[NHCOLL-L:299] Job Announcement: Collection Manager

[Mike Taylor]

[Posted on behalf of Hank Bart. Please direct all inquiries to Dr. Bart at
hank at museum.tulane.edu.]


COLLECTIONS MANAGER, TULANE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY


Tulane University seeks a Collections Manager for the Tulane Museum of
Natural History.  The Museum is located in Belle Chasse, LA, 15 miles south
of New Orleans (for more information about the Museum, please visit our web
site at www.museum.tulane.edu). The primary responsibility for this
position is managing daily operations of the Tulane Fish Collection, a
"National Center of Ichthyology Resource Collection" with over 7 million
specimens. Typical duties in the Fish Collection include accessioning and
computer-cataloging new collections, responding to inquiries, processing
loans, and assisting professional visitors.  Other responsibilities include
overseeing the work of two grant-supported curatorial assistants,
maintaining the Fish Collection's electronic catalog, and assisting the
curators of other collections in the Museum (Mammalogy, Herpetology, and
Invertebrates).  Applicants must have a B.A./B.S. in biological sciences,
with training in general ichthyology, and at least two years experience
with ichthyological collections, curatorial procedures, supplies and
equipment.  Expertise with microcomputers is strongly desired.

Submit curriculum vitae, a statement of professional goals and
qualifications, and names and contact information for three references to
the address below by 22 November 1999.

Collections Manager Search/Museum of Natural History
Personnel Services
Collins C. Diboll Complex
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70118

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Henry L. Bart, Jr.
Director, and Curator of Fishes
Tulane University Museum of Natural History
Belle Chasse LA 70037
http://www.museum.tulane.edu/museum/reshank.html
E-mail address: hank at museum.tulane.edu
Voice: 504-394-1711
Fax: 504-394-5045