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Vacancy for Digital Project Curator, EMKP at The British Museum
9 August 2021
Bloomsbury, London
£38,414 per annum
Fixed Term
Member previews available for new Technology Watch Guidance Notes in ‘Data Type’ Series
Added on 20 July 2021
The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) has released the next three Technology Watch Guidance Notes in the new ‘Data Type’ series for Member preview today. The topics covered in the set are: audio, moving images and raster images.
Authored by staff at Artefactual Systems in collaboration with the DPC, and developed in conjunction with the UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, each of the Guidance Notes in the Data Type series is designed to provide a primer on the current state of community knowledge about types of data commonly encountered by those seeking to preserve digital holdings.
Vacancy for Content and Collections Manager at Monash University
16 August 2021
Clayton Campus
$119,136 – 126,457 pa HEW Level 09
Full-Time
Vacancy for Digitisation and Collection Management Manger at Monash University
16 August 2021
Clayton Campus
$119,136 – 126,457 pa HEW Level 09
Full-Time
Vacancy for Library Technologies, Discovery and Access Manager at Monash University
16 August 2021
Clayton Campus
$119,136 – 126,457 pa HEW Level 09
Full-Time
Vacancy for Digital Archivist at the University of Oxford
30 August 2021
Oxford, UK
Grade 6: £29,176 - £34,804
Full-Time
Vacancy for Digital Preservation Technician at the University of Calgary
19 July 2021
Calgary, Alberta
$57,894-$83,811 CAD
Full-Time
Understanding User Needs: DPC publishes next in Technology Watch Guidance Note Series on Access to digital collections.
Added on 13 July 2021
The DPC has released the next in its series of Technology Watch Guidance Notes on Access to digital collections. The new Guidance Note entitled Understanding User Needs by Sharon McMeekin is available as a one-month Member preview from today.
Understanding User Needs provides a pragmatic approach to conducting and interpreting a user needs analysis, whilst highlighting the importance and significance of the results.
Vacancy for Senior Data Engineer at National Records of Scotland
30 July 2021
Edinburgh
Grade B2: £31,266 - £35,813 DDaT Pay Supplement* £4,000 per annum pro rata
Full-Time
J. Paul Getty Trust joins the Digital Preservation Coalition
Added on 13 July 2021
The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) welcomes the J. Paul Getty Trust, as they become the newest Associate Member of the Coalition.
A multifaceted cultural heritage organization consisting of the Getty Conservation Institute, Getty Foundation, Getty Museum, and Getty Research Institute, the J. Paul Getty Trust (Getty) is dedicated to the presentation, conservation, and interpretation of the world's artistic legacy.
With an active program of digital preservation activities in place for over a decade, a Trust-wide position was created in 2018 to specifically address digital preservation issues across the institution.