Summer Intern- Archives/Reference Center, Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington DC
Posted March 25, 2014
Employer: Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
Location: Washington, DC (Gallery Place-Chinatown/Mt. Vernon Square – metro accessible)
Work schedule: Interns typically start work soon after Memorial Day and can work through Labor Day, however start and end dates are flexible. Office hours are typically Monday through Friday between 9am-5pm.
Position summary: The AAMC Archives seeks a summer intern to work on adding the last 10 years’ worth of documents to the archives for the Council of Academic Societies (CAS), and organizing them in line with the rest of the collection and re-writing the finding aid. Another task will be digitizing the annual meeting programs from 1914 to 2013, so that they are searchable and available on our intranet for AAMC staff to use. If time permits, the staff will also digitize the Presidential Memoranda, which go back to 1957.
The AAMC Reference Center and Mary H. Littlemeyer Archives is a service to staff and members of the public. Reference Center staff provide reference, research, and access to current and historical collections in order to assist staff in leading the academic medicine community to improve the health of all. Our Archives collection ensures adequate and complete documentation of the Association: its origin, development, policies, and activities.
Attention to detail and good verbal and written skills are required. We are seeking a student enrolled in a library science/archives or history graduate program. This 35 hour/week internship pays $15.00 per hour, and the start and finish dates are flexible (preferably May – August).
About AAMC: Founded in 1876 and based in Washington, D.C., the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) is a not-for-profit association representing all 141 accredited U.S. and 17 accredited Canadian medical schools; nearly 400 major teaching hospitals and health systems, including 51 Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers; and 90 academic and scientific societies. Through its many programs and services, the AAMC strengthens the world’s most advanced medical care by supporting the entire spectrum of education, research, and patient care activities conducted by our member institutions.
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