The Bronx Community College Archives seeks applications for a part-time,
unpaid intern to work with the Archives beginning in Spring 2015. The collection is comprised of 40 cartons containing papers and objects, (medallions, plaques, busts, newsprint, etc.) related to the selection, election, careers, and media coverage of the persons represented in the Hall of Fame, a National Landmark located at the University Heights campus. Materials found include memoranda and personal correspondence, office records, university publications, research files, publicity materials, photographs, and more.
The intern will report to the Archivist of the BCC Archives & Special Collections, a unit of
Library. Assisted by a student worker from college, the Intern will work on processing
prioritized record groups and series, and assist in producing a finding aid that will be made
available to researchers and the general public.
The intern’s duties will include:
● Processing collection utilizing MPLP approach and rehousing material in new archival
folders and boxes.
● Address basic physical preservation needs and make recommendations for
materials requiring further conservation work.
● Research history/background of Hall of Fame. Key moments to be described in the
finding aid, in accordance with DACS and other professional standards.
● Provide description and enter into CMS for finding aid.
● Prepare materials for online exhibit, time permitting.
Prospective interns should be currently enrolled in or have recently completed a graduate
program focusing on archival practice and be familiar with the basic tenets of archival processing
and digitization, as well as being able to provide research services. Technical requirements
include MS Office; CMS and other nonproprietary
database knowledge are encouraged.
Spring internships require a minimum commitment of 2 days per week. Can provide academic
credit.
Prospective applicants please email a cover letter, resume, list of relevant coursework, and names
of three professional/academic references to: Cynthia.Tobar@bcc.cuny.edu (with “Archives
Internship” in the subject line) no later than November 24, 2014
Thursday, November 13, 2014
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 |
Contact SLANY.