Posted December 9, 2016
The Harvard College Library is looking for a less than half time employee to join the Fine Arts Library’s Digital Images and Slides Collection department as the Assistant for the Welch Collection. The Assistant for the Welch Collection will work with the project cataloguer of the Stuart Cary Welch Collection of Islamic and Indian Photography to…
Posted December 9, 2016
About the Schlesinger: The Schlesinger Library draws thousands of researchers each year to study the history of women in the United States. The library holds letters and diaries, photographs, books and periodicals, ephemera, oral histories, and audiovisual materials that document the history of women, families, and organizations, primarily in the 19th and 20th centuries. It…
Posted December 6, 2016
Position Summary: This three year fixed term position exists to oversee the acquisition, processing, preservation and access to the NYU audiovisual holdings in its three special collections divisions of the NYU Libraries. The holdings are more than 175,000 items and are heavily used by faculty, students, and visiting scholars. Qualifications: Required Education:Master’s degree in audiovisual…
Posted December 2, 2016
Hours: Library is open Monday through Saturday, 9 to 5. Weekly schedule to be determined, will include some Saturdays each month. 35 hours/week: January 17 hours/week: February forward Eligibility: This position is a pre-professional position open to currently enrolled students. Library: The Schlesinger Library draws thousands of researchers each year to study the history of…
Posted November 25, 2016
Energetic professional sought to preserve, catalog, and make accessible the archival collections of the City and the Sawyer Free Library. May provide some supervision to library assistants, interns and volunteers. Qualifications: MLS from an ALA accredited program, required; a demonstrated understanding of archival principals of arrangement, preservation and description for cataloging; familiarity with MARC data…
Posted November 25, 2016
This is a unique, long-term, part-time opportunity for an experienced librarian/collections manager to work for a major private collector based in the Washington metro-area. The candidate will have extensive experience in library management, especially library database management, exhibition design, and ideally some knowledge and experience with multi-media content creation. Knowledge and experience in any or…
Posted November 19, 2016
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is currently seeking applicants for a part-time intern position in our Archives Processing Unit. Through this internship you will learn to apply the basic principles of arrangement, description, and preservation to textual collections related to the life and times of John F. Kennedy. You will work under…
Posted November 4, 2016
The Boston Symphony Orchestra’s increased use of technology and the ongoing digitization of its extensive Archival holdings has generated a wealth of digital content. With the planned rollout of a new Digital Assets Management System, we are seeking an Associate Archivist for Digital Assets to join our Archives department reporting to the Director of Archives and…
Posted November 4, 2016
The Harvard Legal Aid Bureau seeks a part-time Processing Archivist to assist in the development of a multimedia interactive exhibit at the Harvard Law School’s Bicentennial celebration in September 2017. The ideal candidate should have experience appraising, arranging and describing archival collections (including born digital content); navigating client privacy and confidentiality issues, institutional records policies…
Posted October 28, 2016
Interns in the Research Room at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library assist professional reference staff in responding to research requests for textual (paper-based) archival collections. The intern’s primary responsibility will be answering reference requests from off-site researchers, including anyone from scholars to publishers to the general public, and covering a wide range of topics….
