Internship at Iowa State University

Lennox Foundation Preservation Internship
Iowa State University

Iowa State University is accepting applications for the 2010 Lennox
Foundation Preservation Internship.  This internship is intended to
give current graduate students and recent graduates of preservation
and/or 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 graduate students, in good
    standing, in a program of library and archives preservation
    administration or conservation; or a recent graduate (within the
    year) of such a program

    Applicants 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 between the months of April and
    October, 2010

    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 U.S.
    citizens

The summer 2010 internship provides a $3,000 stipend, travel
expenses to and from Ames, housing expenses, and funding for
professional development.

For more information see:

    <URL:http://www.lib.iastate.edu/narrative-main/4010/11041>

To apply for the Lennox Foundation 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:

    Hilary T. Seo
    Lennox Foundation Preservation Internship
    Iowa State University
    441 Parks Library
    Ames IA  50011-2140

Send electronic applications to hseo<-at->iastate<.>edu

Deadline for application is January 15, 2010.


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