From: "David Ongley" <david.ongley@tuzzy.org>
Subject: Internships at the Beinecke Library at Yale - Summer 2008]
Date: January 31st 2008

Please find below an exciting paid internship opportunity at the
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale this summer.

The folks organizing these new internships are particularly
interested in recruiting applicants from professionally
under-represented groups. I am working with this planning group to
publicize the internships specifically to ALA's ethnic caucuses, the
Spectrum Scholar program, the ARL Diversity Scholars, and to library
schools that that have particular programs aimed at mentoring and
educating students from under-represented backgrounds (Knowledge River
at U of A, Emporia, UBC's First Nations Library program). If anyone
can pass along additional contacts, that would be wonderful, but
please feel free to forward this announcement yourself-- and if you
are a student, consider applying!

The internship would be an excellent opportunity for students
interested in academic librarianship, special collections, archives,
cataloging, preservation, metadata, and general technical services.
The skills learned in these internships would also be transferable to
other contexts, such as a tribal library/archives. The Beinecke has a
growing collection of archival and printed materials documenting
Native American literature, and rich historical collections relating
to Native American peoples. More information about the collections is
online at http://www.library.yale.edu/beinecke/brblinfo/brblguide.html

I am happy to answer informal queries about the program and about
working at the Beinecke. Please feel welcome to contact me off-list at
kathleen.burns@yale.edu

Please spread the word!

-Kathleen

Kathleen T. Burns
Archivist, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Yale University


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BEINECKE RARE BOOK & MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY INTERNSHIP PROGRAM - SUMMER
2008


Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library welcomes
applications from current graduate students in library science,
information studies, preservation, archives or a related program for
its newly constituted internship program. The program has been
designed to provide practical experience to current graduate students
interested in pursuing a career in technical services in a special
collections setting.

The Beinecke Library, one of the world's largest buildings devoted
entirely to rare books and manuscripts, is Yale's principal repository
for literary archives, early manuscripts, and rare books as well as
strong collections of historial materials. Its collections are
internationally known and heavily used by scholars from around the
world. For further information about the Beinecke Library, consult the
library's web site at: http://www.library.yale.edu/beinecke.

Responsibility for receiving, accessioning, processing and cataloging
as well as the preservation and conservation of materials in the
Beinecke, regardless of format, resides with the Technical Services
Department. Printed Acquisitions, Preservation, Manuscripts, Metadata
and indirectly the Rare Book Cataloging Team are all units in
Technical Services.

Interns will work in an area of their specific interest and have the
opportunity to learn more about how special collection libraries and
major research libraries are organized and function. Interns will
undertake and complete a project based on their interests, skills and
the needs of the Library.

The Beinecke Library has four internships available for the summer of
2008, and is looking to host an intern in each of the following areas
(see the list at end for additional details):

- Archival and manuscript processing
- Digital library and metadata development
- Preservation
- Rare book cataloging and acquisitions

Interns will work closely with staff in each of these areas and will
be integrated into the broader operations of the library through
tours, meetings with staff in the Beinecke Library and the Yale
University Library, and participation in special projects as available
and necessary.

Eligibility and requirements

- Applicants must be current graduate students in good standing in a
library science, information studies, preservation, archives or
related program
- Applicants must have completed at least three courses before the
start date of their internship
- Applicants must commit to 10 consecutive weeks of employment
between June 1st and August 31st, 2008
- At the end of the internship, interns will be required to submit a
final report describing their experiences or participate in an exit
interview
- Applicants must be eligible to work in the U.S.
- Successful applicants will need to pass a security background check

Interns will receive a stipend of $7,500 to be used for housing,
travel and other expenses. The stipend will be divided into three
payments: one upon starting, the second halfway through and the third
upon completion of the internship.

The Library strongly encourages applicants from underrepresented
communities to apply.

Applicants should submit the items below by Feb. 29, 2008, with a
decision made in the beginning of April. Successful candidates will be
contacted in the beginning of April.
- Cover letter indicating internship area preference, as described
below
- Current resume
- Three letters of reference and contact information, including one
from your current institution
- List of completed classes (unofficial transcripts accepted)

Send these to:


Diane Y. Turner, Associate University Librarian for Human Resources
Staff Training & Community Development
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven, CT 06520-8240


fax: (203) 432-1806
email: hrlibrary@yale.edu,:

Please send any questions concerning the internships to
hrlibrary@yale.edu

POSSIBLE PROJECTS

Archives and manuscript processing
- Arrange, describe, and preserve manuscript collections from the
Yale Collection of American Literature, the Yale Collection of Western
Americana, and/or the General Collection of Modern Books and
Manuscripts.
- Create inventories and collection level descriptions encoded in EAD
and MARC.
- Participate as needed in Manuscript Unit initiatives related to
archival processing, accessioning, and manuscript cataloging.

Digital library and metadata development
- Gain a broad introduction to digital library development, metadata,
and mass digitization programs with an emphasis on the digitization of
rare books and archival materials in special collections
- Create metadata records across a wide range of materials that may
include medieval and renaissance manuscripts, modern manuscripts and
photographs, books, artwork, and maps, according to local and national
cataloging standards including AACR2, LCSH, LC Authorities, and
AAT/TGM II
- Develop and manage structural metadata using software such as MS
Excel
- Working with library staff, design and implement web interface
usability studies of digital library technologies and make
recommendations on web-interface improvements
- Receive a broad introduction to various types of modern digital
capture equipment (e.g., large format digital camera, flatbed scanner
and film scanner), and gain an overview of scanning and editing
workflows

Rare book acquisitions and cataloging
- Broad introduction to technical services functions for rare books
with an emphasis on rare book cataloging for a wide range of material
from the 15th century to the present
- Introduction and experience using Voyager, OCLC/Connexion and other
bibliographic databases
- Introduction and experience with AACR2, DCRM(B) (Descriptive
Cataloging of Rare Materials (Books)), LCSH, genre headings, and
authority control.
- Specific projects will depend on a person's language skills,
cataloging background, and interests (e.g. early books, artist books,
maps, serials, or music)
- Acquisitions workflow including accession records, physical
processing and tracking of materials prior to cataloging.

Preservation and conservation
- Condition assessments and treatment proposals
- Collection surveys, including printed materials, manuscripts,
photographs, and A/V materials
- Coordinate environmental monitoring program and analyze data
- Liaise with vendors, including RFPs, contracts, and proposal
reviews, for conservation treatments, housing, reformatting, and mass
deacidification
- Assist with disaster preparedness and planning
- Aid in developing documentation including policies, procedures,
best practices for workflow

Yale University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer
See: http://www.library.yale.edu/lhr/jobs/intern/brbl-intern.html

Please forward!




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Kathleen Burns, Archivist
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Yale University
email: kathleen.burns@yale.edu
phone: (203) 432-7328


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