Apache Tomcat on Linux/Unix systems, and managing applications in production environments. You’ll be familiar with SQL-queries, and you’ll understand the advantages and disadvantages of object-orientated languages with reference to at least one mainstream language (e.g. Java).

For informal enquiries please contact Andrew Jackson, Web Archiving Technical Lead on 01937 546602
For more information see: https://gs10.globalsuccessor.com/fe/tpl_britishlibrary01.asp?s=eziKhNSpCaRDiFfRax&jobid=89398,5698547254&key=69968115&c=860286528748&pagestamp=seqmsdilxhrtwdeobc