Internship Roster

Internships in Art, Architecture, & Design Libraries and Visual Resource Centers in
United States, Canada and Mexico

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UNITED STATES

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Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Crocker Art Museum
Contact Person: Stacey Shelnut-Hendricks, Curator of Education
Address: 216 O Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 264-5780
Email: sshelnut@cityofsacramento.org
URL: http://www.crockerartmuseum.org
Description: General library work, including typing of catalog cards and spine labels, authority work, copy-cataloging, and orginal cataloging of exhibition and auction catalogs. Special project: cataloging and preserving private collection of museum's founder, Judge Crocker. For library details, contact Kathleen Earl, Volunteer Librarian @ H: (916) 728-2122 evenings.
Pay Type: Paid
Deadline for Submission: No deadline
date entered/updated: 29 Apr 2004

Huntington Art Reference Library at the Huntington Library, Art Collections
Contact Person: Linda Kay Zoeckler
Address: 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA, 91108
Phone: 626-405-2228
Fax: 626-405-0634
Email: lzoeckler@hunting.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Description: Various tasks in small museum library including collection development and cataloging on RLIN and Innopac, answering reference questions, various projects including working on a collection development policy, problem solving, etc.
Pay Type: unpaid
Deadline for Submission: No deadline
date entered/updated: 11 Feb 2003

Santa Barbara Museum of Art - Fearing Library
Contact Person: Heather Brodhead
Address: 1130 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101
Phone: 805-884-6451
Fax: 805-966-6840
Email: hbrodhead@sbma.net
URL: http://www.sbma.net/
Description: Help with everything. We try to accomodate intern's skills and interests. We introduce all tasks in the context of overall library science theory as well as how the tasks help accomplish this library's mission.
Pay Type: unpaid
Deadline for Submission: No deadline
date entered/updated: 21 Sep 2007

University of California, Irvine
Contact Person: Maureen Burns
Address: Visual Resources Collection, 61 HIB, Irvine, CA 92697-3375
Phone: 949-824-8027
Fax: 949-824-4298
Email: maburns@uci.edu
URL: http://www.arts.uci.edu/vrc
Description: The internship in the University of California Irvine's Visual Resources Collection provides an introduction to the field of visual resources through readings and practical applications. Among the areas that might be covered are image collection development, database usage, classification, cataloguing, digitization, workflow, and preservation. A variety of current issues, such as intellectual property and copyright, may be explored. Hands-on experiences customized to the intern's interests available as well as opportunities to participate in authentic research and work with professionals on current assignments. Projects will entail a combination of independent and collaborative work overseen by the Curatorial staff.
Pay Type: unpaid
Deadline for Submission: No deadline
date entered/updated: 26 Sep 2007

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

District of Columbia

Corcoran
Contact Person: Library Director
Address: 1705 H St, NW Washington, DC 20006
Phone: (202)-822-1484
Fax: (202)-822-1486
Email: library@corcoran.org
URL: http://www.corcoran.edu/library
Description: Internships are offered to library science graduate students on a semesterly basis. Activities include: bibliographic instruction, circulation, collection development, reference, and visual resources.
Pay Type: unpaid
Deadline for Submission: Revolving
date entered/updated: 30 Apr 2004

Folger Shakespeare Library
Contact Person: Erin Blake
Address: 201 E. Capitol St. SE, Washington, DC 20003
Phone: (202) 675-0323
Fax: (202) 675-0328
Email: eblake@folger.edu
URL: http://www.folger.edu
Description: Special projects, including rehousing and inventorying objects, art, and documents.
Pay Type: negotiable
Deadline for Submission: ongoing
date entered/updated: 18 Jan 2008

National Gallery of Art
Contact Person: Intern Coordinator, Dept. of Academic Programs
Address: 2000-B South Club Drive, Landover, MD, 20785
Phone: 202/842-6182
Fax: 202/842-6935
Email: a-zavala@nga.gov
URL: http://www.nga.gov/education/education.htm#internships
Description: Academic year and summer internships are offered annually in various museums departments including the Library, Slide Library, Photographic Archives, Gallery Archives, and Curatorial Records. See web site for additional information.
Pay Type: paid
Deadline for Submission: 15 Feb, annually
date entered/updated: 21 Feb 2003

