Internships at UCLA

Internships
UCLA Library

The UCLA Library Preservation Department is offering two internships
for the summer of 2010.

Application deadline is May 3, 2010.

The visiting internship program offers capstone experiences to
individuals enrolled in graduate preservation or conservation
education and provides pre-program experiences to qualified students
who are applying for Masters-level training in conservation.

Preservation Administration

    The intern will work with the preservation officer to complete a
    project in one of the following areas: audit and assessment of
    the condition of a library collection, development of disaster
    response and business continuity plans, or review and quality
    control of a preservation process. The intern will work with
    staff and collections to collect data that guides preservation
    decisions and assists with project management. Typical projects
    include collection surveys, environmental monitoring, business
    continuity planning and review of materials for preservation
    contract services.

Conservation Treatment

    This internship will provide experience to pre-program students
    or individuals currently in graduate level conservation programs
    in conservation decision making, treatment and documentation for
    library and archival collections. The conservation intern will
    work under the supervision of the collections conservator to
    perform repair or make enclosures for materials selected from
    the collections. Relevant literature will be reviewed prior to
    conservation treatment and all projects will be documented.

The UCLA Library Preservation Department supports the Library's
mission to develop, organize, and preserve collections for optimal
use. The Preservation Department provides stewardship for the
intellectual record in the formats required by contemporary scholars
and ensures the safekeeping of the artifacts that are entrusted to
the UCLA Library. The Preservation Department includes the Library
Conservation Center (LCC), a state-of-the-art conservation lab that
provides conservation services collections in all units of the UCLA
Library. The LCC is guided by the best current practices of the book
and paper conservation field and the Code of Ethics of the American
Institute for the Conservation of Artistic and Historic works.

For examples of preservation department activities, visit:

    <URL:http://blogs.library.ucla.edu/preservation>

These internships are 75% FTE (30 hours/week) for an eight week
period, with a flexible start date.

The University of California Regents recently approved the
implementation of pay reductions, furloughs and/or other types of
measures due to the state budget crisis. This position will be among
those subject to any cost-cutting measures implemented beginning
September 1, 2009. Interns will be hired as Limited Appointment
employees, with a salary rate of $2,348/mo. (full-time rate) and be
subject to the pay reduction plus be eligible for UCLA Core level
benefits.

Please submit a letter of interest, a current resume, and contact
information for three professional references.

Applications deadline is May 3, 2010.

The UCLA Library is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative
Action/ADA-compliant employer. Under federal law, the University of
California may employ only individuals who are legally authorized to
work in the United States as established by providing documents
specified in the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.

Jacob Nadal
Preservation Officer
UCLA Library Preservation Department
Box 957230
UCLA Library
11020 Kinross Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90095-7230
310-794-9352


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