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Birmingham Oratory

Birmingham Oratory Archives

Edgbaston, Birmingham B16 8UE





Archivist - Two Year Contract (full-time position, competitive salary
commensurate with qualifications and experience)



The Birmingham Oratory, in association with the National Institute for
Newman Studies (NINS) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, seeks an archivist for a
two year contract position, who has the following qualifications:



·      Master’s Degree in Archival Science or Library Science

·      Experience and/or familiarity with archival processes, including
archival description (ISAD(G), EAD, etc.)

·      Cataloguing experience, preferably in manuscripts, rare books, and
special collections

·      Experience with digitization and metadata creation

·       Familiarity with Catholic collections not essential but a plus



The duties focus on organizing and cataloguing the archival collection of
John Henry Newman, and include:



·      Organizing the physical collection and correlate physical items with
their digitized images

·      Describing physical and digital objects according to a Dublin
Core-based schema

·      Reorganizing the physical collection into a local cataloguing system
(Bellasis/Culler), and recording classification information in the archival
database according to a Dublin Core-based schema.

·      Expanding the local cataloguing system (Bellasis/Culler) to include
all un-catalogued material

·      Working under the supervision of the current archivist of the
Birmingham Oratory Archives

·       Carrying out other work related to the organization and
preservation of the material at the Birmingham Oratory



The archive is located within the living quarters of the Birmingham
Oratory.  The successful candidate will need to be respectful of the fact
that their place of work is also a place of residence for the religious
community at the Birmingham Oratory.





Application Process:



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Review of applications will begin: 26 October 2016

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