The Thomas J. Watson
Library at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is seeking library and art history
graduate school interns to perform a variety of digitization-related tasks
including the initial sort and review of material, scanning, metadata creation,
and review and uploading of files.
Required skills:
· Basic
knowledge of digitization standards and best practices for both file and
metadata creation.
· Experience
with at least one digitization project in a library or archive.
· Experience
with scanning and/or digital photography.
Desired skills:
· Experience
handing rare or fragile library materials.
· Experience
working in an automated library system (preferably Innovative Interfaces)
and/or experience with a digital collections creation and management tools
(CONTENTdm preferred).
· Experience
creating, editing, and transforming MARC and/or non-MARC metadata (Microsoft
Excel and/or MarcEdit preferred).
· Experience
in the development and maintenance of web sites.
These unpaid internships
begin in January, June, and September. The minimum commitment is three
hours per week for one semester or summer, but may extend (either in hours or
duration) as long as desired. These internships may be developed into
practicum projects or may be used to fulfill internship requirements of your
institution.
To apply, please send
your resume and a brief cover letter including your preferred days/times to
John Lindaman at john.lindaman@metmuseum.org>;
please begin your subject line with “Digitization internship
application”. Application deadlines are January 1st for a spring
internship, May 1st for a summer internship, and September 1st for a fall
internship.
The Thomas J. Watson
Library is the primary research library of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
It has a collection of nearly one million volumes, extensive electronic
resources and growing digital collections. An overview of the digital
collections can be found at: http://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/.
