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Invitation to submit an expression of interest in tendering for branding and associated work on the European digital library web prototype.

Please indicate your interest in carrying out this work by no later than midday on Thursday 1 November 2007, by email to Jonathan Purday.

Click on the prototype design spec. for further details.

Invitation for submission is CLOSED

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Are you interested in bringing the hidden treasures of Europe’s Museums, Libraries, Archives and Audio visual collections to the web? Do you have a strong background in publishing for the web or in European projects? Are you visionary and persuasive? Then join the EDL Foundation at the National Library of the Netherlands and create with us, the operational www.Europeana.eu to give the world access to the cultural heritage of Europe.

The EDL Foundation, hosted by the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands, is involved in several successful projects aiming at developing Europeana: the European digital library.

We are looking for a dynamic, self starting Business Developer, with international experience. You are able to get the biggest and best of Europe’s cultural institutions on board and contributing content. You need to have an understanding of the techniques of internet publishing, have a grip on European cultural heritage strategy and the ability to convince at all levels. You will have fund raising experience.

You will develop the business of Europeana, its partners, models, and policies. You will oversee all projects relating to Europeana, initially these include: Arrow, (publishers and libraries), an Archives Portal, EDLlocal (regional museums, libraries, archives), Athena (museums) and EFG (European Film Gateway). You will also seek and develop new projects and opportunities for partnerships and funding (both public and private) for Europeana and the EDL foundation. You will be responsible for developing the longer term strategies for the sustainability of Europeana. You will recruit and manage a team of between 10 people rising to 15 by 2012. This team will work to create: a partner programme; put in place and manage a marketing and communication strategy; manage projects and help develop policies for governments and ministries on the exposure of European cultural heritage.

You will be experienced at a European level in the planning and executing of projects with large technical components. You are not expected to come from a technical background but some knowledge of web publishing would be useful. You are a well organized, lateral thinker with extremely good communication skills. Your tasks will include the creation and management of the overall strategy, the development of policy and selling of the idea.

The job will entail frequent European travel and management of your budget.

Profile:

1. Degree level
2. Prince II methodology
3. Results oriented and strategically aware
4. Broad knowledge of worlds of libraries, museums and archives or of publishing
5. Able to represent the service and its projects at all levels of meetings
6. Sales and marketing experience
7. Fund raising experience
8. Management experience

Competencies:

1. Initiative taker
2. Analytical
3. Decision maker
4. Visionary
5. Persuasive
6. Influencing
7. Logical
8. Budget creation & management
9. Very high level written and spoken English

Our Offer:

A 24 month contract based at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in The Hague, The Netherlands. According to the CAO – onderzoekinstellingen the salary scale indicated for this job is 13, maximum of € 5266.00 gross per month on the basis of a 40 hour week. In addition you will be entitled to 43 days holiday per year plus holiday pay and an annual bonus of 8 and 6.1% respectively.

Interested? For questions about the job please call or email Jill Cousins +31 (0)70 314 0952 Jills Cousins@kb.nl. Send your CV and application letter to solliciteren@kb.nl for the attention of Ina Dijkstra with ‘Vacaturenummer 2008071 in the subject line.

Final acceptance date for application: Closed

Have you managed European Teams before? Are you interested in cultural heritage? Do you have a web publishing background? Would you like a new challenge managing an established in house team and a very wide network of individuals from 49 European National Libraries? Then come and help us consolidate our position helping the world access the digitised and born digital collections of Europe’s national libraries.

The European Library is hosted by the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, in its Research and Development Department, has received funding from the European Union to undertake a project to develop the European Digital Library.

We are looking for a manager experienced at running web based services at European level. You must be capable of initiating new projects, innovating in the current service and bringing the stakeholders with you. You may have a cultural heritage or publishing background but you must have worked in an online environment and have some knowledge in the creation, delivery and marketing of a similar service. You will be a natural man-manager with general project management and budgetary skills. You will be managing a small in house team of project managers, technical developers, editors and marketers and a very wide network of individuals in the partner libraries. You must be able to think creatively and convince others of your strategic direction but you will also be very results driven.

