Welcome to MANY’s Career Headquarters

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What You’ll Find Here:

• How to Post a Position Listing
• Position Listings
• Professional Development Opportunities
• Human Resource Issues & Answers (including links to other job listings!)
    

How to Post a Position Listing

NEW!  MANY Position Listings Now Online!

Need to list a position quickly? Want to list for a short amount of time…or maybe for several months? Want to be in control of when to list?

To serve you better, MANY has shifted its entire position listing program from its monthly e-newsletter format to its website under Career HQ.

Here’s what you need to know:

1. To be listed, jobs must be museum, culture, or humanities related.
2. Using our template, you create the job listing.
3. You select the length of time the listing will appear on the website.
4. You pay for the listing with a credit card at the time you submit it. If you do not have a credit card, select INVOICE and we will send you an invoice by email for snail mail.
5. New job listings are usually posted on MANY's web site immediately.

Rates

	Length of Time	MANY Member  Rate	Non-Member  Rate
	1 week	$15	$25
	2 weeks	$25	$45
	3 weeks	$35	$60
	1 month	$45	$75
	2 months	$75	$140
	3 months	$100	$175
	4 months	$150	$220
	5 months	$200	$285
	6 months	$230	$350

And, don’t forget:

Equal Employment Opportunity is the law. It is prohibited to discriminate in hiring and all other aspects of employment on the basis of gender, race, age, sex, religion, ethnicity, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other category. For guidelines, visit the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Job listing content is the sole responsibility of the originating organization. MANY reserves the right to refuse illegal or "spam" job listings.

Making Changes to a Listing
If you would like to make changes to a listing you have already submitted, or if you notice errors in a listing that has already been posted on the web site, please email your changes to info@manyonline.org.

Questions?
If you have any other questions, comments, or suggestions, please email us at info@manyonline.org

Get started here!

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Positions

Click here for the position listings, or to enter a new position listing.
 

Professional Development Opportunities
Calendar: 2009
April 30-May 4:  American Association of Museums Annual Meeting, The Museum Experiment, Philadelphia.  For information, www.aam-us.org.

May 27-29:  Digital Directions:  Fundamentals of Creating and Managing Digital Collections, sponsored by the Northeast Document Conservation Center.  San Diego. For information, Julie Martin, jmartin@nedcc.org; www.nedcc.org.

June 18-20:  Americans For The Arts Annual Convention, Seattle, WA.
Americans for the Arts announces its 2009 annual convention, titled Renewable Resources: Arts in Sustainable Communities.  To find out more information, click here.

July 1:  Call for Papers.  The Museum History Journal is now accepting manuscripts for volume 3 of the journal.  Manuscripts for volume 3, no. 1 (published in January 2010) will be received and processed until 1 July 2009.  Manuscripts for volume 3, no. 2 (published in July 2010) will be received and processed until 1 December 2009.

The Museum History Journal is a refereed international publication of
critical evaluative histories relating to museums published by Left
Coast Press, Inc., Walnut Creek, CA.  In the past, museum history
scholarship has appeared in academic journals from myriad disciplines,
making scholarly discourse difficult. We are filling this void and
serving as a forum for scholars interested in this exciting area of
research.

Our definition of the term “museum” includes not only a broad range of
museum types, including natural history, anthropology, archaeology, fine
art, history, medical, and science and technology, but also related
cultural institutions, such as aquaria, zoos, botanical gardens,
arboreta, nature centers, historical societies and sites, architectural
sites, archives, and planetariums. A variety of scholarly approaches,
such as analytical, narrative, historical, cultural, social,
quantitative, and intellectual, are being published.
 
Areas of inquiry that are of interest include: cultural and social
analyses that evaluate the impact of museums and/or related institutions
in the context of a particular time period; intellectual histories that
emphasize museum philosophy; architectural histories that investigate
museum spaces in a cultural context; critical histories of
museum-related professions, museum management, collection management,
curation, field collection, preparation, collections conservation,
exhibit design, and education; the development, management, and use of
collections; histories of exhibitions and public programs; abbreviated
biographies of significant museum figures with emphasis on contributions
made to respective institutions; professionalization of the myriad
museum communities; and critical institutional histories.

We have been fortunate to assemble an outstanding international
editorial board who represent the broad range of disciplines. The board,
consisting of 36 members from 11 nations on six continents, represents
our commitment to make this a truly international journal.

Instructions for authors can be found on the Left Coast Press, Inc.,
website at http://www.lcoastpress.com/journal.php?id=6.  The journal is
co-edited by Hugh H. Genoways and Mary Anne Andrei.  Manuscripts should
be submitted electronically to hgenoways1@unl.edu.  Juliet Burba serves
as Editor for Book Reviews.  Recommendation for books to be reviewed and
indications of interests in writing reviews may be sent to
burba@thebakken.org.

