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TTU Research Aide - Collection Management | Texas Tech University posted Dec 18, 2023
2500 Broadway W
Lubbock, TX 79409
United States
Salary: $15.80 Hr
Performs specialized work in conducting original research. Work is performed under general supervision with evaluation based on accomplishment of assigned objectives and overall effectiveness of project. May supervise research and student assistants.
Major/Essential Functions
Major/Essential Functions
- Coordinates all aspects of collections care, use, and access, ensuring overall safety, preservation, maintenance, and documentation of works of art on view, in storage, and on loan.
- Receives and inventories new acquisitions timely, including documentation, research, and housing; coordinates wh Museum Registrar to facilitate the acquisition process.
- Assists in conducting the accession process timely, including condition reporting, cataloging, photography, housing, and populating vertical and digital files.
- Researches individual artists and works of art to prepare documentation, such as provenance history, value, loan requests, deaccessioning, condition reviews, and catalog data.
- Researches individual artists and works of art to aide in exhibition development, such as bibliographies, articles, images, and promotion materials.
- Seeks rights and reproduction permissions for various uses, including researching copyright holders and facilitating image use requirements.
- Facilitates periodic inventories of the collection and pursues needed updates, corrections, and preventative conservation.
- Maintains records and monitors for accuracy, including initiating software upgrades, database improvements, and regular data backup.
- Collaborates on exhibition logistics, including preparing art, documenting display requirements, and monitoring care of art on view.
- Coordinates and documents movement of objects with Museum Registrar and Museum Exhibits Division for collection exhibitions, programs, and incoming and outgoing loans.
- Maintains multiple collection spaces, including cleanliness, organization, supplies, and monitoring of environmental conditions, risks, and infestation; coordinates needs with Museum Operations.
- Coordinates and monitors access to artworks and assists in responding to requests relating to collections and exhibits.
- Travels to transport works of art locally and regionally.
- Assists with training and supervising student employees in collection related work.
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