Your tasks will include the creation and management of the overall product and service plan, the coordination of several EU funded projects, management of the in house team and it’s wider place within the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, management and organisation of management board and working group meetings. The job will entail some European travel, presentation at conferences and management of your own budget.

Profile:

• Degree level
• Prince II methodology
• Results oriented and strategically aware
• Broad knowledge of national libraries or publishing
• Able to represent the project at all levels of meetings.

Competencies:

• Initiative taker
• Analytical
• Decision maker
• Visionary
• Persuasive
• Logical
• Budget creation & management
• High level written and spoken English

Our Offer:

A 24 month contract based at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in The Hague, The Netherlands. According to the CAO – onderzoekinstellingen the salary scale indicated for this job is 12, maximum of € 4705,- gross per month on the basis of a 40 hour week. In addition you will be entitled to 42 days holiday per year plus holiday pay and an annual bonus of 8 and 5.4% respectively.

Interested? For questions about the job please call or email Jill Cousins +31 (0)70 314 0952 Jill.Cousins@kb.nl. Send your CV and application letter to solliciteren@kb.nl for the attention of Ina Dijkstra with ‘Vacaturenummer 2007- 103 in the subject line

Final acceptance date for application: Closed

Are you interested in bringing the hidden treasures of Europe’s Museums, Libraries and Archives to the web? Do you have a strong background in publishing for the web or in European projects? Are you visionary and persuasive? Then come and create the European Digital Library and give the world access to the cultural heritage of Europe.

The European Library, hosted by the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in its Research and Development Department, has received funding from the European Union to undertake a project to develop the European Digital Library.

We are looking for an experienced General Project Manager seeking a challenge. You will coordinate the work programme and network of institutions across Europe to develop a series of prototypes to demonstrate a user oriented portal across 4 cultural heritage domains, of museums, archives, audio-visual archives and libraries. You will be experienced at a European level in planning and executing of projects with large technical components. You are not expected to come from a technical background but some knowledge of web publishing would be useful. You are well organised with extremely good communication skills. Your tasks will include the creation and management of the overall project plan, the coordination of work packages and work package leaders, the management of a small in house team and subcontractors. The job will entail frequent European travel and management of your budget.

Profile:

• Degree level
• Prince II methodology
• Results oriented and strategically aware
• Broad knowledge of worlds of libraries, museums and archives
• Able to represent the project at all levels of meetings.

Competencies:

• Initiative taker
• Analytical
• Decision maker
• Visionary
• Persuasive
• Logical
• Budget creation & management
• Very high level written and spoken English

Our Offer:

A 20 month contract based at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in The Hague, The Netherlands. According to the CAO – onderzoekinstellingen the salary scale indicated for this job is 12, maximum of € 4705,- gross per month on the basis of a 40 hour week. In addition you will be entitled to 42 days holiday per year plus holiday pay and an annual bonus of 8 and 5.4% respectively.

Interested: For questions about the job please call or email Jill Cousins +31 (0)70 314 0952 Jill.Cousins@kb.nl. Send your CV and application letter to solliciteren@kb.nl for the attention of Ina Dijkstra with ‘Vacaturenummer 2007-101 in the subject line.

Final acceptance date for application: Closed

Are you experienced at creating PR campaigns across Europe in online and offline media? Would you like to tell the world about a new portal accessing the cultural heritage of Europe? Are you a good story teller and able to write persuasively? Then come and join us in creating the European Digital Library and give the world access to the cultural heritage of Europe.

The European Library, hosted by the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in its Research and Development Department, has received funding from the European Union to undertake a project to develop the European Digital Library.

