Summer 2017 Internship (Early Consideration)
Description:
The NYPD Video Production Unit (VPU) Archive consists
of over 10,000 programs on film, analog video, and as born digital files. The
materials capture the evolution of NYPD tactics and training, global and
international policing initiatives, and moments of historical and cultural
importance to the NYPD and the larger NYC community over the past eighty years.
Candidates must be a Masters or PhD
student in Motion Pictures/Archives/Records Management or Library Science. The
intern will assist in the ongoing archiving and preservation efforts of the
VPU, including conducting inventories of film and video assets, digitization of
the video collection, and descriptive cataloging of digitized programs. The intern
will be supervised by experienced, highly trained archivists. The goal of the
internship will be to provide hands on experience with the basics of moving
image and digital preservation, including digitization, technical and
descriptive metadata, care and handling, and file migration and monitoring.
Educational Requirements:
Graduate Student – MA/PhD in Motion
Picture/Archive/Records Management/Library Science
Location:
NYPD Video Production Unit Moving
Picture Archive, 235 East 20th Street, Manhattan
Salary is to be determined by the
Mayor’s Office.
To submit for early consideration,
please email a resume and cover letter to:
Director Anthony Lopresti Anthony.Lopresti@nypd.org
Sergeant George
Kefalas GEORGE.KEFALAS@nypd.org
Public
Records Officer Sean O’Donnell SEAN.ODONNELL@nypd.org
Public Records
Officer Joshua Ranger JOSHUA.RANGER@nypd.org
(Type “NYPD 2017 Summer Internship” in the
subject line.)
Applications for early consideration
will be reviewed. Applicants will be
contacted.
