Our good neighbor, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is starting a new program called “Gardner After Hours: A new kind of night out” on the third Thursday of each month from 5-9pm. College student admission is only $5. This month’s theme is Journey to the East. See the details here: http://www.gardnermuseum.org/afterhours/afterhours.asp
Archive for September, 2007
After hours at the Gardner Museum
Thursday, September 13th, 2007VRA New England Chapter Meeting, 10.19.07
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007Only $10 for students!
To find out more about the Visual Resources Association, check out their national website: http://vraweb.org/
SAVE THE DATE AND PLEASE JOIN US!
Visual Resources Association NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER FALL MEETING
Friday, October 19, 2007
Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine
http://www.bowdoin.edu
SCHEDULE:
9:00 10:00 a.m. – Continental breakfast and registration, Second floor,
Visual Arts Center (next to the Museum of Art)
10:15 11:45 a.m. – Tour the newly renovated Bowdoin College Museum of Art
http://www.bowdoin.edu/art-museum/
12:00 noon 1:30 p.m. – Lunch and business meeting, Pinette Dining Room,
Thorne Dining Facility, Coles Tower
1:45 ~ 3:30 p.m. Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center
- Demonstration of digital projection system designed for and used by the
Art Department. Ruth Bartlett, Educational Technology Consultant, Bowdoin
College
- Report from VRA Kansas City Workshop ³Getting Past NO Assessing
Copyright Risk.² Marci Hahn, Wellesley College
- Any other issues or questions that attendees would like to discuss
Break
5:30 p.m. – Cocktails and 6:30 dinner hosted by Renate Wiedenhoeft at
Scholars Resource in Freeport. Maps and directions will be provided.
REGISTRATION FEE:
VRA/NE Members: $15.00
Non-members: $20.00
Students: $10.00
Registration fee includes scheduled events, continental breakfast and a
buffet lunch. Renate Wiedenhoeft at Scholars Resource has graciously invited
us for cocktails and dinner.
** RSVP by Friday October 5 (!) to Marci Hahn mhahn@wellesley.edu
Please provide your name and institution. Let Marci know if you will attend
1) Breakfast 2) Lunch 3) Cocktails and/or 4) Dinner at Scholars Resource.
We need to have an accurate head count for facilities and catering.
DIRECTIONS AND PARKING:
http://www.bowdoin.edu/admissions/visit/directions.shtml
Click on ³more info about parking.² See ³Campus map with building list and
visitor parking areas.² The Visual Arts Center is number 13 on the map.
Follow Short Term parking instructions.
LODGING:
Our trusty sources recommend the Fairfield Inn, The Brunswick Inn on Park
Row (Formerly The Brunswick Bed and Breakfast), or the Captain Daniel Stone
Inn. These and many more places can be found at
http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&q=brunswick,+Me+lodging&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=13&out
put=html
There are also plenty of options in Freeport, Maine which is about 15
minutes away from Brunswick and is the location of Scholars Resource.
** Please note this is foliage season in New England! Make your lodging
reservations ASAP. **
College Art Association – CAA News
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007The College Art Association has posted the September 2007 edition of CAA News.
The PDF is available here:
http://www.collegeart.org/pdf/caa-news-09-07.pdf
From the CAA website:
“Published since 1976, CAA News presents information on CAA’s activities, programs, and conference; updates on legal issues; articles on the arts and academia; interviews with artists, scholars, and curators; member achievements; calls for entries, papers, and participation; and much more.
About 14,000 individual and 2,000 institutional members receive CAA News, which comes out six times a year (January, March, May, July, September, and November) as a PDF; it can be downloaded, read on screen, and printed.”
Worth checking out!
ARLIS/NA Internship Award 2007-2008
Thursday, September 6th, 2007The Art Libraries Society of North America is now accepting applications
for its annual Internship Award.
The ARLIS/NA Internship Award provides financial support for students
preparing for a career in art librarianship or visual resources
curatorship. The award grants $2,500.00 to the selected recipient to
support a period of internship in an art library or visual resources
collection.
The deadline for applications is October 15, 2007.
