Position at University of Glasgow

Project Conservator (12 months)
University of Glasgow

Ref: 00538
Salary: UKP25,751 - UKP28,983 per annum

Closing date: 30 April 2010.

The Special Collections department, University of Glasgow Library is
currently recruiting for a Project Conservator (12 months). Please
see below for further details, closing date and how to apply.

This is a significant opportunity to contribute to the work of the
Special Collections department, University of Glasgow Library, one
of the foremost resources in Scotland for academic research and
teaching. Following a successful application to the Wellcome Trust,
we wish to appoint a project conservator to undertake preservation
and conservation treatment of the Thomson Family Papers, an
important resource for the history of eighteenth and nineteenth
century medical education and practice. They comprise the papers of
the physician and surgeon John Thomson (1765-1846) and his sons, the
physician William Thomson (1802-55) and biological scientist Allen
Thomson (1809-84).The material also includes papers of the renowned
physician and chemist William Cullen (1710-1790).

Apply online at <URL:http://www.glasgow.ac.uk/jobs> (Ref: 00538)

David Weston
Keeper of Special Collections and
Assistant Director
Library
University of Glasgow
Hillhead Street
Glasgow G12 8QE
+44 141 330 5632
Fax: +44 141 330 3793


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