Digital Access Coordinator at University

12 April 2021

Leeds

Full-Time

Do you have expertise in digitisation, especially of rare and fragile material? Are you knowledgeable about technological developments in digital content management and digital access? Can you lead a team and collaborate with colleagues to deliver an excellent service and enable researchers around the world to find and reuse our digital collections?

Our studio has digitised over 3 million images from Library collection material for access, discovery, and preservation. We also provide a digitisation service for fee-paying external clients. We are flexible and responsive to competing demands, creating efficient workflows and using technology to develop the service in this research-led environment. Access to this rich and growing body of content is through an increasingly complex online environment that must comply with legislative frameworks around copyright, data, and privacy.

We are looking for a Digital Access Coordinator who is enthusiastic about collection digitisation, access, and discovery with all its challenges and opportunities. You’ll need excellent communication and problem-solving skills and be able to work collaboratively on projects. This role is key to driving our ambition of connected and accessible collections as we continue digitising and making content available across various platforms.

You’ll be responsible for managing the studio output and digital access points dealing with our Special Collections material, which has international research value.

Special Collections at the University of Leeds includes rare books, archives, art, objects, the University’s institutional archive, the Stanley and Audrey Burton Art Gallery, and the Treasures of the Brotherton Gallery.

This role will initially involve a mix of remote work and occasional days on campus. The position may transition to full campus-based work as social distancing guidance evolves.