Advertised from 4 June 2026

Role

Are you passionate about shaping access to knowledge? The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh is looking for a skilled Project Library Cataloguer to help unlock our modern (post 1900) collections and make them discoverable to researchers around the world.

This is a rare opportunity to work with a respected heritage library, contribute to the history of medicine, and leave a lasting impact on how our collections are used and understood.

The Role 

You’ll play a key part in enhancing the College’s online library catalogue, Liberty, by creating high quality catalogue records to professional standards. Your work will directly support researchers, clinicians, historians, and students who rely on accurate, accessible information.

• This role will focus on producing accurate catalogue records.
• The role will also be responsible for updating cataloguing guidelines where appropriate.
• The cataloguing target for this role during the duration of this contract is 4,000 books.

Please refer to the job description for full details.

Person Specification

• Degree or postgraduate qualification in library/information science.
• Highly motivated cataloguer with a high level of accuracy.
• Ability to organise own workload and work to challenging deadlines.
• Well-developed IT skills.
• Good knowledge and experience of Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR2) standards and Machine-Readable Cataloguing (MARC) format.
• Knowledge and experience of DCRB, ESTC, MeSH and LCSH.

Remuneration Package

The salary for this role will be £34,384 per annum plus benefits. Additional benefits include:

• Pension: with employer contributions of 9%.
• Holidays: 23 days’ annual leave and 11 days’ public holiday/College close downs.
• Life assurance scheme.
• Long-term income protection scheme for those unable to work due to illness.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Discounted rates for use of the venue for personal events.

Application notes

For further information and to apply, please visit our website.