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

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Contact Person: Barbara Rominski, Head Librarian
Address: 151 Third Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: 415-357-4121
Email: brominski@sfmoma.org
URL: http://www.sfmoma.org/
Description: SFMOMA's Research Library offers a wide variety of internship/practicum opportunities in both its library and archives. We strive to match projects with student's interests and skills therefore internships might include: working with serials collections, special collections, or archival manuscript and/or visual collections. Preference is given to MLS/MLIS students interested in working in the field of art librarianship and/or museum archives.
Pay Type: unpaid
Deadline for Submission: ongoing
date entered/updated: 1 Dec 2008

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

Stanford University, Art & Architecture Library
Contact Person: Anna Fishaut, Assistant Librarian; Amber Ruiz, Curator, Visual Resources Center
Address: 102 Cummings Art Building, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2018
Phone: 650-723-3408; 650-723-3320
Fax: 650-725-0140
Email: afishaut@stanford.edu , achruiz@stanford.edu
URL: http://artlibrary.stanford.edu/
Description: The Art & Architecture Library offers internship/practicum opportunities that can include: participation in the Library's daily workings (reference, collection development, circulation, etc.); special projects (e.g., retrospective cataloging, inventories and descriptions of special collections materials); image collection duties such as selecting, shooting/scanning, and cataloging. Preference is given to students of library and information studies, especially those with an interest in pursuing the specific fields of art and/or visual resources librarianship. To apply please submit a letter or e-mail of interest and a résumé/CV.
Pay Type: unpaid
Deadline for Submission: ongoing
date entered/updated: 8 Sep 2009

University of California, Los Angeles - UCLA Arts Library
Contact Person: Janine Henri or Robert Gore
Address: 1400 Public Affairs Building, Box 951392, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1392
Phone: 310-206-4587; 310-206-5426
Fax: 310-825-1303
Email: jhenri@library.ucla.edu; rjcgore@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www2.library.ucla.edu/libraries/arts/index.cfm
Description:

Please note: Internships are only available to ARLIS/NA Internship Award recipients or to UCLA students.

Opportunities to assist with collection development and management activities, user education, pathfinder or tutorial creation, website development, exhibits, and more.
Pay Type: unpaid
Deadline for Submission: No deadline
date entered/updated: 3 Mar 2009

Colorado

Connecticut

Arts Library, Yale University
Contact Name: Library Human Resources
Address: N/A - we are accepting applications by e-mail only
Phone: 203 432-1810
Email: hrlibrary@yale.edu
URL: http://www.library.yale.edu/
Description:
2010/11 Kress Fellowship in Art Librarianship at Yale University Arts Library Yale University New Haven, CT
Fixed Duration Position: 8 months from date of hire; non-renewable
Expected Start Date: March 1, 2010

The Yale University Library welcomes applications and nominations for the 2010/11 Kress Fellowship in Art Librarianship. The Kress Fellowship is intended for a recent graduate from library school who wishes to pursue a career in art librarianship. Individuals working in a related discipline (e.g., art history, museum studies, etc.) and considering the professional transition to art librarianship, or actively engaged with issues central to the profession, are also encouraged to apply. Through this fellowship, the Kress Foundation seeks to achieve in the field of art librarianship what it has accomplished for art history and art conservation: ensuring the growth of the discipline by promoting the advancement of new professionals.

This year the focus of the Kress Fellowship will be on special collections in the arts, which will include experience in collection management, exhibition development and installation, as well as reference. During their tenure at Yale, Kress Fellows are expected to pursue a mutually agreed-upon project resulting in a publishable paper or a new library service. Kress Fellows are also introduced to a broad spectrum of professional activities beyond special collections and may have the opportunity to perform collection development activities, participate in instructional programming and the work of library committees and external professional organizations.
For a complete position description and application guidelines, please see: http://www.library.yale.edu/lhr/jobs/intern/kressfellow.html
Background Check Requirements:
All external candidates for employment will be subject to pre-employment screening. All offers are contingent on successful completion of a background check. Internal candidates are also subject to pre-employment screening for this position.
Yale University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. Yale values diversity in its faculty, staff, and students and strongly encourages applications from women and members of underrepresented minority groups.
Pay Type: paid
Deadline for Submission: 30 Oct 2009
date entered/updated: 22 Sep 2009

