Job Opening Title: Cataloger
Institution/Organization Name: The Archives of La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club
Job Location (City, State, Province, Country): New York
Application Deadline: November 15
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Years of experience required: 0-3
Job Description (if URL to posting not available): The La MaMa Archives seeks a part-time Cataloger for a Hidden Collections cataloging project at a community-based performing arts archive.
The Cataloger will be responsible for supporting the successful completion of a grant-funded project specifically aimed at providing access to the first 20 years of La MaMa’s institutional and production history through item-level cataloging and digitization of the Archives’ existing core collection. The Cataloger will catalog a wide-range of cultural objects (a/v, paper, three-dimensional artifacts) using the open-source cataloging platform CollectiveAccess. S/he must be willing to work in a shared office-space with the project team; and be able take direction on a variety of cataloging, processing and arrangement projects. This is a temporary position (approximate end date: March 30), with the possibility of extension.
Qualifications
Required:
•Enrollment in or recent completion of graduate program in library science, moving image archiving, public history, or a related field;
•Familiarity with performing arts/performing arts organizations, and/or an ability to understand and synthesize La MaMa’s place within performing arts history in New York City and abroad, focusing on the full spectrum of La MaMa’s output as a cultural institution;
•Exceptional oral and written communication skills;
•Familiarity with standard metadata schema and vocabularies;
•Strong organization and problem-solving skills, and the ability to work independently;
•Enthusiasm for delving into technologies that may be unfamiliar.
Preferred:
•Working knowledge of databases and/or cataloging platforms, preferably CollectiveAccess;
•Experience working with audiovisual archival collections;
•Working knowledge of national and professional standards pertaining to copyright, intellectual property, and Fair Use.
Hourly rate: $12.50
Hours/week: 15-20 hours per week. Hours are flexible, but must be regularly scheduled in at least 4-hour blocks Monday–Friday between 11am-6pm.
To Apply: Submit a cover letter, resume, and the names and contact information of two professional references to Rachel Mattson at rachel@lamama.org.
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