----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Forwarded from the NINCH list. Judy -------------Forwarded Message----------------- From: David Green, INTERNET:[log in to unmask] To: Multiple recipients of list, INTERNET:[log in to unmask] Date: 8/31/98 2:22 PM NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT August 31, 1998 POSITION AVAILABLE: AMICO COORDINATOR OF MEMBER & CLIENT SERVICES >Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 12:28:06 -0400 (EDT) >From: "J. Trant" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Position Available: AMICO > > ********************************************* > * Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO): * > * Coordinator of Member and Client Services * > ********************************************* > > Position available October 1, 1998 > >The Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO) is a growing not-for-profit >association of institutions with collections of art. AMICO members are >jointly building a digital multimedia library documenting their >collections, and making it available for educational use. Full details >about AMICO and its activities are available at http://www.amico.net. > >Reporting to the Executive Director, the Member and Client Services >Coordinator is AMICO's primary contact with staff of member institutions >and with users of the AMICO Library. The incumbent also helps formulate and >present policy recommendations to the AMICO Board. > >The Member and Client Services Coordinator works with members to facilitate >their contributions to the AMICO Library, conducts new member orientation, >and coordinates data enhancement projects at AMICO. The incumbent supports >AMICO Working Committees (currently Rights, Technical and Users and Uses) >helping set their agendas and carry out their work. The Member and Client >Services Coordinator is responsible for formulating programs which respond >to members needs, working closely with members who initiate such programs, >and recruiting others to participate. AMICO programs include member use of >the AMICO Library. > >The Member and Client Services Coordinator also promotes the AMICO Library >(primarily to university, public and school libraries and art teachers) and >handles liaison with users of the Library. This includes recording the >concerns of clients and translating them into requirements for members, the >Library, and its distributors. In this capacity, the Coordinator will >develop AMICO promotional materials and organize and/or present programs at >professional conferences and other venues where clients can be reached. > >AMICO is seeking an professional with experience in the provision and use >of electronic resources in a museum or library . The incumbent should have >strong team building, communication and writing skills and be very >comfortable working in an electronic environment. Experience or knowledge >of some of following areas is desirable: use of structured data resources >in research and educational programs; knowledge of rights issues, >preferably though experience as an artist and/or with artist's or museum >rights; editorial and/or database quality control; user and/or program >evaluation training and/or experience; academic training in art history or >a related field; and familiarity with national and international cultural >heritage information standards. > >Interested candidates are requested to submit an application by September >15, 1998, including a full Curriculum Vitae, summary of relevant >experience, and statement of salary expectations, to: > > Jennifer Trant > Executive Director > Art Museum Image Consortium > 5501 Walnut Street, #203 > Pittsburgh, PA > 15232 > > Email: [log in to unmask] > >-------- >J. Trant [log in to unmask] >Partner and Principal Consultant www.archimuse.com >Archives & Museum Informatics >5501 Walnut St., Suite 203 ph. + 1-412-683-9775 >Pittsburgh, PA USA 15232 fax + 1-412-683-7366 >-------- >