Spring and Summer Interns, Lesbian Herstory Archives, Brooklyn, NY

Posted March 4, 2019

LHA is looking for students with a strong affinity for the arrangement and organization of materials, sound critical thinking skills and an interest in providing better/broader access to materials by and about the herstory of lesbian activism, creative contributions and everyday lives.

LHA accepts general internship applications on a rolling basis throughout the year.  We are specifically looking for interns to process & catalog video tape, buttons, t-shirt data, banners, subject files, periodicals and books.  We prefer students currently enrolled in library school or archival studies but this is not a requirement.  Internships can be completed for course credit.

Sample Project Descriptions: 

1) Buttons: clean, label, rehouse, catalog, scan, upload scans to Dropbox, enter data into Zoho sheets and migrate metadata and images to WordPress.  Training provided for unfamiliar apps.  

2) Videos: rehouse, repair, identify, research and catalog on-site video tape and prepare tapes for shipments to off-site storage at Iron Mountain archival storage facility where appropriate.   

3) Books: unbox, rehouse, catalog, repair and prepare books for shipments where appropriate.  

4) T-Shirt Data: Data cleanup, image uploads to Dropbox, metadata and image migration to WordPress.

Internship Goals:

Interns will gain practice in preparing print and non print materials, working with several online catalogs and bibliographic utilities and creating online collections.  

Requirements:

• Interns must be available at least 2 days per week (a minimum of 10 hours per week). 
• Interns must demonstrate familiarity with/interest in lesbian activism, history, cultural creations/movements
• Interns should be familiar with working in a PC environment and the use of regular office machines (copier, scanner, fax machine, answering machine)

Preferred Skills:

• Familiarity with WordPress, Dropbox, Google Sheets, Excel, Zoho or another spreadsheet app 
• Strong typing, spelling and grammar skills 
• Patience and accuracy with repetitive tasks
• Ability to work well independently and in a group setting
• Ability to communicate frequently and effectively in an online setting (email, chat, group list)

To Apply:

If you are interested in applying to be a Spring or Summer intern please send an email with your cover letter (outlining your experience and interest in LHA ) to [email protected]. Please attach your resume as a PDF document. Your cover letter should be the body of your email. LHA can’t provide housing for interns.