[Air-L] British Library PhD Research Placements: Call for Applications

Mia mia.ridge at gmail.com
Fri Feb 2 02:19:20 PST 2018


Two placement posts, Exploring our ‘Endangered Archives’ Projects in Africa
<https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.research-collaboration-webspace.placements-2018.eap-projects-in-africa.pdf&ns_type=pdf&ns_url=https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/%7E/media/research%20collaboration%20webspace/placements%202018/eap%20projects%20in%20africa.pdf>
 and Playbills in context: linked open data for historical playbills
<https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.research-collaboration-webspace.placements-2018.playbills-in-context.pdf&ns_type=pdf&ns_url=https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/%7E/media/research%20collaboration%20webspace/placements%202018/playbills%20in%20context.pdf>
are
based in the Digital Scholarship department and might be particularly
suitable for students working in Air-L related fields.

Best regards,

Mia

https://www.bl.uk/news/2018/january/phd-research-placements-2018

A PhD research placement at the British Library provides the chance to
experience research in a different environment to that of a university, to
engage with a range of research users and audiences, to gain insights into
different potential postdoctoral career paths, and to make a tangible
contribution to the purposes and programmes of a national library and major
cultural organisation. The PhD research placement scheme provides
opportunities for PhD students to apply and enhance research,
communications and analytical skills and expertise outside of Higher
Education as part of their wider research training and professional
development.

Examples of previous BL PhD research placements and their outcomes
<https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.research-collaboration-webspace.placements---list-with-blog-links.pdf&ns_type=pdf&ns_url=https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/%7E/media/research%20collaboration%20webspace/placements%20-%20list%20with%20blog%20links.pdf>
.

*Current opportunities*

A broad range of research placement opportunities have been identified by
the Library for 2018-19 (click on the links below to view placement project
profiles)

   - Afrikaans literature
   <https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.research-collaboration-webspace.placements-2018.afrikaans-literature-revised.pdf&ns_type=pdf&ns_url=https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/%7E/media/research%20collaboration%20webspace/placements%202018/afrikaans%20literature%20revised.pdf>
   - Investigating Anne McLaren’s Notebooks
   <https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.research-collaboration-webspace.placements-2018.anne-mclaren-notebooks.pdf&ns_type=pdf&ns_url=https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/%7E/media/research%20collaboration%20webspace/placements%202018/anne%20mclaren%20notebooks.pdf>
   - Art, Poetry and Politics – Contemporary British Artists’ Books
   <https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.research-collaboration-webspace.placements-2018.artists-books.pdf&ns_type=pdf&ns_url=https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/%7E/media/research%20collaboration%20webspace/placements%202018/artists%20books.pdf>
   - Exploring music archives of 20th-century British composers
   <https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.research-collaboration-webspace.placements-2018.british-composers.pdf&ns_type=pdf&ns_url=https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/%7E/media/research%20collaboration%20webspace/placements%202018/british%20composers.pdf>
   - Unlocking Charles I’s Vision of Rome
   <https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.research-collaboration-webspace.placements-2018.charles-i-vision-of-rome-2revised.pdf&ns_type=pdf&ns_url=https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/%7E/media/research%20collaboration%20webspace/placements%202018/charles%20i%20vision%20of%20rome%202revised.pdf>
   - Exploring our ‘Endangered Archives’ Projects in Africa
   <https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.research-collaboration-webspace.placements-2018.eap-projects-in-africa.pdf&ns_type=pdf&ns_url=https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/%7E/media/research%20collaboration%20webspace/placements%202018/eap%20projects%20in%20africa.pdf>
   - First World War French posters
   <https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.research-collaboration-webspace.placements-2018.first-world-war-french-posters.pdf&ns_type=pdf&ns_url=https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/%7E/media/research%20collaboration%20webspace/placements%202018/first%20world%20war%20french%20posters.pdf>
   - Examining the role of internal engagement and communications in the
   British Library
   <https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.research-collaboration-webspace.placements-2018.internal-engagement-and-communications.pdf&ns_type=pdf&ns_url=https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/%7E/media/research%20collaboration%20webspace/placements%202018/internal%20engagement%20and%20communications.pdf>
   - Visualising a future for Midland Road and Euston Road
   <https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.research-collaboration-webspace.placements-2018.midland-road-and-euston-road.pdf&ns_type=pdf&ns_url=https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/%7E/media/research%20collaboration%20webspace/placements%202018/midland%20road%20and%20euston%20road.pdf>
   - North American Migrant Narratives
   <https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.research-collaboration-webspace.placements-2018.north-american-migrant-narratives.pdf&ns_type=pdf&ns_url=https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/%7E/media/research%20collaboration%20webspace/placements%202018/north%20american%20migrant%20narratives.pdf>
   - Playbills in context: linked open data for historical playbills
   <https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.research-collaboration-webspace.placements-2018.playbills-in-context.pdf&ns_type=pdf&ns_url=https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/%7E/media/research%20collaboration%20webspace/placements%202018/playbills%20in%20context.pdf>
   - Policy development with the British Library
   <https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.research-collaboration-webspace.placements-2018.policy-development.pdf&ns_type=pdf&ns_url=https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/%7E/media/research%20collaboration%20webspace/placements%202018/policy%20development.pdf>
   - Political cartoons in India in the 1930s and 1940s
   <https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.research-collaboration-webspace.placements-2018.political-cartoons.pdf&ns_type=pdf&ns_url=https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/%7E/media/research%20collaboration%20webspace/placements%202018/political%20cartoons.pdf>
   - Virus checking in long-term digital collection management and digital
   preservation
   <https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.research-collaboration-webspace.placements-2018.virus-checking-and-digital-preservation.pdf&ns_type=pdf&ns_url=https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/%7E/media/research%20collaboration%20webspace/placements%202018/virus%20checking%20and%20digital%20preservation.pdf>
   - William Blake at the British Library
   <https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.research-collaboration-webspace.placements-2018.william-blake.pdf&ns_type=pdf&ns_url=https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/%7E/media/research%20collaboration%20webspace/placements%202018/william%20blake.pdf>
   - Telling the Stories of the Treasures of the British Library
   <https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.research-collaboration-webspace.placements-2018.treasures-content.pdf&ns_type=pdf&ns_url=https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/%7E/media/research%20collaboration%20webspace/placements%202018/treasures%20content.pdf>