We are seeking an experienced individual able to create and implement a PR plan for the project, capable of writing and disseminating press releases, managing and developing press relations and developing a communications policy for the project. You will work closely with the EU and with a wide network of partners in the cultural heritage domain.

Profile:

• Degree level or 5 years European PR experience
• Results oriented and strategically aware
• Broad knowledge of worlds of libraries, museums and archives

Competencies:

• Writing
• Story development
• Public relations network
• Inventive
• Very high level written and spoken English

Our Offer:

A 1.5 year contract for 32 hours per week. Based at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in The Hague, The Netherlands. According to the CAO – onderzoekinstellingen the salary scale indicated for this job is 9, maximum of € 3227,- gross per month on the basis of a 40 hour week. In addition you will be entitled to 42 days holiday per year plus holiday pay and an annual bonus of 8% and 5.4% respectively.

Interested? For questions about the job please call or email Jill Cousins +31 (0)70 314 0952 Jill.Cousins@kb.nl. Send your CV and application letter to solliciteren@kb.nl for the attention of Ina Dijkstra with ‘Vacaturenummer 2007- 105 in the subject line.

Final acceptance date for application: Closed

Would you like to work in the cultural heritage sector? Have you got excellent organisational skills? Can you work at a fast pace in a changing environment? Then come and help us set up the European Digital Library to access the cultural heritage items and collections of the Museums, Archives, Audio-visual Archives and Libraries of Europe

The European Library, hosted by the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in its Research and Development Department, has received funding from the European Union to undertake a project to develop the European Digital Library.

You will have a varied job across the projects The European Library is involved in. Your tasks will include meeting co-ordination and management and managing the administration of projects and people. You will be required to maintain mailing lists, document files and to take minutes in meetings. You will need to be a good communicator, able to establish relationships with a wide variety of people from across Europe. Some previous European experience would be useful.

Profile:

• Good level of secondary education
• Language capabilities

Competencies:

• Organised
• Attention to detail
• Process oriented
• People oriented
• High level of English written and verbal
• Team player

Our Offer:

An 18 month 32 hours per week, contract based at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in The Hague, The Netherlands. According to the CAO – onderzoekinstellingen the salary scale indicated for this job is 7, maximum of € 2524,- gross per month on the basis of a 40 hour week. In addition you will be entitled to 42 days holiday per year plus holiday pay and an annual bonus of 8 and 5.4% respectively. Interested? For questions about the job please call or email Jill Cousins +31 (0)70 314 0952 Jill.Cousins@kb.nl. Send your CV and application letter to solliciteren@kb.nl for the attention of Ina Dijkstra with ‘Vacaturenummer 2007- 100 in the subject line.

Final acceptance date for application: Closed

Have you just finished college? Do you have technical knowledge but lack practical experience? Do you like working with people as well as developing web sites? Then come and work within a small team of developers and architects charged with creating, developing and managing The European Library.

The European Library, hosted by the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in its Research and Development Department. The portal and service has been running for 3 years and is constantly looking for ways to improve its architecture and processes.

You will work as part of wider technical team developing prototypes for a European digital library. With training you will be expected to help to maintain the site and bring in new partners and to understand, maintain and develop the site according to functional specifications and release plans. Your tasks will include the development and maintenance of The European Library website: web applications programming, optimisation of back-end processes and components documentation. You will give technical support to The European Library partners, organize and participate in teleconferences with partners and participation in technical meetings. There will be some opportunities for travel within Europe.

Profile:

• Developer with high level of secondary education
• Knowledge of client-server applications development and AJAX applications (service-oriented)
• Knowledge of XML, XSL, HTML, Javascript + 1 or more of PHP, Ruby, Perl, Java, Python; CSS appreciated
• Basic database skills (MySQL)
• Familiarity with metadata, information and software modelling appreciated

Competencies:

• Analytical
• Problem solving
• Team player
• Good English language skills, verbally and in writing
• Good social skills and eager to work in an international and multicultural environment
• “Customer satisfaction” oriented

Our Offer:

p>An 18 month 40 hours per week, contract based at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in The Hague, The Netherlands. According to the CAO – onderzoekinstellingen the salary scale indicated for this job is 9 maximum of € 3227,- gross per month on the basis of a 40 hour week. In addition you will be entitled to 42 days holiday per year plus holiday pay and an annual bonus of 8 and 5.4% respectively.

