P/T - Read! Write! Create! Program Facilitators - Brooklyn Public Library (Brooklyn)

Applications are solicited ASAP for Program Facilitators for BPL’s Read! Write! Create! (RWC) literacy program. RWC will hold two six-session series of comic book writing workshops for children in three public housing development community centers and three branches of the Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) on specific dates in the Spring of 2014. The facilitators are scheduled to work for 2 hours on each session of the series, which will take place weekdays during after school hours or on weekends. Upon completion of the series, there will be a possibility of renewal for the summer and fall series.

BPL will partner with the Comic Book Project to introduce the RWC workshop series during which children will write, design and produce original comic books, and parents and caregivers will become informed about family reading engagement, school readiness and summer learning. The goals of RWC are to strengthen reading and writing skills in five- to nine-year-old children from low-income households through enriching hands-on workshops, to strengthen ties between branch libraries and families living in public housing developments, and to raise awareness of the importance of recreational reading and writing practice as it pertains to in-school learning and child development.

Duties and responsibilities:

·         Using the curriculum created by the Comic Book Project and adapted by BPL, facilitate comic book writing workshops for children.

·         Work collaboratively with the Children’s Librarian at the assigned branch and staff at the public housing community center.

·         Promote literacy skills by exploring the connection between words and visual imagery as it relates to narrative structure and content.

·         Setup and breakdown activity space.

·         Communicate clearly with Read! Write! Create! Coordinator.

Education and Qualifications:

·         Bachelor’s Degree

·         Experience working with children ages five to nine

·         Excellent communication skills;  Strong presentation and programming skills

·         Flexibility and willingness to travel

·         Enrollment in a graduate library or education program desirable, but not essential

·         Interest in and knowledge of comic books, graphic novels, and sequential art a plus

Compensation: $100 per program and $100 to attend the training
Job offer is contingent on passing a pre-employment background check

All interested and qualified applicants should email a cover letter and resume to: Job2181@brooklynpubliclibrary.org  Brooklyn Public Library is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

P/T - Social Media Intern - VoxGov (Manhattan)

Looking for an opportunity to flex your social media muscles? Then don’t miss this chance to work with a rapidly growing start-up within the government and politics sphere. Right now, we are looking for enthusiastic and hardworking Social Media Outreach interns to help spread the word about our company.  Use your online expertise to tout our business, services and products across the Internet via social media platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. In addition, the right candidate will provide valuable assistance to our internal production, blogging and sales teams.

Our company is currently focused on increasing our engagement and profile on social media channels and tracking metrics to determine success; YOU can be a part of this important process. To help us tackle these challenges, we are looking for interns who have a love for the Internet and social media, want to learn more about politics, public policy and government, and have the skills and desire to  help us grow our business.

Position Description:

• Assist with social media marketing strategy and publishing.
• Research and distribute social media posts and related content.
• Use social media as networking vehicle to aid the sales and marketing team.
• Create and distribute analytics reports for internal stakeholders to track adoption and engagement.
• Research technology solutions that can add value to the company's marketing mission.
• Complete special related projects as needed.

Qualifications:

• Ability to receive course credit for your internship work
• Ability to commit to 10 hours a week preferred, with flexibility regarding terms and hours
• Understanding of Internet trends and technologies.
• Technical and journalistic writing skills specific to social media platforms (including Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn).
• Excellent writing, research and interpersonal communication skills.
• Skill in identifying, tracking and analyzing trends as they appear on social channels.
• Must be highly organized, very detailed and an excellent communicator via email, phone and online chat (Skype).
• Familiarity with Google Analytics, Hootsuite (and Nimble a plus).
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to prioritize and handle a variety of assignments simultaneously.
• Attention to detail and accountability.
• Public relations and outreach experience a plus.

The position is unpaid for academic credit and is 10-15 hours a week

To Apply

Send email and cover letter to rachel@voxgov.com

P/T - Corporate & Business Research Internships - Credit Suisse (Manhattan)

Integreon Managed Solutions is a privately held global outsourcing firm that partners with some of the world’s largest investment banks and law firms to provide a wide range of services, including library and business research support.

