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Hi Norman and others. I wanted to pass along this announcement of a opening for a curatorial position at the Alaska Museum of the North forwarded to me by my colleague Dr. Michael Whalen (co-chair) from the University of Alaska-Fairbanks. FYI and please forward to any paleo-types you know who might be interested. Job Posting Summary The University of Alaska Museum of the North and the Department of Geology & Geophysics at the University of Alaska Fairbanks invite applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position as Curator of Earth Sciences. We seek a dynamic individual who will instill his/her passion for paleontology into both students and the public. Applicants who can successfully implement their vision for using natural history collections on the leading edge of science are especially encouraged to apply. Questions about this announcement can be addressed to Molly Lee (ffmcl@uaf.edu). The University of Alaska is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Knowledge, skills and abilities required for this position. The successful candidate is expected to: establish a vigorous, externally funded research program; curate the Museum's Earth Sciences collections; collaborate with existing faculty with interests in sedimentology, stratigraphy, geochronology, Quaternary geology, and paleoclimatic or paleoenvironmental reconstruction; teach at least one course per year; and advise undergraduate, M.S. and Ph.D. students. Preferred applicants will have a strong background in developing, managing, and using museum collections, and in a specialized research area in Paleontology, which is flexible. Experience working with or teaching diverse student populations is desirable. A newly expanded museum, collections laboratory, start-up funds and supercomputer facilities are available. Further information about both the Department and Museum is available at www.uaf.edu/geology and www.uaf.edu/museum. Typical education or training required for this position (including licenses). Requirements include an earned Ph.D. in Paleontology or closely related field by start date, and a demonstrated exellence in research. Interest or experience in teaching and curation are desirable Length of time and type of experience required for this position. Demonstrated excellence in research required. Post doctoral, curation, teaching and/or other professional career experience is preferred. also see: http://www.uakjobs.com/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1163628952549 cheers, -- Mike Quoting "N. MacLeod" <N.MacLeod@nhm.ac.uk>: > Dear PaleoNet Subscriber: > > Time marches on and, believe it or not, so does PaleoNet. Itıs been a while > now since the list has had a technical upgrade and, though weıve been > getting along better than ever before technically, thereıs always room for > improvement. Recently the NHM has recommended all the listservers it hosts > migrate from the Majordomo software to GNUıs Mailmanı software. This is a > more feature-rich, web-savvy, and security-aware system that should improve > the PaleoNet experience for everyone. > > > So, whatıs going to be different? > Quite a bit behind the scenes and a few things in front as well. One of the > most important changes will be the PaleoNet password. All subscribers will > be issued a password theyıll use to access the new subscriber web interface > (see below), change subscriber settings and so forth. When we migrate to the > new list everyone will be sent their PaleoNet password. > > Under Mailman subscriptions and unsubscriptions will be handled via a web > interface. That should simplify these procedures for everyone. New > subscribers will access a web page and enter their e-mail address, name > (optional), and select some basic options (e.g., straight list subscription > or weekly digest subscription). Thus, the PaleoNet Digest will become an > option for everyone subscribed to PaleoNet, not a separate list. If you want > to take a break from constant PaleoNet messages for a time and convert your > subscription to the digest format (or back again) it will all be just a few > mouse-clicks away. All user options will be managed through a PaleoNet > (Mailman) web site that will be able to be accessed anytime, anywhere, by > anyone with a valid PaleoNet password. > > The PaleoNet archives will also change from the custom-built system weıre > currently operating to an archive-management system built into the Mailman > software. One downside is that the back archives wonıt be able to be > migrated into the PaleoNet (Mailman) Archive. But never fear. They wonıt be > lost. Weıll just freeze the current PaleoNet Archives and maintain that as a > frozen document store in the NHM web site. > > Last, but not least, those poor souls who donıt subscribe to PaleoNet will > also be able to post messages to the list, though only after Iıve reviewed > and approved them. That will actually make life a bit simpler for me as I > presently receive many requests to post messages to the list that I then > have to copy and send to PaleoNet by hand. > > There are a number of other changes that will occur under Mailman, but those > have to do with list management. Theyıll affect my PaleoNet experience > dramatically (and for the better), but not yours. > > > Howıs it going to happen? > Changing list software is always a bit exciting in that you have no idea > whatıs going to happen until you actually do it. The plan is as follows. > > 1.) Freeze the subscribership list. > 2.) Take PaleoNet (Majordomo) offline. > 3.) Mass subscribe everyone on the PaleoNet (Majordomo) list to the Mailman > system. > 4.) Make the necessary adjustments to the NHM e-mail system. > 5.) Bring PaleoNet (Mailman) online. > > > Whenıs it going to happen? > The plan is to have PaleoNet (Mailman) up and running by the end of the > week. > > Do I need to do anything? > No. If everything goes as planned the actual change should be pretty much > invisible to the current subscribers. Once the subscribership list is frozen > everyoneıs address on that list will be mass subscribedı to PaleoNet > (Mailman). When that happens everyone will be sent a brief welcome to > PaleoNet (Mailman)ı e-mail and their password. No action will need to be > taken (except, of course, for putting the password someplace safeı). The > initial passwords youıll get will be simple, random, alphanumeric strings. > Those who want to change their passwords will need to access the PaleoNet > (Mailman) web page (the url will be sent along with the Welcomeı e-mail) > and follow the instructions there. Thatıs it. Once the migration has been > completed and weıre reasonably sure it was successful Iıll post an e-mail to > the list containing a new PaleoNet Userıs Guide for everyoneıs reference. > > Let me close by thanking you all for being part of the PaleoNet community. > Since we began way back in 94 PaleoNet has developed into a regular part of > the paleontological landscape. Indeed, itıs getting difficult to recall how > we ever got along without it. Thatıs down to all of you who have been > PaleoNet subscribers and supporters over the years. Itıs been my great > pleasure to be your host for the last 12 years. Iım looking forward to the > next 12. > > Regards. > > Norm MacLeod > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Prof. Norman MacLeod > Keeper of Palaeontology > The Natural History Museum > Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD > > > (0)207 942-5204 (Office) > (0)207 942-5546 (Fax) > http://www.nhm.ac.uk//research-curation/staff-directory/ > palaeontology/cv-5463.html (Web Page) > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using Illinois State University Webmail.
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