History Collection Archival Internship, Vermont Historical Society, Barre, VT

Posted April 1, 2016

Barre History Collection Archival Interns: Job Descriptions

The Project:

The Vermont Historical Society seeks to hire one full-time, pre-professional and one part-time, paraprofessional intern for ten weeks during the summer of 2016. The interns will work to process and catalog the manuscript and archival portions of the Barre History Collection (BHC).

The collection is currently housed at the Vermont History Center in Barre. It was acquired from the Aldrich Public Library in 2014 and, along with a significant artifact collection, represents the holdings of the former Barre Historical Society. There are approximately 95 archival collections in various stages of processing that need to be completed.

The interns will work to arrange, describe, research, and catalog the BHC collections following the established practices and standards of the Vermont Historical Society library. The paraprofessional intern will process small collections, create folder inventories, write finding aids, and create box labels.  The pre-professional intern will process larger collections, create finding aids for those collections, review and revise finding aids created by the paraprofessional intern, and create MARC records for all BHC collections.

VHS has a small staff so interns will be exposed to many different aspects of the workings of a state historical society. They will be required on occasion to help with larger institution wide projects and events.

Pre-professional Job Qualifications:

• College graduate; partial or complete MLS degree.
• Knowledge of AACR2r.
• Ability to create MARC records.
• Coursework in archives or a demonstrated understanding of the operations of an archival collection.
• Knowledge of Vermont history preferred.
• Excellent computer skills.
• Reliable means of transportation.
• Ability to lift a minimum of 25 pounds over head.
• Salary: $15 an hour for a maximum of 400 hours.

Paraprofessional Job Qualifications:

• College degree.
• At least one year of experience in a library, archives, or museum or archives working with collections.
• Knowledge of Vermont history preferred.
• Excellent computer skills, especially word processing.
• Ability to follow instructions and work with others.
• Reliable means of transportation.
• Ability to lift  a minimum of 25 pounds over head.
• Salary: $10.00 an hour for a maximum of 100 hours.

Work setting and schedule:

The project will take place at the Vermont Historical Society’s Vermont History Center, in Barre, Vermont.

Internship is for a 10 week period between mid May and end of August 2016.

Work week will be Monday – Friday from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.

If you are interested please e-mail your cover letter and resume with contact information for three references to:

Paul Carnahan, Librarian
[email protected]

Applications deadline April 22, 2016