Poeh Archives Intern Program

• Work with the Archives Manager as well as other Poeh staff members
• Work with photographic materials, textual materials, oversize items, and/or audiovisual recordings, including oral histories, maps, etc.
• Assist in the digitization of archival materials collection items
• Assist in the establishment, organization, editing, and application of finding aids for the archives
• Assist with promoting the archives by creating social media posts or writing brief summaries of the work performed with photo-documentation

Specific duties may include:

• Physically processing and rehousing collections
• Inventorying materials
• Performing basic preservation tasks
• Writing finding aids or other catalog records
• Digitizing material; and creating metadata

Qualifications

• Undergraduate, graduate students, or recent graduates (within one year of graduation)
• Library and Information Science majors preferred, but open to Museum Studies students preferred, but open to Art History, Cultural Studies or Library and Information majors
• Experience in archives, libraries, or museums is a plus
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Good organizational skills