Overview:
NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO ARCHIVES INTERN – SUMMER 2012 (June 4th – August 11th)
The NYPR Radio Archives currently maintains a collection of more than 55,000 cataloged broadcast recordings dating from June 1927 to the present. These recordings cover the range of the station's activities as one of the nation's earliest public broadcasters. They include live concerts from venues around the metropolitan area, as well as public events and speeches covering the full breadth of political, cultural, and civic activities in and around New York City . Also included in the NYPR Archives are paper records, photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, program guides, and scripts (copies and originals) dating from 1924 to the present. The collection also features vintage microphones and WPA commissioned artwork.
Since 1924, NYPR Radio has provided public radio listeners with award-winning educational, cultural, news and public affairs programming to the greater New York area and across the country. With more than one million weekly listeners tuning in to NYPR, our core audience comes from all five boroughs of New York City and beyond to at least 55 counties in three states.
This internship will provide a unique opportunity for a qualified student to work with the Archives’ staff on several ongoing digitization and access projects. Over the course of the summer, the intern will learn the analog-to-digital transfer process, work within the Archives’ PBCore database, and help create content for the Archives’ website.
Responsibilities:
· Catalog broadcast materials
· Clean and splice audio tapes
· Duplicate and quality control CDs
· Reformat DAT and MD recordings
· Organize paper and photographic materials
· Scan paper and photographic materials
· Survey collections
· Rehouse collections
· Identify orphan materials
· Research photographs for web publication
· Create web content using NYPR’s content management system
Qualifications:
· Familiarity with public radio
· Interest in audio archives
· Familiarity with audio formats
· Familiarity with the PBCore metadata schema
· Good sense of 20th century history
· Enrollment in an accredited library school or archives program
· Be consistently available for a minimum of 15 hours per week
· A proven willingness to learn new skills
Qualified candidates only please. No calls. No agencies. Candidates selected for interview will be contacted.
Note: The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees, and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer.
New York Public Radio is an Equal Opportunity Employer and invites and encourages qualified applicants from all walks of life.
New York Public Radio must receive all information requested in order to consider your candidacy.
NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO ARCHIVES INTERN – SUMMER 2012 (June 4th – August 11th)
The NYPR Radio Archives currently maintains a collection of more than 55,000 cataloged broadcast recordings dating from June 1927 to the present. These recordings cover the range of the station's activities as one of the nation's earliest public broadcasters. They include live concerts from venues around the metropolitan area, as well as public events and speeches covering the full breadth of political, cultural, and civic activities in and around New York City . Also included in the NYPR Archives are paper records, photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, program guides, and scripts (copies and originals) dating from 1924 to the present. The collection also features vintage microphones and WPA commissioned artwork.
Since 1924, NYPR Radio has provided public radio listeners with award-winning educational, cultural, news and public affairs programming to the greater New York area and across the country. With more than one million weekly listeners tuning in to NYPR, our core audience comes from all five boroughs of New York City and beyond to at least 55 counties in three states.
This internship will provide a unique opportunity for a qualified student to work with the Archives’ staff on several ongoing digitization and access projects. Over the course of the summer, the intern will learn the analog-to-digital transfer process, work within the Archives’ PBCore database, and help create content for the Archives’ website.
Responsibilities:
· Catalog broadcast materials
· Clean and splice audio tapes
· Duplicate and quality control CDs
· Reformat DAT and MD recordings
· Organize paper and photographic materials
· Scan paper and photographic materials
· Survey collections
· Rehouse collections
· Identify orphan materials
· Research photographs for web publication
· Create web content using NYPR’s content management system
Qualifications:
· Familiarity with public radio
· Interest in audio archives
· Familiarity with audio formats
· Familiarity with the PBCore metadata schema
· Good sense of 20th century history
· Enrollment in an accredited library school or archives program
· Be consistently available for a minimum of 15 hours per week
· A proven willingness to learn new skills
Qualified candidates only please. No calls. No agencies. Candidates selected for interview will be contacted.
Note: The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees, and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer.
New York Public Radio is an Equal Opportunity Employer and invites and encourages qualified applicants from all walks of life.
New York Public Radio must receive all information requested in order to consider your candidacy.
Apply:
The application is now
on-line here:http://www.wnyc.org/careers/ . Applicants can do a
keyword search for “archives” and it should turn up. The application deadline
is April 27. There is also a small transportation stipend.
