Description: The DEP Office of Records and Archives Management is looking for a student intern for summer 2009. Primary projects are re-housing and inventorying collections, as well as digitizing collections and assisting with user requests as necessary. The major holdings include the long-term and permanent records produced by NYC agencies responsible for water supply and distribution dating back to 1830s, including engineering/architectural drawings, photography and administrative records.
Qualifications: Candidates must be enrolled in a college/university program to be eligible. Must have a genuine interest in archives, history, engineering or related. Curiosity and communication skills are critical. Must be detail-oriented, have good organizational skills and be able to work independently. Must be able to lift/move 25-40 pound boxes. Must be computer literate; MS Excel is required, Adobe Photoshop and MS Access desirable. Possible continuation through fall semester also desirable.
Compensation: Pay rate is $9.48/hour. The position is full-time Mon-Fri, 9-5 (no weekends). Internship runs 6/01/2009 through 8/28/2009 with possibility to extend through the school year. The Archive is located on the east side of Manhattan.
To apply: Send resume and brief cover letter by email to Karen Murphy: kmurphy@dep.nyc.gov.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
About the SLA-NY Chapter Internship Program
Our internship program is sponsored and supported by our chapter members. It is designed to be as flexible as possible for both students and sponsors. For this reason we do not follow an academic calendar. We do ask that you become a student SLA member and commit at least 1 full business day per week to the internship. The more days per week you commit to the internship; the larger the pool of internship opportunities. Generally, host sites require that you be a currently matriculating graduate library school student.
The types of internships that our program offers vary greatly. We encourage you to express the types of internships you wish to explore. Below are just a few examples of our host sites:
- finance
- advertising
- market research
- law
- news / journalism
- publishing
- public relations
- nonprofit
Internship descriptions range from general reference, online research, to Intranet content indexing/management. In keeping with our flexibility directive, we believe that the student and the sponsor should clearly understand that along with some clerical-type duties, majority of the responsibilities of an intern is to learn new skill sets and add to their experience.
We ask that the sponsor supervises the intern with an ALA-accredited degreed librarian to ensure that the experience will be worthwhile and resume-building for the intern and provides the sponsor with professional quality work.
Most of our internships are located in Manhattan, but there have been exceptions. Generally our MLS students attend the following programs:
- Palmer SLIS, Long Island University - CW Post and Manhattan campuses
- Pratt Institute
- Queens College
- Rutgers University
- St. John's University
- University of Southern Connecticut.
Not a SLANY student member? SLA membership is recommended, but not required. Let us know how we can help you.
Contact Information
SLA Student Internships Chair | Heidi Weinkam Crowe sla_ny@yahoo.com |
LLAGNY Internships Co-Chair | Kit Hartnett, co-chair Proskauer Rose LLP 1585 Broadway New York, NY 10036 (212) 969-5010 (212) 969-2931 (fax) khartnett@proskauer.com |
| LLAGNY Internships Co-Chair | Sonal Pandya, co-chair Linklaters LLP 1345 Ave of the Americas 18th Fl New York, NY 10105 (212) 830-9515 (212) 424-9100 (fax) sonal.pandya@linklaters.com |
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