Internship at Iowa State University

Internship
Iowa State University

Iowa State University is accepting applications for the summer 2006
Lennox Preservation Internship.  This internship is intended to give
current graduate students and recent graduates of preservation and
conservation programs the opportunity to apply their skills and
knowledge of care and treatment of library and archives materials in
an academic library.  Interns will learn about the overall
functioning and organization of the Preservation Department and will
undertake and complete a project based on their interests and
skills, and the needs and capabilities of the Department.

Eligibility and requirements:

    *   Applicants must currently be a graduate student, in good
        standing, in a program of library and archives preservation
        administration or conservation; or a recent graduate (within
        the past nine months) of such a program;

    *   Current graduate students must have completed at least four
        preservation or conservation courses before the anticipated
        start date of this internship;

    *   Applicants must commit to 8 consecutive weeks of full-time
        employment as interns;

    *   Internship must be completed during the months of May, June,
        July and August;

    *   At the end of the internship, the intern will be required to
        submit a final report or project;

    *   Applicants must have student or working visas if not a U.S.
        citizen.

The summer 2006 internship provides a $3,000 stipend; travel
expenses to and from Ames; housing expenses up to $1,736; and
funding for professional development.

For more information see:

    <URL:http://www.lib.iastate.edu/
        cfora/generic.cfm?cat=gen_libinfo_dept&navid=11041
        &parent=4010&disp=classic>

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To apply for the Lennox Preservation Internship please submit the
following items: cover letter; current resume; contact information
for two professional references (include address, phone number and
e-mail address); statement of interest (include projects of
interest); graduate program description including requirements and
course descriptions (indicate the classes you have completed).

Submit these items to:

    Lennox Preservation Internship
    Iowa State University
    441 Parks Library
    Ames IA 50011-2140

Deadline for application is November 1, 2005


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