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PAID Summer Internship - Boston, MA

Filed under GSLIS Jobs and Opportunities
Posted by GSLIS, April 10, 2008
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Christian Science Monitor Library Internship

The Christian Science Monitor Library is offering a summer internship for library-science students or recent graduates interested in news librarianship. The intern will work with a staff of two librarians and a library assistant serving the headquarters¹ newsroom and 15 bureaus across the globe. This position will provide excellent hands-on experience in all areas of news librarianship. The ideal candidate should have a regular news-reading habit, interested in current events and be able to work in a deadline-driven environment.

Hourly rate of $14.00 per hour, intern may also receive academic credit.

Responsibilities will include: Providing research for daily news stories and longer-term news assignments using various online resources and commercial database services such as Nexis, Factiva, and ProQuest; digital archiving and indexing of photos and PDFs using Merlin; creating and delivering training classes for staff; intranet and wiki web page design and development; weeding and reorganization of collection.

Schedule: Start and end dates are negotiable, however length of internship is for a minimum of 12 weeks. Work days are flexible as well, but should revolve around the librarians’ schedules of Sunday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; working up to a minimum of 30 hours/week.

To apply, send resume, cover letter by May 5 to:

Leigh Montgomery, Librarian
The Christian Science Monitor Library
One Norway Street
Boston, MA 02115
montgomeryl@csmonitor.com
617.450.2682 phone
617.450.2689 fax