MUSEUM AUTOMATION POSITIONS DATABASE CONVERSION AND CONSTRUCTION Work in a dynamic environment for the leading museum automation company with users world-wide. We automate collections, images, archival, and bibliographic holdings of museums like the Smithsonian, the National Portrait Gallery, London, and the Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art for access by staff, researchers, visitors, and via the Internet. Our data experts have keyed in more than 2,000,000 records from manual sources and converted over 3,000,000 records from existing electronic formats. We are currently expanding our data keying and conversion areas to accommodate our users' growing use of intranets and the Internet. JOB#1: DATA BASE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER Seeking individual with excellent knowledge of data structure and formatting issues to manage multiple simultaneous keying, mapping, and conversion projects. Should be highly organized and self-starting. Must have experience in museum data entry projects (or similar materials) and large-scale conversions. Must have ability to do many things at one time and manage several large-scale projects with overlapping deadlines. JOB#2: DATA MAPPERS Seeking individuals with superior pattern recognition and analytical abilities to analyze existing electronic databases from a variety of systems and create specifications maps and transformation instructions for programmers to use to convert and clean data prior to loading into our SNAP! and Multi MIMSY systems. Should be exceptionally bright and capable of sustained, intensive work. Must have experience in large-scale conversions. Mathematical background or aptitude useful. JOB#3: CONVERSION PROGRAMMERS Seeking programmers with proven data conversion skills to take mapping specifications and convert existing electronic databases to our Access- and Oracle-based systems. Must have minimum 3 years PC programming experience. JOB#4: DATABASE CONSTRUCTION KEYERS Seeking bright individuals with exception typing skills to translate manual museum records to structured data fields. This is NOT a straight typing position but rather requires the ability to look at inconsistently recorded, frequently handwritten, irregularly formatted museum documentation and transform it, on-the-fly, to consistent, accurate data. Must type over 75 wpm and have PC experience. Knowledge of Latin useful. JOB#5: CONTENT RESEARCHERS Seeking high-productivity individuals to collect, format, and analyze subject information for use as pre-built meta databases to provide context for existing museum records. These meta databases will be used in our knowledge navigation, public learning, and Internet applications. Requires ability to gather information quickly but accurately from multiple sources and synthesize into consistently formatted records. Should be self-starting and able to work with minimal supervision. Background in physical, zoological, or biological sciences useful. JOB#6: TECHNICAL WRITER Seeking individual with excellent writing and communication skills to create hard-copy and on-line documentation and related materials for our museum automation applications. Must have minimum of 3 years PC experience, knowledge of Microsoft Word, knowledge of database management systems. EOE. Non-smoking environment. Offices located in Evanston, Illinois. Send indication of which position you are interested in, resume, references, list of skills, and salary requirements to Willoughby Associates, Limited, 266 Linden Street, Winnetka, IL 60093 or email: [log in to unmask]