For detailed information about the award and application instructions
please see the ARLIS/NA website:
http://www.arlisna.org/about/awards/internship_info.html
Some more interesting job postings
Thursday, September 6th, 2007Check out all of the jobs posted on the GSLIS Portal at http://my.simmons.edu/gslis/archives/gslis/gslis_jobs_and_opportunities/index.shtml
Here are two that seemed especially interesting to Panopticon:
PT Digitization Asst., Northeastern
Filed under GSLIS Jobs and Opportunities
Posted by GSLIS, September 05, 2007
Digitization Assistant (part-time)
An anticipated vacancy exists for a part-time digitization assistant to work with two other digitization assistants on a grant project funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners to digitize and make accessible via the Web 2,300 photographs from the Freedom House Collection in Northeastern University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Department.
Duties:
* Scan photographs and negatives
* Conduct research to identify images as necessary
* Enter metadata into a database template
* Perform quality control
Qualifications:
* Enrollment in graduate program with concentration in archives management
* Excellent organizational skills
* Excellent attention to detail
* Ability to work independently
* Ability and willingness to lift boxes weighing up to 40 lbs.
* Commitment to achieving and maintaining diversity in the workplace
Salary: $15 per hour
Hours: 10-13 hours per week during business hours: Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Contact: Please send resum and cover letter to: Marisa Hudspeth, Assistant Archivist: m.hudspeth@neu.edu; (p) 617.373.7656; (f) 617.373.8132.
PT Digitization Intern (Paid), JFK Library
Filed under GSLIS Jobs and Opportunities
Posted by GSLIS, September 05, 2007
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is currently seeking applicants for a part-time position in our Archives Processing Unit. Through this internship you will participate in the preparation, scanning, and possible entry of metadata involved in a large-scale digitization process, where you will be introduced to theories and practices surrounding content management and digital asset management systems.
As an intern at the JFK Library, you will work alongside and learn from professional archivists. You will be encouraged to ask questions about the profession and the processes employed by the Library, and you will have the unique opportunity to gain experience at a Presidential Library, which is part of the National Archives and Records Administration. This is an excellent opportunity for individuals interested in gaining digital experience in an archives setting while attending graduate school.
Interns will be paid $12.50 per hour, may work between the hours of 8:30am-4:30pm, Monday-Friday, and must work a minimum of 12 hours per week (with a maximum possibility of 35 hours/week). The library is accessible by public transportation; free parking is also available. For directions and additional information, please visit our website, http://www.jfklibrary.org
Interested applicants should submit a resume of their educational and professional experiences, along with the name of at least one reference, to:
Internship Coordinator
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Columbia Point
Boston, MA 02125
Part-time position at Boston Architectural Firm for Fall 2007
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007DiMella Shaffer invites applications for a part-time temporary position for the fall of 2007. The 15 hour per week position is designed to provide practical experience for a graduate student interested in pursuing a career in a corporate library/records management/archives setting.
Projects may include:
-The appraising, cataloging, and transfer to offsite storage of architectural project records and drawings
-Cataloging of vendor product catalogs and design library materials
-Records surveys
-Moving digital project collections from active to off-site storage
Requirements: The candidate must be enrolled in an advanced degree program in library sciences and have completed LIS 415: Information Organization (or a comparable course). Applicants must be detail-oriented, have good organizational and communication skills, be familiar with MS Office applications, and be able to lift and carry a 30-pound box.
Archives/Records management coursework and experience with FileMaker Pro is preferred.
DiMella Shaffer is a 100-person, award-winning architecture and design firm with regional and national academic, commercial and residential projects. Through our design process, DiMella Shaffer is committed to creating physical environments that enrich the quality of people’s lives and their communities. To succeed in this challenge, DiMella Shaffer encourages a collaborative effort, promotes honesty, integrity and creativity, while advocating social and professional responsibility. We challenge our clients and ourselves to avoid complacency and repetition and to seek greater possibilities from all of our projects. Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V.
Please forward resume, cover letter and salary requirements to:
Human Resources
DiMella Shaffer
286 Congress Street, 5th Floor
Boston, MA 02210
hr@dimellashaffer.com
Job Posting at Wentworth
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007This was posted at the end of August, but it looks like they are still accepting applications. It’s a Part Time Visual Digital Resources Librarian. Worth checking out…
Here is the link at Wentworth:
https://jobs.wit.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1188994887243
Here is the GSLIS posting about it:
http://my.simmons.edu/gslis/archives/2007/08/pt_visual_digit.shtml