The National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution, seeks an experienced digital imaging specialist to produce professional quality digital images for research, online exhibits, and commercial image sales to the public. Responsibilities include managing imaging projects; digitizing historical photographs, manuscripts and works of art; managing digital assets and associated metadata in Smithsonian digital asset management systems and image databases; linking digital images to their associated catalog records in the Smithsonian's online public access catalog; and maintaining quality-control of digital images. Starting salary of $44,856 includes health insurance, retirement plan, commuting benefits, generous vacations, paid holidays, family friendly leave, a tax-deferred savings plan, as well as annual performance and cost-of-living increases. Requirements and application procedures are described in the Smithsonian Position Announcement: http://www.sihr.si.edu/vac/06AD-6059.pdf
The National Anthropological Archives collects and preserves historical and contemporary anthropological materials that document the world's cultures and the history of anthropology. Founded as the Archives of the Bureau of American Ethnology in 1879, our collections include more than 9,000 linear feet of manuscripts; 20,000 works of art (mainly two-dimensional works on paper); and 400,000 prints, film negatives, color transparencies and glass plate negatives. The archives is part of the Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, and is located in the Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD. Visit the archives online at http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa. You are currently subscribed to MCN-L, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (www.mcn.edu). To post messages to this list, send emails to: [email protected] To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [email protected] with any message. If you are receiving messages as they are posted and wish to change to daily digest format, send an email to [email protected] with "SET mcn-l DIGEST" in the BODY of the message. If you are receiving messages in the daily digest format and wish to recieve them as they are posted, send an email to [email protected] with "SET mcn-l MAIL"