Our client, Credit Suisse, is seeking two (2) interns to perform corporate and business research as part of their Business Research Centre team.

§ The positions are part time, 20 hours per week, with flexible working hours

§ Weekend coverage will be required

§ We are seeking a commitment of at least one year

ROLE SUMMARY

Information Specialist

This is a research position for an individual who is enrolled in an MLS program. The individual in this position will be answering research requests from our clients. Knowledge of the financial markets and investment banking is a plus.

RESPONSIBILITIES

§ Answering client information requests by providing accurate information efficiently and in a cost-effective manner

§ Develop successful working relationships with front office employees / professionals and business units on an ongoing basis

§ Communicate confidently and effectively with demanding users, seeking senior management assistance when appropriate

§ Work effectively with industry experts to extract opinions, projections and/or unreleased data to provide complete and competitive response to information inquiries

§ Ability to analyze information in corporate finance, specific market, industry or product areas to determine what aspects are to be answered with print sources, through outside expert opinion or via online data

QUALIFICATIONS

§ You must be currently enrolled in a MLS program

§ Excellent computer skills

§ Strong organizational, written and oral communication skills

§ Database experience preferred

§ Able to work in a fast-paced and demanding environment

QUALIFIED CANDIDATES - Please send your resume to Catherine Ciaccio: Catherine.ciaccio@credit-suisse.com

P/T - Archival Internship - Carnegie Hall (Manhattan)

The Carnegie Hall Archives is seeking an enthusiastic intern who will assist the archivists with digital archiving, conservation and preservation, cataloging, and collection management activities. Applicants must be current students or recent graduates of graduate archival, library science, or museum studies programs who have an interest in music or history, or students or recent graduates of specialized graduate programs in audiovisual archives and preservation with an interest in digital preservation.
The intern will help support activities related to the Digital Archives Project and will gain digital archives experience working with analog audiotapes and videotapes and preparing them for shipping and digitization by an outside vendor. Other activities include quality control of digital files returned from vendors, re-housing and cataloging of historical programs and organizational documents, and processing collections. The internship is designed to provide hands-on experience with archival processing and handling of assets, both physical and digital. Interns may also be assigned additional collection management tasks depending on experience.

The intern will be expected to work at least one full day a week (9:30am-5:30pm), preferably 2 or 3 days a week. Some work will take place at an offsite storage facility. While this is an unpaid internship, the intern will receive transportation and lunch reimbursement.

Required Skills and Abilities:
• Coursework in archival descriptive practices and standards.
• Keen attention to detail with spreadsheets and databases.
• Must be able to write and communicate clearly and effectively and work well independently.
• Ability to lift boxes that weigh up to 40lbs.

Preferred Skills and Abilities:
• Experience with archival collections processing
• Experience with audiovisual materials

To apply:
Send a letter of interest, a CV or resume, and an academic or professional letter of reference to
Miwa Yokoyama, Digital Project Manager, at myokoyama@carnegiehall.org by January 20, 2014. Your letter should indicate when you are available for the internship. Questions may be directed via e-mail to the same address. No phone calls, please.

P/T - Photo/Graphics/Imaging/Conservation Internship - Graphics Atlas (NYC)

IPI is seeking a 12-15 month intern to assist in developing content for an online print identification resource, Graphics Atlas, www.graphicsatlas.org . The internship will begin in spring/summer 2014, depending on availability of the selected applicant. The Graphics Atlas internship is a paid position sponsored by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, with a monthly stipend of $1200.

Description
IPI's Graphics Atlas is a sophisticated, online print identification and characterization resource, www.graphicsatlas. org. The intern's primary responsibilities will be to conduct research on photographic processes, history and technologies and to develop written content for Graphics Atlas. The intern will also help prepare outreach materials to extend the audience of the website. The intern will gain thorough knowledge of documentation and imaging techniques, the history and techniques of photographic processes, types and mechanisms of deterioration associated with each process, and will come away with a deep understanding of print identification through hands-on interaction with IPI's prolific study collection, library and microscopy facilities.