National Museum of Women in the Arts, Library and Research Center
Contact Person: Sharon Wasserman
Address: 1250 New York Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005
Phone: 202-266-2806
Fax: 202-393-3234
Email: swasserman@nmwa.org
URL: http://www.nmwa.org
Description: Both paid and unpaid internships are available. Possible responsibilities and projects include answering reference questions, assisting on-site researchers, establishing artist files for the Archives on Women Artists, cataloging and processing special collections, cataloging backlog material, and assisting with library exhibitions. We will try to match the intern with appropriate projects based on skills and interests. Please see website (http://www.nmwa.org/about/volunteer_interns.asp) for application requirements and deadlines.
Pay Type: paid
Deadline for Submission: see website (http://www.nmwa.org/about/volunteer_interns.asp)
date entered/updated: 9 Jul 2003

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho State

Illinois

Harrington College of Design
Contact Person: Marc Gartler, Director of Library Services
Address: 200 West Madison, Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: 312-697-8021
Email: mgartler@harringtoncollege.com
Description: Internships can be tailored to fit the interests and skills of the applicant. Aspiring art librarians may work on our visual resources collection (fully digital now, since every classroom on our campus is fitted with a digital projector), collection management (selection, weeding, analysis), cataloging, reference & instruction, or general management. In early 2008, we ll be migrating to a new ILS and joining a statewide consortium, which will provide some additional opportunities for applicants interested in how libraries accomplish such things. Harrington's library enjoys close ties with faculty, a supportive administration, and high approval from our students. Located in the Chicago Loop, Harrington is a 75 year old private college offering degrees in interior design, digital photography, and communication design. Fall 2007 enrollment was just over 1,400 students.
Pay Type: unpaid
Deadline for Submission: ongoing
date entered/updated: 21 Sep 2007

Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago
Contact Person: Juliet Teipel
Address: 350 N. Orleans Street, Chicago, IL 60654-1510
Phone: 312-777-8729
Fax: 312-777-8782
Email: jteipel@aii.edu
URL: http://lib331.aisites.com
Description: Possibilities include aspects of Reference, Technical Services(cataloging), Circulation or Administration.
Pay Type: paid
Deadline for Submission: open
date entered/updated: 30 Aug 2007

University of Chicago
Contact Person: Gretchen Witthuhn
Address: 5540 S Greenwood Ave
Phone: (773) 702-5048
Fax: (773) 702-5901
Email: g.witthuhn@uchicago.edu
URL: http://arthistory.uchicago.edu/vrc/
Description: This internship in the Visual Resources Collection, Department of Art History, will expose the student to curatorial aspects of a VR collection including collection development and maintenance of an analog collection. Digital technology will be the main focus with hands-on experience in database development, design, maintenance, cataloging issues (CCO, VRA Core), digital image creation and storage in the Luna Insight® system. The student is encouraged to tailor their internship to their personal interests. Hours and dates are flexible.
Pay Type: unpaid
Deadline for Submission: open
date entered/updated: 18 Jan 2008

Indiana

Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
Herron Art Library
Contact Person: Sonja Staum
Address: 1701 N. Pennsylvania St, Indianapolis, IN 46202
Phone: (317) 920-2432
Fax: (317) 920-2430
Email: sstaumku@iupui.edu
Description: The Herron Art Library is a branch library of the technologically sophisticated IUPUI University Library in Indianapolis, IN (http://www.ulib.iupui.edu) . The Herron Art Library serves the research and instruction needs of the Herron School of Art faculty, students, IUPUI campus, and the general community. The collections consist of approximately 30,000 volumes, 150,000 slides, 1,300 videos, and access to digital collections. The library maintains special collections such as artists’ books and is involved in initiatives to provide access to art-related information for use in educational traditional classrooms and web environments. This position offers the graduate student valuable knowledge of research tools (traditional/electronic) in the fine arts, practical hands-on experience contributing to the development of the library's digital collections, as well as experience with multiple daily operations of an art and design school, full-service branch library. The intern is primarily responsible to assist with the development of our digital materials. Other daily responsibilities are on an ‘as needed’ basis.
Pay Type: paid
Deadline for Submission: varies
date entered/updated: 29 Apr 2004

