Job Description
General Description
Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (RILM) is seeking to hire a part-time Assistant Editor to work in our offices at the CUNY Graduate Center.
Responsibilities include but not limited to:
- Creating new entries and editing existing entries in the RILM database from musical scores and online bibliographic sources
- Checking each bibliographic detail for accuracy and consistency, and ensuring that RILM’s bibliographic and style rules are followed
- Verifying new entries against the RILM database and other bibliographic sources, including OCLC’s WorldCat where applicable
- Locating and checking out scores from libraries as necessary
Other Duties
Candidate will need to interpret bibliographic data, sometimes quite limited, to determine a specific publication, music score, sound recording, electronic resource, etc., and accurately enter that publication into the RILM database, or accurately edit existing data. Willingness to help with administrative duties is a plus.
Qualifications
The candidate for this position must have:
- solid knowledge of music
- ability to read musical notation
- strong written English skills
- keen eye for bibliographic detail
- Previous experience with iBis and bibliographic databases
- familiarity with German (especially), French, or other European languages in addition to English, are significant plusses
- Strong organizational skills
- experience with computers (particularly databases and word processing)
- ability to work independently, but also with many diverse personalities in close proximity, is important
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout the Research Foundation
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Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Key Features
Répertoire International de Littérature
Part Time
$17.00-$17.00
0.00-19.00
Jun 13, 2023 (Or Until Filled)