Qualifications/ Skills
Bachelor's degree minimum education is required. Applicants should be working towards or considering a career in archives, library sciences, photograph conservation, preservation, history, or related fields.
Applicants should have excellent research and writing skills, an interest in photographic processes and technology, be self motivated and able to work independently as well as collaboratively. Some knowledge of photographic history and processes is preferred, but not required.

Application Deadline and Requirements
Application deadline is March 1, 2014. Applicants must submit a resume, cover letter, and three references (names and contact information only). Please email application materials to Alice Carver-Kubik at ackpph@rit.edu.

P/T - Archival Internship Opportunities - Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University (Manhattan)

The Burke Library, one of 22 libraries in the Columbia University system, has an exciting internship opportunity available! Gain valuable hands-on experience processing, describing and rehousing archival collections!

Under the supervision of the Archivist for Union Theological Seminary (UTS) and the Burke Library Collections, Ruth Tonkiss Cameron, (rc2179@columbia.edu) interns will have the opportunity to work on unique archival collections ranging from historical to modern.

The Union Archives Group contain over 140 collections of personal papers from Union’s famous faculty and students since 1836, which are in demand by researchers from nation and worldwide, whose interests range through social, political, economic and educational as well as theological issues. 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) founded at the turn of this century is a unique and growing group of collections from those 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.
 Boxing and re-foldering historic papers
 Researching and writing finding aids (guides to archival collections)
 Undertaking basic preservation
 Writing blog entries in the Burke Library blog
 Involvement with implementation of EAD

INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Burke Library at
Union Theological Seminary
Columbia University
3041 Broadway New York, NY 10027

Internships are unpaid and may be taken for credit through your school.
Interns are asked to commit for 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
 No prior specialist archival knowledge needed. Support and training available
 Ability to lift heavy boxes (40lbs) safely and handle weights of 15lbs regularly
 Organizational/office skills and experience. Familiarity with Word and Excel
 Capacity to manage spiral staircase and work with dusty materials.
 Readable, neat handwriting
 Knowledge of other languages including German, French and Chinese 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.

PLEASE send these materials and/or other questions to archivist:
Ruth Tonkiss Cameron, at rc2179@columbia.edu
The Burke Library Blog: https://blogs.cul.columbia.edu/burkearchives/

More about the Burke Library can be found through our website: http://library.columbia.edu/indiv/burke.html.

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 - Children's Book Collection Internship - Museum of the City of New York (Manhattan)

The Museum of the City of New York seeks a library science graduate student intern to assist the Manuscripts and Reference Archivist with a project to assess the Museum’s Children’s Book Collection during the Spring 2014 semester.

Project Description:
The first phase of the project entails conducting a full inventory of the Children’s Book Collection, including updating the Museum’s collections management system (CMS) with photographic documentation, dimensions, condition assessment, and location information. Phase two of the project involves conducting research into each individual volume to collect information regarding its rarity and significance. Students will gain experience conducting condition assessments, developing object handling skills, working in the Museum’s CMS, and becoming familiar with tools for researching rare books.

About the Museum:
Founded in 1923 as private, non-profit corporation, the Museum connects the past, present, and future of New York City. It celebrates and interprets the city, educating the public about its distinctive character, especially its heritage of diversity, opportunity, and perpetual transformation. It serves the public through exhibitions, school and public programs, publications, and collections.

Requirements:
The Internship requires a minimum commitment of one full day a week (7 hours), scheduled during the Monday - Friday workweek. Internships are unpaid. Preference will be given to students completing the internship for course credit. Candidates must be currently enrolled in a Master’s program for Library Science. Students with a focus in rare books or an interest in children’s books are encouraged to apply.

To be considered for this opportunity, please send your resume and a cover letter explaining your interest in the position to lturley@mcny.org.