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Position Title: Publications Assistant
Institution: Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (RILM)
General Information: Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (RILM) is seeking to fill several editorial positions. RILM publishes RILM Abstracts of Music Literature, widely recognized as the world’s premiere abstracted bibliography on music and related disciplines. RILM was established in 1966 and operates under the joint sponsorship of the International Musicological Society and the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives, and Documentation Centres. RILM covers research on all types of music and related studies published in all document types (books, articles, reviews, collections, etc.). RILM is fully searchable with in-depth vocabulary-controlled indexing and detailed abstracts. The data are written, input, and edited to a uniform standard by an international staff of specialists from all subject areas. The database contains over 40 years of data, and is published online, on CD-ROM, and in print.
Responsibilities:

The successful candidates will be required to learn and apply RILM’s editorial rules, as detailed in RILM’s editing and indexing style manuals, improving the prose, punctuation, and factual content, through research, of the material.

Other Duties: Edit, index and sometimes write abstracts of scholarly literature on music received from diverse sources and of varied quality and intelligibility bringing them to a high standard of literacy and scholarship.
Qualifications / Requirements: Graduate degree in music (or equivalent experience in music research or librarianship) required, with proven research and writing skills. Experience in editing and the ability to organize data into logical concepts is required. Superior written English skills and excellence in focused, detailed work is required. Excellent reading ability in foreign languages especially German, but also Italian, Spanish, Arabic, and Asian languages expertise) is required as well as in-depth knowledge in one or more of the following fields (in order of preference): ethnomusicology (especially Middle Eastern and Asian countries), music pedagogy, Medieval music history (with knowledge of Byzantine studies and liturgy), music theory, organology. Other subject specializations may be considered. Knowledge of other foreign languages is a significant plus. Ability to work independently but also with many diverse personalities in close proximity is essential. All work must take place in the office.
Salary, Rank & Benefits: $17/hour or $30,940/year. A minimum of 20 hours per week is required; full-time hours (35 per week) are also possible. Appointments to include benefits. Appointment will last at least until fall 2007. After a lengthy training period, schedule can be flexible.
Deadline: Friday, May 05, 2006
Application: To apply, please go to www.rfcuny.org/hr/pvn/cgi-bin/show_job.asp?pvn=REA-277.