Job: Archives Project Director, National Center for Science Education (Oakland, California)

• Date:   Thu, 13 Jul 2006 16:20:51 -0700
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• Subject:   Job: Archives Project Director, National Center for Science Education (Oakland, California)
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From: Terry Boom [tboom@berkeley.edu]
Date: Wednesday, July 5, 2006 1:13 pm
Subject: West_Arch-- Fwd: Job Posting -- National Center for Science 
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Archives Project Director

The National Center for Science Education, a non-profit organization 
that defends the teaching of evolution in the public schools, seeks 
candidates for the post of Archives Project Director.

The APD's duties will include:
* Managing and promoting the NCSE archives;
* Organizing and assessing the value of existing holdings;
* Developing a digital archive and publishing selected items on the 
website;
* Preserving endangered and damaged items;
* Maintaining and developing book, video, audio, media, and 
periodicals collections;
* Maintaining archive- and publication-related sections of the 
website and monitor web activity;
* Assisting in the maintenance of shelf files and other reference 
files;
* Inventorying and archiving donated archival collections;
* Promoting and making these resources available to the NCSE's 
staff and to interested members of the public;
* Assisting with scanning, slide duplication, and other media 
activities;
* Supervising work-study students and volunteer assistants

Attention to detail, flexibility, computer literacy, and ALA-accredited 
MLS or comparable work experience essential; knowledge of 
creation/evolution controversy, biology, and/or history of science 
preferred.

Full-time permanent position with medical benefits in Oakland, 
California, to start as soon as possible. Salary commensurate with 
experience and competitive with similarly sized non-profits.

Send c.v., brief writing sample, and the names of three references to 
NCSE, either by mail to NCSE, 420 40th Street, Suite 2, Oakland CA 
94609-2509, or by fax to (510) 601-7204, or by e-mail to 
apd@ncseweb.org 
Materials must arrive by August 1, 2006, to be considered. NCSE is an 
equal opportunity employer.

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