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Friday, July 31, 2015

P/T - Fall Internships - LEONARD LIEF LIBRARY (CUNY)

FALL SEMESTER 2015

·         September - December 2015


LEONARD LIEF LIBRARY
LEHMAN COLLEGE (CUNY)
BRONX, NEW YORK

http://www.lehman.edu/library

DESCRIPTION:
This is a great opportunity for flexible, creative library school students to gain practical experience in a dynamic, urban academic library.

 The Leonard Lief Library will accept interns for the Fall 2015 semester.

Interns will work on projects in the following areas: Reference Desk Assistance; Roving Reference in Library; Subject Research Guides (LibGuides); Library’s Institutional Repository.


QUALIFICATIONS:
Required: Enrollment in the Internship course for credit at a Master’s program in library or information services.

Preferred: Completion of courses or experience in reference and bibliographic sources, electronic resources, database searching; metadata/digital archives; experience with library/ information technology.

CONTACT:
Please send an email expressing interest, qualifications and availability, with resume attached to:
Madeline Cohen
Assistant Professor and Head of Reference
Leonard Lief Library
Lehman College
Bronx, NY
Madeline.Cohen@lehman.cuny.edu

 

 

P/T - Archival Intern (2 openings for Fall) - New York City Transit Museum Archives (NYC)

The New York City Transit Museum Archives seeks two unpaid archive interns for the 2015 Fall Semester.

The New York Transit Museum Archives is the official repository for New York City Transit Authority administrative records of enduring historical value; historical documents are also acquired from outside sources. The New York Transit Museum Archives collects historical documents and works of art on paper relating to New York City mass transit from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. These records and documents include photographs, moving image materials, maps, posters, engineering drawings, books and serial publications, reports, proposals, records of legal proceedings, correspondence, and other materials. The archives preserves and catalogs these materials and makes them available to researchers from the public, from the New York Transit Museum, and from within the NYCTA and other Metropolitan Transportation Authority agencies. The archives provide reference services by telephone and mail, conducts research, supports all Museum staff functions (exhibitions, programs, development, retail operations, outreach) and initiates publications that provide historical information to the public.


Primary job responsibilities


Assist in the processing of incoming collections of historical records including maps, posters, photographs and the inventory of library materials; catalog collection and series level records for incoming donations in the archives PastPerfect Collection Management database; create paper based collection descriptions and finding aids for record series’ in the archive; scan images for image management database.



Qualifications and experience


Students in archives management, library and information science, records management, museum studies, conservation/preservation administration, history, photography, urban studies, historic preservation, and engineering programs who have had coursework or experience in archives management, cataloging and classification, preservation administration, indexing and abstracting and/or historical research methods are encouraged to apply. A minimum commitment of one day a week is required.

To apply for this internship please mail, fax or email a cover letter and resume to:

Carey Stumm

Collections Manager

New York Transit Museum


130 Livingston Street 10th Floor



Brooklyn NY 11201

carey.stumm@nyct.com


P/T - Academic Library - The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary (Manhattan)

The Burke Library, one of 21 libraries in the Columbia University system, has an exciting new internship

opportunity available!

Gain valuable hands-on experience in management and administration!
Under the supervision of the Library Director, the intern will assist with management and administration

tasks and projects, including collections management projects.

Tasks:

● Assist with routine administrative tasks.

● Search titles in CLIO, Columbia’s online catalog.

● Barcode and prepare materials for transfer to other library locations.

● Determine resources needed, obtain stakeholder buy-in, set and meet milestones, and complete
other aspects of project management.


Internships are unpaid and may be taken for credit through your school. Interns are asked to commit or at least 10 hours per week within Monday – Friday, 9am -5pm.

Qualifications and Skills:


● Must be currently enrolled in a master’s program.

● Excellent oral and written skills.

● Organizational and office skills and experience.

● Experience with Microsoft Office, especially Word and Excel.

● Attention to detail.