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: Jennifer Wagelie, Program Assistant for Internships
Address: 2000-B South Club Drive, Landover, MD, 20785
Phone: 202/842-6257
Fax: 202/842-6935
Email: j-wagelie@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: Jason Stieber
Address: 1250 New York Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005
Phone: 202-266-2807
Fax: 202-393-3234
Email: JStieber@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: 2 Dec 2008

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), collection management (selection, weeding, analysis), cataloging, reference & instruction, marketing, or systems. 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 76 year old private college offering degrees in interior design, digital photography, and communication design. Fall 2008 enrollment was 1,200+ students.
Pay Type: unpaid
Deadline for Submission: ongoing
date entered/updated: 1 Dec 2008

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

Northwestern University Library Art Collection
Contact Person: Lindsay King, Art Collection Public Services Librarian
Address: 1970 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208
Phone: 847-467-0449
Email: l-king@northwestern.edu
URL: http://www.library.northwestern.edu/art/
Description: Practicum/internship students will gain training and experience in working at a public reference desk with the wide variety of patrons who use Northwestern's art and architecture materials. They will also participate in the day-to-day operations of the reading rooms, including processing new books, assisting with collection development, and managing the circulation and preservation of the collection, which will allow them to observe firsthand the inner workings of a major academic art library. In addition, students will complete a project, to be determined in collaboration with the Public Services Librarian and the internship coordinator from the student's home institution. Internships at NUL may only be completed for academic credit.
Pay Type: unpaid
Deadline for Submission: ongoing
date entered/updated: 10 Nov 2009

University of Chicago
Contact Person: Megan Macken
Address: 5540 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60637
Phone: (773) 702-0261
Fax: (773) 702-5901
Email: visualresources@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: 28 Apr 2009

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: unpaid
Deadline for Submission: varies
date entered/updated: 2 Dec 2008

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

Southeastern Architectural Archive, Tulane University Libraries
Contact Person: Keli E. Rylance
Address: 6801 Freret Street/Jones Hall 300 New Orleans, LA 70118-5643
Phone: 504-865-5699
Fax: 504-865-5761
Email: krylance@tulane.edu
URL: http://www.tulane.edu/~lmiller/SEAAHome.html
Description: The Southeastern Architectural Archive (SEAA), a department within Tulane University Library's Special Collections Division, is one of the largest collections of architectural records in the southern U.S. Since its founding in 1980, the SEAA has developed an important archival collection for the study of the built environment of New Orleans and the greater Gulf Region. Projects can be individually tailored to the student's programmatic requirements or vocational goals. Possibilities include processing archival collections, assisting researchers, developing architects' biographical files, creating online research tools, and/or assisting with exhibitions.
Pay Type: negotiable
Deadline for Submission: ongoing
date entered/updated: 23 May 2008

Maine

Maryland

University of Maryland, Art and Architecture Libraries
Contact Person: Alan Mattlage, Interim Head
Address: 2213 Art-Sociology Building / University of Maryland / College Park, MD 20742
Phone: 301-450-9065
Email: mattlage@umd.edu
URL: http://lib.umd.edu/artarch/
Description: The internship will provide a variety of public service, collection management, and collection development experience in the Art and/or Architecture Libraries. These libraries are branch libraries serving undergraduate, graduate, and faculty patrons. Special projects suited to the interests and experience of the intern will be available, including displays and work with special collections.
Pay Type: unpaid
Deadline for Submission: anytime
date entered/updated: 8 Sep 2009

