Jobs: Research Associate in Archiving and Preserving Open Access Books at Loughborough University

Research Associate in Archiving and Preserving Open Access Books - Community-led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs (COPIM) project.

Part-time 18.5 hours per week (0.5 FTE)

Fixed-term appointment for 12 months

A part-time Research Associate (0.5 FTE) is required to contribute to the Research England and Arcadia Foundation funded COPIM project (Community-led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs), which is composed of 10 main partners including universities, libraries, publishers, and infrastructure providers. 

The Research Associate will lead Loughborough University contributions to the COPIM project and collaborate closely with project partners to in identifying the metadata and other information required by preservation services as well as repository platforms used by libraries and universities; manage the creation of a Toolkit to assist authors, publishers, and Librarians in archiving open access books; and build relationships with projects working in similar areas.

Informal enquiries should be made to Dr Gareth Cole at: g.j.cole@lboro.ac.uk or to Prof. Jenny Fry at: j.fry@lboro.ac.uk

The closing date for receipt of applications is Sunday 18 April 2021 and we expect to hold interviews during the week commencing 3 May 2021.