Dear all,
Please see below for an opportunity at Leeds University Library Special Collections & Galleries. Please note that applications must be made via the vacancies website using the link below.
Leeds Animation Workshop Project Archivist (Grade 6, £27,924 to £33,309 p.a., Part time (17.5 hours per week), Fixed term for 24 months)
Do you have a passion for archive collections and making them accessible to allow society to benefit? Do you have an appreciation of animation and creative industries archives, their challenges and opportunities? Are you committed to meeting goals with high-quality outcomes?
Special Collections has recently been awarded funding from the Wellcome Institute to catalogue the Leeds Animation Workshop (LAW) Archive.
LAW is a women's collective set up in 1978 to produce and distribute animated films on social issues. The LAW archive is thought to be the most complete record of a collective animation organisation in existence. It offers a national and international resource for exploring connections between animation, activism, feminism, art, social history, political movements, co-operative practices, medical humanities research, independent film-making, and the history of animation techniques.
You will have experience of cataloguing large collections, archival and digital standards. A confident user of IT and collection management systems, you will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, able to promote the collections and work with LAW, and be able to contribute positively to the Special Collections & Galleries team, including training colleagues.
Closing date: 9 May 2022
Interview date: 20 May 2022
For further details and to apply, please go to: https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=CSLIB1321
Sarah Prescott
Literary Archivist | Special Collections & Galleries
Leeds University Library
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