Indianapolis Museum of Art, Stout Library
Contact Person: Ursula Kolmstetter, Head Librarian
Address: 4000 Michigan Road, Indianapolis, IN 46208
Phone: 317-920-2662, ext. 2
Fax: 317-926-8931
Email: ukolmstetter@ima-art
URL: http://www.ima-art.org
Description: Observe and learn general operations of a museum library.
Observe and perform reference work in person,on the telephone, and via e-mail for staff and the public; Technical Services: Observe and learn: processing of new books,ILL (borrowing and lending), vertical (artists)file procedures, processing of incoming magazines,serials, auction catalogs, museum publications. Collection Development. Orientation of Exchange program. Observe maintenance and entering data into several databases. Work on a special project.
Pay Type: unpaid
date entered/updated: 12 Feb 2003

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

University of Massachusetts Boston
Contact Person: Caitlyn Duncan-Mooney, Visual Resources Curator
Address: Art Department, 100 Morrissey Blvd
Phone: 617 287 5750
Fax: 617 287 5757
Email: caitlyn.duncanmooney@umb.edu
Description: Internships in the Visual Resources Collection of the Art department will be designed around the candidate's skills and interests and can be tailored to fit internship requirements for an academic program or to suit a volunteer position. Potential internship topics include, but are not limited to, original cataloging, image digitization, and authority development.

Students interested in pursuing careers in libraries, visual resource collections, or museums are encouraged to apply. Note that some background (formal or informal) in architecture, art, or art history is essential. An understanding of digital technology and experience on a Mac are also appreciated. Please e-mail a letter of interest along with a résumé or CV.
Pay Type: unpaid
Deadline for Submission: revolving
date entered/updated: 10 Dec 2007

Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
Contact Person: Lacy Schutz
Address: 225 South St., Williamstown, MA 01267
Phone: 413-458-0533
Email: lschutz@clarkart.edu
URL: http://www.clarkart.edu/
Description: This is a paid position totaling 150 hours per semester. A minimum of eight hours per week is required, but the Archivist will work with the candidate to arrive at a mutually convenient schedule.

Under the direction and supervision of the Archivist, the Archives Intern is responsible for performing various tasks related to the Clark s archival and records management programs. Functions may include, but are not limited to, assisting in inventory and appraisal of existing collections, arrangement and re-housing of permanent records in a variety of media, and description of materials utilizing relevant descriptive standards and EAD encoding.

Candidates must be enrolled in an ALA-accredited library school or a graduate program in history, art history, or museum studies. Consideration will be given to undergraduates with an expressed interest in one of these areas. Ability to lift heavy boxes, demonstrated attention to detail, and familiarity with Microsoft Office software are required. Familiarity with principals of archival and records management, and excellent communication skills, are preferred.

This is a grant-funded project. For more information, please visit the project website at http://clarkart.edu/library/archives_project.cfm.
Pay Type: paid
Deadline for Submission: Prior to beginning of semester
date entered/updated: 20 Sep 2007

Worcester Art Museum Library
Contact Person: Debby Aframe
Address: 55 Salisbury St., Worcester, MA 01609
Phone: 508-799-4406, ext. 3106
Fax: 508-798-5646
Email: debbyaframe@worcesterart.org
URL: http://www.worcesterart.org/
Description: The Worcester Art Museum Library, operated in conjunction with the College of the Holy Cross, offers an intern the opportunity to work in a Musuem Library that serves not only Musuem staff, but also undergraduate students and the general public. The Library has extensive print holdings, electronic databases, a slide collection, and is embarking on a new image digitization project. Projects can include, but are not limited to: cataloging of books and/or images, image digitization, collection management and development, or reference work.
Pay Type: unpaid
Deadline for Submission: ongoing
date entered/updated: 7 Sep 2006

Michigan

Minnesota

University of Minnesota, Wilson Library
Contact Person: Deborah K. Ultan Boudewyns
Address: University of MN, 309 19th Ave S, 170b Wilson Library, Mpls, MN 55455
Phone: 612-625-6438
Fax: 612-626-9353
Email: ultan004@umn.edu
URL: http://www.lib.umn.edu
Description: The internship will involve working with the Art History & Performing Arts Librarian and will be invited to meet regularly with the Wilson Library Arts and Humanities Selectors. He/she will learn about collection development at a large academic institution and be asked to review the art approval plan profiles as needed and review books weekly. Other collection development tasks will be determined based on interest and ability. Other possible responsibilities and learning experiences will include participating with various library exhibitions such as the Art in the Libraries Exhibit and the Gorman Annual Rare Art Book Exhibit. Other opportunities such as teaching or technology may be discussed.
Pay Type: paid
Deadline for Submission: 4 Apr 2008
date entered/updated: 26 Sep 2007

