The position of Historical Documentation Specialist is an integral part of the “Trausch-project” at the University of Luxembourg. The project aims at studying the practices of doing history in the 20th century on the example of the Luxembourgian historian Gilbert Trausch (1931-2018). More specifically, the project, which is a collaboration between the Institute of History, the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History, and the Luxembourg Learning Centre, looks at the function of the research library of Gilbert Trausch as research tool and analogue information management system. Next to scientific publications, the project will produce digital public history output in form of a 3D-virtual model of the Trausch library.

Attached to the Resource & Technical Services Team and integrated in the Cataloguing Team of the LLC, you will be working within the Trausch-team (2 Post-Doc historians) and collaborate with digitization specialists. Your specific role as Historical Documentation Specialist will be to:

Evaluate the historical importance of the collection, document the physical condition of the books or documentary materials, and to initiate restauration / quarantine measurements if necessary;
Perform copy and original cataloguing for print and electronic resources in a variety of languages (mostly in German and French and eventually in English and Luxembourgish) using a designated Library Management System (LMS);
Implement bibliographic and content description of special collections (i.e. grey literature, old/rare books, personal archives);
Develop appropriate metadata for digital material when needed;
Work closely with other colleagues to provide intellectual and physical access to library resources in a timely manner;
Actively collaborate with the other Trausch Research Team members / supervisors.
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