*How to apply*

Please refer to the application guidelines and email the completed
application form and a CV to Research.Development at bl.uk

Application guidelines (PDF)
<https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.research-collaboration-webspace.application-guidelines-2018---bl-phd-research-placement.pdf&ns_type=pdf&ns_url=https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/%7E/media/research%20collaboration%20webspace/application%20guidelines%202018%20-%20bl%20phd%20research%20placement.pdf>

Application form
<https://uk.sitestat.com/bl/subjectsandservices/s?britishlibrary._.media.research-collaboration-webspace.application-form-2018--bl-phd-research-placement.docx&ns_type=pdf&ns_url=https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/%7E/media/research%20collaboration%20webspace/application%20form%202018-%20bl%20phd%20research%20placement.docx>
 (Word)

Please note that all applications must be approved by the applicant’s PhD
supervisor and Graduate Tutor (or equivalent senior academic manager).

The application deadline is 4pm on *19 February 2018*
*Eligibility*

   - Open to all PhD students, as long as they have the support of their
   PhD supervisor and their Graduate Tutor (or equivalent)
   - International students are eligible if they have the right to study in
   the UK

*Funding*

The British Library PhD research placement scheme has been developed in
consultation with UK Research Funders, universities and Doctoral Training
Partnerships.

The research placements offered through the scheme are opportunities for
current PhD students to apply and enhance research skills and expertise
outside of Higher Education as part of their wider research training and
professional development. They are training and development opportunities
to be undertaken within this specific context – and are therefore different
to the paid internships or other fixed-term posts that the Library may
occasionally make available. See the Application Guidelines for further
details and background.

Please note that – unlike for an internship or a fixed-term post – the
British Library is unable to provide stipends or payment to PhD placement
students. It is therefore essential that applicants to the placement scheme
obtain the support of their PhD supervisor and Graduate Tutor (or someone
in an equivalent senior academic management role) in advance and that, as
part of their process, they consult their HEI to ascertain what funding is
available to support them.

After the interview stage, students who have been offered a placement and
are not able to cover the costs through funding from their university or
other sources may apply to the Library’s PhD Placement Travel Fund to
request help to cover day-to-day commuting expenses or one-off relocation
travel costs only. Please note that this Fund is limited and the success of
an application to it cannot be guaranteed.

To support self-funded and part-time students, most placements can be done
on a part-time basis, with some remote working also sometimes possible –
see the individual projects for details.
*Any questions?*

Contact Research.Development at bl.uk for all queries or to be added to our
placement scheme mailing list.


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