Digitisation & Technical Support Officer

7 days ago

Melbourne City Centre, Australia Museums Victoria Full time

Australia's largest public museum organisation is seeking a Digitisation & Technical Officer to digitise the biodiversity literature in Australia's library collections as part of the global Biodiversity Heritage Library project.
The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL)is the world's largest online repository of biodiversity heritage literature and archival materials. The project consists of over 570 organisations around the world digitising the biodiversity literature in their collections to make the foundation of our biodiversity knowledge freely accessible for everyone. Museums Victoria hosts the Australian branch of this global project, BHL Australia, which digitises library materials on behalf of 42 contributing organisations across the country.
ABOUT MUSEUM VICTORIA
Museum Victoria cares for the State scientific and cultural collections, providing visitor access, activities and events at five distinct venues: Melbourne Museum, Immigration Museum, Scienceworks, IMAX Cinema and world heritage listed Royal Exhibition Building.
ABOUT THE POSITION
The purpose of this position is to digitise library and archive materials in Australian collections and to maintain the files and equipment that underpin the operations of the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) project at Museums Victoria.
The position is accountable for creating complete, high quality, digital versions of books, journals and other items, and for assisting to make these items openly accessible online.
DUTIES
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- Perform the day-to-day operations of the BHL digitisation operation, including digitisation, image post-processing, file management and team communication. This will include working with rare and fragile materials.
- Assist BHL volunteers in their contribution to the above work.
- Perform quality assurance on equipment and digitised material to ensure the output conforms to industry standards.
- Maintain the digitisation equipment, software and disk space, troubleshoot issues, and liaise with MV and external technical staff to maximise performance.
- Assist with the management of the project workflow to ensure continuous improvement of the digitisation operation.
- Maintain and improve digitisation and post-processing documentation, ensuring it is kept up to date.
- Comply with Museums Victoria's policies and procedures and with relevant legislation and regulations.

**Note**: The incumbent can expect to be allocated duties, not specifically mentioned in this document, but within the capacity, qualifications and experience normally expected from persons occupying positions at this classification level.
Selection Criteria
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- Demonstrated experience working with digitisation equipment, particularly relating to literature digitisation.
- Excellent computer skills and demonstrated experience using spreadsheets (Microsoft Excel and/or Google Sheets).
- Good organisation skills and demonstrated ability to complete tasks in a timely and efficient manner with a high attention to detail.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a multidisciplinary team, within an IT environment.
- An interest in library, museum and herbaria collections.
- The successful applicant is required to undergo a National Police Records Check and be assessed as suitable (new employees are required to meet this cost).

OTHER INFORMATION
This is a part-time 15 hours a week, Fixed-term position (12 months). The salary on offer is $56,271 (pro rata) + 11% superannuation.
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