Archive Professional - History

İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent Üniversitesi

We are looking for a professional to complete the cataloging and classification processes at the Halil İnalcık Center for Ottoman Studies (HICOS) and Oğuz Tansel Center for Turkish Literature (TEM) within the Faculty of Humanities and Letters of our University. Professional will  take part in the processes of making all materials in the collection available to researchers in line with the rules of use. 

Qualifications and Job Description:

Documentation in the Halil İnalcık Center for Ottoman Studies (HICOS) and Oğuz Tansel Center for Turkish Literature (TEM) will be cataloged with classification, retention scheduling, archival arrangement, and preservation techniques. 

In addition preserving relevant documents, professional will actively take part in the cataloging, classification and creation of record of all books, tables, documents and archive materials in the collections of Halil İnalcık Center for Ottoman Studies and Oğuz Tansel Center for Turkish Literature.

Candidates must have bachelor’s  degree in library science, history, Turkish language literature, information management, archive studies, record management, or be experienced in archiving and making them available to researchers in the field of the contents of our mentioned Centers.

Candidates must have a good command of English and of all printed/manuscripts Ottoman texts.

In addition to the technical operations of Centers, professional must be able to provide the user services by meeting the information needs of users and researchers in finding documents and using resources.

Professional is expected to be responsible for the preparation processes of congresses, conferences and seminars to be held within the Centers, and to cooperate with the faculty during the entire organization process.

** Working hours of the position, which is in  administrative category, is between 08:30 Am -5:30 Pm on weekdays.

** Eligible applications may be subject to an English and Ottoman Language competencies exams.