POSITIONS AVAILABLE
Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO)
http://www.amico.org)

AMICO is seeking dynamic talented professionals to become the AMICO LIBRARY
EDITOR and AMICO TECHNICAL DIRECTOR. These senior staff members will help build
AMICO's programs and shape our activities.

Application Deadline: September 15, 1999. Full details online at
http://www.amico.org


ABOUT AMICO
The Art Museum Image Consortium (a not-for-profit corporation) is an
innovative collaboration that shares, shapes and standardizes information
regarding cultural collections and enables its educational use.
Membership is open: any organization with a collection of art can be an
AMICO Member.

Together, AMICO members create the AMICO Library -- a multimedia archive of
their collections. Works in the AMICO Library are fully documented; all
entries have basic cataloguing information and may also include curatorial
texts, detailed provenance information, multiple views of the work itself,
and other related multimedia. The AMICO Library is accessible over secure
networks to institutional subscribers, including universities, colleges,
libraries, schools and museums. Designated users include faculty, students,
teachers, staff and researchers.


POSITIONS AVAILABLE
AMICO's expanding, and we're looking for dynamic, talented professionals to
help us define, shape and develop the consortium's activities. These
positions are perfect for self-directed, independent individuals, who are
interested in working with teams, building consensus, and making a
contribution to a quickly developing field. Both positions report to the
Executive Director, AMICO. The incumbents will play key roles in AMICO
growth into a self-sustaining organization.


AMICO TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
The AMICO Technical Director is Responsible for specification, acquisition,
development, implementation and management of data processing applications
supporting AMICO staff, AMICO members and the creation and distribution of
the AMICO Library. A full job description and application details can be
found at http://www.amico.org/amico.tech.dir.html

The AMICO Technical Director:
- Directs AMICO's Technical Services Program
- Guides all AMICO Technical Programs and Policy
- Develops, Implements, Maintains and Supports the Member Contribution Systems
- Delivers the AMICO Library to Distributors
- Maintains and Enhances the AMICO Web Site
- Manages Network Servers And Configurations
- Recruits and supervises AMICO Technical Interns (and staff as budgets allow)

Qualifications:
- Degree in Computer science, software engineering, information systems or
allied field
- Knowledge of: Linux/Windows NT; TCP/IP networks' RDBMS in a Unix
Environment; C, C++ or Perl languages
- Standards Oriented; Deliverable Driven.


AMICO LIBRARY EDITOR
The AMICO Library Editor is responsible for the application of data
standards to the compiled AMICO library, for the identifications and
implementation of best practices in the documentation of cultural artifacts
and for the coordination of the development of the AMICO Library. A full
job description and application details can be found at
http://www.amico.org/amico.lib.ed.html

The AMICO Library Editor:
Defines Data Standards and Quality Control Procedures
- Develops Guidelines and Documentation in association with the Editorial
Committee
- Implements Data Standards and Best Practices working with members
- Collaborates Across Communities in standards development and implementation
- Recruits and Manages AMICO's Editorial Interns (and staff as budgets permit)

Manages AMICO Library Development
- Assists Members in their regular contributions
- Manages validation and enhancement routines at AMICO
- Develops descriptions of the compiled AMICO Library
- Identifies areas of strengths and weakness in the AMICO Library and
develops programs and strategies for content development.


Qualifications:
- Graduate degree in art history, cultural studies, history or library and
information studies (or related field; subject knowledge of art history and
familiarity with arts education essential
- Multiple languages and assess
- Several years hand's on work with online cultural documentation;
familiarity with standards in use and in development
- Knowledge of the communities that create and use online cultural
documentation

LOCATION:
The AMICO Offices are in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

SALARY:
Commensurate with experience; both positions are professional staff.

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J. Trant                        2008 Murray Ave, Suite D
Executive Director              Pittsburgh, PA 15217 USA
Art Museum Image Consortium
http://www.amico.org            Phone: +1 412 422 8533
[log in to unmask]                Fax: +1 412 422 8594
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