Hi,
The National Library of Wales is looking for someone to work on our recently
funded World War One project to help support the ingest of content into our and
our partner's repositories. Duties would include:
1. Managing and co-ordinating the ingest of digital content into the NLW VITAL
repository (FEDORA), and managing and co-ordinating ingest of content into the
repositories of partner institutions where necessary, and aligning this data.
2. Providing technical support, and developing documentation, for all
repository aspects of the project both internal and externally for partners.
3. Developing and implementing workflows for all repository aspects of the
project in collaboration with staff in the NLW systems, digital developments,
and IT departments, as well as staff at partner organizations.
4. Scoping and documenting the current state of repository support in Welsh HEI
for the project partners and WHELF as part of the final project report.
The National Library of Wales (NLW) has a large Fedora repository (3million+
objects) and has a long history in digitisation. This project is an exciting
collaboration with the higher education sector to deliver a useful resource
around World War 1.
Project Details:
JISC have funded a mass digitization project on the Welsh Sources for World War
One: Rhyfel Byd 1914-1918 a’r profiad Cymreig / Welsh experience of World War
One 1914-1918. This project is led by the NLW, in collaboration with eight
partner organizations. The project will digitize printed and manuscript sources
as well as moving image, audio and photographic material; store the digital
content in the repositories of the partner organisations (using the Welsh
Repository Network where possible), and make the digital collection available
through a unified common interface to enable federated searching and browsing,
broadest resource discovery, and embedding in research and teaching. The
project will provide consolidated and aggregated access to locally hosted data
from archives and special collections around Wales through the development of a
unified interface. The project will use the existing Welsh Repository Network
as the technical infrastructure for the project, and build capacity at all
partner institutions by populating local repositories with content digitized
through this project, exposing it for widest harvesting and discovery. This
project will demonstrate cutting-edge innovation in multimedia repository
development and use and leave partner organisations with the capacity to
implement and contribute to similar projects in the future. This innovation
will contribute to a sustainable ecosystem for digital content.
Details of the Library:
The National Library of Wales was established in 1907. It is one of the great
libraries of the world, and possesses incomparable collections of books,
pamphlets, newspapers and music, manuscripts, archives, maps, photographs,
pictures and sound and moving image material, all housed in an impressive
building overlooking the town of Aberystwyth and Cardigan Bay. It is also the
world centre of research material on Wales, the Welsh people, and the Celtic
nations. As a legal deposit (copyright) library since 1911 it has the right to
receive a copy of every printed item published in the United Kingdom and
Ireland. Its collections embrace old and rare books, foreign publications,
chiefly from Europe and North America, and contemporary electronic materials.
The Library is funded by grant-in-aid received from the National Assembly for
Wales, and is described as an Assembly Sponsored Public Body (ASPB).
This post is a fixed term post until October 2013. For an information pack and
details of how to apply please contact the Personnel Unit 01970 632530/1; by
fax 01970 615709 or by Email: [email protected]. Further details can be
found at:
http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=1189
Please pass on to anyone who would be interested.
Thanks
Glen Robson
Senior DAMS Manager
National Library of Wales
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