Hello all, Below is a new job opportunity opening up at my museum (in the Registration dept.) Please note that one should contact the central campus personnel office and not the museum or myself directly about this job (it's mainly a benevolant bureaucracy :). Pass it along!
>Registration Assistant, University of California, Berkeley Art Museum > >50% time, two-year position with the possibility of extension. Responsible >for making the Berkeley Art Museum's Filemaker Pro collection database more >complete and accessible, as well as helping with a variety of registration >tasks. > >Job duties: Complete data entry of art collection totalling approx. 15,000 >objects. Enter backlog of records, and keep database current by entering >new acquisitions. Review and update database records, eliminate duplicate >records, and research missing data. In consultation with other staff, >establish standards for terminology and create a data dictionary consistent >with standards in the field. Help establish protocols for data entry. >Work with information management staff to develop new screens, layouts, and >reports. Assist with registration tasks such as accessioning, condition >reports, responding to inquiries about collection, and other tasks as >assigned. > >Required qualifications: Knowledge of museum registration methods. Ability >to catalog art objects, including knowledge of standard fields and >terminology, and resources such as the AAT and ULAN. Broad art historical >background, including familiarity with standard reference sources. Art >handling skills. Strong computer skills; experience with relational >databases and Macintosh software; working knowledge of Filemaker Pro. >Organizational skills and attention to detail. Competent typing and >keyboarding skills. Familiarity with foreign languages preferred. > >Starting salary $13.22-$14.38/hr. To apply, send cover letter and resume >to: Box 06-547-50/CA, Berkeley Campus Personnel Office, 2200 University >Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94720-3540. Applications must be received by July 23, >1999. > >The University of California, Berkeley is committed to diversity in its >student body, faculty, and staff. We invite all qualified people to apply. > >Visit the museum's website at http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/ >Visit the campus employment website at >>http://www.berkeley.edu/departments/employment.html
