Hello TMS users,

The Louisiana State Museum in New Orleans has the following position available:

Jeff Rubin 
I.T. Management Consultant 
Louisiana State Museum 
504.568.3651 (office) 
504.289-7168 (cell) 
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Registrar / TMS Manager

Salary:         $35,464 - $47,195

Description
Search reopened. Help make history by becoming part of the team that is working to reinvent the Louisiana State Museum (LSM).  The institution is poised for growth in the post-Katrina period and is seeking an experienced, detail-oriented Registrar. The incumbent will supervise, organize, and maintain all collection records, forms, documents, files and retrieval systems associated with the acquisition, accession, cataloging, packing, shipping, insurance and storage of the collections of the LSM.  She/he will, in particular, exercise control over the LSM's collection management database (TMS) and guarantee that the integrity of the data is maintained. The incumbent will report to the Collections Division Director. Duties include:

Processing new acquisitions including digital photography, tagging, and preparation of artifacts for storage by curators. Supervising assistant registrars, volunteers, and interns working on registration projects.  Overseeing activities of photo reproductions services. Supervising collection inventories.  Overseeing the maintenance and upgrading of the LSM's TMS collection management database.  Creating protocols for database management and providing documentation for implementing protocols.  Training staff on use of database or supervising training as necessary. Insuring the use of standardized terminology, classification hierarchies, subject headings, and other authorities in the database. When standard thesauri do not contain terms needed for the database, seeing that appropriate local terms are created following the protocols and hierarchical structures employed in the standard thesauri. Exercising sole responsibility to make changes to all authorities. Providing final review of all records for clarity, consistency, and typographical accuracy. Determining rules for providing permission for other staff to add, edit, or delete data. Producing computer reports from database as needed by the division or by senior LSM management. Organizing, documenting, and coordinating all aspects of borrowing and lending objects, which includes responsibility for the handling and/or packing of objects in conjunction with curators, processing insurance claims, making shipping arrangements, coordinating security needs, handling customs procedures, processing incoming and outgoing loans, and processing requests for rights and reproductions.  Working with collections curators and exhibits staff to coordinate objects retrieval, incoming and outgoing loans. Working with security staff to recommend procedures for security of storage and exhibit areas. Providing monthly and annual reports.

Starting salary will be in the range of  $35,464 - $47,195 depending on qualifications.  The State of Louisiana offers a comprehensive benefits package. 


Submit application materials by January 31, 2007 including a cover letter, resume, and Civil Service Form SF10 (http://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/forms/downform.htm)
to: LSM, Personnel Office, 751 Chartres Street, New Orleans, LA 70116.

Requirements
Minimum requirements include:  A BA in Art History, American History, American Studies, Museology, Anthropology, Archaeology, Geology, Cultural Geography, History, or Historical Geography plus three years of professional-level experience.  Additional preferred requirements include: excellent writing, oral communication, interpersonal, and
management skills; five years experience as a registrar or in collection management; advanced skills in database management; training in the use of standardized terminology, classification hierarchies, subject headings, and other authorities; extensive experience in handing incoming and outgoing loans as well as overseeing traveling exhibitions; supervisory experience.

Employer Information
LSM is a state agency founded in 1906.  Headquartered in New Orleans, it encompasses a network of thirteen facilities located across Louisiana.  Currently there are 96 members of the staff and operating revenues from all public and private sources amount to approximately $7.5 million.  The LSM's French Quarter facilities include six National Historic Landmarks: the Cabildo (1795 - 1799), the Presbytere (1791 - 1813), the Old U.S. Mint (1835), the Arsenal (1839), Madam John's Legacy (1789), and the 1850 House. The LSM operates additional museums in Patterson, Thibodaux, Natchitoches, and Baton Rouge.