Internship at Northwestern

Pre-program conservation internship
Northwestern University Library

Part-time up to 18.75 hours per week, Monday-Friday 8:30am-5:00pm

Temporary position for 5-8 months

Salary: $8.75/hour

Program description: Northwestern University Library is offering a
Pre-Program Conservation Internship for a period of five to eight
months. The internship provides practical experience in a busy
academic library conservation lab and is designed to help prepare
applicants to Master's level training programs in conservation.  The
intern will develop an understanding of the functions and
responsibilities of a research library conservation lab working with
a variety of library and archival materials.  Through the completion
of specific internship projects, the intern will gain bench
experience, develop skills in treatment decision making, and
participate in a broad range of preservation and conservation
activities.

Position Description: The intern reports to the Conservation
Librarian and works closely with other Preservation Department
conservators depending on the nature of assigned projects.
Internship projects will depend on current projects and are likely
to include cleaning Kelmscott press books, matting of irregular
materials, and conservation treatment of posters from the Herskovits
Library of African Studies.  Treatments are likely to include
surface cleaning, adhesive removal, humidification and flattening of
paper, mending paper and filling losses (including aesthetic
compensation), creating appropriate housings, and other treatments.
The complexity of treatments and level of decision making will
increase as skills develop.

At the end of the internship, the intern will be required to produce
a written report or presentation of their work.

Qualifications

    Candidates will need to demonstrate hand skills and attention to
    detail.

    Previous experience in conservation is preferred, but not
    required.

    Candidates must have completed a bachelor's degree.

To Apply: The application deadline is November 15, 2011. The
internship will begin in January 2012. Candidates should indicate
desired length of the internship in their cover letter.

Interested candidates should send a resume and a cover letter to:

    Tonia Grafakos
    Conservation Librarian
    Northwestern University Library
    t-grafakos<-a t->northwestern< . >edu


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