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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > > NOTICE OF PROFESSIONAL VACANCY > ASSISTANT FINE ARTS LIBRARIAN / FINE ARTS IMAGE CURATOR > UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LIBRARY > > > The University of Pennsylvania Library is seeking a talented Assistant > Fine Arts Librarian/Image Collection Curator to manage and develop the > Fine Arts Image Collection of the Fisher Fine Arts Library. The Fine > Arts Library supports the programs of the Art History Department and the > Graduate School of Fine Arts, and serves as the principal site of fine > arts collections and services for the University of Pennsylvania > community. The Library has a collection of 110,000 volumes and 825 > current serials. Fine Arts image resources include 429,000 slides; > 84,000 mounted photographs; a growing collection of digital image files > (currently numbering 20,000); and the images carried within the > Library's print and electronic collections. > > Duties and Responsibilities: Act as deputy to the Fine Arts Librarian, > sharing the management responsibilities of the Fine Arts Library. Plan > and develop the Library's Fine Arts Image Collection, in consultation > with the Fine Arts Librarian and the faculties of the Art History > Department and the Graduate School of Fine Arts. Manage the transition > of the Fine Arts Image Collection from slides and photographs to a > digital resource, in consultation with the Fine Arts Librarian, the > University Library's Web Manager, and the Director of the Schoenberg > Center for Electronic Text & Image. Manage and develop automated > cataloging and related procedures to create an image database supporting > teaching and research, in coordination with the Library's Information > Processing Division. Provide regular reference and research > consultation service to library users. Supervise the Image Collection's > staff of 3.5 FTE and student workers. Manage and develop image > resources elements of the Fine Arts library website. Serve as > bibliographer and subject liaison for specific disciplines, managing a > portion of the Library's acquisitions budget and working closely with > particular academic departments to understand their needs. Provide > orientation and instruction in the use of print and electronic > resources. Participate in library-wide task forces. > > Qualifications: The successful candidate will possess an MLS from an > ALA-accredited library school or equivalent in theory and practice. > This position requires an advanced degree in art history or related > field, or the equivalent combination of relevant education and > experience. Familiarity with developments in digitization, emerging > core standards for image description, and issues related to image > cataloging is highly desirable. The successful candidate will also > have: a working knowledge of two European languages; supervisory > experience and experience working with image collections; evidence of > effective collaboration with faculty and students; strong desktop > computing skills; some database management experience; demonstrated > interpersonal skills and a user-centered orientation; the ability to > work as part of a team and to communicate clearly, orally and in > writing. > > Rank and Salary: Appointment as Librarian B requires 1 to 3 years of > previous professional experience. Appointment as Librarian C requires 3 > to 5 years of experience. Salary commensurate with experience. > > To Apply: Submit a cover letter, resume & 3 references to: Mr. Robert > Eash, Library Human Resources Manager, University of Pennsylvania > Library, 3420 Walnut St., Phila., PA 19104-6206. Applications received > by 9/30/99 will receive first consideration. AA/EOE. >