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The Sam Noble Museum, University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus is seeking a full-time Collection Manager to be responsible for the daily curatorial operations and management of the museum’s invertebrate paleontology collection. With nearly one million specimens from every major invertebrate Fossil Group, the invertebrate paleontology collection is among the most scientifically important in North America. It contains nearly 3,000 primary type specimens and 7,000 figured specimens. Much of the collection comprises Paleozoic-age specimens from the southern mid-continent, with significant material from the Mesozoic and Cenozoic of Alaska. For more information about the museum, visit the museum website at: samnoblemuseum.ou.edu.
The Collection Manager: supports the development and maintenance of the collection, database, and associated metadata, and supports research and exhibition programs; maintains the Invertebrate Paleontology Collection website, including the online database and image library; ensures proper permits and documentation for field collections, accessions, loans, and exchange of museum specimens; assists the invertebrate paleontology curators, faculty, scholars, and students in accessing and obtaining specimens for their research; assists in organizing and preparing presentations and programs highlighting collection materials and research activities; and trains and supervises students, interns and volunteers, and helps visiting researchers make use of the collection.