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

American Museum of Natural History, New York City
Contact Person: Barbara Mathe, Museum Archivist/Head of Library Special Collections
Address: Central Park West at 79 Street, New York, NY 10024
Phone: 212 769-5419
Fax: 212 769-5009
Email: mathe@amnh.org
URL: http://library.amnh.org/
Description: A number of opportunities available for arranging and describing collections; cataloging archival collections; developing content for a digital assets management system; creating an inventory of motion picture collection; reviewing historic accession records. We have much to do and try to match the individual to the job. Collections include photos, films, archives, art and memorabilia in the areas of natural history, anthropology and museum history. Photographs date back to 1880 from locations on every continent. Please send a letter (e-mail) of interest and include resume for your application to be considered. We engage no more than two interns per term. Familiarity and/or experience with MARC, EAD, XML would be useful but not necessary depending upon the project chosen.
Pay Type: unpaid
Deadline for Submission: no deadline
date entered/updated: 11 Feb 2003

ARTstor Digital Library
Contact Person: Carole Ann Fabian or Barbara Rockenbach
Address: 151 East 61 Street, New York, NY 10021
Phone: 212-500-2400
Fax: 212-500-2401
Email: caroleann.fabian@artstor.org
URL: http://www.artstor.org
Description: ARTstor internships are individually designed to meet the interests of the intern and the goals and needs of ARTstor. Opportunities are available to work with a number of ARTstor professional teams including: User Services, Library Relations, Collection Development, Operations, and Metadata.
ARTstor Digital Library offers collections of art images and descriptive information as well as the software tools to enable active use of the collections. The ARTstor library's content includes approximately 500,000 images covering art, architecture and archeology. ARTstor's software tools support a wide range of pedagogical and research uses.
Pay Type: unpaid
Deadline for Submission: ongoing
date entered/updated: 7 Sep 2006

The Bridgeman Art Library International
Contact Person: Edward Whitley
Address: 65 East 93rd Street, New York, NY 10128
Phone: 212-828-1238
Fax: 212-828-1255
Email: edward.whitley@bridgemanart.com
URL: http:/www.bridgemanart.com
Description:
New York Internship - Bridgeman Art Library About the Library
The Bridgeman Art Library is the world s leading source of fine art images.
Based in London, New York, Paris and Berlin, the Library represents thousands of museums, private collections and artists throughout the world in licensing their images for reproduction.
Our clients worldwide include publishers, designers, advertising agencies and other image-using creative professionals.
About the Internship:
We offer a work experience placement (for a minimum of three months) as an Administrator at the New York office based in Manhattan. This role will involve supporting the Picture Research, Licensing and Marketing departments. The successful intern will have varied responsibilities in a small office, providing a good opportunity for hands-on experience. Travel and some food expenses will be reimbursed.
Requirements:
Any degree discipline is suitable, although an interest in Art, Art History or Marketing would be preferred. Start date The internship program is ongoing, we are currently accepting applicants for December 2007 / January 2008 onwards.
For further information Please visit www.bridgemanart.com or email edward.whitley@bridgemanart.com
To apply Please send your resume and covering letter to edward.whitley@bridgemanart.com
Pay Type: unpaid
Deadline for Submission: 1 Jan 2008
date entered/updated: 6 Nov 2007

Christie's
Contact Person: Lisa Ryan, Associate Librarian
Address: 20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020
Phone: 212-636-2335
Fax: 212-707-5979
Email: lryan@christies.com
URL: http://www.christies.com
Description: The full-time summer program offers a hands-on introduction to the inner workings of an auction house and to the New York art world. The internship starts with a brief orientation, after which each participant will work in the library for the duration of the internship. Internships are available to students who are able to earn academic credit. Interns will perform retrospective cataloguing of books, auction catalogs, and periodicals; assist with reference queries from specialist departments; perform various administrative/clerical tasks; and attend lectures twice a week on fine and decorative arts given by Christie's specialists.

Part-time unpaid internships are available in the fall and spring.

