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**Apologies for cross posting**
Colleagues may be interested in three vacancies for Project Archivists: Hillsborough Disaster Documents Project based at Sheffield Archives. The advert appears on the Sheffield City Council website (http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/whats-new/job-vacancies), the Guardian (http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/job/939774/project-archivist/) and in the Society of Archivists ARC recruitment sheet.
Location: Sheffield Archives
Term: Temporary until 28 Feb 2011
Salary: up to £28,636 (following a review of pay and terms and conditions the salary range will be £30,111 - £34,549 from 1 Apr 2010)
Enquiries to: David Isaac (Sheffield Libraries Archives and Information Assistant Head of Service) 0114 2736959
The closing date is: 9 Dec 2009.
For details of collections relevant to the Hillsborough Disaster see Sources for the Study of the Hillsborough Stadium Disaster (www.sheffield.gov.uk/archives click on publications)
There has been a number of media items about the project:
BBC Look North 24 Nov 2009 http://www.bbc.co.uk/looknorthyorkslincs/latest_stories/index.shtml (click on watch now). (The piece begins at 4.12 and ends at 6.07 minutes).
BBC Radio 4 PM 24 Nov 2009 Eddie Mair speaks to the South Yorkshire Chief Constable (starts at 45.44 and ends at 49.57 minutes).
BBC Radio 5 Live Drive 24 Nov 2009 http://www.bbc.co.uk/5live/programmes/a-z Aasmah Mir interviews the South Yorkshire Chief Constable (starts at 1.52.44 and ends at 1.56.20).
Liverpool Echo: "Sheffield Council advertise for archivists to process Hillsborough tragedy documents" http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2009/11/24/sheffield-council-advertise-for-archivists-to-process-hillsborough-tragedy-documents-100252-25243667/
BBC.co.uk News: "New moves over Hillsborough files" http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/8377307.stm
Here is a statement SCC is using to respond to media enquiries:
HILLSBOROUGH STADIUM DISASTER ARCHIVES STATEMENT
From Sheffield City Council:
“We can confirm that three archivists are going to be recruited by Sheffield City Council for a project to open up access to hundreds of thousands of records about the Hillsborough Stadium Disaster.
“The archivists will catalogue hundreds of thousands of documents from South Yorkshire Police, Sheffield City Council, South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service and they include statements, questionnaires, West Midlands Police papers, Lord Justice Taylor's public inquiry papers, Lord Justice Stuart Smith inquiry research, audio and video.
“The archivists will look at each individual item and allocate a unique reference number before cataloguing them. Each item will be described, along with its content and context so that, in the future, researchers using the archives can understand and interpret the documents. It will also make retrieving documents quick and easy.
“The project to catalogue and open up the documents for use is funded by the Home Office.
“The documents about the Hillsborough Stadium Disaster are kept in the Archives Service in Sheffield to ensure that they are kept in the best conditions for their long term future, managed by professional archivists.”
From Chief Constable Meredydd Hughes at South Yorkshire Police:
"It's great that the City Council, with Home Office funding, is now able to take the steps to recruit these archivists. This shows to everybody that we are moving from discussion to action and we look forward to working with all partners to get this process underway."
Peter Evans
Archives and Local Studies Manager
Sheffield Archives
52 Shoreham Street
Sheffield
S1 4SP
Tel: 0114 203 9397
Fax: 0114 203 9398
www.sheffield.gov.uk/libraries
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