Message-Id: <199808261633.JAA30850@dns.ccit.arizona.edu> Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 12:32:54 -0400 From: "J. Trant" <mailto:jtrant@ARCHIMUSE.COM> Subject: Position Available: AMICO To: mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Please forward where appropriate; apologies for duplication.********************************************* * Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO): * * Coordinator of Member and Client Services * *********************************************
Position available October 1, 1998
The Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO) is a growing not-for-profit association of institutions with collections of art. AMICO members are jointly building a digital multimedia library documenting their collections, and making it available for educational use. Full details about AMICO and its activities are available at http://www.amico.net.
Reporting to the Executive Director, the Member and Client Services Coordinator is AMICO's primary contact with staff of member institutions and with users of the AMICO Library. The incumbent also helps formulate and present policy recommendations to the AMICO Board.
The Member and Client Services Coordinator works with members to facilitate their contributions to the AMICO Library, conducts new member orientation, and coordinates data enhancement projects at AMICO. The incumbent supports AMICO Working Committees (currently Rights, Technical and Users and Uses) helping set their agendas and carry out their work. The Member and Client Services Coordinator is responsible for formulating programs which respond to members needs, working closely with members who initiate such programs, and recruiting others to participate. AMICO programs include member use of the AMICO Library.
The Member and Client Services Coordinator also promotes the AMICO Library (primarily to university, public and school libraries and art teachers) and handles liaison with users of the Library. This includes recording the concerns of clients and translating them into requirements for members, the Library, and its distributors. In this capacity, the Coordinator will develop AMICO promotional materials and organize and/or present programs at professional conferences and other venues where clients can be reached.
AMICO is seeking an professional with experience in the provision and use of electronic resources in a museum or library . The incumbent should have strong team building, communication and writing skills and be very comfortable working in an electronic environment. Experience or knowledge of some of following areas is desirable: use of structured data resources in research and educational programs; knowledge of rights issues, preferably though experience as an artist and/or with artist's or museum rights; editorial and/or database quality control; user and/or program evaluation training and/or experience; academic training in art history or a related field; and familiarity with national and international cultural heritage information standards.
Interested candidates are requested to submit an application by September 15, 1998, including a full Curriculum Vitae, summary of relevant experience, and statement of salary expectations, to:
Jennifer Trant Executive Director Art Museum Image Consortium 5501 Walnut Street, #203 Pittsburgh, PA 15232
Email: mailto:jtrant@amico.net
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