biab online – one of the CBA’s key information services – is looking for a part-time staff member to work with the team sourcing and entering information into the new biab online system. The post is part-time, initially until the end of March 2009, but with the possibility of continuation thereafter subject to funding.
You will be working the equivalent of a 21 hour week (3 days) in the salary band £13,700 to £17,700 pro-rata (depending on experience). It will also include a 10% employer’s pension contribution. We are also open to applications from freelance professionals.
The post will be based initially in the biab online office in central London for the first four weeks for training and system-familiarization, though there is scope for working remotely after that. Duties involve sourcing specified current publications online, and in hard-copy at the major libraries, and entering the required data into the biab online system. You will be required to write brief abstracts for some entries. Working with the biab online Chief Bibliographer as part of the CBA Information & Communications Team you will be given training for the role. The candidate should have experience of database input and the historic environment sector, preferably with an archaeology or library/information science degree.
You are asked to send a full CV and the names and addresses of two referees together with a letter explaining why you are the person we are looking for to:
Isabel Holroyd
Chief Bibliographer & Editor
biab online - the british & irish archaeological bibliography
The British Academy
10 Carlton House Terrace
London
SW1Y 5AH
All job applicants will be required to fill in an Equal Opportunities Monitoring form, in accordance with the CBA’s Equal Opportunities Policy to be sent to the same address as above.
For further information please contact Isabel Holroyd on:
telephone: 020 7969 5223
fax (shared): 020 7969 5300
iholroyd@biab.ac.uk
www.biab.ac.uk
The deadline for applications is 29 September.
Do you ever feel like you spend most of your valuable research time fruitlessly looking for references and publications? Do you desperately want to find a single resource that can point you in the direction of around 200,000 items of research on a huge variety of subjects? Well look no further, the Council for British Archaeology (CBA) has the answer...
The British and Irish Archaeological Bibliography (biab online) is the most comprehensive list of everything ever written on British and Irish archaeology. It contains around 200,000 records on a huge range of subjects from Palaeolithic DNA to post-medieval housing, and from sources as wide-ranging as published books, journals and post-graduate theses.
And the best bit? Access to the service is FREE!
biab online is the only online service that enables users to navigate a list of published archaeological research to find sources of information on a choice of subjects. And it gets better! From October biab online will be launching in its new form, providing lots of added features to make your research easier. From October users will have access to:
Look out for further announcements on this news page. Better still, why not become a CBA member and receive regular information about a whole range of other publications as well as biab online?
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