Internship at Chester Beatty Library

Internship in Conservation
Chester Beatty Library, Dublin

The Heritage Council and the Chester Beatty Library are pleased to
offer a twelve-month internship in conservation.  The scheme is
co-funded by the Heritage Council and the generous support of the
Library's contributing members.  The internship offers the
possibility of professional workplace experience within a
prestigious institution.

This year's internship will focus on the conservation of objects in
preparation for digitisation.  The aim of the Chester Beatty
Library's digitisation programme is to make a complete digital
surrogate of the Collections, preserving content and protecting
sensitive material from continued physical handling.  These digital
surrogates will not only inspire further research and interpretation
of the library's holdings, but will foster international engagement
and interaction through increased digital access to the Collections.
Practical projects will focus on the preparation of manuscripts and
single folios for digitisation from across the collections.  The
successful candidate will also gain experience working in the
Library's busy Conservation Laboratory.  He/She will work under the
supervision of the Library's Head of conservation, Jessica Baldwin.

The internship is for a period of one year only and will be funded
at a rate of Euro26,700 per annum (subject to PRSI and PAYE).  The
start date is flexible and can be adjusted to fit the successful
candidate's existing commitments; however he/she would ideally start
in October or November 2014.

The deadline for applications is Friday 22 August 2014 and
interviews will be held in early September, 2014.

Further information and details on how to apply is available to
download at

    <URL:http://cbl.ie/About-Us/Vacancies.aspx>

Jessica Baldwin
Head of Conservation
The Chester Beatty Library
Dublin Castle
Dublin 2
Ireland
+353 1 4070755
Fax: +353 1 4070760


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