Posted May 28, 2013
Tufts University’s Digital Collections and Archives has an opening for a part-time student assistant available immediately. Applicants must be students currently enrolled in the Archives Management program with a graduation date after May 2014, and be available to work 3 days per week, Monday-Friday, 8:30-4:00. Responsibilities include: * Reference: researching and responding to requests by phone…
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Posted May 28, 2013
Annual Competition for the Best Libri Student Paper 2013 Since 1950, through 63 volumes, Libri: International Journal of Libraries and Information Services has been a leader among scholarly journals in the international library world. As part of its strategy to remain one of the premier library journals and to encourage new writers, Libri is issuing…
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Posted May 28, 2013
The Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce seeks to recruit students from traditionally underrepresented groups into careers in research and academic libraries. This program has been funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) for the last ten years. This is the first class since the earliest years of the program that will be…
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Posted May 28, 2013
The NPR library has recently established an internal historical archive. The archive complements the collection of materials held at the National Public Broadcasting Archives at University of Maryland. ***Please note: The Archive internship at NPR are available only to information/library/archive students and recent grads who have completed archival coursework.*** Responsibilities: Work under the supervision…
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Posted May 28, 2013
Our Marathon: The Boston Bombing Digital Archive is a digital archive–developed by the NULab for Texts, Maps, and Networks at Northeastern University–about the Boston Marathon bombings, lockdown, and beyond. Following the model of the September 11 Digital Archive or the Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, we hope to gather stories, images, videos, and other media related…
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Posted May 28, 2013
The Lucy Parsons Center is about to have a serious problem staying open. With only three exceptions, everyone who takes regular shifts will soon be either travelling for the summer or leaving Boston permanently. If anyone would like to help remedy this situation please get in touch soon, so we can sign you up for a training shift…
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Posted May 28, 2013
Call for Presentation Proposals New England Archivists Fall 2013 Symposium: Giving Color to Ideas Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts Saturday, October 26, 2013 Symposium Focus: Big Ideas in the Archival Profession http://newenglandarchivists.org/meetings/meetings.html The New England Archivists Fall 2013 Program Committee calls for presentation proposals for the Fall 2013 symposium. This symposium inaugurates a two-year trial…
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Posted May 28, 2013
Information & Research Intern Job Description Under the supervision of the Senior Information and Research Specialist, the intern will support with the InfoCenter Staff in various functions including major administrative projects such as the indexing of an internal information database. The intern will also be involved in research projects and gain valuable experience searching multiple…
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Posted May 28, 2013
Metadata Project Volunteer Assist us with our New England’s Hidden History Digital Project to make the records of 17th and 18th century Congregational church records available. The intern will assist in activities that make digital images accessible through our Project database and our website. Training provided. Intern reports to Digital Projects Specialist. Must be available…
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Posted May 28, 2013
The Rakow Research Library of The Corning Museum of Glass is seeking an Outreach Librarian to lead and shape the Library’s outreach and oral history programs. This is a newly created position and it promises to be a rewarding challenge for the right person. The person in this position is charged with providing leadership and…
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