Latin American Studies Collection Development Internship
Columbia University Libraries, Fall 2018
Are you currently enrolled in an MLIS program? Are you interested in collaborative collection
development initiatives? Do you know Spanish and/or Portuguese at a working level? The Global Studies
unit at Columbia University Libraries is seeking a Fall semester intern to work on several regional and
national collaborative collection development projects related to Latin American Library collections. The
internship could be renewed for subsequent semesters depending on the projects undertaken and intern
interest.
The intern will work with the 2CUL Latin American & Iberian Studies Librarian (Columbia/Cornell) to
evaluate, analyze, and write up findings and recommendations for several collection development projects
related to Latin America. Projects will be determined with intern interest and professional development
goals in mind:
Analyze duplicate print journal holdings at Cornell and Columbia Universities.
Compare electronic primary sources at Cornell and Columbia including analysis of usage
statistics, local discovery, and marketing strategies for usage to various communities at both
universities.
Retrospective collection development of monographs related to contemporary art in the
Caribbean.
Analyze and follow-up on the results for the Latin Americanist Research Resources Project
Distributed Resources Project survey.
Review of collection development policies at both institutions.
Mapping of various regional and national collaborative collection development projects.
Impact of local treatments of Latin American studies collections on a consortium and within
shared print collection environments.
Internships are unpaid and *must* be taken for credit through your school. Interns are asked to commit
for at least 10 hours per week within Monday – Friday during normal business hours. There is a
possibility to do most of this work remotely but these will all be collaborative projects between the
supervising librarian and the intern and continuous feedback, shared editing of documents and progress
reports are expected.
To be considered send a resume and a brief letter of interest noting which of the outlined projects interest
you and why this internship could further your professional goals to Sócrates Silva at
ss5000@columbia.edu
Thursday, June 14, 2018
Monday, June 11, 2018
Archive Interns, Lesbian Herstory Archives (Brooklyn)
Lesbian Herstory Archives Internships
The Lesbian Herstory Archives (located in Park Slope, Brooklyn, NYC) is looking for graduate and undergraduate students with a demonstrated interest in Lesbian Studies, Women's History or Lesbian Activism who arealso interested in library, information and archives studies.We have a number of exciting projects for the upcoming academic year working with web development, video and audio collection cataloging, digitization and preservation, metadata management, processing special collections and cataloging books and periodicals. There will also be the opportunity to plan exhibits or events and to attend workshops and classes.
Interns will get to meet professionals in a wide variety of analogous fields and have many networking opportunities including site visits and guest lecturers.All internships at LHA are unpaid. Volunteers are always welcomed. Retirees are encouraged to apply. What We're Offering
Requirements
- Course credit and letters of recommendation
or references.
- Skilled in the use of MS Office and/or Google Docs
in a Windows PC environmentPreferred
APPLICATION PROCESSApplications accepted on a rolling basis. Please read the instructions below very carefully.Candidates must submit
- Cover Letter (indicating
relevant interests/activities and availability)
- Resume
(indicating relevant skills and experience including academic work
Include the word “Internship” and thein the subject line. semester for which you are applyingNOTE: LHA cannot provide housing for interns. LHA will provide confirmation of internship acceptance for candidates who may need this documentation to accompany a grant or fellowship application.
About The Lesbian Herstory ArchivesIn operation since 1974, The Lesbian Herstory Archives is home to the world's oldest and largest collection of archival, bibliographic and multimedia materials by and about the diverse lesbian experience.
LHA is, and has always been, an all-volunteer run, 501(c)3 , non-profit educational organization with no paid staff and no government support. We rely upon individual donations and private foundation support.We offer research assistance to academics, artists, filmmakers authors, individuals and classes. We also provide tours, exhibits in-house events and a semester-long Lesbian Studies course. Our open hours are listed on our website in the "Calendar" section. Please visit us to browse, do research or volunteer any time we are open.
Cataloguing System Creation Intern, DOCOMOMO (NY)
DOCOMOMO New York/Tri-State is seeking a part-time archivist intern to work with board members in creating a system for cataloguing the chapter’s archives. Our organizational records include information on operations, advocacy efforts, special events and lectures, as well as architectural surveys, photographs, and other documentation on specific Modern buildings. As part of this project, the archivist intern will help set up a system to catalogue items and complete an initial top-level inventory. A possible future phase of the project (not included as part of this request) would include an evaluation of the holdings and the potential for scanning and creating an online archive and cataloging of materials.
This position pays a $1,250 honorarium. Application deadline is June 15, 2018 at 5pm. For more information, including how to apply, download the position description.
This position pays a $1,250 honorarium. Application deadline is June 15, 2018 at 5pm. For more information, including how to apply, download the position description.
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