Employment Opportunity: Metadata Consultant
The Newport Cultural Coalition, a partnership between five Newport, Rhode Island-based cultural institutions, seeks a metadata professional to assist in the planning phase of a collaborative database project. The successful candidate must produce an implementation plan for a web-based database of museum objects and archival materials to be known as NewPortal. About NewPortal: The Preservation Society of Newport County, Newport Art Museum, Redwood Library and Athenaeum, The Newport Restoration Foundation, and The Newport Historical Society have joined forces to develop a shared, web-based database of museum objects and archival materials related to the history and culture of Newport, Rhode Island. The goal of this collaboration is to engage the public in the story of Newport's vibrant cultural heritage and to encourage scholarship by promoting open, seamless access to the historical materials documenting that story in spite of their geographic and administrative separation. Our web portal will facilitate access for users who now must travel to the individual institutions to research collections, and make possible the serendipitous discovery of connections between the cultural artifact holdings throughout the city. This project seeks to reveal Newport's hidden collections systemically and cost-effectively by combining resources and working collaboratively. For more information, see the full job description at: http://www.newportartmuseum.org/pages/employment.cfm Please do not respond to me regarding this posting. Any questions should be directed to NewPortal.RI at gmail.com<mailto:NewPortal.RI at gmail.com> Kristen Costa Assistant Curator Newport Restoration Foundation 51 Touro Street Newport, RI 02840 401.847.1043 Kristen at newportrestoration.org
