The Art Museum Image Consortium -- an independent not-for-proft,
dedicated to enabling educational access to museum multimedia -- has
reopened the search for an AMICO Library Editor. A full job
description follows. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis
until a suitable candidate is found.
If you have any questions about this position, feel free to contact
Jennifer Trant
AMICO Executive Director
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For more information about AMICO see http://www.amico.org
AMICO LIBRARY EDITOR
A PDF version of this posting is available at
http://www.amico.org/jobs/AMICO.Library.Editor.pdf
AMICO Library Editor: Responsibilities
The AMICO Library Editor is responsible for the application of data
standards to the compiled AMICO Library, for the identification and
implementation of best practices in the documentation of cultural
artifacts, and for the coordination of the development of the AMICO
Library.
1. Data Standards and Quality Control
Staffs Editorial Committee
- Provides support and assistance to by the AMICO Editorial Committee in the
specification of data standards, controlled vocabulary and authority files.
- Documents Editorial Committee decisions.
- Identifies items for Editorial Committee consideration.
- Analyzes the implications of implementing Editorial Committee decisions.
- Where necessary, completes research on data standards, and reports
on the result to AMICO and the Editorial Committee.
Develops Documentation
- Maintains the AMICO Data Specification, documenting the technical
formats, transfer syntax, data structure and data values required and
recommended for the AMICO Library.
- Enhances documentation to record recommended practice.
- Develops guidelines for the application of other art documentation
standards (such as the AAT and ULAN) in the AMICO Library.
- Develops examples of the application of the AMICO Data
Specification, on a field, and record level. Maintains a selection
of sample records illustrating cataloging problems, and highlighting
the depth and breadth of the AMICO Library.
- Maintains maps between the AMICO Data Specification and other art
documentation standards and specifications, such as the VRA Core and
the Categories for the Description of Works of Art, the Dublin Core
and in-house collections documentation systems.
Implements Data Standards and Best Practices
- Develops strategies to implement of data standards and consistent indexing.
- Maintains and develops AMICO's Artists Authority (biographical) file.
- Designs and conducts indexing and authority development projects to provide
additional and consistent access points to the AMICO Library.
- Works with AMICO Technical Staff to specify and supervise Library-wide data
cleanup and standardization projects.
- Supervises interns in the execution of indexing and authority
development projects.
Collaborates across Communities
- Serves as liaison to data standards activities in the field.
- Works with professional organizations such as ARLIS, CAA, CIMI,
MCN, and VRA to develop common strategies for cultural documentation
and networked access.
- Works with users of the AMICO Library to determine most effective
and efficient means of meeting their access needs.
Prepares and presents papers and reports on the construction and use
of the AMICO Library.
2. AMICO Library Development
Member Contributions
- Assists members in their regular contributions to the AMICO
Library, including assisting with maps between local systems and the
AMICO Data Specification, supporting the contribution process,
providing help with the web-based Contribution Management System,
analyzing error reports, and debugging files.
- Manages the validation and correction of new contributions to the
AMICO Library, following up with Members where required to ensure
necessary corrections are made.
- Works with AMICO Technical staff to ensure the integrity of the
AMICO Library as delivered to AMICO's distribution partners.
Content Profiling
- Develops and implements methods to characterize the AMICO Library
and illustrate its breadth and depth.
- Identifies and develops subsets of the AMICO Library that meet
particular curricular or user requirements.
- Recommends (and if possible implements) web-based features
highlighting aspects of the AMICO Library and its possible use.
Content Development
- Identifies areas of strength and weakness in the content of the
AMICO Library.
- Works with AMICO Members to define areas of content contribution.
- Develops programs and strategies for content development.
- Prepares funding applications for the support of specific content
creation projects.
3. AMICO Library Editor: Qualifications
Education
- Graduate degree in art history, cultural studies, history or
library and information science or related field.
- Subject knowledge of art history and familiarity with arts
education essential.
- Multiple Languages an asset.
Experience
- Several years hands-on work with online cultural documentation.
- Familiarity with existing and developing art documentation standards.
- Knowledge of the communities that create and use online cultural
documentation.
Aptitude
- Independent, self-directed and highly motivated.
- Facility working with teams and building consensus.
- High degree of comfort in extremely automated environment.
- HTML and Web-based programming and/or specification highly desirable.
Reporting Structure
- Reports to the Executive Director of AMICO.
- Collaborates with Technical and Client Services Staff.
- Supervises interns.
Salary
- Salary commensurate with experience (30-45,000 $US); this is a
professional position.
Location
- The AMICO Offices are in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
4. AMICO Library Editor: Application Details
Written Applications for this position, outlining professional experience and
expertise, should be addressed to:
Jennifer Trant
Executive Director
Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO)
Email: [log in to unmask]
Applications MUST Include:
Cover letter highlighting relevant experience
A full Résumé
A list of Publications and presentations and URLs of any web sites
An Email address where we can reach you.
APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY
EMAIL TO [log in to unmask]
Include cover letter in the body of the message
Append Resume and publications list as attachments to your email message
List attachments and corresponding file names at the end of your cover letter
Name your attached file with your last name, and number them
sequentially. (e.g.
Smith1.doc Smith2.doc)
DEADLINE: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis;
applications accepted until the
position is filled.
About AMICO
The Art Museum Image Consortium is an independent, not-for-profit membership
association of institutions with collections of art. Incorporated in
June of 1998, AMICO is an innovative collaboration, not seen before
in museums, that shares, shapes and standardizes information
regarding cultural collections and enables its educational use. The
AMICO Library is a multimedia archive compiled by the Art Museum
Image Consortium, and distributed, under license for educational use.
AMICO partners with not-for-profit distributors, to make the AMICO
Library available over secure networks to institutional subscribers,
including universities, colleges, libraries, schools and museums.
Designated users include faculty, students, teachers, staff and
researchers. See http://www.amico.org for full background information.
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J. Trant [log in to unmask]
Partner & Principal Consultant phone: +1 412 422 8530
Archives & Museum Informatics fax: +1 412 422 8594
2008 Murray Ave, Suite D http://www.archimuse.com
Pittsburgh, PA 15217
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