----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Leech-wilkinson" <[log in to unmask]> > PROJECT COORDINATOR > AHRC CENTRE FOR THE HISTORY AND ANALYSIS OF RECORDED MUSIC > > Applications are invited for the post of Web Project Coordinator in the > AHRC-funded Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music (CHARM), > based in the Department of Music, King's College London. This is a fixed-term > appointment for three years from 1 April 2006. > > The successful candidate will continue the development and management of a > website consisting of a database of pre-War recordings of classical music, > supplemented by links to existing web-based resources relevant to research into > recorded music, and material generated by CHARM. Day-to-day tasks include > editing data received from contributors in word processing, spreadsheet and > database files, preparing it to be transferred to the online database, and > inputting data from printed, typewritten and manuscript sources, as well as > dealing with email and written correspondence from contributors and users. The > coordinator will be responsible for developing contacts with archivists, > collectors, discographers and other experts on recorded music, seeking material > to add to the website, and will liaise with staff at the Centre for Computing > in > the Humanities at King's College who design and maintain the website. > > He or she will be capable of meticulous accuracy in repetitive tasks, and must > be able to work independently and as part of a team as well as show initiative > and the ability to prioritise. Experience with a range of office and internet > software is essential; experience with web-based database programs is > desirable. You must have good written and oral English and organisational > skills. And you must have wide-ranging knowledge of musical repertoires in > order to be able to recognize titles of musical compositions, names of > composers and performers, voice and instrument types, and other information > found in discographies, in a variety of spellings and languages. > > The salary will be on of the CRA4 scale, currently �18,876 to �21,416 per annum > including �2,323 London Allowance. Please quote reference H4/AAM/17/06. > The sad fact is that I would be uniquely qualified...EXCEPT that I'm on the wrong side of "the pond," too old (I have 78's younger than I am!) and only have a B.A. (and that not in library science!)... Steven C. Barr