Opportunity at the British Library - Australia and New Zealand Curator

Australia and New Zealand Curator
British Library
St Pancras
London
£29,332-£34,237 p.a.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a specialist curator to take responsibility for developing and exploiting the BL's extensive collection of books and serials published in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. As the sole curator for the Pacific area, you will also answer queries, liaise with external organisations and promote greater awareness and use of the collection by scholars, researchers and general readers. Ensuring that acquisitions from the region are maintained to the highest level will be crucial to your success.This challenging post calls for an enthusiastic and well-organised curator with a degree preferably related to Australian or New Zealand studies, and / or ideally a professional qualification and/or experience in library or information science. You will have specialist knowledge of some aspects of the area’s literature, history, economics, politics and arts, and will be keen to use, increase and share your expertise by taking on the role of the Library’s expert on the Pacific region.To apply, please visit www.bl.uk/recruitment
Ref: S&C00157 • Closing date: 9 February 2009

Archive Cataloguing project: Catholic Institute for International Relations

The ULRLS commences an exciting new archives cataloguing project this week, which will provide improved access to the papers of the Catholic Institute for International Relations. These papers relate to Southern Africa, Sri Lanka, and Latin America, and were recently deposited with the libraries of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and the Institute for the Study of the Americas. A one-day conference is planned as part of this project, looking at the role of NGOs in development and resources for the study of such NGOs. The ULRLS is grateful to the Vice Chancellor's Development Fund, which has funded this project.

We are therefore delighted to welcome Jane Kirby who has taken up the archives cataloguing post for this project. Jane joins us having just completed a project at the Wellcome Library.

Titles received in December

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