Multimedia Resources Specialist
Stony Brook University Job Location: New York Date Created: 02-08-2016
Multimedia Resources Specialist - 1600008
Required Qualifications (as evidenced by attached resume): For Master's Degree Candidates: Three years of full time experience working with multimedia content (audio, video, other digital formats), including analog to digital conversions, production of digital content, and delivery of content.
For Bachelor's Degree Candidates: Five years of full time experience working with multimedia content (audio, video, other digital formats), including analog to digital conversions, production of digital content, and delivery of content.
Two years of full time experience in a multimedia and/or audiovisual archive, library, or similar organization. Experience in archiving multi-media. Expert knowledge with multimedia (audio, video) recording and digital preservation issues and standards. Expert knowledge of systems and applications for media editing, production and delivery. An in-depth knowledge of music (i.e. knowledge of music file formats and storage media; knowledge of analog to digital conversion processes for various audio media (reel to reel, LP, and cassette converted to mp3 files), knowledge of production and delivery of digital audio for faculty and patron needs). Expert computer skills.
Preferred Qualifications: Experience as a recording engineer, capable of managing a small audio operation. Prior library experience within an academic setting. Experience working and streamlining media systems for delivering content on the web. Experience coordinating efforts to gather, compile and analyze a wide variety of information on industry technology developments. Experience in planning and production of digital projects for teaching and research. Experience in intellectual property rights for digital media. Experience in library information systems for the production and delivery of multi-media projects (i.e. experience with content management systems such as DSpace, Omeka, CONTENTdm, iTunes U platform, etc.; experience with audio streaming systems such as Wowza; experience with web platforms such as WordPress).
Brief Description of Duties: The Multimedia Resources Specialist is part of the Library Information Technology team and contributes to the efforts to continually build and improve digital library collections, systems and services with a special focus on digital multimedia content and formats. The position provides expert analysis and advice on complex program related information technology (IT) issues and problems where new analytical techniques must be developed to identify and evaluation findings. Advises users on the application of equipment and programs computer software, based on operations and changing program requirements, identifies relevant issues. Collects relevant information from multiple varied sources, some which are difficult to access. Supervises all Multimedia stations of the University Libraries (Music, Film, Digital Media) in all Departments and branch libraries. Ensures that computer equipment is operational in all Multimedia Centers of the University Libraries. The selected candidate will be responsible for the following duties:
Special Notes: This is a full time appointment. FLSA Exempt position, not eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA.
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About Stony Brook: Stony Brook University, home to many highly ranked graduate research programs, is located 60 miles from New York City on Long Island's scenic North Shore. Our 1,100-acre campus is home to 24,000 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students and more than 13,500 faculty and staff. SBU is a comprehensive research-intensive university and a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU), which includes 34 public universities among its 62 members. SBU consists of 12 schools and colleges and a teaching hospital that provides state-of-the-art healthcare in the Long Island region. SBU also manages and performs joint research with Brookhaven National Laboratory, the only Department of Energy Laboratory in the Northeast, and shares doctoral programs with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a world-renowned molecular biology institute. Home to the Emerson String Quartet, the Jackson Pollack House in East Hampton, New York, the Mellon Award winning Humanities Institute, and the Southampton Arts Program, and with endeavors that extend to the Turkana Basin Institute in Kenya and the Ranomafana National Park in Madagascar, SBU sustains an international reputation that cuts across the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.
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Job Field: Administrative & Professional (non-Clinical)Primary Location: US-NY-Stony BrookDepartment/Hiring Area: University Libraries-Stony Brook University
Schedule: Full-time Day Shift 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Pass Days: Sat, SunPosting Start Date: Feb 5, 2016Posting End Date: Mar 6, 2016Salary: $61,000 - $71,000
Salary Grade: SL4
Appointment Type:Term
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