The Montana State Historical Society is pleased to announce the availability of four paid internships for the summer of 2015. Below are announcements for the Archives, Library and Photo Archives programs.  Each announcement provides unique contact information.  Applications forms can be found on NWA jobs page.  Applications should be mailed, emailed or faxed by April 15. 

The MHS Archives program is offering an Archives Internship for the summer of 2015. This year’s project will focus on inventorying, rehousing, and cataloging an extensive map/blueprint/architectural drawings collection. The collection consists of materials related to 19th and early 20^th century mining sites, state institutions, and architectural renderings of historic buildings. The intern will gain experience in cleaning, repairing and encapsulating oversize materials as needed; and creating inventories in EAD and scanning/uploading select items on to our Montana Memory Project (CONTENTdm based). The internship is a commitment of 400 hours of work (10 weeks at 40 hours per week) and includes a $5,000 stipend. Any questions can be directed to Jodie Foley (406 444-7482 or jofoley@mt.gov).

Continuation of Student Archivist program. The Montana State Historical Records Advisory Board (SHRAB) is pleased to announce the continuation of an on-site assistance program for cultural heritage institutions in Montana.  Two graduate level student archivists will be chosen to provide up to 320 hours of archival project assistance to one Montana heritage institution over the summer of 2015 (June to September). Students will provide assistance based on specific goals set by the institution and may include archival surveying, processing, cataloging, basic conservation, archival basics training, creation of finding aids and creation of online inventory/content access options.

The MHS Library program is offering an internship for the summer of 2015. This year’s project will focus on visual materials found in our poster and ephemera collections. The project will involve a survey of our poster collection (approximately 850 items) to identify items that should be removed from this collection, items that should be cataloged and items with great visual appeal that should be digitized. The project will also include work with our ephemera collection including categorizing items by Library of Congress subject headings and identifying items that should be digitized.  If time allows there will be a chance to digitize some of the items and load them into our digital repository, the Montana Memory Project, using CONTENTdm. The ideal candidate will have a passion for providing access to special collections. The internship is a commitment of 400 hours of work (10 weeks at 40 hours per week) and includes a $5,000 stipend. Any questions can be directed to Roberta Gebhardt, Library Manager, at 406-444-7402 or at rgebahrdt@mt.gov.

The MHS Photograph Archives is pleased to announce the availability of a Photograph Archives Internship for the summer of 2015. This year’s project involves the cataloging of photographs:  The first portion of the project entails re-cataloging photographs that were originally cataloged for the Montana Shared Catalog using Dublin Core metadata terms or elements. This group of catalog records, approximately 190 records that describe 13,000 images, will be amended and completed in OCLC Connexion using MARC/RDA cataloging standards.

The second portion of the internship will focus on comparing yearly accession registers with catalog records in the Montana Shared Catalog, to locate collections that have not been cataloged.  Once these uncataloged collections have been identified, the intern will complete MARC/RDA records for the MHS online catalog for these photographic collections. This will require checking five years of accession registers (from 2006 through 2010) that will have approximately 50 collections to be cataloged.

Familiarity with MARC cataloging standards and the use of LOC Authorities is expected of the successful candidate. 

The internship is a commitment of 400 hours of work (10 weeks at 40 hours per week) and includes a $5,000 stipend. Any questions can be directed to Delores Morrow (406-444-4714 or dmorrow@mt.gov).