Walters Art Museum Library
Contact Person: Kathleen Stacey, Head Librarian
Address: 600 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: 410/547-9000, ext. 2
Fax: 410/752-4797
Email: kstacey@thewalters.org
URL: http://www.thewalters.org
Description: A wide variety of library tasks, ranging from cataloging to bibliography to data entry to book repair.
Pay Type: unpaid
Deadline for Submission: apply anytime
date entered/updated: 5 Aug 2003

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: Matthew Bolin, Acquisitions Librarian
Address: Central Park West at 79 Street, New York, NY 10024
Phone: 212 769-5409
Fax: 212 769-5009
Email: mbolin@amnh.org
URL: http://library.amnh.org/
Description: Internship opportunities available for library school students interested in pursuing work in acquisitions/collection development and management in a special and/or museum library environment. Work available related to various projects and areas, possibly to include (but not limited to): material evaluation and recording of exchange gifts, deposits, and offers of donation; selecting useable materials for inclusion in our consortial scanning project; working with librarians and scientists on new book selection; general collection management duties involving the upkeep and weeding of historical and electronic files.
Please send a letter (or e-mail) of interest to the above contact person.
Pay Type: unpaid
Deadline for Submission: no deadline
date entered/updated: 5 Jan 2009

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

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: June 1st of each year (ongoing)
date entered/updated: 1 Dec 2008

Christie's
Contact Person: Anna Helgeson
Address: 20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020
Phone: 212-636-2335
Fax: 212-707-5979
Email: ahelgeson@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: 1 Dec 2008

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

Columbia University-Avery Library
Contact Person: Ted Goodman
Address: 1172 Amsterdam Ave., MC0301, NY, NY 10027
Phone: 212-854-8407
Fax: 212-854-8904
Email: goodman@columbia.edu
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/avery/index.html
Description: Students would be given exposure to all aspects of Avery Library with particular emphasis on Special Collections and the Avery Index.
Pay Type: unpaid
Deadline for Submission: 15 Oct 2009
date entered/updated: 9 Oct 2009

Dumbo Arts Center
Contact Person: Amanda Friedman, Gallery Manager
Address: 30 Washington Street Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone: 718-694-0831
Email: gallery@dumboartscenter.org
URL: http://www.dumboartscenter.org/
Description: This internship is geared toward the individual. We are a small art non-profit so we offer an opportunity to make a real difference with in the organization. Intern projects range from press and archive development, inventory, gallery installation and community outreach.
Pay Type: unpaid
Deadline for Submission: rolling
date entered/updated: 3 Dec 2008

Fashion Institute of Technology/State University of New York
Contact Person: Karen Trivette Cannell, MLS
Address: Gladys Marcus Library, Dept. of Special Collections and College Archives, E432, Seventh Avenue at 27th Street NY, NY 10001
Phone: 212-217-4386
Fax: 212-217-4371
Email: karen_cannell@fitnyc.edu
URL: http://www3.fitnyc.edu/library/departments/special_collections.htm
Description: The Department of Special Collections and Archives (SPARC) of the Fashion Institute of Technology/State University of New York (FIT) has opportunities for internships for spring, summer, and fall terms for undergraduate students, graduate students, and developing professionals. Our internships encourage students and practitioners to explore careers and tasks related to archives, information management, curatorial, and fine and applied art history fields.
Internships are structured around current and ongoing department projects and include (but are certainly not limited to) the preparation of subject guides or finding aids, researching and planning exhibitions (real and virtual), archives processing and preservation, developing biographies and departmental or office histories, Web tools development, digitization projects, database management, and so on. We also welcome innovative proposals from potential interns.
A background in fine and/or applied art history, costume history, materials preservation (especially paper and associated media), or library and/or archives studies is desirable. Solid research, analytical, computer, and writing skills are essential for a meaningful experience. General interns usually work 12 weeks on a part-time basis, approximately 10-12 hours per week. These logistical parameters are negotiable.
Applications are accepted throughout the year as there is always interesting work to be enjoyed in the department. Applicants should be prepared to work urgently without sacrificing quality, be able to adapt quickly to project demands, and carry out tasks without extensive, ongoing direction.
Pay Type: unpaid
Deadline for Submission: Revolving.
date entered/updated: 8 Dec 2008

