Graduate Internship opportunity with The Bronx County Historical Society (BCHS) Research Center
This is a part-time unpaid internship available to actively enrolled graduate-level students in any
Library & Information Sciences and/or Archival programs.
Assistant Research Librarian/Archival Assistant
Bronx County Archives (BCA) & Research Library (RL)
The Bronx County Historical Society (BCHS), founded in 1955, is a non-profit educational and cultural
institution chartered by the New York State Board of Regents. BCHS, the historical agency for The
Bronx is dedicated to the collection, preservation, documentation, and public interpretation of the
history of The Bronx and lower Westchester County from its earliest human habitation by indigenous
Peoples through the present. BCHS disseminates information to the general public, schools, students,
historians, community members, activists, urban planners, and staff of other museums and libraries on
the historical, social, and economic development of The Bronx. It utilizes its collections in exhibits,
both in-house and traveling, historical research, oral history projects, production of publications, and
educational and cultural programming.
The Assistant Research Librarian/Archival Assistant Intern will assist the Bronx County Archives in
archival processing by sorting, organizing, cataloging and indexing special archival collections, assist
in curating special collections, scan and digitize archival documents and photographs. Assist the
Research Library in administering services to researchers, cataloging books, references, and
photographs, re-shelving books and other reference materials into the library stacks (shelving). Oral
History Interviewing and setting up digital audio/video equipment and recording area for interviewing.
FORMAT
In person
Hours per week: In accordance with respective educational institution’s internship requirements
Falling within work week/hours: Monday through Friday, from 9:00 AM to 5 PM
Start Date: Monday, January 15, 2024
End Date: Friday, May 10, 2024
RESPONSIBILITIES
This graduate intern will:
● Administer a research service model that delivers high-quality user-centered services; explore
and implement changes to service model and supporting processes
● Build and foster collaborative relationships with BCHS departments and other edcuational &
cultural partner organizations
● Manage the Research Library and Archives (RL&A) Reading Rooms and their operations,
including assisting patrons, materials circulation, materials storage, safe handling of collections,
and reading room supplies
● Administer RL&A’s system for registering patrons and tracking their requests for and use of
collection materials; work with the Librarian/Archivist and other staff to ensure collection
material is onsite and ready for use when patrons arrive in the reading room
● Provide in-person and virtual reference/research assistance as needed
● Ensure excellent service, friendly reception, and positive research interactions for researchers
of all skill levels using Bronx County Archives collections
● Curate collections by organizing and arranging archival documents, and other materials in
thematic, alphabetical, chronological, and other appropriate order
● Performing routine procedures to arrange for the preservation, digitization, and scanning of
archival documents and photographic prints
● Label archival folders and containers
● Prepare oral history equipment and interview logistics
● Process and edit oral history interviews
● Electronic transcribing and indexing of audio/video interviews
● Perform administrative functions incidental to archives and library activities
● cataloging and re-stacking library books, periodicals, and references
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
● Actively enrolled graduate-level students in any Library & Information Sciences and/or
Archival programs
An applicant for this position should have interest and/or background in, and is:
QUALIFICATIONS
● Experienced in urban history, community engagement, library sciences, and/or museums and
cultural institutions.
● Experienced with research and teaching trends, methods, and best practices
● Multilingualism is a plus.
The deadline for applications is: Open
The graduate intern will report to:
Pastor Crespo, Jr. Research Librarian/Archivist
Bronx County Historical Society
3309 Bainbridge Ave
The Bronx, NY 10467