● The ability to work collaboratively and independently.



How to Apply:

Please submit the following:


1. Cover letter explaining your career objectives and what you hope to gain from the internship.

2. Résumé detailing your education and work experiences.


Send these materials and/or questions to:

Beth Bidlack, at beth.bidlack@columbia.edu

Thursday, July 30, 2015

P/T - Fall 2015 Internship – ACLU National Office Archives (Manhattan)

                                             
The Archives and Records Management Office of the ACLU National Office, located in downtown Manhattan, is seeking two interns for the fall of 2015.
 
The ACLU National Archives maintains records from the founding of the organization in 1920 and does its part to support the ACLU's mission to defend the U.S. Constitution, in particular the Bill of Rights. The primary goal of the Archives is to ensure access to our paper and electronic records through the application of sound records management and archival principles. In collaboration with the administrative, financial, legal, technical, and business staff of the organization, we seek to store, manage, and retrieve records throughout their life cycle, from creation to either disposal or retention. In addition to the 2,000 cubic feet of records we keep onsite, we have an extensive collection of ephemera, publications, photographs, and audiovisual materials.
 
We are looking for interns to assist on a variety of projects, including, but not limited to:
 
  • Digitizing paper collections
  • Processing archival collections
  • Cataloging
  • Updating existing finding aids for ongoing collections
  • Developing research and reference skills
 
Additional projects will be assigned to interns based upon their interests and experience. Students with an interest in archives and records management centers in non-traditional library settings are encouraged to apply.
 
We are asking for a commitment of 1 day a week, 9:30-5:00, Monday - Friday. Candidates must be enrolled in an MLS/MLIS program. Arrangements may be made with the student’s school for a work/study stipend or course credit.
 
Interested applicants should send resume and cover letter or direct any questions to:
 
Kristen Kennedy, Associate Archivist and Records Center Coordinator
 
The ACLU Offices are located at:
125 Broad Street
New York, NY 10004

P/T - Two Fall Internship Opportunities (one archives, one library) - Whitney Museum of American Art (Manhattan)

Whitney Museum of American Art Library
Archives Internship, fall 2015
 
The Whitney Museum of American Art Library seeks an accomplished graduate student interested in completing an internship for the fall semester (September – December). Under the supervision of professional library staff, the intern will gain first-hand experience in multiple areas related the management of archives in a museum setting. Interns will participate directly in departmental activities ranging from formal archival processing to routine administrative tasks.
 
Responsibilities may include:
·         Archival processing (arranging, describing, re-housing) archival materials according to archival standards. 
·         Assisting with the accessioning of archival documents from museum staff.
·         Assisting the Archives Manager and curatorial team in researching materials related to institutional history, building history, and public programming.
·         Digitalizing and prepare digital surrogates of select archival material for access.
·         Labeling and numbering folders.
 
This is a part-time, unpaid internship. Internships are open to current students who have completed one semester in a Library and Information Science Program, or related Graduate Program. Preferred candidates will have an interest in modern and contemporary American art and/or museum work and have a strong academic background. The ability to work independently with attention to detail is required. Some heavy lifting is involved. Knowledge of Archivist’s Toolkit, DACs, and Adobe Photoshop is a plus.  Participants must be willing to commit to working 2 days per week and may arrange to receive school credit.
 
If interested, please send a cover letter and current resume to archives@whitney.org no later than August 21, 2015.
 
­­­ Whitney Museum of American Art Library
Library Internship, fall 2015
 
The Whitney Museum of American Art Library seeks an accomplished graduate student interested in completing an internship for the fall semester (September – December). Under the supervision of professional library staff, the intern will gain first-hand experience in multiple areas related the management of a library in a museum setting. Interns will participate directly in departmental activities ranging from metadata and preservation projects to routine administrative tasks.
 
Responsibilities may include:
·         Metadata creation for ephemera and books.
·         Collections assessment and library space planning.
·         Preservation rehousing for special collections.
·         Reference and circulation duties.
 
