Job: Project Manager, Virtual Terrapin Station

Summary Statement:  Reporting to the University Librarian, the incumbent provides management of the entire IMLS grant funded project, Virtual Terrapin Station: Blending Traditional and Socially Created Archives for Research, Teaching, and Cultural Enrichment. The Project Manager will be a member of the Grateful Dead Archive team and will be directly responsible for the planning, coordination, design, and execution of the archive exhibition website and community web publishing platform.  The Project Manager will oversee communication with the IMLS (the Institute of Museum and Library Services, a grant-making federal agency) including interim and final reports. The Grateful Dead Archive is a multimillion dollar collection that has sparked international interest.  The position is responsible for overseeing the creation and implementation of the “Virtual Terrapin Station” that will incorporate digitized content from the archive plus materials contributed from the Deadhead community.   Specific responsibilities include the development of a detailed project plan to design the website, digitize material for it, build a rights tracking function, and oversee the development of software to enable the exchange of information between library systems.  The project manager has responsibility for the timely and successful distribution of over $1.4 million dollars comprised of the original IMLS grant and matching Library funds according to strict rules and deadlines per the general terms and conditions of the grant.

Project Description:
The University of California, Santa Cruz Campus will digitize materials from its Grateful Dead Archive and make them available in a unique and cutting-edge Web site, the Virtual Terrapin Station. The Virtual Terrapin Station will provide access to Grateful Dead Archive materials and tools to facilitate public contributions to the archive. This project will enable the university to convert a significant part of a traditional archive to digital form and make it available online while simultaneously experimenting with the impact of fostering, creating, and curating of a large, socially constructed archive. The project will develop a click-through permissions form for content contributors and will extend the reach of the Grateful Dead Archive to the academic research community. It will also implement and contribute to the development of the IMLS-funded exhibition tool, Omeka (http://omeka.org/). 

Payroll Title: MSP I, salary: $60,000-$108,000 (full salary range); commensurate with qualifications and experience. The position is a temporary, full time position, funded through 3/31/12, with possible extension.

Supervisor: Virginia Steel, University Librarian, Principal Investigator

Supervision Received: Under general direction of the University Librarian, the Project Manager formulates policy for the project administration and establishes the methods to reach the goals of the technology project.

Supervision Given:  Programmer Analyst, Student Assistants
 
See the PDF for further details and required qualifications.
 
To Apply:  
Interested candidates must apply through the Staff Human Resources website at
http://jobs.ucsc.edu.
 
Closing Date: The position is open until filled. Initial review date of applications will
begin on March 21, 2010. In order to receive full consideration, all materials should
arrive by that date.