August 21-24:  8^th Annual Kennedy Center Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability and Training for ADA/504 Coordinators and Accessibility Managers, Fort Lauderdale.  For information, www.kennedy-center.org/lead; access@kennedy-center.org 

October 17-18, 2009:  2009 Western Frontier Symposium, Moving Frontiers: Early Transportation in the Mohawk Valley  Location: Johnstown, New York (Fulton Montgomery Community College).  For information, Dr. Robin Campbell, Curator New York State Bureau of Historic Sites, PO Box 219, Waterford, NY 12188; robin.campbell@oprhp.state.ny.us

October 18-21:  Invigorating Museums, 2009 Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums’ Annual Meeting.  Saratoga Springs.  For information, www.midatlanticmuseums.org.

Online Opportunities

Ø  Upstate History Alliance

Mini Courses.  For course descriptions and registration information, www.upstatehistory.org.

Ø  Americans for the Arts Webinars

Webinar Archive
Americans for the Arts has recorded and archived each webinar produced from September to December 2008. If there was a topic you missed and would like to see, please visit the Webinar Registration Site, and scroll down to On-Demand Webinars. 

Ø  SOLINET Preservation Classes

For more information or to register, contact Education Services at 1-800-999-8558, es@solinet.net or visit our website at http://www.solinet.net/. Click on Classes and Events for full descriptions and online registration.  These classes are funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of Preservation and Access.

Ø  The Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) Preservation 101 - Online Preservation Course

The Northeast Document Conservation Center is pleased to announce a
suite of new products that address the training needs of archivists,  librarians, and museum and historical society professionals. The free, online tools were developed primarily with grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and ongoing support from the National Endowment for the Humanities for NEDCC's Field Service program.  NEDCC is grateful to the many project partners and participants who helped develop these products.

THE FOLLOWING ARE LINKS TO NEW TOOLS:
dPlan: The Online Disaster Planning Tool, is currently being used by 
more than 2,400 individuals to write institutional disaster plans. dPlan
Lite, a streamlined response tool, will be made available by October 2, 2008, to simplify the process for smaller institutions: www.dplan.org   (http://northeastdocumentconservationcenter.cmail3.com/l/512659/4r4lqi1t/y
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Preservation 101 is a free distance-education course on preservation 
administration designed especially for practitioners who don't have
ready access to training opportunities. It is also useful as a handy 
reference for professionals who receive inquiries from the public:
www.preservation101.org (http://northeastdocumentconservationcenter.cmail3.com/l/512659/4r4lqi1t/6 )

Toolkit on Surveying Digital Readiness contains checklists and 
information to help institutions contract for an in-depth survey of the
preservation needs of their digital holdings. The tools also support 
digital preservation consultants who undertake such surveys:
www.nedcc.org/resources/digtools.php ( http://northeastdocumentconservationcenter.cmail3.com/l/512659/4r4lqi1t/4)

Toolkit on What's Wrong With This Picture contains readings and 
resources on preservation and digitization of photograph collections,
based on a highly successful three-day workshop series: www.nedcc.org/resources/wwwtptools.php   (http://northeastdocumentconservationcenter.cmail3.com/l/512659/4r4lqi1t/j  )

Preservation Education Curriculum is an instructor's guide for a 
semester-long preservation course for graduate programs in librarianship and archives. It includes 13 detailed lesson plans with activities, assignments, and readings, as well as an online image library to help illustrate each lesson. The balance of topics represents consensus among a national advisory committee of preservation experts and educators: www.nedcc.org/curriculum/lesson.introduction.php (http://northeastdocumentconservationcenter.cmail3.com/l/512659/4r4lqi1t/t  )

The Coordinated Statewide Emergency Preparedness (COSTEP) framework is a cooperative planning process for area-wide disasters that brings together state agencies, cultural institutions, emergency management agencies, and first responders: www.nedcc.org/services/disaster.costep.php (http://northeastdocumentconservationcenter.cmail3.com/l/512659/4r4lqi1t/i  )

A new edition of NEDCC'S Preservation Leaflets, updated and  expanded, will be available by December 2008. It includes new topics 
such as disaster planning for digital assets and moving library collections: www.nedcc.org/resources/leaflets.introduction.php   (http://northeastdocumentconservationcenter.cmail3.com/l/512659/4r4lqi1t/d  )

We welcome your feedback. If you would like to comment on the 
Center's new preservation tools, contact Julie Martin, jmartin@nedcc.org

Ø  Also check out www.museumclasses.org for online courses.  

Workshops

Ø  American Association of Museums’ Professional Education schedule can be found at www.aam-us.org.

Ø  American Association for State and Local History.

A roster of workshops for 2009 can be found at www.aaslh.org/workshop.htm. Respected professionals in the field develop the series and each workshop is designed with limited class sizes to give you the best professional development experience.

