----- Original Message ----- > At the request of David Stone I am forwarding the following > announcement for a new position at the University of Delaware. Please > forward to anyone you think might be interested in this exciting new > position. > > --------------------- > > Director, Visual Resources Collection > Department of Art History > University of Delaware > Newark, Delaware > > The Department of Art History, University of Delaware, invites > applications > for a full-time Director of the Visual Resources Collection (non-tenure > track). We seek a dynamic leader with excellent communication skills to > serve as Director of our Visual Resources Collection (VRC) and to act as > the > liaison with the Library and Information Technologies on digital imaging. > Salary is highly competitive and commensurate with experience. The Visual > Resources Collection supports an Art History faculty of 14, as well as > related departments. The transition from analog to digital images is in > progress. Preferred starting date is August 15, 2007 (negotiable). > > Duties: > The Director of the Visual Resources Collection is responsible for the > administration, operation, and management of the VRC including image > production, cataloging and standards compliance, metadata management; > systems administration and planning; budget; and the training and > management > of staff and work-study students. The Director works in consultation with > Art History faculty and students and other faculty on campus; collaborates > with other university units; and is responsible for setting long-term > goals > for acquisitions and production as well as policy formulation for future > development of visual resources. > > > Qualifications: Master's degree in Library/Information Science > (ALA-accredited) or in Art/Architectural History and 5 years of > progressively responsible job-related experience in an academic visual > resources library, university or special library with an emphasis on > digital > collections management. Digital asset information technology management > experience in a complex electronic environment. Strategic planning skills > and ability to set priorities in development of digital visual resources. > Effective written and oral communication skills. Knowledge of art and > architecture research tools and methods. Proficiency in one foreign > language or demonstrated foreign language skills relevant to image > cataloguing. Record of published scholarship, presentations to > professional > groups, or service in professional organizations. Familiarity with > digital > assets management systems, practices, and applications (including image > databases and websites); technology of digital image production, storage, > and back-up; scanning and digital image capture best practices. > Experience > training faculty and students in the use of digital resources and ability > to > work with diverse campus communities. Familiarity with issues and best > practices regarding access and copyright in academic settings. Experience > with Visual Resources cataloguing practices (VRA Core, CCO, TGN, AAT) and > relational database principles and development; VRC development and > strategic planning; supervising collection personnel, including hiring, > training, and managing staff; and experience in budget preparation and > financial and facilities management. > > Facilities: > The Visual Resources Collection houses approximately 400,000 35 mm slides > of > Western and non-Western art and architecture, ancient to contemporary, > including a significant amount of unpublished material available nowhere > else. Digital collections are growing rapidly. Users have access to two > computer workstations and a digital scanner, 12 carrels, and a study room > with projectors and reference materials. The Collection also has hardware > and software to assist in the production, cataloguing, storage, and > accessing of archival digital images. The VRC staff includes two > part-time > positions (cataloguer and photographer) as well as graduate research > assistants and undergraduate work-study students. > > Further information at: www.udel.edu/udjobs/current/professional.html > and at: www.udel.edu/ArtHistory > > > Application Deadline: July 13, 2007. > > To apply: > Send a letter of intent, curriculum vitae, and three letters of reference > to: > Professor Margaret Werth > Chair, Search Committee for Director, Visual Resources Collection > Department of Art History > 318 Old College > University of Delaware > Newark, DE 19716-2516 > Fax: 302 831-8243 > Email: mwerth at udel.edu > > > -- > Christine L. Sundt > Visual Resources > Editor, Consultant & Educator > P.O. Box 5316 > Eugene, OR 97405-0316 USA > 541.485.1420 > csundt(at)mindspring.com or > csundt(at)gmail.com >
