Information Technology Assistant (summer position)

Dates: May 19, 2008 – Sept. 5, 2008
16 week position at 35 hrs/week and $15/hour
Language: English
Citizenship: PLEASE NOTE: Applicant MUST be a Canadian Citizen or hold landed immigrant status
Age: 30 and under (due to funding)

Application Closing Date: May 11, 2008

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Apply to:

Jonathan Lathigee
IT Administrator

Art Rental & Sales Consultant
An exciting career opportunity exists at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria in beautiful Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Reporting to the Retail Manager, the incumbent will be responsible for managing the Art Gallery's successful Art Rental program, including (but not limited to):

- Requesting and selecting works from artists portfolios.
- Storing and caring for the works in the art rental and sales collection.
- Managing contracts
- Expanding the customer base for Art Rental and Sales
- Installing works of art into clients' offices and homes
- Developing annual budget, monitoring and ensure adherence

For complete descriptions, and instructions for applying, please visit:

http://aggv.bc.ca/career.aspx

Manager of Marketing and Communications
An exciting career opportunity exists at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria in beautiful Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Reporting to the Director and CEO, the incumbent is responsible for the ongoing marketing and communication activities and advancement of admission revenues of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. The Manager of Marketing and Communications is responsible for the development and implementation of all aspects of an integrated, and comprehensive marketing strategy, that includes but not limited to; the Art Gallery

For complete descriptions, and instructions for applying, please visit:

http://aggv.bc.ca/career.aspx

An exciting opportunity exists at the Glenbow Museum to provide vision, leadership and direction in the area of museum content development as it relates to new technologies, digital media, intellectual property, and publishing. Reporting to the Vice President, Access, Collections and Exhibits, this role is responsible for copyright matters, the publishing programme, Glenbow's web presence, as well as the delivery of collections, exhibits and programmes content through exhibit technologies, and digitization. Glenbow Museum is a national leader in the delivery of digital museum content. The Director of Knowledge Management will position Glenbow both nationally and internationally as a developer of engaging digital experiences, and quality museum publishing. The successful incumbent will develop and lead projects that meet Glenbow's mandate and goals to ensure that our collections and programmes reach increasingly diverse and interactive audiences, both in person and online.

Qualifications: Masters degree in a related field plus five years in a museum environment. Four to five years experience in the area of digital content delivery, especially content delivery via the World Wide Web. This position requires significant skills in writing, public presentation, and project management. Successful grant writing skills is a strong asset.

Submission deadline: November 12, 2007

The Glenbow Museum (Calgary, AB, CANADA)
Request for Proposal -
Development of an Art Web Project: Artist's Proof: Prints and Printmaking.

The RFP can be downloaded from our contracts webpage http://www.glenbow.org/about/contracts/

Submissions due: Friday, October 5, 2007, 4:30 pm MST

Brief Description: Glenbow Museum, the University of Alberta's Art and Design Department and the University of Calgary's Art Department are working together to develop a substantial online prints resource Artist's Proof - Prints and Printmaking. This project will unify the expertise and content of three distinct partners to develop a comprehensive online project featuring some 2000 works of art, printmaking objects, letters, audio, video, documents and photographs from Glenbow relating to prints in artistic practice from the nineteenth century to the present.

This interactive online experience will include in-depth educational resources and activities to encourage Canadians to learn about the history and art of printmaking. Artist's Proof will present nationally and internationally significant print collections important to the cultural history of Canada. This innovative online learning resource web site on printmaking (to be hosted on Glenbow's site and accessible from all partner's sites) will be developed in French and English.

All inquiries regarding the solicitation must be submitted in writing (facsimile or email) to:

Museums and the Web 2008
April 9-12, 2008
Montréal, Québec, Canada
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2008/

Submissions are invited for the next Museums and the Web conference. If you are doing interesting work making art, culture, science or heritage available on-line, MW is the conference to present your discoveries, and to meet others working in the field world-wide. Over 800 people from 30+ countries met in San Francisco at MW2007.

Taking an international perspective, senior speakers with extensive experience review and analyze the issues and impacts of networked cultural, natural and scientific heritage. Together, we are using all the Web tools at our disposal to transform communities and organizations.

The deadline for proposals is September 30, 2007. Make your proposal on-line. All proposals are peer-reviewed by an International Program Committee.

MW2008 Co-Chairs