Posted October 4, 2013
Volunteer Opportunity to Organize a Small Institutional Archive South Church, New Britain, Connecticut Hours: Flexible, 1 day (6-7 hours)/week South Church is seeking a graduate student in library science with an archives concentration to organize our church archives. The archive houses a variety of institutional publications, historical documents, birth and death certificates, and architectural drawings…
Posted October 1, 2013
The Archives of American Gardens’ intern will assist primarily with cataloging series and item level descriptions in the Horizon database system and apply embedded metadata to corresponding digital assets. The intern will also assist with the digitization of archival materials (35mm slides, negatives and photographic prints), write interpretive materials utilizing the collections, assist with social…
Posted September 30, 2013
The Student Research Fund supports student initiated scholarly research and creative endeavors. Undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to apply for up to $1,000 to support independent research projects. Application Deadline: Monday, November 4, 2013. Questions: contact Jon Kimball (x2411) or Valerie Beaudrault (x2415) or visit the Sponsored Programs webpage at: http://www.simmons.edu/offices/sponsored-programs/student-funds.php
Posted September 27, 2013
Find A Law Scholarship – $500 – 1 Award (Deadline: May 15th, 2014) To be Eligible a student must: 1) Be Enrolled in full-time studies at a college, trades, or technical school by no later than September 2014. 2) Currently reside in the United States and intend on continuing studies in the United States. 3)…
Posted September 27, 2013
Peter Pasula Study Habits Scholarship – $500 – 1 Award (Deadline: April 1st, 2014) To be Eligible a student must: 1) Be attending an accredited post-secondary institution by the fall of 2014. 2) A student can be enrolled at any level in any program that is two years in length or longer. 3) Students must…
Posted September 27, 2013
Odenza Marketing Group Spring Scholarship – $500 – 1 Award (Deadline: March 30, 2014) To be Eligible a student must: 1) Be between the ages of 16 and 25 on March 30th, 2014. 2) Submit answers to the essay questions, which can be found on the application page, prior to the March 30th, 2014 deadline….
Posted September 27, 2013
Bay State College Library is seeking a library science or digital archives student to help us create a small digital archive of our students’ theses. This would be an independent project, so we are looking for a student with the requisite knowledge of database creation and digital archive standards, as well as familiarity with the…
Posted September 27, 2013
ALA conference travel grant The Jan Merrill-Oldham Professional Development Grant is awarded by the ALCTS Preservation and Reformatting Section to provide librarians and paraprofessionals new to the preservation field with the opportunity to attend a professional conference and encourages professional development through active participation at the national level. The grant is to be used for airfare, lodging, and registration fees…
Posted September 27, 2013
Call for ProposalsSpring 2014 NEA MeetingSheraton Portsmouth Harborside HotelPortsmouth, New HampshireMarch 20-22, 2014 The New England Archivists Spring 2014 Program Committee invites you to submit proposals for the Spring 2014 Meeting. The Program Committee welcomes proposals on all topics but is particularly interested in the following: 3D and visual objects in archives, EAC-CPF and linked…
Posted September 25, 2013
The Center for the History of Medicine at Harvard Medical School is collaborating with other special collections throughout Massachusetts to serve as a host site for Open Access to Mass History, a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon taking place during Open Access Week, October 21-26. On Tuesday, October 22, from 9-2, volunteers will be working with Center staff to build history…
