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Iowa State University Iowa State
University is accepting applications for the summer 2009 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 May and September; •
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
2009 internship provides a $3,000 stipend, travel expenses to and from Ames,
housing expenses up to $1,736, and funding for professional development. For more
information see: 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@xxxxxxxxxxx Deadline for
application is November 11, 2008. |