Welcome to Maine Folklife Center
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Job Opening:
University of Maine
Archives Manager
Maine Folklife Center
The University of Maine, Maine Folklife Center is seeking a qualified candidate to fill a professional position for curating analog and digital recordings, photographs and documents in the Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History. This is full-time, one year fixed length position.
Responsibilities and Duties: The Archives Manager will communicate daily with the Director and weekly with the archivist at the American Folklife Center throughout the digitization process. The Primary responsibility of this position is to prepare audio materials for digitization and to digitize photographs and documents following best practices set forth by the Library of Congress.
Minimum Qualifications: Master’s Degree in Folklore or American Studies and Archival Science. Knowledge of and experience with digital audio/photo/document preservation best practices. For a full job description with both required and preferred criteria please visit: http://jobs.umaine.edu. The finalist for this position must successfully complete appropriate background checks.
Salary range is $34,695 – $38,000.
How to Apply: Review of applications will begin immediately. Send letter of application, complete vitae, transcripts, and a minimum of three current letters of recommendation to:
Pauleena MacDougall
5773 South Stevens Hall
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469
207 581-1848
Fax: 207 581-1823
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS TO PRESERVE MAINE FOLKLIFE COLLECTION
A new collaboration between the Library of Congress’ American Folklife Center and the University of Maine will preserve all the original recordings, transcripts and photographs from the Northeast Archives. That collection, the entire holdings of the Northeast Archives of Folklore and History, is part of UMaine’s Folklife Center.
The library will acquire the entire collection, preserve it at its state-of-the art facilities and serve it online and in person to researchers from around the world. Copies in digital form will remain accessible at UMaine’s Maine Folklife Center.
STUDENT PROJECT FEATURED IN UMAINE’S CENTER FOR UNDERGRAD RESEARCH
Kaitlin Anderson (Anthropology major, Earth Sciences & Spanish minor) is featured on the CUGR web site! Kaitlyn is working with Pauleena MacDougall on her honors thesis that will examine the Old Swedish language spoken in New Sweden, Maine through a series of oral interviews conducted with members of that community. Read more about her here:
http://cugr.umaine.edu/?page_id=14
Maine Song and Story Sampler Map website launched with Curriculum Connections Series for k-12 teachers
Supported by the National Endowment for the Arts Grant No. 10-5500-7104: 2010-2011, the Maine Folklife Center has completed the Maine Song and Story Sampler Map with 50 sites around the state. Each site on the map includes a song and story from our collection. In addition, we have included 13 lesson plans for teachers to use the site in the classroom.
NEW MARKETPLACE SITE: You can now purchase our books and recordings on a secure internet site with a credit card. Go to:
https://secure.touchnet.com/C22921_ustores/web/store_main.jsp?STOREID=22&SINGLESTORE=true
Please Note: If you are purchasing books for resale or if you do not normally pay sales tax in Maine please call 207 581-1891 or email folklife@maine.edu for instructions on payment. Thank you
See some of our songs and stories on Broadcastr: 
http://beta.broadcastr.com/Echo.html?author=MAINE_FOLKLIFE
