Visual Resources Curator
Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia
The Lamar Dodd School of Art seeks a curator of visual resources who possesses a solid knowledge of
technology and an acute interest in providing new proactive services and support to faculty and students.
This position reports to the Director of the School of Art. The curator will be responsible for developing,
managing, and delivering visual resources, and for managing and overseeing additional digital teaching
materials. Essential functions of the Visual Resources Curator include administration of the collection and
training student staff. The successful candidate will work within the Lamar Dodd School of Art with a
community of over 900 undergraduate students in Studio, Art History, and Art Education, 100 art history
undergraduate majors and minors, 100 graduate students, and more than 45 tenured faculty in these
three disciplines
It is anticipated that the future projects for this increasingly dynamic position will require multiple skills,
including the ability to manage complex, multi-year projects, to work in close collaboration with the faculty,
administration, and staff of the Lamar Dodd School of Art, and to build relationships with the UGA
Libraries and with faculty and students across campus who may be investigating the visual arts. Projects
may include digitizing the Lamar Dodd School of Art's significant historic art slide collections, and
collaborating with the UGA Libraries to develop print and digital resources and services on site in the
Lamar Dodd School of Art. This challenging and rewarding opportunity requires both creative flexibility
and independent individual initiative.
Requirements:
M.A. or B.A. in art
history, architecture, visual studies
or a related field. Substantial experience working
with visual resources collections with knowledge of the issues around the creation, maintenance, and
access of a visual resources collection, including familiarity with standards for visual materials.
Experience working with digital imaging technologies and library management. Reading knowledge of
multiple languages, ideally including one Romance language and German. Excellent interpersonal and
communication skills, and ability to work in a collaborative setting. Strong organizational and
management skills, including the ability to initiate, track, and manage complex, multi-year projects
successfully.
Desirable qualifications:
MLIS or course work leading to an MLIS degree. Experience
with
image collection
management
and
presentation
software. Knowledge of digital images best practices. Familiarity with Macintosh operating
system and proficiency with PowerPoint, PhotoShop, and web content and learning management
systems (eLC). Understanding of copyright issues related to image collection management. Previous
supervisory experience or team leadership.
We will receive applications for this position through the University of Georgia employment website, under
the position title “Program Coordinator II” (https://www.ugajobsearch.com ).
Review of applications will begin on May 19, and will continue until the position is filled.