Participant researcher in archiving and preserving open arrival books – Open Book Futures (OBF) project.

1 FTE, a specified date for a period of six months with the expected start date 1street November 2025.

Luburu University is a great place to work. We ranked first in all National League Table and a global reputation for sports excellence.

With an atmosphere of design, ambition and the desire to make a change, our cooperative environment inspires both employees and students to be the best they can be. With more than 3000 employees, you can expect a great diversity and new chances every day

Here’s more about the role and what we are looking for:

The researcher’s partners are required to contribute to the research project in England and the Arcadia Foundation, which has funded the future project for open institutions (OBF), which consists of partners including universities, libraries, publishers and infrastructure service providers. Details can be found about the project here: https://copim.pubpub.org/open-book-futes-project.

A fellow researcher will work with a colleague of the current researcher at the University of Luburu on the contributions to the OBF project and is closely cooperating with the project partners in two main research fields:

• Conducting research on the National Library (such as the British Library) is the progress of work and procedures to determine how to maintain digitally open access books in these libraries. This will include organizing / operating workshops, taking notes, drawing maps for operations and writing reports.
• Conducting research on memorization and digital archiving practices of doctoral theses. This will include a questionnaire, interviews / concentration groups, quality / quantitative data analysis and reports writing.

In addition, and Associate researcher Relationships are expected to build with the broader project through related work packages.

The post is for a full -time contract for a period of six months from the date of the contract.

Unofficial inquiries must be done by Professor Jenny Fry (J.fry@lboro.ac.uk) Or Dr. Gareth Cole (gjcole2@exter.ac.uk).

The closure date for receiving requests Friday 26September 2025 And we expect to do interviews per week start Monday 6th OctoBear.

For more information about the role, please refer to Job description and person’s specifications.

Our benefits

• Approx annual leave allowance up to* 44 days (including bank holidays and university closure days)
• Competitive retirement plans
• A group of children’s care and support for childcare, including childcare vouchers; University custody on the site (with a salary sacrifice plan); And holiday play plans.
• We offer a group of family friendly recruitment policies.
• Buba Monetary Plan (100 schemes)
• Employee Helping Program
• Ticket loan scheme season
• In parking lots on campus with charging points for electric cars
• A wonderful collection of sports facilities and preferential membership packages available
• Wonderful CPD and comprehensive resources for development

Participant researcher in archiving and preserving open arrival books – Open Book Futures (OBF) project.

1 FTE, a specified date for a period of six months with the expected start date 1street November 2025.

Luburu University is a great place to work. We ranked first in all National League Table and a global reputation for sports excellence.

With an atmosphere of design, ambition and the desire to make a change, our cooperative environment inspires both employees and students to be the best they can be. With more than 3000 employees, you can expect a great diversity and new chances every day

Here’s more about the role and what we are looking for:

The researcher’s partners are required to contribute to the research project in England and the Arcadia Foundation, which has funded the future project for open institutions (OBF), which consists of partners including universities, libraries, publishers and infrastructure service providers. Details can be found about the project here: https://copim.pubpub.org/open-book-futes-project.

A fellow researcher will work with a colleague of the current researcher at the University of Luburu on the contributions to the OBF project and is closely cooperating with the project partners in two main research fields:

• Conducting research on the National Library (such as the British Library) is the progress of work and procedures to determine how to maintain digitally open access books in these libraries. This will include organizing / operating workshops, taking notes, drawing maps for operations and writing reports.
• Conducting research on memorization and digital archiving practices of doctoral theses. This will include a questionnaire, interviews / concentration groups, quality / quantitative data analysis and reports writing.

In addition, and Associate researcher Relationships are expected to build with the broader project through related work packages.

The post is for a full -time contract for a period of six months from the date of the contract.

Unofficial inquiries must be done by Professor Jenny Fry (J.fry@lboro.ac.uk) Or Dr. Gareth Cole (gjcole2@exter.ac.uk).

The closure date for receiving requests Friday 26September 2025 And we expect to do interviews per week start Monday 6th OctoBear.

For more information about the role, please refer to Job description and person’s specifications.

Our benefits

• Approx annual leave allowance up to* 44 days (including bank holidays and university closure days)
• Competitive retirement plans
• A group of children’s care and support for childcare, including childcare vouchers; University custody on the site (with a salary sacrifice plan); And holiday play plans.
• We offer a group of family friendly recruitment policies.
• Buba Monetary Plan (100 schemes)
• Employee Helping Program
• Ticket loan scheme season
• In parking lots on campus with charging points for electric cars
• A wonderful collection of sports facilities and preferential membership packages available
• Wonderful CPD and comprehensive resources for development