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Betsy Lantz
Director of Library and Archives
Ingalls Library
The Cleveland Museum of Art
11150 East Blvd.
Cleveland, Ohio 44106
(216)-707-2538
Fax: (216)-421-0921
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Cleveland Museum of Art
Ingalls Library
Position Announcement
IMAGE LIBRARIAN

The Ingalls Library of the Cleveland Museum of Art invites applications
from motivated and innovative librarians to provide leadership and
expertise for image management and related activities.  The Image
Librarian is responsible for the overall administration of the Image
Services department including budget development, collection
development, image production, cataloging, support of classroom
instruction, proactive development of reference and user assistance
services, training and database management.  The department is comprised
of two full-time staff and 2 part-time staff as well as volunteers and
work-study students.  The Image Librarian is responsible for providing
expertise in managing image data in compliance with standards proposed
by VRA, MARC and Dublin Core and works closely with a variety of library
departments (Systems, Technical Services and Public Services) and other
units within the museum in developing image policies and practices.  The
position is a member of the library senior staff and serves as the
liaison to the Visual Resources Association.   The Image Librarian will
be involved with the final stages of the digitization of the 475,000
slides in the slide collection and in the selection of a new image
database.

The Ingalls Library is a nationally recognized art reference library
(including image library and museum archives).  Founded in 1916, the
library contains approximately 400,000 titles, including journals,
80,000 auction catalogues, and 21,000 clipping files.   The image
library contains approximately 229,500 digital images with metadata, and
6,000,000 photographs of works of art and architecture, including
individual photographs and microfiche.  The Image Services department is
used by museum staff, students and faculty in the CWRU/CMA Joint Program
in Art History and the general public.

Requirements:  Master's degree from an ALA accredited program (M.L.S.)
or art history (M.A.); substantial background in art history or
equivalent; minimum of five years related experience and/or training,
preferably in a research library, or equivalent combination of education
and experience; working knowledge of at least one European language,
preferably Italian, French, German or Dutch; familiarity with image
cataloging principles and tools including MARC21, VRA, Dublin Core, EAD
or others; knowledge of digital asset management systems such as
CONTENTdm; knowledge of licensing practice and copyright issues
involving visual images and image collections; demonstrated skills in
management, supervision and training; familiarity with standard
reference tools in the field of art history; commitment to public
service; flexibility and the ability to work both independently and
collaboratively in a rapidly changing environment.

Desirable Qualifications: Experience with image presentation tools such
as LUNA/Insight, ARTstor, MDID; demonstrated project management skills.

Position available:  Immediately.  Salary commensurate with
qualifications and experience.  The position includes a competitive,
comprehensive benefit package including 20 days of vacation.  To apply,
please send a resume and cover letter with three references by September
30, 2006 to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Attention Human Resources,
11150 East Blvd., Cleveland, Ohio 44106 or email to:
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