The Digital Archivist will play a key role in growing the BDA Team’s capacity and capability to
acquire, preserve and provide access to born digital archival material that is a record of
contemporary Irish life. Core tasks will include pre-acquisition assessment, rights-
management, collection analysis, processing, arranging and description. The role will involve
direct engagement with donors and creators before, during and after acquisition of material.
It will also require collaboration with colleagues in different Library teams and departments.
The work requires a combination of curatorial and technical skills and involves working with
digital forensic tools and software as part of end-to-end workflows to acquire, manage, and
provide access to digital material. The Digital Archivist will work with colleagues to further
refine and develop these born-digital archival workflows and procedures, which will require
a commitment to continuous upskilling in relation to archival and digital preservation best
practice. Within the NLI’s planning process, there will be considerable opportunity for the
Digital Archivist to identify, scope, propose, and deliver initiatives and agreed projects to
improve the NLI’s digital collecting capabilities.