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

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

Martha Stecher Reed Library, Akron Art Museum
Contact Person: Ellie Ward
Address: One South High, Akron, OH 44308
Phone: 330.376.9186 x 221
Email: eward@akronartmuseum.org
URL: http://www.akronartmuseum.org
Description: The Akron Art Museum's primary focus is on modern art from 1850 until the present with major emphasis on photography. We offer opportunities to learn about all areas of solo art ibrarianship including copy cataloguing, acquisitions, serials, research and archives. We encourage library science practicum students to apply.
Pay Type: unpaid
Deadline for Submission: open
date entered/updated: 9 Oct 2009

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

The Andy Warhol Museum
Contact Person: Liz Scott
Address: 117 Sandusky Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Phone: 412-237-8363
Email: scottl@warhol.org
URL: http://www.warhol.org/

We seek graduate Library and Information Science students, or graduate student interns from similar programs, or serious upper-level undergraduate Art History students in the greater Pittsburgh area who would be interested in assisting Time Capsule Catalogers as they process Andy Warhol's Time Capsules.

Responsibilities would include:
Assist Catalogers as they open, sort and categorize Time Capsules; Handle and write accession numbers on Time Capsule objects; Re-house Time Capsule objects and assess basic preservation needs; Review/edit inventories.

Additionally, digitization will soon begin. Responsibilities will include:
Removing objects from processed Time Capsules and prepare them for scanning and/or digital photographing; Scanning according to Museum standards; Collecting and entering metadata according to Museum standards.

Furthermore, interns may have exposure to other museum archives activities including: Reference and researcher assistance; Exhibitions, loans, and acquisitions.

Information on the Time Capsules can be found at:
http://www.warhol.org/collections/archives.html
http://www.warhol.org/tc21/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoT_deON2-s

Currently we are looking for Spring 09 and beyond.

We schedule volunteers M-F between the hours of 10 am and 4 pm. We ask that volunteers commit to at least 2 hour shifts and keep to a consistent schedule.

Pay Type: unpaid
Deadline for Submission: 31 July 2013
date entered/updated: 20 Oct 2008

Free Library of Philadelphia
Contact Person: Karen Lightner
Address: Print & Picture Collection, 1901 Vine St., Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: 215-686-5405
Email: Lightnerk@freelibrary.org
URL: http://www.freelibrary.org/
Description: In past years interns have worked in the Print & Picture Collection doing the following kinds of jobs: re-housing photographic negatives, fine art print and photographic collections; creating database records for art or historic images prior to scanning; geocoding historical images; cataloging new acquisitions; and cataloguing the artist book collection. Instruction and supervision are provided for all interns, although the ability to work fairly independently after a time is highly desired. In addition to Library School students, we have had interns from local art schools. To see more about the Print and Picture Collection see the following sites: http://www.friendsofpix.org/ and http://libwww.freelibrary.org/diglib/diglibsrchfrm.cfm.
Pay Type: unpaid
Deadline for Submission: no deadline
date entered/updated: 2 Nov 2009

University of Pittsburgh
Contact Person: Ray Anne Lockard
Address: Frick Fine Arts Library; U of Pgh; Pgh, PA 15260
Phone: 412-648-2411
Fax: 412-648-7568
Email: frickart@pitt.edu
URL: http://www.library.pitt.edu/libraries/frick/fine_arts.html
Description: Internships are offered through the Dept of Library and Information Science at the University of Pittsburgh. The faculty know that I am willing to work with student interns. A student contacts me after discussing this with her/his advisor. Past interns have created library guides, a bibliography of faculty publications, assisted with the subject page mounted on the Pitt Univ. Library System home page at www.library.pitt.edu. Interns have also done an inventory of our artists' books collection and created a web site of them that will soon be linked to our art and architectural history and our library's web page. Another intern did a preservation study of our collection. What the interns work on depends on what they need to do for another DLIS course and the library's needs.
Pay Type: unpaid
Deadline for Submission: Semester Dates
date entered/updated: 13 Feb 2003

