Music Library Association

 


Position Title: IAML-US Webmaster
Institution: U.S. Branch of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives, and Documentation Centres (IAML)
Description:

The U.S. Branch of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives, and Documentation Centres (IAML) seeks a Webmaster for <http://www.iamlus.org/> beginning in early March 2007.

The Webmaster maintains the branch's Web site, the branch's only regular publication, making additions and changes promptly and accurately. The Webmaster reports to the president of the Branch. There is no specified term of office, but the incumbent is expected to serve a minimum of three years.
Responsibilities: Ongoing responsibilities
  • Regularly solicits information from Branch officers and other members with official responsibilities
  • Maintains and revises the structure and graphic aspects of the content to ensure the content is accurate, logically arranged, easy to navigate, and visually appealing
  • Receives and responds to email related to the Webmaster's responsibilities
  • Maintains the domain name and periodic server registration by assuring the treasurer pays the required fees
  • Prepares an annual budget
  • Assures the site is archived according to prevailing standards
  • Submits an annual written report to the Branch president

Projects
  • Works with the IAML Webmaster and archivist on their effort, in progress, to retrieve, preserve, and make available online the Web site or its contents created for the IAML conference in Berkeley, Calif. in 2002
  • For the Branch's board of directors, reviews the site's present contents, with a view toward increasing the amount of information it contains about the branch and the branch's activities (the IAML-US site presently has sub-pages for officers, projects, meetings, links, and IAML, and it also links directly to other documents, such as a membership registration form and reports from the Branch president)
  • Expands the site as may be necessary to incorporate new activities the branch may undertake during the Webmaster's incumbency.
Qualifications:
  • Access to and experience with email protocols
  • Ability to write and edit basic html
  • Knowledge of the common Web browsers and programs for maintaining Web sites, including Dreamweaver, Flash, ColdFusion, Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Safari
  • Familiarity with Web file formats for text and graphics, such as PDF, GIF, JPG, etc.
  • Experience with a graphic editor or with Web graphic tools such as Photoshop
  • Basic knowledge of JavaScripts
  • Ability to edit documents for grammar, punctuation, and clarity
  • Good aesthetic judgement
  • Individual membership in IAML at the time of appointment and during incumbency
Deadline: February 1, 2007
Application: Applicants should submit, preferably as email attachments, a letter of applications that addresses the duties described and a résumé, along with the names of two references who are familiar with the applicant's ability to carry out the required duties. Interviews will be held during the Music Library Association meeting in Pittsburgh.

Send applications to the search committee president, Geraldine Ostrove (gost@loc.gov). Questions may be sent to any member of the search committee, which also includes Linda Solow Blotner (blotner@hartford.edu) and Jane Gottlieb (gottlieb@juilliard.edu).