Address The Museum has an exciting opportunity for a professional to join the Collection Engagement Business Unit, providing quality training and support to Museum staff in the use and development of its collection information systems.
The Collection Engagement Business Unit focuses on the current and future processes supporting engagement with the Museum's collections, including building the Museum's capacity to manage, store and preserve digital collection material.
The Collection Engagement Business Unit encompasses the diverse range of activities which make the Museum's collections discoverable. These include collection documentation, collection imaging and digitisation, supporting and developing the Museum's Collection Management System (EMu) and Digital Asset Management System (Piction), managing associated IP rights, managing the Library and Archive collections and providing public access to the collection - both online and on-site in the Museum's collection stores. The Business Unit also includes a First Nations Collections section, which is responsible for repatriation, facilitating First Nations community access to collections, and enhancing the knowledge of the First Nations collections held by the Museum.
The Collection Engagement Business Unit works closely with: the Curatorial team, who set the intellectual framework for collection development; the Collection Care and Management team who are responsible for collection conservation, storage, and related logistics; and the Information Technology team who are responsible for the technical infrastructure and systems.
This role supports the Museum's Digital Preservation program by undertaking the day-to-day activities to preserve and provide access to the Museum's digitised and born-digital collections, including:
• file format identification and validation of files
• reviewing, and preparing digital material for ingest.
• developing, testing and implementing digital workflows
• supports ongoing preservation planning activities.
• supports the Digital Preservation Coordinator by providing advice and information to internal stakeholders on Digital Preservation
• develops associated documentation such as field guides, manuals, data entry guidelines and training guides.
• Providing support for system management, including maintenance, upgrades, and testing activities
Together with the Digital Preservation Coordinator this role will:
• Work collaboratively within Collection Engagement to ensure all collection systems are managed and data integrity maintained. This includes providing advice, support and testing activities for any system management or upgrade process.
• Work collaboratively across the Division as part of the process in acquiring, producing, documenting, preserving and providing access to the Museum's digital cultural collections and assets.
The key duties of the position include
To be successful in this role you will have relevant experience working with digital data, metadata and systems preferably within a repository or collection management context. You will have a background or interest in collection management practices related to Digital Preservation and an awareness of concepts, processes and tools related to the management and care of digital cultural objects. You will be adaptable and responsive to user needs when providing training and support, being able to readily distill information and communicate effectively. You will also have excellent problem-solving and trouble-shooting abilities.
