Two opportunities - please see both below!
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Title: Photo
Archives and Digital Asset Management Intern
Supervisor: Library
& Archives Director
Start Date: May
2015
End Date: August
2015
Schedule: Minimum
commitment of 104 hours, between Monday and Friday, 9AM-5PM
Summary
Under the guidance of the WCS Institutional Archivist and Digital
Resources Manager, the Photo Archives and Digital Asset Management Intern will
gain experience in the care and management of historical and modern photo
collections. While WCS Archives internships are unpaid, we are happy to
work with academic institutions so that students can get academic credit for
their internship. Interns should be able to commit at least 104 hours to
the internship and must schedule their hours Monday through Friday,
9-5.
Objectives
- digitize historical prints according to professional
standards
- assist with the ingest of current photo assets into
WCS’s digital asset management system
- research and record metadata about current and
historical photographic materials
- create one or more posts documenting the internship for
Wild Things, the WCS Archives Blog
Qualifications
- enrollment in or recent completion of graduate program
(within the last 6 months) in library science, museum studies, or a
related field
- strong interest in the management of photographic
collections
- experience with archival collections and/or
photograpahic materials is preferred
- working knowledge of the ingest, cataloging, storage,
retrieval, and distribution of digital assets in a Digital Asset
Management system
- experience with professional digitization standards and
with photo software and scanning software
- familiarity with standard metadata schema and
vocabularies
Location
- Bronx Zoo
Application Instructions
For full consideration, interested individuals should submit a
resume and a statement of interest describing what you hope to bring to the
internship and gain from the experience.
Please email your cover letter and resume to: Opportunities@wcs.org; specify “Photo Archives
and Digital Asset Management Intern, Summer 2015” in the subject of your email.
EOE, M/F/V/D
Title: Archives
Processing Intern
Supervisor: Library
and Archives Director
Start Date: May 2015
End Date: August 2015
Schedule: Minimum
commitment of 104 hours, between Monday and Friday, 9AM – 5PM
Summary
Under the guidance of the WCS Processing Archivist, the Archives
Processing Intern will gain experience in various components of archival
processing and description. While WCS Archives internships are unpaid, we are
happy to work with academic institutions so that students can get academic
credit for their internship. Interns should be able to commit at least
104 hours to the internship and must schedule their hours Monday through
Friday, 9-5.
Objectives
Experience to be gained includes but is not limited to:
- survey, arrange, and describe an archival collection
- enter data into an archival management system
- create an EAD finding aid and a MARC record
- create one or more posts documenting the internship for
Wild Things, the WCS Archives Blog
Qualifications
- enrollment in or recent completion of a graduate
program (within the last 6 months) in library science, museum
studies, or a related field
- familiarity with archival theory and descriptive
standards
- previous experience arranging and describing archival
collections strongly preferred
Location
- Bronx Zoo
Application Instructions
Interested individuals should submit a resume and a statement of
interest describing what you hope to bring to the internship and gain from the
experience. Please email your cover letter and resume to: Opportunities@wcs.org; specify “Archives
Processing Intern, Summer 2015” in the subject of your email.
EOE, M/F/V/D
