Scholastic Inc. Library/Archives Internship Opportunity

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.

 Summer 2012 or Fall 2012 Internship Opportunities at Scholastic Inc/ Soho

 

Requirements: Library School Student must be enrolled in a graduate library internship course for academic 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:

• Assist in retrospective book cataloging project as well as in cataloging new and incoming books.
• Reference work, article searching, using ProQuest, Factiva, Nexis and other sources  
• Archive maintenance

If interested, please send resume and cover letter to: library@scholastic.com  

New York Times News Research Desk Internship (Summer or Fall)

The position is for an unpaid, for-credit, academic-year intern. Interns work 8 hours per week for the duration of the semester.

The New York Times is seeking a computer savvy, creative library student. Familiarity with programming, database management, and/or cataloging is a plus.

Job Description

1) Assist in maintaining News Research's Intranet site.

2) Assist in Librarian functions, such as cataloging, organizing and marketing the library materials.

3) Assist in creating training materials developed by news researchers, and assist in news research specific marketing and training.

Intern will receive mentoring and training with regard to library specific functions such as cataloging, newsroom training, knowledge management and marketing library resources. Intern will also have the opportunity to shadow News Researchers, receive training and guidance in research techniques, in addition to learning how to navigate database resources proficiently.

The candidate must submit a resume, letter of interest and letter of recommendation from their university. They must receive academic credit and provide a letter from their university saying how much credit they will get.

 

Please send your resume, letter of interest and letter of recommendation directly to:

Sheelagh McNeill

Researcher

The New York Times
620 Eighth Avenue | New York, NY 10018
Office 212.556.8832| Mobile 917.670.3871

Email: Sheelagh.McNeill@nytimes.com

NY Public Radio Archives Intern

Overview:

NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO ARCHIVES INTERN – SUMMER 2012 (June 4th – August 11th)

The NYPR Radio Archives currently maintains a collection of more than 55,000 cataloged broadcast recordings dating from June 1927 to the present. These recordings cover the range of the station's activities as one of the nation's earliest public broadcasters. They include live concerts from venues around the metropolitan area, as well as public events and speeches covering the full breadth of political, cultural, and civic activities in and around New York City . Also included in the NYPR Archives are paper records, photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, program guides, and scripts (copies and originals) dating from 1924 to the present. The collection also features vintage microphones and WPA commissioned artwork.

Since 1924, NYPR Radio has provided public radio listeners with award-winning educational, cultural, news and public affairs programming to the greater New York area and across the country. With more than one million weekly listeners tuning in to NYPR, our core audience comes from all five boroughs of New York City and beyond to at least 55 counties in three states.

This internship will provide a unique opportunity for a qualified student to work with the Archives’ staff on several ongoing digitization and access projects. Over the course of the summer, the intern will learn the analog-to-digital transfer process, work within the Archives’ PBCore database, and help create content for the Archives’ website. 

Responsibilities:

· Catalog broadcast materials

· Clean and splice audio tapes

· Duplicate and quality control CDs

· Reformat DAT and MD recordings

· Organize paper and photographic materials

· Scan paper and photographic materials

· Survey collections

· Rehouse collections

· Identify orphan materials

· Research photographs for web publication

· Create web content using NYPR’s content management system

Qualifications:

· Familiarity with public radio

· Interest in audio archives

· Familiarity with audio formats

· Familiarity with the PBCore metadata schema

· Good sense of 20th century history

· Enrollment in an accredited library school or archives program

· Be consistently available for a minimum of 15 hours per week

· A proven willingness to learn new skills

Qualified candidates only please. No calls. No agencies. Candidates selected for interview will be contacted.

Note: The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees, and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer.

New York Public Radio is an Equal Opportunity Employer and invites and encourages qualified applicants from all walks of life.

New York Public Radio must receive all information requested in order to consider your candidacy. 

Apply:

The application is now on-line here:http://www.wnyc.org/careers/ . Applicants can do a keyword search for “archives” and it should turn up. The application deadline is April 27.  There is also a small transportation stipend.