Key Responsibilities
- To identify the Library’s holdings relating to the theme
- To evaluate the cataloguing, conservation and digitisation status of these holdings
- To identify complementary holdings in other institutions
- To contribute to discussions on future collaborative projects, at a level appropriate to the candidate’s experience in strategic planning
- To promote the Library’s holdings in this area to general and scholarly audiences
- To contribute more broadly to the successful delivery of the Library’s South Asia Programme
Deliverables
- A report on the Library’s holdings in this area, with short-term and long-term recommendations for making them accessible
- Delivery of ‘quick wins’ identified in the report
- A survey of complementary holdings in other institutions
- Online guides to the holdings of the Library and other institutions, to help users to find the materials and to understand them
- Social media promotion of the holdings via the BL and Chevening platforms
- A stakeholder event at the BL that promotes the value of the BL-Chevening Fellowship