Data Coordinator for Collections Digitization & Biodiversity Informatics

Collections are the cornerstone of any proper natural history museum, and the public exhibits often only contain a fraction of the sheer number of objects in possession. The information contained herein is indispensable for scientific research and progress. The preservation and dissemination of this common heritage, through digitization of the collection objects, requires a great deal of expertise. Together with a network of Danish Natural History Museums (DNHM), the NHMD is working to strengthen its digital profile.

The successful applicant will be working in NHMD’s Data Office, currently part of Collections Management. The Data Office is responsible for the maintenance of digital archives for the DNHM network, and for coordinating and operating digitization in close collaboration with the different locations and sections. Data entry is typically done by curators, scientists, students, interns and other staff that work with the collections on a daily basis. The collections contains more than 14 million objects and are still growing. As it stands, only a fraction of these have been digitized. Therefore it is important to build and maintain a system with processes that run smoothly, and which are continuously adapted to meet our needs.