Ø  National Preservation Institute

For the 2009 listing of professional seminars in historic preservation and cultural resource management that are offered by NPI, please visit www.npi.org.

Technical Assistance

The New York Folklore Society offers short-term technical assistance to individuals, organizations, folklorists, and community scholars who are involved in the documentation and presentation of folklore and folk arts in New York State. For information, Eileen Condon, Outreach Coordinator, 518-346-7008 x2; or visit www.nyfolklore.org.

Travel Funds

Use NYSCA GO! Grants to register or travel to many of these development opportunities. Contact the Upstate History Alliance for more information, 800-895-1648; info@upstatehistory.org

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Human Resource Issues & Answers

Job Listings & Career Information

MuseumStuff.com - Topical directory pages on items of interest to those who work in and around museums. One of the directories lists websites for job searching in the museum profession.

Museum employment - Excellent site for internship and full-time opportunities in U.S. museums and other cultural resource institutions. Also offers links to museum studies graduate programs and a resume posting service.

Museum Resource Board - Museum yellow pages, job, internship, and resume boards, museum education and training information.

Aviso Employment Resources Online - Job bank for museum professionals (includes internships, fellowships) and links to career information. (American Association of Museums' job bank)

Preserve/Net - Architectural preservation job listings, including internships, and links to other websites such as the Smithsonian internships

Global Museum - International museum webzine read in over 90 countries. Features museum news, vacancies.

US Museum Directory - Directory of US museum website links.

Museophile - Virtual library of international museums webpages. Also has discussion forums.

Smithsonian Institution Office of Human Resources Job descriptions - Provides job descriptions for many museum jobs.


2006-2007 MANY Salary and Benefits Survey

• Annual salary information for 72 positions reported by 123 New York State institutions
• Full-time and part-time positions reported
• Data sorted by budget size, institution location and discipline

• benefits benchmarking, including insurance, retirement programs, vacations and leaves
• financial statistics
• policy trends
• staff recruitment, training and evaluation trends

NYC Salary Data Available
Professionals for NonProfits has published its 2008 salary survey for New York City Nonprofits.  Data includes arts organizations.

Compensating Museum Management and Staff: What is Fair and Reasonable?
Download this report by Lawrence Associates, which was presented at this year's Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums conference in Philadelphia. The report explores the human resource challenges facing museums and historical organizations in the mid-Atlantic region in the coming years; discusses practices related to employee compensation and non-monetary recognition; and provides some useful direction when thinking about executive compensation. Lawrence Associates is a Massachusetts-based compensation consulting firm.

Check out the following Web sites for comparative salary and benefit data:

      http://www.nonprofitstaffing.com/salarysurvey.asp

http://www.careerbuilder.com/salary/salary.html
and the salary wizard

http://www.abbott-langer.com/snofsumm.html
an NPO benefits study

There are several studies about salaries in NPOs, which cost money to access, but these sites have a theme -- salaries are rising:

http://www.tmcenter.org/quarterly/9_comp.html

http://www.nptimes.com/Feb01/sr1.html

http://www.guidestar.org/services/comp_price.stm

A helpful resource for crafting/revising personnel policies is Creating Your Employee Handbook: A Do-it-Yourself Kit for Non-Profits by Leyna Bernstein, published by Jossey-Bass. The book offers 3 versions of each policy: the Creative Approach, primarily for small or informal organizations; the By-the-Book Approach, for mid-sized or traditional agencies; and the Leading-Edge Approach, for large or progressive institutions.

It comes with sample policies on disk to make it easy to edit to fit your organization. It also has an index of state-specific policies and includes good suggestions on formatting the handbook.

You will still want legal counsel to review your policies, but this book helps get the right philosophies and words down on paper. It costs about $55.

Daring to Lead:  Nonprofit Executive Directors and Their Work Experience is a report published by CompassPoint Nonprofit Services (August 2001) that examines professional experience, compensation, tenure trends, and executive training and support.  The data is based on the responses of more than 1,000 executive directors from around the country.  Among the key findings:

* Women substantially outnumber men in nonprofit executive director positions -- in most regions they make up 60% or more of the population; men disproportionately lead large agencies.

* Women executives are paid less than their male counterparts for the same jobs, with the differential being especially acute among large agencies.

* Despite enjoying their work and reporting to be very skilled at it, fewer than half of current executives plan to take on another executive director role.

* The most significant challenges are high stress, long hours, anxiety about agency finances, fundraising, and managing people.

* Boards have an impact on executive tenure and satisfaction and on agency success.  Help with board development was requested by 23% of the respondents.

This 46-page report is available at:  www.compasspoint.org/research/Daring.pdf

Also worth checking into is Professional Development in the 21st Century:  A Survey of ASTC CEOs (1999). Sponsored by the Association of Science-Technology Centers, the survey looks at the extent and use of professional development, from conferences to journal subscriptions; their funding and impact.  Access the survey at www.astc.org.

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