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Digital
Preservation Internship
The British Library is pleased to offer its
first internship in the area of Digital Preservation. The internship will
take place for four months between March and June 2009. Funding
for the internship is provided by the Council on Library
and Information Resources (CLIR).
We are seeking to offer an internship to a
graduate or equivalent, with experience in Library Information or Computer Science.
The intern will work specifically on the LIFE (Life
Cycle Information for E-Literature) project as part of the Digital
Preservation Team within the Collection Care Department. LIFE is
a collaborative project between University College London and the British
Library.
The candidate will be selected on the basis
of knowledge in relation to the project, previous experience, interest in
digital preservation, communication skills, and understanding of library and
archive collections. Successful candidates will need to give examples of
how they meet the essential criteria for the internship.
The internship will carry
a taxable stipend of £1200 per month. Travel to the British
Library’s Boston Spa site may be required, the cost of which will be
covered by the British Library. The internship is open to those who have
a right to live and work in the UK.
The intern will be
expected to use a project management framework and monitor their progress
against project plan. The intern will need to produce an interim report
for CLIR, and a final report for CLIR and the British Library. The intern will
be supervised by the Digital Preservation Manager throughout their internship
and work will be monitored on a regular basis.
Closing date for applications is Wednesday
25th February 2009 and interviews will be held the week commencing
Monday 2nd March 2009.
Laura Jiggins
Conservation
Training Coordinator
The
British Library
Tel:
0207 412 7048