New York State Library Manuscripts and Special Collections - Graduate Internship
The New York State Library has a paid internship opportunity available for a Graduate Student to work in the New York State Library's Manuscripts and Special collections unit during the Fall 2024 semester. The New York State Library's Manuscripts and Special collections unit acquires, preserves, and provides access to manuscripts and personal papers, rare books, and other special collections. Including prints, posters and broadsides, and musical scores.
The intern may assist with any or all of the following: answering email reference questions, processing new collections. rehousing and/or relocating existing collections, creating and/or editing finding aids, special research, and projects as assigned. The intern will work on real world archival projects, which will provide valuable experience putting the theory of the classroom into practice.
The intern will gain experience in working with the public via virtual and in-person reference services, library classification systems, archival best practices, and housing and rehousing of newly donated collections of archival material.
This position is open to matriculated graduate students at participating SUNY campuses. Preference may be given to those who are pursuing a Master's in library or Information Science or a combined Bachelors/Masters in Library or Information Science. May be suitable for undergraduate history majors.
The intern will complete between 10-20 hours per week
Undergraduate students will be paid $15/hour and graduate students will be paid $18/hour. For all offices located in NYC or Westchester, Suffolk, or Nassau Counties, undergraduate students will be paid $16.00/hour and graduate students will be paid $19.00/hour.Ìý
Qualified candidates should email a cover letter, resume, transcript (student copy is acceptable), and completed internship application to internships@nysed.gov. Please include the Assignment Number (OCE-FA-24-16) in the subject line of your email to reference this assignment.
Failure to send complete application materials via email will result in your removal from our consideration.
Matthew Laudicina