Required Qualifications: Enrollment in an accredited library science program, interest in art and art history, enthusiasm and ability to work alone and as a team member, experience in database applications, advanced skills in a language other than English a plus.
date entered/updated: 21 Feb 2007

Charles Cowles Gallery
Contact Person: Cassy Morgan
Address: 537 West 24th Street, New York, NY 10011
Phone: 212-741-8999
Fax: 212-741-6222
Email: cassy@cowlesgallery.com
URL: http://www.cowlesgallery.com
Description: The Cowles Gallery is looking for a summer intern to help us organize our extensive archives of artist's materials, catalogues, books, and slides. An interest in contemporary art and the ability to work unsupervised are required.
Pay Type: unpaid
date entered/updated: 4 May 2007

The Frick Collection & Frick Art Reference Library
Contact Person: Inge Reist, Chief of Collection Development and Research
Address: The Frick Art Reference Library, 10 E. 71st St., New York, NY 10021
Email: reist@frick.org
URL: http://www.frick.org/html/intern02.htm
date entered/updated: 5 Feb 2003

Hobart & William Smith Colleges
Contact Person: Kathryn Vaughn
Address: Geneva, New York
Phone: 315-781-3483
Fax: 315-781-3689
Email: kvaughn@hws.edu
URL: http://www.hws.edu
Description: Work in a liberal arts college art department visual resources collection. Approximately 156,000 slides/images. 13 faculty. 1 professional librarian. Digitization project, collection development, cataloguing, etc.
Pay Type: paid
date entered/updated: 20 Sep 2004

Image Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Contact Person: Joan Anne Maxham
Address: 1000 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10028
Phone: 212-650-2770
Fax: 212-396-5050
Email: joan.maxham@metmuseum.org
URL: http://www.metmuseum.org/education/er_photo_lib.asp
Description: To assist various professional staff with projects related to image cataloguing, digital image database maintenance, and conversion of analog to digital.
Pay Type: unpaid
Deadline for Submission: no deadline
date entered/updated: 27 Sep 2007

Leo Baeck Institute
Contact Person: Viola Voss
Address: 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
Phone: 212-744-6400
Fax: 212-988-1305
Email: lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org
URL: http://www.lbi.org
Description: The Leo Baeck Institute is a research, study, and lecture center whose library and archives offer the most comprehensive documentation for the study of German Jewish history. Intern will assist in cataloging photographs. The subjects include prominent members of German-speaking Jewish communities; buildings such as synagogues, businesses, and residences; military scenes, soldiers, and the world wars; as well as all aspects of daily life from parties and social gatherings, to vacations and religious ceremonies. Knowledge of or course work in basic cataloging required.
Pay Type: unpaid
date entered/updated: 19 Feb 2003

Museum of Modern Art
Contact Person: Sara Bodinson, Department of Education
Address: 11 W. 53rd St., New York, NY 10010
Phone: 212-708-9893
Email: internships@moma.org
URL: http://moma.org/momalearning/internships/available_internships.html
Description: Assist with special projects and gain experience in various aspects of librarianship.
Pay Type: unpaid
date entered/updated: 11 Feb 2003

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Architecture Library
Contact Persons: Fran Scott (Art & Architecture Librarian) & Jeanne Keefe (Visual Resources Librarian)
Address: 110 8th Street, Troy, NY 12180
Phone: 518-276-6465
Fax: 518-276-6753
Email: scottf2@rpi.edu
URL: http://library.rpi.edu/architecture
Description: Projects can be in the area of art and architecture collection development, reference and instruction, operations of a branch library, or visual resources and digitization projects.
Pay Type: unpaid
Deadline for Submission: No deadline.
date entered/updated: 28 Nov 2007

Specific Object
Contact Person: David Platzker
Address: 601 West 26th Street, Room M285, New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212-242-6253
Email: david@specificobject.com
URL: http://www.specificobject.com
Description: Specific Object is seeking an intern to assist in all aspect of its operations. A primary task will be working with our inventory to prepare, proof, and edit our indexing for publication within a catalogue to be issued in Fall 2008. Knowledge of artists' books and contemporary art is highly desirable, as is an interest in Non-art, anti-art, non-art art and anti-art art. Additionally, a high level of attention to detail is required.
Pay Type: paid
Deadline for Submission:
date entered/updated: 16 Apr 2008

