Vacancy – Librarian/archivist at National Library of Ireland, Web Archive

Position Openings and Fellowships

We are currently advertising a Librarian/Archivist 15 month contract post working on the 2016 Web Archive at the National Library of Ireland .

Web Archive 2016: Archivist/Librarian, 15 month contract post As part of the National Library of Ireland (NLI) programme for 2016 which includes the strand Remembering 1916, Recording 2016, the NLI intends to capture and preserve the content of key websites that tell the story of 2016 online. This includes the centenary commemorations of the 1916 Rising and also commemorations of the Irish experience of the Battle of the Somme. The 2016 Web Archive Project Archivist/Librarian will be responsible for working on this with NLI staff to ensure that relevant websites are identified and captured and that all aspects of the web archiving process are completed in relation to this project. Full details are on the National Library of Ireland website:

http://www.nli.ie/en/udlist/current-opportunities.aspx

Closing date for applications: not later than 17:00 hours on Tuesday 24th November 2015