Temporary Archivist for the Fire Service College Library.
We have a vacancy for a Temporary Archivist to undertake a project to
assess and develop a small archive collection held by the Fire Service
College Library. The project will run for the equivalent of 25 days (200
hours) between January and May 2001. The archivist will be paid an hourly
rate of ?10.00.
The Fire Service College Archive has a small collection of about 700 print
and a similar number of photographic documents. The majority of the
documents date from the Second World War, but there are runs of periodicals
from pre-1900, some official documents dated before 1939, including an item
from 17th century about the Fire of London. The aim of the project is to
preserve these items for the future and to investigate the possibility of
the College Library becoming a designated place of deposit for public
records produced by the College.
Job Title: Temporary Archivist
Responsible to: College Librarian
Purpose of Project:
To prepare a preservation policy statement, identify a strategy for
achieving the policy and the development of the collection
To organise procedures for the preservation and handling of materials, and
identify a specialist conservation company, if required
To advise on the budget required to achieve the strategy
To advise on the modifications required to develop the "archives" room into
a suitable environment to house archive material and public records
To liaise with the Cataloguing and Acquisitions Librarian in identifying
procedures for cataloguing archive materials
Qualifications and Competencies Required:
A qualification in archive administration, familiarity with the standards
underpinning archival work and a knowledge of the automated cataloguing of
archive collections. Experience of work with public records would be an
advantage.
Hours of work are negotiable.
For further information please contact Margaret Fuller on 01608 650831 x
2336 or send your Curriculum Vitae to Julia Llewellyn, Assistant Human
Resource Manager, The Fire Service College, Moreton-In-Marsh,
Gloucestershire, GL56 0RH by 29 January 2001.
Margaret Fuller
College Librarian
Fire Service College
Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos. GL56 0RH
Tel: 01608 650831
Fax: 01608 651494
email: [log in to unmask]
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