Job Opening Title: Project Archivist (Internship)
Institution/Organization Name: ACOR – American Center of Oriental Research
Job Location (City, State, Province, Country): Amman, Jordan
Application Deadline: October 15, 2018
Link to job posting: https://www.acorjordan.org/acor-project-archivist-opportunity/
Years of experience required: 1
Job Description (if URL to posting not available). Please include instructions for how to apply.: Project Archivist Opportunity with ACOR Photo Archive Project
In 2016, ACOR, the American Center of Oriental Research, was awarded a grant by the U.S. Department of Education to digitize and make available to the public a substantial collection of historical photographs of Jordan and the Middle East. Read more about the ACOR Photographic Archive Project:
https://photoarchive.acorjordan.org/
We are currently seeking a Project Archivist with an interest in photographic archives to join us at our Center in Amman, Jordan, for the Spring 2019 semester (5 months). This paid residential internship opportunity is appropriate for advanced students or recent graduates in library and information science, with a preference for those specializing in archives, museums, or cultural resource management. ACOR anticipates continuing to offer this internship to one archivist per semester for the duration of the project funding (through September 2020), so we are also open to applications for future semesters.
For more information and for application instructions, please go to: https://www.acorjordan.org/acor-project-archivist-opportunity/
Applications must be submitted by October 15, 2018
For inquiries and applications please write to: opportunity@acorjordan.org
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