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Position Available
Director of Collections
The Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) is seeking applications for
the permanent full-time position of Director of Collections.
The Director of Collections is a senior staff member and the primary person
in charge of caring for one of the nation's largest collections of fossils
and modern shells. Duties include:
* oversight of all maintenance, curation, conservation, storage and use
of Institution's research specimen collections, Recent and fossil;
* supervision of full- and part-time staff, volunteers, and student
workers in the Collections Department;
* oversight of collections computerization activity;
* cultivation of prospective donors and supporting other collections
fundraising activity;
* providing advice on exhibit content in the Museum of the Earth, PRI's
18,000 square foot exhibit and education facility; and
* maintaining a personal research program and publishing in paleontology.
The successful candidate will be a highly energetic and self-motivated
person, with at least a masters degree in a relevant discipline and at
least three to five years of collections experience.
Start date is as soon as possible after July 1, 2006.
Send CV together with a letter of application and names and contact
information for three references to:
Director
Paleontological Research Institution
1259 Trumansburg Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
or to [log in to unmask]
Applications will be reviewed as they are received.
PRI is a natural history museum founded in 1932 and affiliated with Cornell
University since 2004. More information about PRI is available at
www.priweb.org.
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Robert M. Ross
Director of Education
Museum of the Earth at the Paleontological Research Institution
1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850
Ph: (607) 273-6623, Ext.18
Fax: (607) 273-6620
Email: [log in to unmask]
Conquering Darkness: The Art of Charles R. Knight (1874-1953)
An extraordinary special exhibit of art of the greatest paleo-artist of the
20th century.
Visit us on the Web at: www.museumoftheearth.org and at www.priweb.org
The Museum of the Earth is part of Ithaca's Discovery Trail. Learn more at
www.discoverytrail.net
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