This vacancy will be advertised in the next ARC Recruitment, but please pass on details to anyone that you think might be interested.
Anna Towlson
Assistant Archivist
LSE Library
London School of Economics & Political Science
The Library
ARCHIVES DIVISION
The Archives Division administers the archive and rare book collections of the Library. These include the archives of the London School of Economics and deposited collections relating to modern British political, social and economic history and the history of anthropology and philosophy, notably the archives of the Liberal Party, the Independent Labour Party, the Fabian Society, the working papers of Charles Booth's Survey of London and the personal papers of Beatrice and Sidney Webb, William Beveridge and Bronislaw Malinowski. It also holds the Hall-Carpenter Archives of gay activism in the UK. The Archives have an active acquisitions programme and is currently extending access to collections via the Internet.
ARCHIVES ASSISTANT
Salary up to £14,690 p.a. inc.
The Archives Division is seeking to appoint an archives assistant to participate in all aspects of the Division's work. The principal duties of the post will be to support public services, including working in the Archive Reading Room and the running of the Division's reprographic service. In addition there will be some involvement in the listing of archives and the retro-conversion of existing catalogues.
The person appointed will be a graduate and good keyboard and computer skills would be an advantage. The post would be particularly suited to those seeking practical experience of archive work prior to obtaining a professional qualification.
For further details please send a stamped addressed A4 envelope to:
Library Administration Office
LSE Library
10 Portugal Street
London
WC2A 2HD
Please quote reference : 98/01/CRA
Closing date for applications : Friday, 28 June, 2002.
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