Vacancy for Collections Development Archivist at abrdn
Edinburgh
Full-Time
About the department
The abrdn archive collects, preserves and promotes the history of abrdn, all its previous entities and all its subsidiaries. The team is responsible for preserving a history which spans 197 years. Physical and digital material is acquired, catalogued, preserved and made available to a range of internal and external stakeholders. Outreach and advocacy across the company is an important part of our role, and highlighting the work we do to the wider business is integral to everything we do.
About the role
As the Collections Development Archivist, you will collaborate with the company archivist on all aspects of collections development, including policy and procedure review, accessioning, and record acquisition. You will ensure that all records of historical value are transferred to the archive for processing.
Role Responsibilities
1. Appraisal and Accessioning: Work with the company archivist to review and adapt current collections development processes and practice.
2. Review and adapt appraisal and accessions policy and procedure to streamline current workflows and enable the archive to collect records effectively on a global scale.
3. Process the accessions backlog to ensure all records are correctly listed and ready for further processing.
1. Stakeholder Communications and Advocacy: Liaise with the company records management team to implement a retention schedule based accessions workflow.
2. Build and manage relationships with key business stakeholders to aid in record collecting.
Collections Development
Understand the role of the archive within the business and work on solutions to current challenges in collections development. Assemble, catalogue, preserve, and maintain historically valuable material in a range of formats to industry and professional standards.
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