Wildlife Conservation Society Archives Internship

Title: Wildlife Conservation Society Archives Internship [3 months, part-time, paid]

The Project: As part of a grant-funded project, the Wildlife Conservation Society Library and the New York Botanical Garden ’s LuEsther T. Mertz Library are digitizing approximately 400 postcards to be displayed on a publicly accessible website.

Duties: Reporting directly to the Librarian/Archivist at the Wildlife Conservation Society, the Archives Intern will be responsible for scanning the postcards, reviewing the images for quality control, and creating original Dublin Core records for each postcard using CONTENTdm.

Qualifications: Enrollment in (or recent completion of) a Master’s degree program in Library Science, with a focus on Archives, from an ALA-accredited institution. Work experience or knowledge of Dublin Core or other metadata schemes, LCSH or other controlled vocabularies, AACR2, MARC formats, OCLC, and NACO standards for name authorities. Strong attention to detail and ability to work independently. Effective oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills. Experience with CONTENTdm or other digital library management software highly desirable.

Schedule: Three months (approximately February 2012 through April 2012)—20 hours a week, for a total of 250 hours. Work must be scheduled within 9:00-5:00, Monday-Friday.

Pay: $15.00/hour

To be considered for this position, please submit a cover letter and resume to library@wcs.org. The deadline for applying for this position is December 4, 2011.

Seyfarth Shaw's NYC legal office seeks intern

Seyfarth Shaw's New York Office is seeking a library intern to assist
with a short-term marketing project.

Please see below for details.

Library Intern - New York
 
Seyfarth Shaw LLP, one of America's leading full-service law firms, is
recommended as one of the foremost law firms in the United States in
multiple practice areas in the 2010 edition of Legal 500 United
States, an independent guide to America's leading law firms.
Formed in 1945 in Chicago, Seyfarth has evolved into a full-service
law firm with over 750 attorneys located in 10 offices throughout the
United States, including: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los
Angeles, New York, Sacramento, San Francisco, and Washington D.C., as well as internationally in London. Seyfarth Shaw provides a broad range of legal services in the areas of labor and employment, employee benefits, litigation, corporate, and real estate. The firm's practice reflects virtually every industry and segment of the country's
business and social fabric. Clients include over 300 of the Fortune
500 companies, financial institutions, newspapers and other media,
hotels, health care organizations, airlines and railroads. The firm
also represents a number of federal, state and local governmental and
educational entities.


The New York office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP is seeking a Library Intern
to join us for approximately 20 hours plus per week for a short-term
project. The individual must be professional and motivated to assist
the Marketing & Business Development department with research to build a contact list for a local practice group. Individual will gain
exposure to a professional setting, library services and business
development initiatives. The ideal candidate should have a desire to
learn about law firms. The candidate should also be detail-oriented,
able to take direction and work well independently.


Required Qualifications:
     Strong Microsoft Office skills
     Excellent research and internet skills
     Familiarity with Hoovers preferred


Please send resume and cover letter to nyc-staff@seyfarth.com.

Law Library and knowledge management - Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto

The New York office of FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER & SCINTO has opportunity for internship in the law library and knowledge management center this Fall semester of  2011.  You will be directed by Jeff Cohan, past president of the Law Library Association of Greater New York (2008-2009.) 

The intern will learn and apply the following skills to support some or all of our ongoing projects: competitive intelligence research; intranet web redesign; knowledge management of legal workproduct and business analytics; and library administration.   You will work with  these resources: Lexis Atvantage, Thomson Innovation, web provided government information sources, Sharepoint, WestKM, Salesforce.com, and Microsoft Excel. 

The internship is non-paid and for school credit only.  The ideal student will be in the final year of study for the Masters of Library/Information Science and have some additional background in law and/or business.  Please make sure your school has a program to provide credit for interning.   

In the past, LIU Palmer, Queens College, Rutgers, and St Johns have awarded credit for interning with our firm.   

Applications are due  Thurs Sept 15 1 for the Fall semester.

You may either call or email me.

-Jeff

Jeffrey Cohan
Director of Libraries and Knowledge ManagementFITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER & SCINTO1290 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10104-0101
T 212-218-2103
F 212-218-2200
jcohan@fchs.com
http://www.fitzpatrickcella.com

Leonard Lief, Library Lehman College (2 openings) Fall 2011

DESCRIPTION

This is a great opportunity for flexible, creative library school students to gain practical experience in a dynamic, urban academic library. 

