Posted October 18, 2017
The New England Historic Genealogical Society seeks a detail-oriented and self-motivated individual to join R. Stanton Avery Special Collections in the position of Digital Archives Intern. Reporting to the Curator of Digital Collections, the Digital Archives Intern will support ongoing projects to digitize, describe, and provide access to unique manuscripts from NEHGS Special Collections,…
Posted October 17, 2017
Wage/Salary: $13.00/hr Job Description: The Boston Athenæum seeks a motivated intern for the Catalog Department who will play an important role in maintaining accurate information in various databases. The intern will resolve problems generated by the Library’s conversion from a card catalog to an automated system, and the barcoding of the circulating book collection. The ideal…
Posted October 13, 2017
Opportunity #1 Research Library Intern Abt Associates is looking for a current MLIS student to help support the library services. Key Roles and Responsibilities The intern will assist with a variety of ongoing tasks associated with the Abt Research Library services which include: Organization of print and digital collections Interlibrary loan…
Posted October 13, 2017
Research Room Internship, 17-RR-03 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…
Posted October 12, 2017
HathitTrust Research Center UnCamp 2018 January 25-26, 2018, University of California, Berkeley Registration now open! Registration is now available for the HTRC UnCamp 2018: https://www.regonline.com/HTRC-2018 Early registration price of $100 ends on November 29, 2017. Standard price of $150 begins on November 30, 2017. Announcing the HTRC UnCamp 2018 Keynote Speakers Elizabeth M. Lorang, Associate…
Posted October 12, 2017
Are you still interested in submitting your paper to ACM CHIIR (Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval)? Although Full and Perspective Paper submissions are now closed, Short Paper (4 pages) submissions are open through October 22. CHIIR (pronounced “cheer”) provides a forum for the dissemination and discussion of research on the user-centered aspects of information interaction and information retrieval….
Posted October 12, 2017
Research Data Management Intern Name: Research Data Management Intern School: Harvard Medical School (HMS) Location: USA – MA – Boston Start/End Dates: January 11 – May 31, 2018 Status: Full Time Internship (40 hrs/week) or Part-time Internship (17 hrs/week) Rate: $20/hr. Link: http://rits.hms.harvard.edu/open-positions#ResearchDataManagementIntern Research Information Technology Solutions (RITS) works collaboratively with researchers at Harvard…
Posted October 11, 2017
Winship Elementary School’s Library is seeking volunteers throughout the 2017-2018 school year. This is a great opportunity to work with children in a library setting and learn about various aspects of circulation systems, whether you want to be a public librarian or school librarian. Responsibilities: Shelving: placing books back on the shelves according to the…
Posted October 10, 2017
Would you like to get teaching experience working with adults? Literacy Volunteers of MA at the Pollard Memorial Library in Lowell trains volunteers who provide free, confidential and individualized or small group tutoring to adults in basic literacy and English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL). Literacy volunteers help adults acquire the literacy and English…
Posted October 10, 2017
JOB TITLE: State Library Intern REPORTS TO: State Librarian LOCATION: State Library/Smith Street POSITION SUMMARY: The State Library Intern will develop a working knowledge of the general parts and major individual resources that make up the library’s collection by assisting with reference questions, copy cataloging, and helping with additional library functions. The intern’s…
