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BROOKLYN MUSEUM
NON UNION POSITION

Position Digital Imaging Specialist
(part-time)
Department Digital Collections and Services
Requirements Bachelor’s degree. Highly computer literate, including Microsoft Excel and Access skills, and experience working with a complex database such as a collections or digital image management system. Experience scanning and working with digital images. PhotoShop skills. Accurate, detail oriented, organized, interested in learning new skills. Works well as a member of a team.
Physical Requirements Sit, stand, and bend as may be required for normal office functions; good visual acuity.
Responsibilities Under the direction of the Head of Digital Collections and Services and in collaboration with other members of the Scan Lab staff, scan analog materials; import images, create and enter metadata, and perform quality control on images in Luna DAMS. Undertake image management projects.
Assist staff with acquiring and managing images for Museum exhibition, publication, and public relations purposes; scan and process materials as necessary.
Assist with special projects, training, camera bank, imaging workflow, and departmental administration as needed.
Starting date immediate
Work schedule 13 hours/week, Monday-Friday, 9AM-5PM

To apply: Candidate should submit resume and a letter outlining her/his particular suitability to the position by email to deborah.wythe@brooklynmuseum.org. Brooklyn Museum is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants for positions are considered without regard to race, creed, color, country of origin, sex, age, citizenship, disability or sexual orientation. Candidates of color are strongly encouraged to apply. The Immigration and Control Act (1986) requires that all hires be in conformity with the law.

Peter J. Wosh
Director, Archives/Public History Program
History Department
New York University
53 Washington Square South
Room 503
New York NY 10012
Phone: (212) 998-8601
Fax: (212) 995-4017
http://aphdigital.org
http://history.fas.nyu.edu/object/history.gradprog.archivespublichistory.html

Loyola University Chicago
College of Arts and Sciences
Assistant Professor of U.S. Public History

Loyola University Chicago (LUC), College of Arts and Sciences, Department of History invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in Public History with a specialization in New Media and any geographic field, beginning Fall 2011, pending final approval of funding. For information about the department, please visit http://www.luc.edu/history/index.shtml.

Applicants should have a Ph.D. in History and exhibit a strong potential for excellence in teaching and research. The successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate expertise in Public History and the ability to teach courses in Public History and New Media as well as in another geographic and chronological specialization area. The successful candidate will be expected to also teach graduate-level courses in the same subjects, as well as participate in Loyola University Chicago’s Center for Textual Studies and Digital Humanities.

Applicants should submit a current Curriculum Vitae, a teaching statement/research agenda, sample publications, and a letter of interest to www.careers.luc.edu. Applicants should arrange for three letters of recommendation to be submitted directly on line at the preceding address or mailed to the address below. Applicants should forward additional materials related to teaching excellence and samples of scholarly publications to:

Chair, U.S. Public History Search Committee
Department of History
Loyola University Chicago
1032 W. Sheridan Road
Chicago, Illinois 60660

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until November 30, 2010.

LUC, Chicago’s Jesuit Catholic university, is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer with a strong commitment to diversifying its faculty. Applications from women and minority candidates are especially encouraged. For further information about Loyola University Chicago, consult the University website: www.luc.edu.

Theodore J. Karamanski
Director, Public History Program
Loyola University Chicago

Peter J. Wosh
Director, Archives/Public History Program
History Department
New York University
53 Washington Square South
Room 503
New York NY 10012
Phone: (212) 998-8601
Fax: (212) 995-4017
http://aphdigital.org
http://history.fas.nyu.edu/object/history.gradprog.archivespublichistory.html