Interns may choose to
either focus on specific areas or mix areas depending on desire of the intern
to be exposed to different areas and the requirements of the intern’s graduate
program. This is an unpaid internship.
Potential
interns may apply for the following areas:
- Archives
– The Stephen B. Luce Library has several collections
of documents that deal with the maritime history of the port of New
York. Internship projects include: Processing, arranging and
describing, creation of finding aids, creation of digital and physical
displays, Digitization and the creation of metadata. Materials can
include registers, scrapbooks, photographs, recordings, letters, and other
ephemera
- Information
Literacy and Reference – Internship projects include
working with reference librarians to provide bibliographic instruction,
assisting librarians in the creation and the teaching of information
literacy lessons
- Technical
Services, Collection Development and Acquisitions –
Internship projects include material selection and deselection, assisting
with the budgeting process, user analysis studies, processing of physical
and digital materials including hands-on cataloging training. Exposure to
government documents and the Federal Depository Libraries Program
Requirements:
Applicants should be
either enrolled in a Library and/or Information Science program at a accredited
university/college or a recent college graduate looking for library experience.
Applicants
should posses the following skills and abilities:
- learn
quickly and take initiative
- be
detail oriented
- demonstrate
excellent interpersonal and oral communication skills
- proficiency
in basic computer skills
Additional Information:
Qualified applicants
will be contacted for interview. If accepted to the program, students,
sponsoring librarian(s) and/or the student’s academic advisor (if required by
academic institution) will work together to negotiate terms of the internship
and an agreement and plan of action regarding goals and objectives, training
program, schedule and methodology for recording work accomplished and
evaluation of the intern’s accomplishments.
Budget Title: Volunteer
Campus Title: Library Intern
Application Instructions:
Persons interested in
the above position should apply online at http://maritime.interviewexchange.com/candapply.jsp?JOBID=54954.
Please submit:
- Resume
- Cover
letter explaining what library functions and potential projects they are
interested as described above
- Contact
information for three professional references
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About SUNY Maritime College:
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SUNY Maritime College located on a 55-acre scenic
waterfront property on the outskirts of New York City on the Throggs Neck
peninsula where the East River meets Long Island Sound. The campus blends the
best of two worlds: a comfortable college-town feel with the greatest city in
the world. An impressive view of the sound extends toward the North Atlantic,
yet only a few miles away are Yankee Stadium and midtown Manhattan. SUNY
Maritime offers an array of employment opportunities stemming from entry level
to professional positions which encourage growth and development among its
employees.
