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Account/Position No.:                        11001/21050/200/TBA                       Level 7

Position Title:                                      Visual Resources Curator

Department:                                        Dept. of Art and Design

Expectations for All Employees

East Tennessee State University pursues its mission based upon core values.  An employee's job performance must support and exhibit the university's core values:

PEOPLE come first, are treated with dignity and respect, and are encouraged to achieve their full potential;

RELATIONSHIPS are built on honesty, integrity and trust;

DIVERSITY of people and thought is respected;

EXCELLENCE is achieved through teamwork, leadership, creativity, and a strong work ethic;

EFFICIENCY is achieved through wise use of human and financial resources; and

COMMITMENT to intellectual achievement is embraced.

Function of Position

Visual Resources Curator manages and develops visual resources collection of slides and digital images.  The curator is responsible for the overall management of the collection of approximately 100,000 slides and 60,000+ digital images.  The curator will also play a central role in the eventual conversion of the collection to digital format.  Duties include the production, acquisition, cataloging, circulation, conservation, and maintenance of the collection in support of the undergraduate and graduate program in the Department of Art and Design.  The curator is also responsible for the supervision of personnel hiring, training and devaluation of five student workers.  The curator will facilitate faculty and student use and production of visual resources for teaching, learning and scholarship.  The collection supports an art and art history faculty, adjunct faculty and graduate and undergraduate students, as well as a limited number of faculty from other departments.

Essential Functions

-       Manages and upkeeps the electronic database – MDID (Madison Digital Image

        Database) to catalogue the collection.  Duties include the production, cataloging,

        circulation, conservation, and maintenance of the collection.

-       Manages and maintains the collection of just over 100,000 slides and 60,000+ digital

        images. 

-       Facilitates faculty and student use and production of visual resources for teaching,

        learning and scholarship.

-       Supervises personnel, hiring, training and evaluation of student workers.

-       Manages and maintains over $350,000 of existing visual resources equipment and

        orders new equipment.

Secondary Functions

-       Performs other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge and Abilities

-        Knowledge of art history.

-        Knowledge of visual resources cataloging practices.

-        Ability to use photographic slide production, digital imaging technology (especially Adobe PhotoShop) and relational databases (currently, the department uses MDID (Madison Digital Image Database) to catalogue the collection).

-        Knowledge of interpersonal skills.

-        Ability to work well with faculty, staff and students.

Supervision Given and Received

Performs under general supervision. 

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Art or Art History or related field; Master’s degree preferred; minimum three years of relevant work experience.

October 2007