This is a part-time, unpaid internship. Internships are open to current students who have completed one semester in a Library and Information Science Program, or related Graduate Program. Preferred candidates will have an interest in modern and contemporary American art and/or museum work and have a strong academic background. The ability to work independently with attention to detail is required. Some heavy lifting is involved. Knowledge of Knowledge of MARC, LCC and LCSH, and Voyager ILS is a plus.  Participants must be willing to commit to working 2 days per week and may arrange to receive school credit.
 
If interested, please send a cover letter and current resume to library@whitney.org no later than August 21, 2015.
 
 

P/T - Library internship - The Levy Library at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (NYC)

The Levy Library at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is offering an internship for the fall 2015 semester for students enrolled in ALA accredited library and information science graduate programs. We seek interns who are interested in pursuing a career in academic librarianship and who will bring enthusiasm and creativity to their internship project. Students will be able to develop their research skills, manage information, and gain familiarity with research evaluation metrics. This internship offers a unique opportunity to take part in a research evaluation platform implementation led by our academic library. This internship is unpaid.
 
The Levy Library at the Icahn School of Medicine (http://icahn.mssm.edu/) is leading the implementation of PLUM Analytics (http://www.plumanalytics.com/), a research evaluation platform tracking scientific impact and output.

The intern’s role will include:

  • Researcher profile verifications using Scopus IDs
  • Uploading data
  • Researching scientists profiles on social media outlets
  • Participate in a project and product evaluation committee

Preferred skills include:

  • Attention to details
  • Critical thinking
  • Organizational skills
  • Ability to manage time effectively
  • Ability to work collaboratively

Apply
To apply, please submit your application to Barnaby Nicolas (Manager, New & Emerging Technologies)

Email: barnaby.nicolas@mssm.edu

The application should include:

• A brief résumé

• Identification of and reasons for interest in the internship

• The applicant’s qualifications for the internship, including a list of any courses taken that are relevant

• Description of the applicant’s career goals

• Number of hours available for the internship

 

About Us
The Levy Library supports the education, research, and clinical information needs of the Mount Sinai Medical Center, including the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The Library provides an inviting environment designed to facilitate research, study, and collaboration. It offers an extensive collection of biomedical databases, e-journals, e-books, and print resources; and serves as a resource on information retrieval, information management and scholarly communication issues.

P/T - Paid Library Internship - The Library of Alexandria (Egypt)

 
I wanted to pass along this notice I received earlier this week.  It’s from Dr. Ronald LaPorte, who is epidemiologist and also a professor emeritus from the University of Pittsburgh.  He is seeking interns or students who would be interested in doing an internship with him at the Library of Alexandria.  It looks like a very interesting project. 
 
 
Please contact Dr. LaPorte directly for any questions or comments regarding this. 
 
 
From: ronald laporte [mailto:ronaldlaporte@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2015 2:11 PM
To:
Subject: Library of Alexandria science
 
Dear Steve, Martin and other SIS Faculty and students,
 
I just wrote to Dr.  Larsen and am not writing to selected faculty and students.  I am seeking a student or two who might like to do a paid internship or paid summer student employment with me and the Library of Alexandria in Egypt. Our goal is to build the library of alexandria into the major science and health research library in Arab and African countries, as well as to double scientific publications in the next five years.
 
 I retired last year, but now am spending virtually all of my time trying to make the library of alexadria as the center for research and health in Arab and African countries.  This represents a "rebirth" of science and health at the library.   We have created "BA Africa" and it is moving very well.
 
For those unfamiliar the Ancient Library of Alexandria was the largest, and perhaps most significant library in the Ancient world.  It was the center of science and medicine 2500 years ago, and it flourished from 700 years. The library held over 700,000 scrolls, which represented over 80% of the world's knowledge.  The new library of Alexandria opened in 2001.  I have been collaborating with them during this whole period, and Dr. Larsen has established important research efforts.
 