Syracuse University Library
Contact Person: Harriet Sonne de Torrens, Head, Fine Arts Department
Address: 222 Waverly Avenue, Syracuse, NY, 13203
Phone: 315-443-5332
Email: hsonneto@syr.edu
URL: http://libwww.syr.edu/
Description: Internships are individually designed to meet the skills, interests of the individual and the needs of the Library. We work with participants to provide the widest possible range of experiences according to their own career plans. The Fine Arts Department supports the fine arts, music and architecture faculties. We manage a large music collection and a slide collection of 360,000 slides, as well as supervise the Architecture Reading Room at the School of Architecture.
Pay Type: paid
Deadline for Submission: There is no deadline. The program is year round.
date entered/updated: 28 Apr 2004

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Ingalls Library, The Cleveland Museum of Art
Contact Person: Elizabeth A. Lantz, Director of Library and Archives
Address: 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland, OH 44106
Phone: 216-707-2538
Email: elantz@clevelandart.org
URL: http://library.clevelandart.org/
Description: We offer training and orientation in all areas of art librarianship (including imaging and archives) and regularly host students in library science programs, particularly practicum students from Kent State University.
Pay Type: unpaid
date entered/updated: 29 Aug 2007

Oberlin College, Clarence Ward Art Library
Contact Person: Barbara Prior
Address: Allen Art Building, 83 North Main Street, Oberlin, OH 44074
Phone: 440-775-8635
Fax: 440-775-5145
Email: barbara.prior@oberlin.edu
Description: We offer a spring semester internship on several aspects of Art Librarianship: collection development, instruction, reference, use of new media, etc. Potential special areas include: artists' books, history of the book, American architecture, working with studio art students and faculty, mounting a student exhibition we have every spring. Fall internships possible; no submission deadline; just contact Barbara Prior for details.
Pay Type: unpaid
Deadline for Submission: November 30th
date entered/updated: 23 Apr 2004

University of Cincinnati- Design, Architecture, Art and Planning Library
Contact Person: Jane A. Carlin
Address: Aronoff Center for Design and Art, ML 16, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0016
Phone: 513-556-1319
Fax: 513-556-3006
Email: jane.carlin@uc.edu
URL: http://www.libraries.uc.edu
Description: Intern will be introduced to all aspects of service in a busy College Library serving 13 distinct programs in the Fine Arts. Student will also have the opportunity to work in the Classics Library, as well, considered one of the finest collections in the world. Students will participate in management, reference, circulation, as well as digital initiatives. The DAAP Library has an active Visual Resources Center with many digital projects as well as a traditional slide library. The student will participate in entering data into the OhioLINK Digital Media Center as well as work closely with faculty in the development of library instruction programs.
Pay Type: negotiable
Deadline for Submission: open
date entered/updated: 18 Jan 2008

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Jefferson Library
Contact Person: Jack Robertson
Address: PO Box 316, Charlottesville, VA 22902
Phone: 434-984-7545
Email: jrobertson@monticello.org
URL: http://www.monticello.org/library/index.html
Description: Internships, paid or unpaid, are available for variable times (50-300 hours). Projects range from VR and archival processing, bibliographic research and cataloging, digital conversion & creation. A list of several dozen projects is available. For more information please visit http://www.monticello.org/library/pdfs/IVP.pdf
Pay Type: paid
Deadline for Submission: anytime
date entered/updated: 18 Jan 2008

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Contact Person: Lee Viverette
Address: 200 N. Blvd., Richmond, VA
Phone: 804-340-1495
Fax: 804-340-1548
Email: library@vmfa.museum
URL: http://www.vmfa.state.va.us/
Description: Projects vary -- may include database mgmt, research, organization of materials, archival projects, file maintenance.
Pay Type: unpaid
Deadline for Submission: none/revolving
date entered/updated: 27 Sep 2007

Washington

University of Washington
Contact Person: Jeanette Mills
Address: Box 353440; Seattle, WA 98195-3440
Phone: 206-543-0649
Fax: 206-685-1657
Email: jcmills@u.washington.edu
Description: Visual Services in the School of Art does not have a formal internship program, but we are always open to discussing internship possibilities with interested people. Typical projects are image cataloging in a Filemaker Pro database and/or learning the digital process from image source to completed image and record in our implementation of MDID. While internships are usually unpaid, we occasionally have funds available for paying an intern.
Pay Type: unpaid
date entered/updated: 30 Aug 2007

