Please find below details of a job opportunity at the Media Archive for
Central England:
MEDIA ARCHIVE FOR CENTRAL ENGLAND
ACCESS ARCHIVIST
c. £23,000 –c. £26,000
Archive film illuminates the history of the 20th Century like no other
medium. New moving image media are recording our lives now and are the
archival record for future generations.
The Media Archive for Central England is the regional archive collecting,
preserving and making accessible the moving image culture and heritage of
the East and West Midlands. We are an independent company and charity
based at and with close links to the University of Nottingham.
The challenge which faces us is to secure this material and make it ever
more accessible in a wide range of different contexts.
We are looking for an innovative, enthusiastic and pro-active professional
to work with MACE’s Director to spearhead our commitment to making the
collection widely available and to developing new audiences. There are
many different ways to deliver access to archive film. We will want you to
develop as many as we can but in particular we wish to explore and exploit
the access opportunities presented by the internet.
In addition to the access development work you will undertake the full
range of tasks associated with the development and day to day management
of a moving image collection. This will include acquisition decision
making, viewing and cataloguing materials, research and some technical
film and video work.
This is a hands-on role requiring a broad range of skills. Though
specialist knowledge of film and video in a collections environment would
be advantageous, we will give specialist training to the candidate who
brings the right approach and experience to developing our access
ambitions.
This experience may be in moving image collections or it may be in access
and/or education work in a museum, archive, library or arts organisation
or elsewhere.
This is a unique opportunity to be closely involved in the ongoing
development of a major archive service. The post is based in Nottingham
but will require travel around the East and West Midlands.
For further details, please contact MACE Director, James Patterson, by
phoning 0115 846 6448 or by e-mail at [log in to unmask]
Closing date for applications: 24th March 2005
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