Digital Preservation Specialist
2 weeks ago
This role is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of the Digital Preservation Coalition's Corporate Archive Service. As part of a dedicated project team, the Digital Archivist will be responsible for establishing digital preservation principles and good practice at the Coalition. The role includes undertaking a survey of born-digital records currently held in the archives as well as assisting in the procurement of a digital preservation system for the Coalition.
The post-holder will be supported in their work by the Archive Programme Manager and dedicated external consultants. The role will include opportunities to contribute to other strands of the wider three-year Archives Review Programme, which includes a review of the physical collections and the re-housing of the Trust's Corporate Archive, as well as liaising with colleagues in Corporate Services to identify born-digital material being created across the organisation.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities- Lead on a survey of born-digital records already identified as part of the Coalition's Archive.
- Work with the Archive Programme Manager to review existing born-digital and digitised archival records with a view to making recommendations on cataloguing and access.
- Develop, in consultation with internal stakeholders and external consultants, a digital preservation strategy for the long-term security of the Coalition's born-digital and digitised archives.
- Support the Archive Programme Manager with procurement for and then lead on the roll-out of a new digital preservation system, including documentation and training.
- Develop workflows for a programme to process the backlog of born-digital archives, taking GDPR, copyright, and Coalition business needs into consideration.
- Deliver a programme of activities relating to born-digital archives which will contribute to the enhancement of the Coalition's collections and the Archive Service, with an emphasis on improving staff access.
- Advocate for, and engage with colleagues about, the benefits of long-term digital preservation and best practice relating to digital archives.
- Engage with the wider archive and digital preservation communities as part of comparator analysis to identify good practice and establish monitoring/reporting benchmarks.
- Liaise with the Review Archivist undertaking a review of the physical archive collections to create a collections framework, applicable across the whole of the Coalition, for paper and digital material that has been identified for permanent preservation.
- Contribute to the development of a vision, strategy, and five-year Action Plan for the Archive Service.
- Work with the Digital Collections Asset Manager to review and improve access to and management of the photographic archive.
- Liaise with colleagues in Corporate Services to continue to develop and manage the retention schedule for digital records created by the Coalition.
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