Intern: Archive Practicum, Ryerson & Burnham Libraries, Art Institute Chicago, Chicago, IL
Posted November 24, 2015
Founded in 1901, The Ryerson and Burnham Libraries is the third largest art research library in the United States. The Archives’ mission is to collect artists’ and architects’ papers that complement and extend both the 400,000+ volumes of the Libraries’ collection as well as the permanent collections of the museum’s curatorial departments. Architects such as Edward Bennett, Daniel Burnham, Bruce Goff, Bertrand Goldberg, Ludwig Hilberseimer, Mies van der Rohe, Louis Sullivan, and Frank Lloyd Wright are represented in a broad range of papers. As well, the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago is documented through photographs by C.D. Arnold and through a small collection of ephemera. The Century of Progress International Exposition of 1933-1934 in Chicago and the World’s Fair of 1939 in New York are also each represented in an individual archive.
Internship Opportunities
The internship may include a range of different experiences, including:
- Survey, arrange, process, and provide preservation and intellectual access to large and small collections
- Add accruals to existing collections, evaluate and reorganize existing collections to better facilitate access accordingly
- Review and update existing finding aids and encode new finding aids in EAD
- Assist in the establishment, organization, editing, and application of metadata for new and existing digital objects
- Digitize collection items when appropriate and develop content for online exhibits, publications, and other uses as required
- Assist patrons and researchers in navigating collections on-site and online
- Respond to email research inquiries.
Qualifications
Library and Information Science students are preferred, but we also consider anyone who has had work or internship experience in archives, libraries, museums, or who are students or graduates in associated fields such Museum Studies, Architectural History or Architectural Preservation.
How to Apply
Apply via our employment page: https://hrweb.artic.edu/recruit/applyjob.html
Click the option for “external applicant”; then scroll down to towards the bottom of the page and follow the step by step instructions in submitting your application (remember to register first).
We are looking for interns interested in semester long internships (winter/spring 2016). This is a non-compensated/unpaid internship. The internship qualifies for a college credit program. This is a part-time internship and it is required that the intern work, at least, one full day per week.