CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY (New York City, NY)
DIRECTOR, DIGITAL LABORATORY

The Center for Jewish History is accepting applications for the Director of its Gruss Lipper Digital Laboratory.  

BACKGROUND:  The Center for Jewish History is a consortium of five archival, library, and museum collections.  Visit our website at: www.cjh.org.  We have received a gift from the Gruss Lipper Family Foundation that will allow us to establish an on-site digital lab.  

DUTIES:  The Director will play a key role in establishing and managing the lab.  The immediate priorities will be selection of equipment, hiring of staff, developing policies and procedures, and identifying appropriate standards or best practices to be adopted by the lab.  On an ongoing basis the position will manage workflow, monitor projects in the lab, and establish priorities.  The position will supervise a Metadata/Quality Control Specialist, a Digital Photographer, and part-time scanning technicians.  The Director will work with the professional staff of the Center's five Partner institutions to develop digital projects.  Works closely with the Preservation Administrator to coordinate activities between the two units.  Performs other duties as required.  

QUALIFICATIONS: Masters degree in library science, history, or other relevant subject area.  Professional experience working in a library, archives or museum setting and at least two years experience working with digital images.  Demonstrated experience with scanning technology and equipment and the ability to keep current in this rapidly changing area of professional work.  Must be organized and able to work accurately.  Must have experience with word processing and database management software.  Must have good writing and verbal skills and be able to work collaboratively in a team setting.  Experience supervising.  Ability to build consensus among the diverse constituencies of the digital lab.  

Knowledge of mark-up languages and tools and experience with metadata schemes (Dublin Core and MARC). Familiarity with copyright law is preferred.  Basic knowledge of collection management systems such as ALEPH and KE EMu and digital asset management systems such as DigiTool is desirable.  

Applications (cover letter, resume and contact information for three references) should be sent to:   [log in to unmask]

Review of applications will begin immediately.

Salary:  Commensurate with experience, plus benefits.


Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street
New York City, NY 10011
www.cjh.org

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