Preservation Audio Engineer British Library

Vacancy for Preservation Audio Engineer at the British Library

Join the British Library on the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage project to save the nation's audio heritage and make it available for everyone. The project, part of the British Library’s ambitious Save our Sounds programme, aims to digitally preserve almost half a million rare and unique recordings from the Library's collections and a UK-wide network of audio preservation centres.

As a Preservation Audio Engineer, you will be responsible for the digitisation of sound recordings held on endangered media selected for the project, particularly ¼” open reel tape and cassette, and the creation of metadata relating to the transfer process.

You will have strong, demonstrable knowledge of obsolete sound carriers and current digital formats, a familiarity with audio recording, playback and transfer technologies, with demonstrable experience of professional audio archival work including the creation of metadata relating to digital audio resources and relevant education to degree level or equivalent professional experience in an archive.

This post is part of a Heritage Lottery Funded project.

The British Library makes our collections and programmes available to all, with a priority to preserve the national memory and enable knowledge to be created both now and in the future by anyone, anywhere.