The core to BA Africa is the building of an BA Africa Grid, which consists of 270,000 faculty world wide who are interested in Health, Agriculture, Environmental/Sustainability, Computer engineering, Library Science and Research methods. WE have about 20-30,000 faculty in each community. In addition, we have collected as part of this 96,000 faculty, 66,000 from Arab countries, and 30,000 from sub Saharan countries as part of our grid.
 
We have collected 163,000 powerpoint lectures and we have taught over 50 million students world wide.  We are the largest educators for global health and research methods.
 
Vint Cerf (father of the internet) and Gil Omenn (former president of AAAS) are developing this with Dr Serageldin and I.
 
The first project was the establishment of a Research Methods Library of Alexandria, which is the largest virtual research library where aspiring researchers can get the statistics and methods questions answered.  WE also have 193,000 powerpoint presentations from the 6 areas of interest.
 
I would like to find a good student to help further identify scientists for our research methods communities of interest.  I would like, to identify these from Google scholar, e.g. those who have published in Agriculture in 2014, and invite them to join the agricultural arm of the Library. One would need to have expertise with Google Scholar.  It appears to do this we would need to search google scholar, and then down load the searchers in Endnote, followed by the identification and extraction of emails using harvesting program.
 
WE could do this as a paid internship, also, i suspect that some of you students would think it most cool to work with the Library of Alexandria. We are very open for students using this project as a masters. Also we would encourage students to publish about this project with our help (We have over 500 publications in science, nature, lancet, bmj, PNAS). If the student really does a good job, we likely to bring s/he with us the next time we go to the BA to teach.  
 
It would be ideal (but not necessary) for the intern or paid student to speak Arabic as we want to teach those at the Library our approach for building of communities of interest.
 
I just am not sure how to find an intern, or paid student.  I would hope to have this done by the beginning of sept.  
 
At the end of this we would have one of the largest data bases of scientists, the largest research methods library, one of the largest communities of scientific knowledge and a doubling of publications. We want the library to be the leading scientific research center in Arabic and African countries.
 
We would be looking for a masters or Ph.d. student with skills in google scholar, endnote, and large data base, as well as an interest in global health and science.
 
 
This is a short presentation about our collaboration with the library of Alexandria.
 
Write to me with a brief paragraph about yourself.  If interested you might also want to discuss with your advisor. Send to ronaldlaporte@mail.com
 
Here us a small bio of mine
 
ron
 
Global Health, so near, so far
 
"Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity". (WHO)
 
Global lecture about Library of Alexandria Health
 

Ronald E. LaPorte, Ph.D.
Emeritus Director WHO Collaborating Center
Professor Emeritus Epidemiology
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA, USA


I prefer to have you email at ronaldlaporte@gmail.com

Friday, July 24, 2015

P/T - Archival Internships (four available) - The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary - Columbia University (Manhattan

The Burke Library, one of 21 libraries in the Columbia University system, has exciting internship opportunities available!


Gain valuable hands-on experience processing, describing and rehousing archival collections!
The Union Seminary Archives (UTS) collections of personal papers from Union’s famous faculty and students since 1836. The collections cover a wide range from correspondence describing a tour through China in the early 1900s to a local event in the 1970s which made front page news in the New York Times.

The Archives of Women in Theological Scholarship (AWTS) is a unique and growing group of collections from the extraordinary women who were the ‘firsts’ in modern times to establish roles in the church, in theologically connected educational or scholarly societies. Many of these active collection donors continue to provide further archival sources.

Tasks :

● Creating contents lists for archival collections. Researching and writing Finding Aids (guides to

archival collections).

● Boxing and refoldering historic papers.

● Undertaking basic preservation.

● Writing blog entries in the Burke Library blog.

● Involvement with implementation of EAD.


Internships are unpaid and may be taken for credit through your school, depending upon your school’s policy. Interns are asked to commit for at least 10 hours per week within Monday – Friday, during business hours.

