American Museum of Natural History Research Library--Field Book Project Internship
Overview:
The CLIR Biodiversity
Heritage Library (BHL) Field Notes Project is a collaborative among nine natural history
institutions to digitize approximately 450,000 new pages of primary field note
material such as journals, field catalogs and specimen lists. AMNH has so far
contributed over 18,000 pages to this project and seeks interns to scan and
process the remaining material.
Description:
Interns will be
given the opportunity to pilot records through the entire digitization
workflow. They will gain experience working with a range of scanning equipment,
cataloging and asset management systems, online repositories, file formats, and
digitization and metadata standards. Additionally, they will receive experience
physically handling original material in various formats and conditions.
Qualifications:
·
Intern must be a current student in an MLS program from an accredited
institution.
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Must have familiarity with Microsoft Office applications, namely Excel
and Word.
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Experience handling fragile documents and/or rare books preferred.
·
Open communication skills and attention to detail.
Timeline:
Applications will be accepted until May 29, 2017. Interns
will ideally begin the week of June 19 and last through December. It will require a commitment of at least one
day a week.
To apply:
Send a cover letter and resume to Kendra Meyer, Field Book Project
Archivist, at kmeyer@amnh.org. Cover letter should include days and hours
available. Please feel free to reach out with any questions about the project.
