Position: Visual Resources Curator
Department: Art
Description of duties: The Department of Art at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill is seeking a service-oriented, innovative visual
resources specialist who can contribute sound expertise and a strong sense
of direction to the department's evolving needs in the field of visual
documentation. The Visual Resources Curator is responsible for managing
and staffing an analog slide collection and an archival photograph
collection, in consultation with the art history and studio art faculty who
make use of them in their teaching and research; for training and scheduling
hourly personnel; for performing collection development and maintenance
duties for visual resources; for planning and developing digital access to
visual resources, incorporating imaging technology, and technology-based
information systems; for providing reference services and research
assistance to users in support of the art department's curriculum and
student and faculty scholarship; for providing instruction in the use and
evaluation of visual information resources and systems; and for representing
the Department of Art's interests to other institutional programs concerned
with the development of visual resources.
Reports to the Head of the Department of Art.
Qualifications: A bachelor's degree and a minimum of 3 years of relevant
experience working in a visual resources collection containing slides.
Preferred: Background in art history, and graduate work in it or in a
closely related discipline. Copy photography experience. Working knowledge
of major online information services, scanning and imaging systems,
multimedia software, MAC, HTML and Windows applications and Internet
structure and access
Ability to assess and integrate appropriate complex and rapidly evolving
technologies into the collection and instructional program. Grant-writing
skills, and/or other evidence of creativity in the implementation of new
initiatives.
Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience. This is a 12-month
appointment, start date from 06/01/02. Application deadline
is 05/11/02
Applicants should submit a c.v. and names of three recommenders with contact
information to:
Dr. Dorothy Verkerk, Chair, Visual Resources Search Committee
Department of Art
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
CB 3405 Hanes Art Center
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3405
For more information on the Department of Art, and on the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, please visit our websites at
http://www.unc.edu/depts/art/ and http://www.unc.edu/.
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Patricia T. Thompson
Art Librarian
Sloane Art Library
CB# 3405 Hanes Art Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill NC 27599-0001
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tel. (919) 962-2397
voice (919) 962-1061
fax (919) 962-0722
http://www.lib.unc.edu/art/index.html
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