Archive Assistant

Our client, a highly respected education provider based in North West London are seeking a Repository Assistant for Library & Student Support for 3 months.

The role supports the research and teaching priorities of the education provider by identifying the information needs of students, academic staff and researchers and by ensuring access to and specialist support for the resources which meet them. Close liaison with academic departments and a proactive approach are vital to the team’s success.

The post holder will work, in a timely manner, to ensure that the records are accurate and that full text deposits comply with copyright legislation when being made openly and freely available in the Repository. The post holder will also be required to enter meta-data and where obtainable full text of the education providers researchers’ publications, primarily the back catalogues of new research staff, directly into the Current Research Information System and monitor their accurate transfer to the Repository.

The post holder will liaise with the education providers’ researchers and publishers on matters relating to publication meta data, full text deposit, Open Access, Research Data Management and copyright compliance. For certain tasks it may be necessary to liaise with additional stakeholders, such as Registry, the Cataloguing team, RKTO, the Web team, and the Copyright Officer.

Essential Experience:
of entering high quality data to an institutional repository or publications database, or other large-scale bibliographic resource.
Experience of using bibliographic indexing and abstracting databases, and electronic journals.

Desirable Experience:
Understanding the principles and aims of Open Access
Understand copyright legislation as it relates to repositories

If this is the role you have been waiting for then please apply today
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
Adecco is an equal opportunities company.

Adecco is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.