Qualifications and Skills :

● Must be currently enrolled in a master’s program.

● Excellent oral and written skills. Readable, neat handwriting.

● No prior specialist archival knowledge needed. Support and training available.

● Ability to lift heavy boxes (40lb) safely and handle weights of 15 pounds regularly.

● Experience with Microsoft Office Suite.

● Capacity to manage spiral staircase and work with dusty materials.

● Knowledge of other languages including German, French, Chinese and Japanese a plus.

How to Apply :

Please submit the following:

1. Cover letter explaining your career objectives and what you hope to gain from the internship.

2. Résumé detailing your education and work experiences.

**Applicants will be evaluated for both opportunities, there is no need to

specify in the application.**
Send these materials and/or other questions to:

burkearchives@library.columbia.edu


Please place in the subject line of your email “Archives Internship.”



Listings of The Burke Library's Archival Collections linked to a growing number of Finding Aids can be


found at http://library.columbia.edu/locations/burke/archives.html .

P/T - Municipal Library Intern - City of NY Dept of Records and Information Services

The Municipal Library, a division of the New York City Department of Records and Information Services, offers an educational (unpaid) internship to a library school student.  This internship can be for credit but that is not required. The City Hall Library is the official depository for publications of New York City agencies.  The collection includes varied material and resources on New York City history, life and culture.

 
Projects include:

·         Original and copy cataloging for documents using the Mandarin cataloging system with a MARC21 interface.  Most of the work entails adding subject headings and cleaning up cataloging records.  Also cataloging a backlog of over 500 items.

·         Assisting in monitoring and tracking submission of New York City agency publications in print and digital formats.

·         Assisting on various reference projects and learning to use the resources in the l Library collection.

·         Preparing an inventory of library items that could be weeded and other items that could be returned from offsite location. 

 

Qualifications/ Special Skills/Areas of study     

             ·         Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel and Access.

·         Highly motivated.

·         Strong attention to detail.

·         Preferably should have completed basic coursework in library and information science.

 

To apply, or for more information, please contact:

Christine Bruzzese,

Supervising Librarian,

Municipal Library

NYC Department of Records and Information Services,

31 Chambers Street, Room 112

New York, NY  10007

(212) 788-8595

cbruzz@records.nyc.gov

 

 

Monday, July 20, 2015

P/T - Text Analysis Intern - AOL-Relegence - Manhattan


Company Description and Background
AOL is a media technology company with a mission to simplify the internet for consumers and creators by unleashing the world's best builders of culture and code. Relegence is a R&D team within AOL responsible for text analysis technologies. It builds and maintains a semantic analysis platform for AOL, servicing publisher and advertising groups throughout the company.
Project Description
Relegence taxonomy contains over 2 million subjects and entities. It is used to categorize and classify AOL and 3rd party content for a number of services across the company. Due to new products and increased demand, Relegence taxonomy team is looking for 2 interns to contribute to ongoing efforts in expanding automated classification and taxonomy coverage.
Position
The role focuses on creating semantic rules that automate subject tagging for content by matching text found in news articles.
The tasks include:
- Understanding of taxonomy and metadata
- Researching contextual information
- Semantic rule-writing
- Review of peers work
- Quality testing of rules results and improvement of existing rules
Senior taxonomists will train, advise and supervise the candidates.
Hours: Flexible, 16-40 hours per week
Dates: Somewhat flexible, but we are looking to start this month. Project should last at least several months.
Compensation:  $25.00 per hour
Qualifications
- Must be a MLIS student.

Skills, Coursework and Interests (in any of these areas)
Preferred but not required:
- taxonomy, metadata or classification
- semantic technologies or computer science
- information architecture or information organization
- information retrieval and search
- indexing and thesaurus
- web publishing

Location
We are hiring in both our New York City and Boston offices.
NYC office: 770 Broadway
Boston office: Downtown Crossing
To apply:
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