The Leonard Lief Library will accept two Interns for the Fall 2011 semester. This is an unpaid internship to fulfill the requirements of a credit course in a Master’s program in Library and Information Science.

Interns will work on projects in the following areas:  Electronic Resources management, Data Entry in Lehman Online Thesis Repository, Online Research Guides (LibGuides).

In addition, Interns will observe Information Literacy classes taught by library faculty, Reference Desk activities, and other library functions.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required:  Enrollment in a Master’s program in library or information science where the internship is a credit course.

Preferred:  Completion of courses or experience in website development, electronic resources, database development, reference and research. 

CONTACT

Please send an e-mail expressing interest and availability, with resume attached to:

Before August 1^st:

Madeline Cohen, Education Librarian, Madeline.Cohen@lehman.cuny.edu

After August 1^st:

Stefanie Havelka, Web Services-Electronic Resources Librarian Stefanie.Havelka@lehman.cuny.edu

Internship Opportunities at Scholastic Inc. - Fall 2011

Scholastic Inc/ Publishing company Corporate/ Special Library

557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012

Located in SoHo neighborhood/ downtown Manhattan

(Broadway between Prince and Spring near Broadway -Lafayette subway station, Spring St Station and Prince St station)

The library serves the writers, editors, and other corporate staff at Scholastic Inc, the children’s book publisher.

Fall 2011 Internship Opportunities at Scholastic Inc/ SoHo

 Requirements: Library School Student must be enrolled in an internship course for school credit and must provide proof of registration in internship class.

Hours: Flexible

Position Description: As an intern at the Scholastic Library/Archives, the library school student will be exposed to the day-to-day workings of a corporate special library and archive.  The intern will learn the basics of maintaining an archival book collection and corporate reference work. The intern will assist the Library staff with various tasks including, but not limited to:

1.  Assist in retrospective book cataloging project as well as in cataloging new and incoming books.

2. Reference work, article searching, using ProQuest, Factiva, Nexis and other sources
3. Archive maintenance
   

If interested, please send resume to library@scholastic.com  Karen Van Rossem 212-343-6188

WCS Archives Internship

The Wildlife Conservation Society Archives (headquartered at the Bronx Zoo) is currently accepting applications for internships from graduate students preparing for careers in libraries and archives. 

WCS Archives Internships are intended to provide opportunities to participate in various components of archival processing and description.  Projects include surveying, arranging, and describing archival collections; entering data into an archival management system; and creating EAD finding aids.

Interns must schedule their work Monday through Friday, 10-5.  WCS Internships are unpaid.  The application deadline for Fall 2011 internships is July 15.

About the organization:

Founded in 1895 as the New York Zoological Society, the Wildlife Conservation Society is committed to saving wildlife and wild places worldwide.  This initiative is carried out through science, global conservation, education, and the management of the world’s largest system of urban wildlife parks, led by the flagship Bronx Zoo.  The WCS Library supports the activities of over 200 scientists and other staff members, both locally and globally.  The WCS Archives includes records related to the history of the Bronx Zoo, the New York Aquarium, and other institutions and activities of the WCS.

How to apply:

Interested individuals should send a resume (including contact information and email address) and a one-page letter describing what they hope to bring to the internship and gain from the experience.  Materials should be sent to: library@wcs.org

Internship in law library and knowledge management center - May 16 deadline

The New York office of FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER &; SCINTO has opportunity for internship in the law library and knowledge management center this Summer and Fall semesters of  2011 .  You will be directed by Jeff Cohan, past president of the Law Library Association of Greater New York (2008-2009.) 

The intern will learn and apply the following skills to support some or all of our ongoing projects: competitive intelligence research; intranet web redesign; knowledge management of legal workproduct and business analytics; and library administration.   You will work with  these resources: Lexis Atvantage, Thomson Innovation, web provided government information sources, Sharepoint, WestKM, Salesforce.com, and Microsoft Excel. 

The internship is non-paid and for school credit only.  The ideal student will be in the final year of study for the Masters of Library/Information Science and have some additional background in law and/or business.  Please make sure your school has a program to provide credit for interning.   

In the past, Queens College, Rutgers, and St Johns have awarded credit for interning with our firm.   

Applications are due  Monday May 16 for the Summer semester.  You may either call or email me.

Jeffrey Cohan 
Director of Libraries and Knowledge Management
FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER & SCINTO
1290 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10104-0101
T 212-218-2103
F 212-218-2200
jcohan@fchs.com