Sometimes I wish that I were still a PhD student…

The British Library is currently advertising 15 placement projects for PhD students across a number of departments. The projects last for 3 months, can be undertaken in full-time or part-time mode, and where the nature of the project allows it, some or all of the work may be undertaken remotely.

The earliest start date for projects is June 2022, and the latest completion date is March 2023. The deadline for applications is 5pm on Friday 25 February 2022.

The projects are:

• Mapping Caribbean diasporic networks through correspondence (2022-ACQ-CDN) – see also the post about this project on the Digital Scholarship blog
• A study of data protection and copyright in the research materials of the Ann Oakley Archive (2022-CB-AO)
• Investigating small publisher fairs across the UK to support collection development for artists’ books and fine press (2022-CB-ART)
• Collecting complex digital publications: Testing an enhanced curation method (2022-CB-EF)
• Developing an enhanced curation framework for contemporary hybrid archives (2022-CB-HAC) – see also the post about this project on the Digital Scholarship blog
• Public and academic libraries: current and future collaborations (2022-CE-SDP)
• Valid validation – What’s wrong with my digital file? (2022-DP-VV)
• Displaced Persons (DP) Camp publications in the British Library (2022-EA-DP)
• Linked open data for Arabic manuscripts within West African collections (2022-EAP-WAF)
• Contextualising a digital photographic archive of Siberian Indigenous peoples (2022-EA-SIB)
• Heritage made digital: bringing the British Library’s digitised heritage collections to new audiences (2022-HMD-DIG)
• British Library North: Leeds learning programme development (2022-LE-BLN)
• John Evelyn’s miscellaneous correspondence: Making connections (2022-WH-EVE)
• Pre-1900 Japanese-produced maps in the British Library (2022-WH-MAP)
• Re-discovering prints at the British Library (2022-WH-PR)

For further information please see:

• Full details at https://www.bl.uk/news/2022/january/2022-phd-placement-opportunities
• Application Guidelines for download (PDF)
• Application Form for download (Word document)

The British Library on a stormy day, with the spires of St Pancras in the background