Moving Image Librarian and Editor

Overview:
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum seeks a Moving Image Librarian 
and Editor to work within the Library and Digital Collections Division of the 
Museum Services Department.  The successful candidate must have strong 
technology skills, the ability to focus on detail-oriented work, work 
collaboratively in a team environment, and maintain a congenial demeanor. The 
Moving Image Librarian and Editor must have excellent communication skills, 
ease in navigating various software platforms, including CONTENTdm and Past 
Perfect, basic editing techniques, and moving image metadata and collection 
organization knowledge. This position requires the ability to perform basic 
troubleshooting for moving image and video equipment.  Training will be 
provided for some aspects of the technical work specific to this position, and 
repair technicians will aid in repair and equipment upkeep. 

The Moving Image collection at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum 
contains approximately 30,000 items on a variety of film and video formats from 
dates ranging from the 1920’s to the present. The collection contains feature 
films, early country music TV shows, “orphan” works, home movies, oral 
histories, interviews, awards shows, and performance footage documenting 
nearly a century of North American country and vernacular music. Footage from 
the collection is used for scholarly research, in documentary films and news 
reports, in public screenings, in CMF exhibits, and in CMF public programming 
and video screenings.

About CMHFM:
Accredited by the American Association of Museums in 1987, the Country Music 
Hall of Fame and Museum is operated by the Country Music Foundation, a non-
profit, 501(c)(3) educational organization chartered by the state of Tennessee 
in 1964. The mission of the CMF is to identify and preserve the evolving history 
and traditions of country music and to educate its audiences. Functioning as a 
local history museum and as an international arts organization, the CMF serves 
visiting and non-visiting audiences including fans, students, scholars, members 
of the music industry, and the general public – in the Nashville area, the nation, 
and world. With the same educational mission, the Foundation also operates 
the Museum’s Frist Library and Archive, CMF Press, CMF Records, historic RCA 
Studio B, and Hatch Show Print.  CMF recently completed a 3-year 
construction project which more than doubled its exhibition and education 
space and plans to complete the new, temperature and RH-controlled vault to 
house its collection of over 1 million photos, audio recording, moving images, 
and 3D artifacts are underway.

Moving Image Librarian and Editor:

Background checks are required for all Museum Services employees.  This is a 
permanent full-time position with health and dental insurance, paid vacation 
and sick leave, and benefits. 

Duties Include:

Catalog film/moving image collections.
Digitize film/moving image collections according to divisional priorities.
Answer (external and internal: programs/exhibits/education) reference, 
licensing, and research and access requests for film/moving image collection via 
phone, email, or in person.
Actively pursue licensing opportunities according to divisional protocol.
Edit/compile materials as needed for exhibits and programming.
Identify potential grant opportunities for film/moving image collection according 
to divisional priorities, and contributes writing as needed.
Maintain relationships with donors.
Research, pull, digitize, edit, and curate moving images components for 
exhibits, public programs, researchers, and production facilities.
Train and supervise volunteers and interns, as approved by supervisor.
Answer/handle film/video reference requests and licensing, as approved.
Work according to changing daily priorities, demonstrates flexibility and ability 
to shift between multiple tasks effectively.
Perform duties with professionalism, which includes relating to others in group 
settings and individually in a courteous, cooperative, sensitive, and collegial 
manner.
Position includes a variety of administrative responsibilities such as budget 
preparation, and preparation of information for the departments of education, 
development, and PR/marketing.
Other tasks as needed.
Contribute to the overall goals of the department as appropriate.
Reports to Director of Library & Digital Collections.

Requirements:

3 years minimum experience in digital preservation of moving formats for 
archival and access purposes and Master’s Degree in Library and Information 
Science from an ALA accredited institution (preferred).

Experience with CONTENTdm or similar digital asset management system.

Proficiency with digital editing software including Final Cut Pro.

Excellent knowledge of digitization theory and practice for video and film 
collections.

Strong knowledge of legacy video equipment and formats including but not 
limited to: ¾” u-matic tape, 1” open reel, 2” open reel, VHS, DVD, beta, beta 
sp, digibeta.

Excellent knowledge of analog to digital workflows for video.

Excellent knowledge of standards in the field of video preservation; ability to 
remain current on developments in the field.

Basic knowledge of country music and American vernacular music is preferred.

Excellent time management skills; ability to work efficiently with tight deadlines.

Applicant should be detail oriented. 

The ability to multi-task will be considered an asset.

Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.

Sound judgment to identify and report problems to supervisors and contribute 
to resolving them.


To Apply:
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Country Music Foundation is an equal opportunity employer.



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