Research Associate for Digital Preservation

22 hours ago


Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom Digital Preservation Coalition Full time
Job Description:

The successful candidate will be responsible for leading research in key aspects of digital archives, including the ecosystem of community generated digital content, its creation, use, and preservation.

This post will support the archives strand of a large, multi-disciplinary research project 'Our Heritage, Our Stories: Linking and searching community-generated digital content to develop the people's national collection' (OHOS). It is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council through their Towards a National Collection programme.

The postholder will engage with all members of the project team at regular meetings and with a range of other stakeholders including community heritage groups, archives, libraries and museums, as well as the funders of community and local history projects across the UK.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

  1. Perform research and document all aspects of the information lifecycle of community generated digital content held by partner archives and heritage organisations in the UK.
  2. Research and document future models for managing, sharing and using community generated content, including post-custodial frameworks.
  3. Identify and liaise with existing and prospective community archive partners.
  4. Contribute to testing and implementation of project outputs and deliverables, and to their documentation and dissemination.
  5. Collaborate with partners across the project, including technical partners, archives and heritage organisations, and digital infrastructures.


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