Interested? For questions about the job please call or email Jill Cousins +31 (0)70 314 0952 Jill.Cousins@kb.nl. Send your CV and application letter to solliciteren@kb.nl for the attention of Ina Dijkstra with with ‘Vacaturenummer 2007- 104 in the subject line

Final acceptance date for application: Closed

Have you been trained in financial management? Are you a book-keeper seeking the next challenge? Would you like to work in a European setting in the cultural heritage domain? Then come and work with us in the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in Den Haag and be responsible for the financial reporting and administration of our European Library service and projects.

You will be part of Financieel Economische Zaken (FEZ), in the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, so at the heart of the financial management of the library but you will work mainly on one of its flagship European services, The European Library and related projects. The KB hosts The European Library on behalf of all the national libraries of Europe and has received funding from the European Union to undertake a project to develop the European Digital Library.

You will therefore work across these projects, making sure that budgets and reporting works within the EC regulations and requirements per project and within internal KB requirements. You will be responsible for ensuring that time-writing is to audit standards and for creating regular financial reports both for internal and external consumption. You will ensure that all is in order for a yearly audit. You will also undertake and control the general financial administration for The European Library and its associated projects, including invoice queries, archiving of financial information and provision of financial information for new project proposals.

Profile:

• Degree or 5 years relevant experience
• Strong Financial background
• Experience with Excel and manipulation of spreadsheets
• Experience in report writing

Competencies:

• Analytical
• Problem solving
• Good English language skills, verbally and in writing
• Team player

Our Offer:

A 24 month (from the 1st of August 2007), 24 hours per week contract based at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in The Hague, The Netherlands. According to the CAO – onderzoekinstellingen the salary scale indicated for this job is 9. In addition you will be entitled to 42 days holiday per year plus holiday pay and an annual bonus of 8 and 5.4% respectively.

Interested? For questions about the job please call or email Sally Chambers (The European Library Office) +31 (0)70 314 0134 Sally.Chambers@kb.nl or Marie-Jose Mathot (Koninklijke Bibliotheek Head of Finance) +31 (0)70 314 0455 MarieJose.Mathot@kb.nl.

Final acceptance date for application: Closed

Do you like metadata? Can you talk intelligently about semantic interoperability? Have you experience in developing metadata schemas? Do you have ideas on how to make museums, archives and libraries interoperable? Then we need you to help us create the European Digital Library and give the world access to the cultural heritage of Europe.

The European Library, hosted by the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in its Research and Development Department, has received funding from the European Union to undertake a project to develop the European Digital Library.

You will have an understanding of the current and future metadata and semantic web interoperability issues across cultural sectors in Europe. You are likely to have had had previous experience in metadata registries, collection descriptions and the semantic web. You will have run projects aimed at standardising metadata. Your task will be to work with people across the cultural heritage domains to solve issues of interoperability. You will also be responsible for the collection and service descriptions, metadata registry their working groups within The European Library itself. You will be able to create functional specifications of user and stakeholder requirements and want to work in an international setting. The job will involve some European travel.

Profile:

• Degree level
• Prince II methodology
• Results oriented and good lateral thinker
• Broad knowledge of metadata for libraries, museums or archives
• Able to represent the issues at all levels of meetings.

Competencies:

• Initiative taker
• Analytical
• Facilitator
• Logical
• High level of written and spoken English

Our Offer:

A 24 month, 32 hours per week contract based at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in The Hague, The Netherlands. According to the CAO – onderzoekinstellingen the salary scale indicated for this job is 10. In addition you will be entitled to 42 days holiday per year plus holiday pay and an annual bonus of 8 and 5.4% respectively.

