Paid Summer Internship for Graduate Student - The Thomas J. Watson Library at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Join a vibrant community of students at The Met this summer! The Museum Seminar (MuSe) Internship Program awards paid summer and long-term internships to students interested in a career in the arts and fields related to the Met’s many departments. In addition to developing skills through internship projects within museum departments, interns participate in a weekly seminar series and interact directly with the Museum's visitors by leading public tours in the galleries.
The Met strongly encourages applications from students who are members of groups underrepresented in careers related to museums and the visual arts.
The Thomas J. Watson Library is the primary research library of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. It has a collection of nearly one million volumes, extensive electronic resources and growing digital collections. For further information regarding The Thomas J. Watson Library, visit http://libmma.org/portal/category/about-watson-library/. The intern will work with professional librarians on ongoing library workflows and special projects. Potential projects in Watson Library include:
· Working on stacks management for expanding our special collections; evaluating and processing research materials for relocation to offsite storage
· Evaluating and researching folios in our circulating collection for scarcity and condition, for possible inclusion in our special collections
· Examining and creating a workflow for enhancing our legacy artist files
· Taking part in cutting-edge technical services workflows, working in OCLC Connexion Client and Innovative Interfaces new Sierra platform, which the library will be adopting this spring
· Cataloging a significant gift of contemporary art exhibition catalogs from the Museum of Modern Art
· Evaluating serials subscriptions for renewal
· Exposure to other areas of library work whenever possible, according to interest and aptitude
Internship dates:
June 5–August 11, 2017
Full time: five days, thirty-five hours per week
Compensation: Approximately $3750 (less applicable taxes and deductions)
Full time: five days, thirty-five hours per week
Compensation: Approximately $3750 (less applicable taxes and deductions)
For more information and to apply, visit: http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/internships/undergraduate-and-graduate-students/summer#muse
DEADLINE: January 29, 2017, at 11:59 pm (ET). Please note: your recommendation letters must be submitted by this application deadline. We will not accept applications or recommendations after the deadline.
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