Posted July 9, 2013
We’ve finally finished a new, more user-friendly version of the Contribute plugin for Omeka, which should help the public more easily contribute to the archive (http://marathon.neu.edu/contribute). As the project becomes more public, we hope to gather a much wider collection of stories, photos, videos, and more from around the city and beyond. You can help…
Posted July 2, 2013
Position: Preservation Volunteer Location: Hingham Public Library Department: Historical Collections Description: Under the supervision of the Town of Hingham Archivist the preservation volunteer will work on several projects to ensure the historical materials at the Library are properly preserved. This work will include removing items from frames, placing photographs, textiles, paper documents, etc. in archival…
Posted July 2, 2013
Summary: The Imperial Valley Desert Museum is seeking an outgoing archive intern to implement the establishment of a new archive. This is a great opportunity for an enthusiastic entry-level professional with a deep interest in professional development, life-long learning, and a desire to establish archives as agents of identity. Location: The Imperial Valley Desert Museum is a new museum…
Posted June 24, 2013
Are you seeking a meaningful opportunity to make a contribution to the profession and higher education? As ACRL President Steven Bell indicated in his recent post, an ACRL task force (the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education Task Force) is in the process of extensively revising the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education, which were adopted in…
Posted June 21, 2013
We are looking for a library school student, grad or retiree to help catalogue our 3,000 volume resident library. We are Newbury Court, a lovely continuing care community located in historic Concord MA. Software was recently purchased to start this process, and we are now looking for a volunteer/intern to provide knowledge and support to…
Posted June 21, 2013
WHEN: THIS Saturday June 22, 2013 from 9am-4pm. Feel free to come for the whole thing or just a few hours throughout the day. WHERE: The Boston Teacher’s Union School in Jamaica Plain. 25 Walk Hill St. Jamaica Plain, 02134 WHAT: Using our librarian skills to get a school’s library up and running! The BTU school’s library is entirely donation-based…
Posted June 19, 2013
Fleet Library at RISD Special Collections/Archival Internship Book Artist Archives Project July and August or Fall Semester 2013 * * * COLLECTION OVERVIEW: Ruth Laxson Artist Book Process Archive This collection is comprised of unpublished process materials for the artists’ books produced by Ruth Laxson from 1980 to present and unpublished notes for…
Posted June 19, 2013
The Metadata and Digital Object Roundtable Steering Committee seeks a qualified graduate student to serve as the MDOR Intern from August 2013-July 2014. To qualify, you must be currently enrolled in a graduate program in library and information science (or a related field). Internship responsibilities have included coordinating web content submissions, gathering information on SAA…
Posted June 19, 2013
From 2009-2011 a Simmons College GSLIS intern created a database of some 1,800 cultural institutions in Massachusetts, including libraries, town halls, museums, historical societies, etc. for the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners’ (MBLC) Connecting to Collections grant. This database has lain dormant for the past two years. COSTEP MA (Coordinated Statewide Emergency Preparedness: Your Emergency…
Posted June 18, 2013
Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York, Inc. (ART) Disaster Planning for Archives and Their Communities: Call for Participation —————————————————————————————————– As we approach the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, train service has been restored to the Rockaways and City beaches have opened for the summer, however many archives, libraries, museums and homes have only just…
