Digital Curator (Microscope Slides)

This role is an exciting opportunity to be part of the Digital Collections team dedicated to increasing virtual access to collections at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The postholder will develop new workflows and methods for the digitisation of the microscope slide collection which is the largest of its kind worldwide. The collection incorporates around 150,000 slides from a diverse range of plant taxa. The slides include leaf surfaces and sections, pollen, wood, roots and chromosomes representing a unique resource for trait analysis and plant authentication.