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Job: Project Manager for Librarian
Suzanne Pilsk <suzanne.pilsk <at> GMAIL.COM>
2010-02-09 15:12:51 GMT
2010-02-09 15:12:51 GMT
Smithsonian Institution POSITION AVAILABLE PROJECT MANAGER APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 1, 2010 START DATE: (pending background check) SALARY: $51,630 per annum INTRODUCTION This three-year term position is located in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Under the direct supervision of Program Directors Rusty Russell, Department of Botany, and Anne Van Camp, SI Archives, incumbent will run the day-to-day activities of a new grant funded project to locate, catalog and make available all biological field books and original expedition journals at the Smithsonian Institution. DUTIES Primary responsibilities include: 1. Coordinating with representatives of the Natural Collections Description (NCD) Working Group and staff of the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) in establishing shared metadata schema. 2. Coordinating with other libraries, archives, and collections organizations to ensure community involvement and buy-in. 3. Overseeing the work of the Senior Cataloger and contract catalogers; with Senior Cataloger, developing manuals and tutorials to document workflow processes; ensuring that assignments are made and tasks are completed in order to keep project on its timeline. 4. Ensuring that all project work is sufficiently supplied and supported. 5. Coordinating with the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) as digital content, applications and tools are developed. 6. Producing scheduled progress reports. QUALIFICATIONS: Applicant must have minimally a Master’s degree in Library and Information Sciences. Applicant may replace Master’s degree with three years of demonstrated employment with responsibilities that contribute to requirements below. Incumbent must possess significant familiarity with library information science, an understanding of how concepts translate into applications, and an understanding of policies and procedures related to libraries, archives and museum collections. Incumbent should be familiar with information standards including MARC, and other description standards; should possess an understanding of how metadata relate to physical objects, and how various metadata schema relate to each other. Incumbent should possess the ability to confidently supervise the work of others; should be familiar with personnel management tools and performance related evaluations. Incumbent should be able to communicate effectively in writing to a variety of audiences; should be able to communicate orally, both in one-on-one conversations and in public situations. Applications: Email application materials as PDF documents to Anne Van Camp ( VanCampA <at> si.edu) AND Rusty Russell (russellr <at> si.edu). 1) personal letter of introduction 2) full academic and professional resume 3) two (2) professional references
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