Job Opening Title:
Processing & Digitization Intern
Name of Employer:
Alexandria Library
Job Site Location (City, State) :
Alexandria, Virginia
Application Deadline:
June 30, 2023
Minimum Degree Requirement:
MLS in progress or graduated within the last 6 months
Years of experience required:
0
Salary Range:
17.55/hour
Job Opening URL:
http://alexlibraryva.org/employment#LHSCintern
Job Description (if URL to posting not available). Include instructions for how to apply.:
Processing & Digitization Internship
Local History/Special Collections Branch
July 2023 – June 2024
20 hours per week
The Alexandria Library is seeking an intern for one year starting July 2023 through June 2024. This is a grant-funded 20 hour a week internship to work on rehousing, preservation assessments, and digitization of select portions of four archival collections and select microfilm reels related to early Civil Rights history in Alexandria, Virginia. The internship is funded by a grant in partnership with New America. The selected intern will be responsible for rehousing, basic preservation assessments, scanning, Qualified Dublin Core metadata description, handwriting recognition using Transkribus software, name authority records for portions of the Alexandria Library Company Records, Alexandria Library Records, Armistead Boothe Papers, and the Mary Powell Scott Papers. The intern will also gain experience with the ingest process for Preservica and software integrations between Preservica and ArchivesSpace. The internship will end with a culminating project to present to key stakeholders and summarize the learning experience.
Qualifications:
Ideal candidates will be enrolled in a graduate degree program in Library & Information Science or no more than 6 months post-graduation. There is no guarantee that interns will be hired for future employment. The ability to read cursive writing is preferred.
Additional qualifications for interns include:
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Outstanding customer service skills
• Ability to work independently and with a team
• Organized and detail oriented
• Dependable and punctual
• Basic computer skills
• Interest in Virginia history, early Civil Rights (1930s onward), and /or community history
• A basic awareness of various descriptive standards and digital asset management software, such as ArchiveSpace or Preservica, is preferred
All interns will also need to complete a successful reference and background check.
Pay: $17.55 per hour
Benefits: This position is not eligible for benefits
Schedule: 20 hours a week for 52 weeks
Location: Local History/Special Collections Branch – 717 Queen Street, Alexandria, VA 22314
Application Instructions:
Click here to apply attaching a cover letter, resume and three (3) professional references, preferably supervisory. Address Cover Letter to Linda Wesson, HR Manager, 5005 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 22304. Contact with questions: 703-746-1799, or careers@alexlibraryva.org.
About Us
The Alexandria Library Company (ALC) was founded on July 24, 1794, at the home of John Wise as a subscription library for the Alexandria community. A week later the members elected officers and first Librarian, Edward Stable in Wise’s long room, part of today’s Gadsby’s Tavern. On January 9, 1799, the Alexandria Library Company was chartered by the General Assembly of Virginia. The Company joined the City’s efforts to create a free public library in 1931 and contributed its holdings toward the modern-day Alexandria Library. Today, those holdings form the nucleus of the Local History/Special Collections Branch.
The Local History/Special Collections Branch (LH/SC) is co-located with the Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library in Old Town Alexandria. The LH/SC Branch contains resources focused on Alexandria and Northern Virginia which cover genealogy, local history, and rare books. Archival collections focus on the local community and represent organizations, families, and architecture.
Archives Gig 