Forbes: “U.S. museums cutting back due to recession”
Posted: March 15, 2009 Filed under: Job Search, Museum Librarianship, Museums, News 1 Comment »A recent item with some bad news for our art museum colleagues.
“In New York, the Museum of Modern Art implemented a hiring freeze in October and ordered a general operating budget cut of 10 percent. Other major museums in the city declined to discuss whether they had suffered endowment losses or had plans for layoffs or salary cuts.”
Summer Job Opportunity in Calgary
Posted: March 12, 2009 Filed under: Job Search, Museum Librarianship, Opportunities: Job Postings | Tags: art, Calgary, Resource Centre, Summer Comments OffResource Centre Assistant ($10/hr x 14 weeks x 30 hours a week)
Application Deadline: Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Start Date: May 5, 2009
End Date: August 4, 2009
The New Gallery’s Resource Centre is seeking applications for a temporary Resource Centre Assistant. Candidates should be undergraduate students returning to studies in the fall, although people with plans to enroll in future studies or recent graduates are also welcome to apply. Candidates should be enrolled in fine art, art history, museum and heritage studies, information management, library science, communications, or another related field. Candidates should have an interest in the arts, artist-run culture and information management. Good research skills, attention to detail, and the ability to maintain focus while undertaking repetitive tasks are essential. Candidates will be working under the direction of the Resource Centre Coordinator. Some training will be provided.
The role of the Resource Centre Assistant is to help the Resource Centre Coodinator in the organization and digitization of archival and Resource Centre material.
Basic responsibilities include:
- Creating electronic records for digital images
- Creating electronic records for Resource Centre periodicals, catalogues and books
- Scanning slides and photographs to create digital images
- Digital image editing
- Copyright research
- Biographical research for artists
- Sorting and organizing artist files
- Adding keywords to existing records
- Creating a distribution list for current publications
- Responding to public inquiries about the Resource Centre and its contents
About the Resource Centre and Virtual Archive:
Since its inception, The New Gallery has subscribed to current arts periodicals and collected catalogues through exchange programs with other artist-run centres and galleries. Our long history has allowed us to develop a unique collection of material with a focus on emerging Canadian artists and artist-run culture.
In addition to published materials, TNG keeps files on artists and groups who have shown in the gallery in the past 10 years. These files include artist statements and CVs, descriptions of exhibitions, and published reviews.
TNG’s collection of publications and artist files provides the content of our Resource Centre. Although smaller than other institutional libraries, we have over 3000 books and periodicals to inspire and educate researchers, students and the general public.
TNG also maintains a virtual archive containing digital representations of historical material related to TNG. The archive includes images from exhibitions, as well as press releases, posters and other items related to the gallery’s history.
TNG uses open source software called CollectiveAccess to keep track of items in the Resource Centre and virtual archive.
About the New Gallery:
Established in 1975, The New Gallery is an active artist-run centre for the presentation and promotion of contemporary art in Calgary. Through exhibitions, performances, discussions and educational resources, The New Gallery stimulates critical discourse, recognizes diversity, develops collaborative networks and promotes a public appreciation of current art practices.
Application:
Review of applications will begin on April 13, 2009.
The letter of application should address the responsibilities, qualifications, and experiences listed for the position. Your letter, CV, and the names, e-mail addresses and telephone numbers of three professional references may be sent
(1) via email to info@thenewgallery.org (preferred method of receipt)
or (2) faxed to Jessica McCarrel, 403- 290-2399 ,
or (3) mailed to
Jessica McCarrel
The New Gallery
PO Box 22451
Bankers Hall RPO
Calgary, AB T2P 5G7
An Equal Opportunity Employer, TNG’s Resource Centre is interested in receiving applications from a broad spectrum of qualified people who are representative of the province’s diversity.
For more information about the Resource Centre, see thenewgallery.org/research , and about the The New Gallery, http://www.newgallery.org/about.
Position subject to funding
A Cover Letter Is Not Expendable
Posted: February 23, 2009 Filed under: Advice, Advice: New Professionals, Advice: Students, Cover letters, Job Search 1 Comment »A Cover Letter Is Not Expendable
By PHYLLIS KORKKI
Q. You are getting ready to apply for a job electronically, and your résumé is ready to go. Do you need to prepare a cover letter? Are they necessary in this day and age?
