CT
Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the
Humanities located in Middletown, Connecticut, seeks a full-time (37.5
hours), CT Digital Heritage Program Coordinator.
CT Humanities (CTH) administers the Connecticut Humanities Fund, maintains the websites connecticuthistory.org and teachitct.org,
operates the CT Center for the Book, and provides support to
Connecticut’s cultural organizations through grantmaking and capacity
building. With $30.7M of funding from the state in the current biennium,
CTH has expanded its grantmaking, partnerships, and statewide public
humanities projects.
Description:
Reporting to the Manager of Partnerships and Projects, the Digital
Heritage Coordinator will collaborate with stakeholders around
Connecticut to develop a program that fosters a community of practice
around cultural heritage collections, with a focus on digital
collections. The incumbent will engage with people and organizations
around the state to convene and maintain working groups, develop
training programs/workshops, and create a network of knowledge around
the many aspects of digital collections to support CTH’s Statewide
Digital Initiative. Current projects include developing an asset map of
digital collection systems, resources, and projects around the state;
convening working groups and committees for the Statewide Digital
Initiative; developing workflows to ensure preservation of output of CTH
funded projects.
For a job description and to apply, please visit https://cthumanities.org/about-us/employment/. Deadline: September 28, 2022.
