Vacancy: HEDS - Consultant In Digital Document Conversion

From: Simon Tanner (S.G.Tanner@HERTS.AC.UK)
Date: Mon Jun 04 2001 - 04:30:39 CDT

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    From: Simon Tanner <mailto:S.G.Tanner@HERTS.AC.UK>
    Subject:      Vacancy: HEDS - Consultant In Digital Document Conversion
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    UK Higher Education Digitisation Service (HEDS*) University of Hertfordshire

    Consultant In Digital Document Conversion Salary: £29,642 - £31,769 p.a. Ref: W3412

    The task of HEDS is to convert large information resources held on a wide variety of media to electronic form. These resources are often scholarly materials or other valued assets for which increased access and availability is required. HEDS clients include libraries, museums, universities, local authorities and government departments.

    We are looking for a consultant with a suitable technical background to join our existing team in this highly successful and rapidly expanding service.

    Essential:
    - Graduate or equivalent expertise
    - Good knowledge of the technology relevant to image capture and the conversion of both textual and visual materials into digital form.
    - Minimum of 2 years of consultancy or research or equivalent commercial experience in digitisation and image capture.

    Desirable:
    - A good understanding of the impact of the digital world on libraries and other information repositories
    - A proven track record in analysing collections of documents with a view to digitisation
    - Project management experience.

    * HEDS is a service of the Joint Information Systems Committee of the UK Higher Education Funding Councils. http://heds.herts.ac.uk/

    Further details available from the Personnel Department, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Herts AL10 9AB or telephone (01707) 284802 (24 hour voicemail) quoting reference no. W3412.

    Closing date: 15th June 2001

    The University is committed to Promoting Equal Opportunities

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