Vacancy – Manager, Northern Ireland Publications Resource

abevan January 13th, 2010

NIPR The Northern Ireland Publications Resource (NIPR) is a DCAL-funded Scheme, overseen by LISC (NI), whereby all material published in Northern Ireland since 2000 is systematically collected, recorded on a web-based catalogue and made accessible to the public.
The NIPR Board seeks an energetic and committed manager to ensure the continued success of this prestigious and groundbreaking scheme for local bibliographical control. The successful applicant will have a librarianship/information science qualification and a good knowledge of the Northern Ireland library environment. Other requirements are set out in the application pack.
£27,849 – £30,011 pro rata | Hours 18 per week | Location Central Belfast.
Initial appointment: 1 year with the possibility of annual review subject to availability of funding. NIPR will consider secondment arrangements.
For an informal discussion about this post contact Monica McErlane on 9032 1707.
Further information download the application pack or contact: Director, LISC (NI), 26 Glenkeen, Randalstown, Antrim, BT41 3JX, email: info@liscni.co.uk, web: www.liscni.co.uk
Closing date: 12 noon, Friday January 29 2010
Interviews: Thursday February 11 2010

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Library and Information Services Council (LISC NI)

abevan November 10th, 2009

LISCNI projectsThe Library and Information Services Council (LISC NI) has added 2 new resources to its website.
The first is a register of digitisation projects which have been undertaken in Northern Ireland and is based on an initial list provided by LISC members. If you know of any additional projects that should be added, please contact Linda Houston.
The second resource is a database based on A Union List of Belfast Maps to 1900 published by the LISC Local History Panel. The initial intention of the database is to give researchers easy access to information about the original maps including their locations. It is hoped that the maps themselves will be digitised in the near future and the LISC Working Group on Digitisation has been exploring this with the holding institutions.
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