British Library (fwd)

[Yuphaphann Hoonchamlong]

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Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 23:59:44 +0000
From: John Okell <jo at soas.ac.uk>
To: yui at alpha.tu.ac.th
Subject: British Library


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Curator of Burmese Collections

Burmese Curator, Oriental and India Office Collections, The British
Library. Salary range £15,548 - £19,435

A vacancy exists for a Burmese Curator in the South-East  Asia Section of
the British Library's Oriental and India Office Collections. The Library's
collection of Burmese manuscripts and printed books is one of the largest
and most important outside Burma itself. The 600 Burmese manuscripts
include the Mandalay Collection, and the 10,000 printed books collection is
especially strong in 19th-century material due to the operation of colonial
legal deposit legislation.

You will be part of the Library's close-knit team of South-East Asian
language specialists. The aim of the South-East Asia Section is to develop,
document and make available the national collection of works in South-East
Asian languages. Your principal duties will therefore include: selecting
current research-level publications; MARC-cataloguing of new acquisitions;
identifying and consigning material for conservation and reprography; and
providing information to users, both on-site and remote, about the
collections. You will be expected to undertake occasional enquiry desk
duties in the Oriental and India Office Collections Reading Room. You will
also be expected to represent the Library at external conferences and
library groups.

You must have a degree or equivalent qualification/ experience in Burmese
and knowledge of Burmese literature, history, religion and culture to
degree level.  In addition, a knowledge of Pali, familiarity with
MARC-cataloguing, a qualification in librarianship, and/or experience of
working in a research library, will all be advantages.

For further details and an application form please telephone 00-44-20 7412
7331 (between 9 a.m.and 5 p.m.), or send an e-mail to
clarence.nicol at bl.uk
The closing date for the receipt of applications is 13 March 2000.

The British Library is an equal opportunity employer

John Okell
Mail: 48 King Edward Road, Barnet, Herts EN5 5AS, England
Phone: 020 8440 6096