Please note: due to time constraints this post will NOT be advertised in
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colleagues who may be interested in applying for this post.
Assistant Archivist
Wellcome Foundation Archives
The Wellcome Trust is a world leading charity whose mission is to foster and
promote research with the aim of improving human and animal health.
We have recently acquired the archives of Wellcome Foundation pharmaceutical
company, an organisation that was originally the Trust's sole asset base. It
spans the early years of the Foundation from the 1880's to the latter half
of the 20th century and includes over 350 linear metres of product and
advertising literature, photographs, video films, and management and
financial records. A unique collection, historians and researchers are
already expressing an interest in consulting it.
As a result of this acquisition, an exciting and challenging opportunity
exists to assist in cataloguing the collection. This will include initial
sorting and arrangement, cataloguing, creation of finding aids, and some
enquiry work. The catalogue will also be linked to complementary collections
of papers of Sir Henry Wellcome held in the Wellcome Library.
Working in a small team, reporting to the Wellcome Foundation Archivist, you
will need to be self-motivated. Of prime importance is your patience,
communication skills and flexible approach.
We would expect the successful candidate to have:
* a strong current knowledge of professional standards and practice
* experience in a busy archival environment and of cataloguing on CALM
or other archive systems
* a year's experience of cataloguing and a postgraduate qualification
in archive administration
* an interest in the history of medicine and/or experience in business
records would be an advantage.
We see the project life-span to be 2 years, and as such this post is
initially offered as a Fixed Term Contract. To apply, please send a full CV
with a covering letter, to Fiona Rockel, by 17 July 2002.
For full details of application procedures, and a job description please see
the 'Jobs' Page on the Wellcome Trust website - www.wellcome.ac.uk
Teresa Doherty
Archivist, The Wellcome Foundation,
The Wellcome Trust
183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE.
Website: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk
http://library.wellcome.ac.uk
The Wellcome Trust is a registered charity, no. 210183.
Its sole Trustee is The Wellcome Trust Limited, a company
registered in England, no. 2711000, whose registered office
is 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE.
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