West Virginia

Wisconsin

John Michael Kohler Arts Center
Contact Person: Jamie McFarlane
Address: 608 New York Ave, Sheboygan, WI 53081
Phone: 920.458.6144
Fax: 920.458.4473
Email: resource@jmkac.org
URL: http://www.jmkac.org
Description: Work with the Librarian/Archivist on projects within the library reference and/or visual resource collections. Possible projects include: slide organization and digitization, arrangement and description of archival materials, historical research, and cataloging of book and multimedia materials. The preferred candidate is a motivated problem solver with an interest in the arts. Schedule and duration of internship/fieldwork is flexible. College credit and housing may be available.
Pay Type: unpaid
Deadline for Submission: ongoing
date entered/updated: 21 Sep 2007

Wyoming

CANADA

Alberta | British Columbia | Nova Scotia | Ontario | Quebec

Alberta

British Columbia

Vancouver Art Gallery
Contact Person: Lynn Brockington
Address:750 Hornby Street, Vancouver, B.C., V6Z 2H7, Canada
Phone: 604-662-4709
Fax: 604-682-1787
Email: library@vanartgallery.bc.ca
URL: www.vanartgallery.bc.ca
Description: The Vancouver Art Gallery Library and Archives has a non-circulating collection of more than 45,000 titles, including but not limited to monographs, auction and exhibition catalogues, periodicals, artists' books and ephemera, as well as an extensive institutional archives. We offer opportunities for students wishing to gain professional field experience in a museum library setting. Interns may have opportunities in one of two areas. (1) Technical Services: cataloging exhibition catalogues, and monographs, processing items and performing tasks related to retrospective conversion. (2) Archives: assisting with the appraisal, arrangement, description, and preservation of the Gallery's institutional records (3) Collection Development: appraising select areas of the collection, and making recommendations for weeding and acquisitions. Interested students should ideally have some knowledge of Canadian and contemporary art, and have completed some course work or have related experience in library science.
Pay Type: unpaid
Deadline for Submission: ongoing
date entered/updated: 5 Oct 2006

Nova Scotia

Ontario

Art Gallery of Ontario - Research Library & Archives
Contact Person: Karen McKenzie or Larry Pfaff
Address: 317 Dundas St. West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Phone: 416.979.6660
Fax: 416.979.6602
Email: Library_Archives@ago.net
URL: http://www.ago.net/www/resources/research_lib/res_lib_frame.cfm
Description: Internship opportunities focus on the academic
strengths or professional experience of candidates; internships for
academic credit are accepted. Internships may be project-based and
focus on a specific, for example, Special Collections (artist papers),
or Reference Services (e.g. compiling research pathways for specific art
history topics) or Rare Books. They may also be geared to gaining
professional experience, for example, cataloguing in an art museum
environment where links are made between the literature and art objects.
At present, desirable academic subjects for candidates are Canadian art,
including Inuit and First Nations, 16th-19th c. European decorative
arts, tribal arts (Africa; Australia), photography, and contemporary
art.
Pay Type: unpaid
Deadline for Submission: flexible
date entered/updated: 24 Sep 2003

National Gallery of Canada
Contact Person: Jonathan Franklin
Address: 380 Sussex Drive, PO Box 427, Station A, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 9N4, Canada
Phone: 613-990 0590
Fax: 613-990 6190
Email: jfranklin@gallery.ca
URL: http://www.gallery.ca
Description:

TD Bank Financial Group Internship in Art Librarianship and Archive Practice

Note: Candidates must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents legally entitled to work in Canada.

Candidates must have an undergraduate degree in the history of art and must have completed the first year of a community college diploma in library or archive technology, or the first year of the master's degree in archives, library, and information management. Project submissions will be considered in collections development (bibliography, acquisitions, appraisal), collections management (cataloguing, indexing, electronic resources development), reader services, and archives arrangement and description.
All projects must address the principles and practice of art librarianship or archives management, and must reflect the collection and program strengths of the Library and Archives of the National Gallery.
Candidates may elect for a general overview of the activities of the Library and Archives, in which case the twelve week internship will schedule introductions to all aspects of the programs in collections development, collections management, reader services, and archives management.
Pay Type: paid
Deadline for Submission: 29 Feb 2008
date entered/updated: 26 Sep 2007

MEXICO