British Library: Intellectual Property Rights Coordinator

Vacancy at the British Library:
Intellectual Property Rights Coordinator

Submitted by Richard Ranft on Tue, 13/06/2017 - 13:32

£32,000 per annum
Based at St Pancras, London
Full‑time fixed‑term contract for five years
Reference: 01262

This is an opportunity to contribute to an innovative 5‑year project, Unlocking Our Sound Heritage, which will preserve and transform access to the nation’s most at‑risk and vulnerable audio collections. The project will digitally preserve almost half a million sound recordings, establish a network of ten audio archiving centres across the UK and create a new website allowing online access to 100,000 recordings.

• Manage a small team at the British Library and work with the network of ten UK partners to maximise access to the digitised sound recordings in line with the agreed organisational approach.
• Ensure the project’s ambitious targets for rights clearance are met in the most efficient and pragmatic manner.
• Explore best ways to undertake rights clearance and data protection with the 10 partners, following consistent and agreed policies and standards, including maintaining clear records of the due diligence process and independently verifying permissions prior to online publication.
• Act as an effective communicator, liaising closely with teams across the Library and the UK partners to coordinate effective workflows across the life cycle of audio preservation and access.
• Assist with the development and delivery of project‑specific training relating to IPR and data protection.

• Good knowledge of IPR issues and data protection law.
• Experience of online publication and production.
• Good understanding of copyright law as it relates to sound recordings.
• Experience of managing the work of a small team and network relationships.

Occasional travel to partner organisations across the UK.

This post is part of a Heritage Lottery funded project.

Closing Date: 26 June 2017
Interview Date: 7 July 2017

Applications and further details: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). (link is external)

Richard Ranft
Head of Sound and Vision, The British Library, 96 Euston Road, London NWI 2DB, UK.