Freelance Journalist to work on 24 Hour Museum website
Contract Term: 32 days over a two/three month period (to be agreed)
Start Date: mid-June 2008
Rate of Pay: £60 per day
Based at: Culture24 offices in central Brighton

Deadline for applications: 12 noon on Wednesday June 4th 2008
Interview: Friday June 6th in Brighton

OVERVIEW

Summary of Responsibilities:
The Digital Projects Manager will be responsible for overall planning and management of projects related to the Library's digital collection. He/she will perform detailed analysis of digitization and digital collection projects. Analysis includes functional needs assessment and requirements specification for new digital collections; specification of workflows for digitizing or capturing, loading, producing metadata for digital library collections; developing budgets for new projects and managing approved projects to completion. Duties include preparation of proposals for projects and developing work plans, schedules and budgets for proposed projects, as well as maintaining documentation for approved projects and preparing status reports. Responsible for the management of digitization projects at various stages from conception through completion.

Requirements:

Pre-qualification for Invitation to Tender for Digital Wedgwood Hardware contract.

Interested companies are invited to submit pre-qualification documentation for supply, installation and commissioning of the Digital Wedgwood hardware. The pre-qualification document can be obtained on request from Intelligent Heritage (a.cooper@intelligentheritage.com)

The closing date for submitting pre-qualification documents is Friday 29th February 2008.

Background
The Wedgwood Museum aims to be at the centre of learning for the heritage of the ceramic industry, the Wedgwood family and cultural background of the Potteries. Its collections are designated of national importance by the Museums Libraries and Archives Council.

A new £10.2m museum - made possible by a £5.85m grant from HLF - is due to open in summer 2008

Information Technology Consulting - Admissions and Point of Sales Systems
Evaluation and Data Integration Services

The Scottish Museums Council is seeking a contractor to develop resources for MICHAEL, the online resource which provides access to European digital collections: http://www.michael-culture.org.uk/ .

Expression of interest form available at: http://www.scottishmuseums.org.uk/news/2007/MICHAEL.asp .

Deadline for otes of interest submissions is Thursday 22 November 2007.

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