Interested? For questions about the job please call or email Julie Verleyen +31 (0)70 314 0953 Julie.Verleyen@kb.nl

Final acceptance date for application: Closed

Have you had experience in creating functional specifications from user requirements? Do you like to show people what you mean? Are you a good communicator? Would you like to create the Europeana.eu prototype accessing the cultural heritage items of the Museums, Archives, Audio-visual collections and Libraries of Europe? Then come and work with this very international team.

The European Library, hosted by the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in its Research and Development Department, has received funding from the European Union to undertake a project to develop Europeana

The job requires the understanding and interpretation of the business and the technical and semantic interoperability requirements from a broad range of cultural heritage backgrounds. The ability to project manage the technical development of Europeana, write the documentation and undertake some of the development is a pre-requisite. You will have past experience in technical project coordination and a practical knowledge of how to develop tools and services. You are likely to have worked in web publishing or portal development, but are looking for a new challenge. Some travel will be necessary.

Profile:

1. Computer scientist, with 5-10 years of experience
2. Java expert
3. Good experience with indexing and search engines
4. Good experience with retrieval and manipulation of large data sets
5. Software engineering and information modeling skills
6. Experience with Service-oriented architecture

Competencies:

1. Analytical
2. Problem Solving
3. anagement and coaching of programmers
4. Able to play an active role in an international network and to get relevant people involved
5. Able to circulate information to persons with various degrees of technical knowledge
6. Good oral and written skills in English language
7. "Customer satisfaction" oriented

Our Offer:

A 19 months contract based at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in The Hague, The Netherlands. According to the CAO – onderzoekinstellingen the salary scale indicated for this job is 11, maximum of € 4270,- gross per month on the basis of a 40 hour week. In addition you will be entitled to 42 days holiday per year plus holiday pay and an annual bonus of 8 and 5.4% respectively.

Interested? For questions about the job please call or email Jill Cousins +31 (0)70 314 0952 Jills Cousins@kb.nl. Send your CV and application letter to solliciteren@kb.nl for the attention of Ina Dijkstra with ‘Vacaturenummer 2007- 102 in the subject line.

Final acceptance date for application: Closed

Would you like to work in the cultural heritage sector? Have you got excellent organizational skills? Can you work at a fast pace in a changing environment? Then come and help us take The European Library forward and assist in projects of the EDL Foundation to access the cultural heritage items and collections of the Museums, Archives, Audio-visual Archives and Libraries of Europe The European Library, hosted by the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in its Research and Development Department, has received funding from the European Union to undertake a project to develop the European Digital Library.

You will have a varied job across the projects The European Library is involved in. Your tasks will include meeting co-ordination and management and managing the administration of projects and people. You will be required to maintain mailing lists, document files and to take minutes in meetings. You will need to be a good communicator, able to establish relationships with a wide variety of people from across Europe. Some previous European experience would be useful.

Profile:

• Good level of secondary education
• Language capabilities

Competencies:

• Organised
• Attention to detail
• Process oriented
• People oriented
• High level of English written and verbal
• Team player

Terms and conditions of employment

Salary

According to the Labour Agreement the salary scale indicated for this job is 7, maximum of €2.605,00 gross per month on the basis of a 40 hour week. In addition you will be entitled to 42 days holiday per year plus holiday pay and an annual bonus of 8 and 6.1% respectively.

Period of employment

Temporary appointment till 28 December 2010 for 32 hours a week based at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in The Hague, the Netherlands.

How to apply

For questions about the job please call or email Lizzy.Komen@kb.nl // +31 (0)70 314 0680. Send your CV and application letter to solliciteren@kb.nl for the attention of Ina Dijkstra with job number 2008138 in the subject line.

Final acceptance date for application: Closed