[PADG:178] Internship at Cornell University Library

["Barbara B. Eden" <beb1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Colleague, 

Cornell University Library  was funded by IMLS to conduct an
internship program focusing on Native American Library staff.
Cornell University Library plans to offer a program of internship in
preservation management and practice designed to build a preservation
infrastructure within tribal colleges and universities throughout the
country.  This program will focus on the development of a cadre of
twelve qualified Native Americans trained and dedicated to helping
establish and maintain preservation programs in institutions within their
region. The program will take place over a two-year period, during the
months of June, July, August and consists of one training sessions per
year for each of six interns, for a total of two  sessions and
twelve interns. The program is designed to prepare the interns to train
other librarians, archivists, and technicians in the basics of program
development through workshops, seminars, on-site surveys, simulations,
needs assessments, and the establishment of a regional disaster plan and
response capability.  By focusing on a train-the-trainers model,
this program will have an impact well beyond the twelve interns and will
lead to the development of direct tribal responsibility for indigenous
cultural heritage materials. As with other internship programs that
Cornell has conducted, the staff will continue to act as mentors beyond
the period of the project. The program of training will provide Native
American tribal colleges with the ability to greatly extend the life of
their cultural heritage materials, to conduct fruitful studies of their
collections and services, and to prepare viable proposals for external
grant funding to support Native American collections. 


The internship is for a three month period and there is funding available
for travel to Ithaca, NY and a $5000. stipend for each intern.
There is no charge for housing.
Please distribute it widely and anyone interested can contact
me.

We are anxious to begin enrolling people, so I hope we can come up with
folks you are interested right away.
Please contact me (beb1@xxxxxxxxxxx) (607-255-5291) if you have any
further questions.

Best regards,

Barbara Eden

Barbara B. Eden
Associate Director      
IRIS/ Department of Preservation
and Collection Maintenance
Cornell University Library                      
B15 Olin Library
Ithaca, NY 14853

email:  beb1@xxxxxxxxxxx                
phone: 607-255-5291
fax:    607-254-7493