Posted December 4, 2019
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (“Foundation”) is a not-for-profit, grantmaking organization that seeks to strengthen, promote, and, where necessary, defend the contributions of the humanities and the arts to human flourishing and to the well-being of diverse and democratic societies. It makes grants in four core program areas (higher education and scholarship in the humanities;…
Posted December 3, 2019
The June M. Guertin Archives at Barrington Stage Company is seeking a 2020 summer intern. We are looking for a flexible and motivated individual to assist with a variety of projects in the newly founded archives. Job Responsibilities: Assisting the archivist with ongoing digitization initiative and ongoing acquisition of BSC records Processing acquisitions and…
Posted November 27, 2019
Professor Elizabeth Setren at the Tufts University Economics Department is looking to hire several full- or part-time archival assistants to work on a project that studies desegregation busing program that promotes racial integration in the Boston-area public schools. Archival assistants will digitize historical student applications and other documents to update a database that will be…
Posted November 27, 2019
Northeastern Library is seeking an enthusiastic, friendly, and energetic person for the position of Instruction Teaching Assistant at Northeastern University Library. The First Year Program at Northeastern University Library supports a large number of first year programs throughout Northeastern University including the First Year Writing Program, Explore Program, General Studies, N.U.in, etc. This position reports to…
Posted November 27, 2019
The Smithsonian Libraries, the largest museum library system in the world, offers internship opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students interested in exploring a career in library and information science. We are currently accepting applications for four different internship programs for Spring and Summer of 2020. Spring 2020 General Internships : Open to both undergraduates and…
Posted November 25, 2019
The Archival Processing Intern will work under the direction of the Archivist to reprocess the papers of noted Arctic explorers Donald and Miriam MacMillan. The project will physically and/or intellectually reunite dispersed materials into one comprehensive collection and bring its collection guide up to current archival descriptive and cataloging standards. The intern will refine and…
Posted November 25, 2019
About the The deg farrelly Memorial/Alexander Street Press AMIA/FMRT Media Librarian Scholarship The scholarship is to be given once a year to a Masters degree candidate in Library Science who intends to work professionally with media collections in libraries. The purpose is to provide financial assistance and encouragement to developing media librarians. This scholarship honors…
Posted November 25, 2019
Title: Student Worker II, University Archives Department: Library Reports to: Archivist & Digital Initiatives Librarian Status: Part Time Pay: $16 an hour Time: 10-15 hours per week Starting: January 2020 Job Summary: Under the direction of and in collaboration with the Archives staff, the Student Worker II position will support digital initiative endeavors…
Posted November 19, 2019
The Harvard Law School Library has an immediate opening for a 14-hour per week position. The majority of time each week will be dedicated to digitizing rare books to grow our Collection of medieval and early manuscripts at Harvard Law School Library, ca. 1150-1600. The Assistant will also undertake other collection management tasks, such as inventory control,…
Posted November 15, 2019
The New England Historic Genealogical Society is partnering with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to digitize their sacramental records from 1789-1920, largely consisting of baptisms, marriages, and confirmations. These records reflect the various immigrant populations who came to Boston and Eastern Massachusetts including French Canadians from Quebec, Germans, and Portuguese (many from the Azores)….
