Visual Resources Curator
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Job Location:
Lawrence, KS - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
50% - Leadership Oversight for Visual Resources
Disclaimer
The University of Kansas prohibits discrimination on the basis of race color ethnicity religion sex national origin age ancestry disability status as a veteran sexual orientation marital status parental status gender identity gender expression and genetic information in the universitys programs and activities. Retaliation is also prohibited by university policy. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies and is the Title IX coordinator for all KU and KUMC campuses: Associate Vice Chancellor for the Office of Civil Rights and Title IX Room 1082 Dole Human Development Center 1000 Sunnyside Avenue Lawrence KSTTY.
Work Schedule
M-F 8-5
Contact Information to Applicants
David Cateforis
Professor and Chair of Art History
Position Overview
The Visual Resources Curator provides professional leadership for the History of Art Departments visual resources facility and digital image collections. The position oversees the development organization preservation and delivery of visual materials in support of the departments teaching research and service mission.
In addition to managing established visual resources operations and supervising graduate assistants the Curator contributes to the ongoing development of digital research infrastructure and collaborates with faculty and graduate students on projects that incorporate digital tools image-based analysis and digital humanities methodologies. The position supports the responsible and sustainable integration of digital scholarship into the departments academic programs.
Additional Candidate Instruction
In addition to the online application the following documents are required to be considered for this position:
- Provides leadership and oversight for all operations of the visual resources facility ensuring effective support of departmental teaching and research needs.
- Directs the production acquisition organization and preservation of digital images and associated descriptive metadata.
- Administers the departments online digital image collection (LUNA digital asset management system) including oversight of database architecture metadata standards content development and long-term sustainability. Evaluates and enhances database content on an ongoing basis to ensure relevance discoverability and research value.
- Develops and maintains standards-compliant metadata practices that support discoverability interoperability structured data reuse and long-term digital preservation.
- Oversees digitization initiatives and applies advanced knowledge of digital photography scanning and image processing technologies to ensure high-quality digital surrogates suitable for classroom presentation scholarly research digital publication and online dissemination.
- Serves as a departmental resource for faculty and graduate students developing digitally enhanced research and teaching projects including consultation on metadata modeling digital image rights management data organization sustainability planning and appropriate digital platforms.
- Supports faculty initiatives that engage digital humanities approaches involving visual materials such as digital exhibitions image databases data-driven art historical research and other forms of digitally mediated scholarship.
- Collaborates with faculty and relevant university units to integrate visual collections into emerging digital research environments and technology-enhanced pedagogies.
- Manages integrated collection management and production control systems to ensure efficiency data integrity scalability and alignment with evolving digital scholarship practices.
- Coordinates installation configuration and maintenance of classroom media systems and related instructional technologies.
- Applies knowledge of intellectual property laws and best practices as they pertain to digital collections digital dissemination and networked scholarly communication.
- Recruits trains and supervises graduate assistants in digital imaging metadata creation structured data practices and professional visual resources standards.
- Plans assigns and reviews work of staff and student employees.
- Manages budgetary planning purchasing priorities and equipment acquisition in alignment with departmental needs and technological development.
- Engages in long-range planning to ensure that departmental visual resources infrastructure and physical facilities remain compliant with relevant professional standards (ANSI ARLIS/NA) and responsive to emerging digital research practices.
- Maintains awareness of developments in visual resources management digital imaging digital preservation and digital humanities scholarship.
Disclaimer
The University of Kansas prohibits discrimination on the basis of race color ethnicity religion sex national origin age ancestry disability status as a veteran sexual orientation marital status parental status gender identity gender expression and genetic information in the universitys programs and activities. Retaliation is also prohibited by university policy. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies and is the Title IX coordinator for all KU and KUMC campuses: Associate Vice Chancellor for the Office of Civil Rights and Title IX Room 1082 Dole Human Development Center 1000 Sunnyside Avenue Lawrence KSTTY.
Work Schedule
M-F 8-5
Contact Information to Applicants
David Cateforis
Professor and Chair of Art History
- Bachelors degree and three years of library or related experience OR high school diploma and 5 years of experience coordinating one or more major library administrative services or programs.
- Experience with art historical scholarship and visual culture as evidenced by application materials.
- Experience with professional principles and practices of visual resources management as evidenced by application materials.
- Experience with digital imaging techniques metadata standards structured data practices and digital asset management systems as evidenced by application materials.
- Supervisory experience and demonstrated ability to organize and direct the work of others.
- Proficiency with relevant imaging database and metadata tools (e.g. LUNA FileMaker Pro Oxygen XML Editor Photoshop and related applications).
- Masters degree in Art History a related Fine Arts discipline or Library and Information Science.
- Three years of experience in a visual resources or digital collections environment.
- Experience supporting digital scholarship or digital humanities initiatives involving visual materials.
- Familiarity with emerging digital research methodologies relevant to art history.
- Foreign language skills relevant to art historical research.
- Ability to perform or support research in art history.
Position Overview
The Visual Resources Curator provides professional leadership for the History of Art Departments visual resources facility and digital image collections. The position oversees the development organization preservation and delivery of visual materials in support of the departments teaching research and service mission.
In addition to managing established visual resources operations and supervising graduate assistants the Curator contributes to the ongoing development of digital research infrastructure and collaborates with faculty and graduate students on projects that incorporate digital tools image-based analysis and digital humanities methodologies. The position supports the responsible and sustainable integration of digital scholarship into the departments academic programs.
Additional Candidate Instruction
In addition to the online application the following documents are required to be considered for this position:
- A cover letter addressing how required and preferred qualifications are met.
- Resume or curriculum vitae.
- Contact information for three professional references.
Key Skills
- Graphic Design
- CSS
- Adobe After Effects
- InVision
- HTML5
- Visual Design
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Design Thinking
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Sketch
- Adobe Indesign
About Company
Thank you for your interest in employment with the University of Kansas. If you need assistance with the application process please contact Human Resources at [email protected] or 785-864-4946.
