Associate Archivist, Sound and Film, National Railway Museum, UK

Associate Archivist, Sound and Film, National Railway Museum, UK Submitted by
Richard Ranft
on Thu, 26/03/2015 - 18:30 Colleagues may be interested in the following post at the National Railway Museum - apologies for the short deadline. Please note that applications must be made via
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and not via this e-mail address.Associate Archivist - Sound and Film (£20-23k, fixed term, full time)We have a new vacancy for an archivist to work with us at the National Railway Museum to manage our archive of sound and film materials. We believe there is massive, relatively untapped potential in this area and there is scope for you to have a real impact in the way we manage and access this collection. You will be a part of a wider, supportive team, working alongside curatorial colleagues as well as library and archive staff, at an exciting point in the Museum's development. We have an ambitious vision for the future to develop our approach in how we tell the stories of the railway.It is likely that you will hold a professional qualification in archives administration and also demonstrable knowledge of how to work with sound and film archives, understanding how they should be cared for, researched and presented. You will have experience of managing or working with sound and film archive collections held in a variety of media and formats including digital, experience of transferring material into different formats and understanding the associated technological equipment and how they are used.Tim ProcterCurator of Archive & Library CollectionsKnowledge & CollectionsA member of the Science Museum GroupThe Science Museum Group consists of:Science Museum, LondonMuseum of Science & Industry, ManchesterNational Railway Museum, York and ShildonNational Media Museum, Bradford
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