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/jobs/15career.html?em
LISjobs.com launches new website
Posted: October 24, 2008 Filed under: Employment Resources, Job Search, News Comments OffVilla Park, IL — Visitors to LISjobs.com will notice a new look and feel today as the newly-redesigned site launches. The redesign brings LISjobs.com in line with current web standards and adds new content and features. Note that old links willl be broken; please update your links and bookmarks.
Highlights of the redesign include:
- Better integration of the LISjobs.com forum and other interactive site features.
- Job ads that, as always, are free to both job seekers and employers.
- New content on education and career development, including information on MLIS scholarships as well as on funding conference attendance and other CE opportunities.
- A more standards-compliant and accessible design.
- A new logo designed by Wendy Koff, Librarian and Web Designer.
- Updated links to outside resources; all links were checked manually in October 2008.
- Improved organization — information for both job seekers and employers is now easier to find.
- Opportunities for sponsorship — relevant organizations can easily reach an audience of librarians and info pros.
ALA Allied Professional Association (APA) News
Posted: October 10, 2008 Filed under: ALA, Job Search, Salaries Comments Offfrom the latest ALA-APA e-newsletter:
The American Library Association-Allied Professional Association is a service organization to ALA members. It manages certification programs and advocates for higher salaries for library employees.
1. The 2008 Librarian Salary Survey is now available from the ALA Store! Press release.
• Data from more than 1000 public and academic libraries on 6 librarian positions, and detailed analysis.
• Library Salary Database includes salary data for more than 60 librarian and non-MLS positions from 2006 through 2008.
• Reports are tailored for your library size, region and state.
• Valuable for HR staff, directors, consultants, and job seekers!
2008 ALA-APA Salary Survey: Librarian: Public and Academic – $81 for ALA members – (25% discount for participating libraries)
Library Salary Database – $50/30-day subscription; $150/annual subscription
3. Have you helped raise a library worker’s salary? The SirsiDynix Corporation, through ALA-APA is giving $5000 to a person or institution that has had an impact on library employee salaries. This is the last year for the award – nominate someone today!
7. Do you need salary negotiation training? ALA-APA will provide customized training at libraries, library conferences and to groups. Contact the [ALA-APA] office for details.
Call for Volunteer(s) – Jobs Postings Liaison
Posted: August 12, 2008 Filed under: Employment Resources, Job Search, Opportunities: Volunteer 5 Comments »In an effort to broaden our ranks and get others involved, we’d like to put out a call for a volunteer (or two) to take up the responsibility of distributing relevant job advertisements. Announcements of jobs are posted via listservs and on various websites, and the task of the Jobs Postings Liaison is to comb through them for relevant positions that would be of interest to ArLiSNAP members and post them to the blog. If you are a student or recent graduate already on the hunt for a position you are probably fervently reading these job announcements already, so how about getting a bit of volunteer experience while you are at it and offering to post them to the blog?
For the past couple of years, intrepid ArLiSNAP volunteers (and former co-moderators!) Sarah Carter and Megan Macken have shouldered the responsibility for posting these kinds of announcements, so three cheers for them! All of us who monitor the blog will continue post relevant announcements that we see come up, but thought someone out there might like the opportunity for a volunteer position. The task would be ongoing, but would entail only a light time commitment for someone already reading job postings on a regular basis.
Please post a comment to this message if you think you might be interested in volunteering for this position.
Subject Experts Need Not Apply
Posted: July 2, 2008 Filed under: Job Search | Tags: higher education, humanities, job market, masters, PhDs 2 Comments »From the The Chronicle of Higher Education, Chronicle Careers, July 1, 2008:
Recent job postings and hires suggest that many academic libraries are losing interest in hiring humanities Ph.D.’s
By TODD GILMAN
Job candidates with M.A.’s and Ph.D.’s in the humanities have become increasingly drawn to the idea of earning a master’s in library and information science (MLIS) and pursuing careers as academic librarians. Read more
