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Job: Project Database Manager (History Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, California)

• Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 13:10:54 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time)
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• Subject: Job: Project Database Manager (History Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, California)
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Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 12:55:49 -0800
From: Jacqueline Morin   [jmorin@NHM.ORG]
Subject: Job Announcement
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PROJECT DATABASE MANAGER, HISTORY DEPARTMENT
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

The History Department at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
County seeks an experienced individual to manage the implementation of 
a three-year Electronic Cataloguing Initiative funded by the Getty 
Grant Program.  This is a full-time, exempt position with benefits.

The Project Database manger (PDM) will report to the project 
supervisor, a curator in the History Department.  Responsibilities 
include hiring, training, and supervision of at least two data entry 
operators, as well as coordinating tasks with the project team.  
Working with the project coordinators (staff Collections Managers) and 
the Information Technology staff, the PDM will assist with creation and 
administration of the database system, which involves establishing and 
maintaining data standards such as controlled vocabularies, thesauri, 
and an internal lexicon.  The PDM and the IT personnel will collaborate 
in providing training for existing staff and new hires for using and 
elaborating the Microsoft Access database. The PDM will work with the 
project coordinators in mapping EAD fields to transfer finding aids to 
the Online Archive of California (OAC).  This will include linking 
pre-existing images of representative items in the collections to their 
respective finding aids.

The Museum's large and diverse history collections contain records 
and artifacts in U.S. History, with a specialty in materials relating 
to California and the West. The History Collection is unique due to its 
diversity and wide representation of American history as well as for 
its regional focus areas.

QUALIFICATIONS
B.A. required in history, museum studies, library and 
information science, or other related field.  The candidate should have 
experience implementing a database system and a good working knowledge 
of artifact terminology as well as that of archives or special 
collections.  Must be skilled in a team-work environment and must have 
strong leadership skills.  Should have demonstrated ability in database 
systems and image manipulation software; indexing, metadata, and 
encoding; Access experience preferred.

SALARY
Depending on experience, plus benefits.

TO APPLY
Applications will be reviewed beginning February 15, 2002, anticipating 
filling the position rapidly.  Letters of application, including a 
complete C.V., and the names and contact information for three 
references, should be sent via U.S mail or electronically to:

Janet R. Fireman  (jfireman@nhm.org)
Curator of History
Natural History Museum
900 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90007

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