Rhode Island

Rhode Island School of Design
Contact Person: Claudia Covert, Readers' Services Librarian
Address: 2 College St, Providence, RI 02905
Phone: 401-709-5908
Email: ccovert@risd.edu
URL: http://library.risd.edu
Description: Internships are offered to library science graduate students on a semester basis through out the year. Internships are structured around ongoing projects in the Readers Services Department focusing on reference and instruction. These projects may include answering reference questions and assisting patrons as well as prepping and teaching library instruction classes. Past projects included creating and updating library handouts for our website, scanning projects, database management, and blogging.
Pay Type: unpaid
Deadline for Submission: ongoing
date entered/updated: 14 Jul 2008

Roger Williams University Architecture Library
Contact Person: John Schlinke
Address: One Old Ferry Road, Bristol, RI 02809
Phone: 401-254-3833
Email: jschlinke@rwu.edu
URL: http://library.rwu.edu/architecturelib/index.php
Description: The internship in the Architecture Library at Roger Williams University provides an opportunity to gain experience in a branch library supporting degree programs in architecture, historic preservation, art history, and the visual arts. Interns typically work on a special project of mutual benefit to the intern and the library, and also gain an understanding of the fundamental operations of the library.
Pay Type: unpaid
date entered/updated: 3 Dec 2008

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Jean Outland Chrysler Library, Chrysler Museum of Art
Contact Person: Laura Christiansen
Address: 245 West Olney Road, Norfolk, VA 23510
Phone: 757-965-2035
Fax: 757-664-6291
Email: lchristiansen@chrysler.org
URL: http://www.chrysler.org/
Description: The Jean Outland Chrysler Library seeks a graduate, or recently graduated library and information science student interested in career as a cataloger in archives or libraries. Cataloging Fellows will have the opportunity to work on a variety of cataloging and technical services projects. Applicants must commit to 10 consecutive weeks of employment. Fellows will receive a stipend of $5,000 to be used for housing, travel and other expenses.
Pay Type: paid
Deadline for Submission: revolving
date entered/updated: 23 Mar 2009

Jean Outland Chrysler Library, Chrysler Museum of Art
Contact Person: Alexandra Hunter
Address: 245 West Olney Road, Norfolk, VA 23510
Phone: 757-333-6268
Fax: 757-333-6309
Email: education@chrysler.org
URL: http://www.chrysler.org/
Description: With a collection of 80,000 volumes, the Jean Outland Chrysler Library is one of the most important art libraries in the South. Interns will work with archival and non-book format materials and gain experience in processing, arranging, describing, and promoting document-based collections.
Pay Type: unpaid
Deadline for Submission: revolving
date entered/updated: 2 Dec 2008

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 Library and Archives
Contact Person: Jonathan Franklin
Address: 380 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 9N4, Canada
Phone: 613-990 0590
Fax: 613-990 6190
Email: internships@gallery.ca
URL: http://www.gallery.ca/english/360.htm
Description:

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.

The Library and Archives welcomes applications from candidates interested in working in the following areas:

Library: working with the Bibliographer, the intern will assume principal responsibility for the project to consolidate, catalogue and inventorize the Library s holdings of National Gallery of Canada publications, notably exhibition catalogues, including: cataloguing; record maintenance; condition assessment; identification and handling of archival and preservation copies; and updating the desiderata list.

Archives: working with the Head of Archives, Documentation and Visual Resources, the intern will participate in the project to sort, analyse, arrange, describe and create a finding aid for a recently received donation of the archival papers of an historian of Canadian art.

Full training will be provided for the specific project work. In addition, interns will receive a general overview of the activities of the Library and Archives, including introductions to programs in collections development, collections management, reader services, and archives management.

For application details, please see web site.

Pay Type: paid
Deadline for Submission: 27 Mar 2009
date entered/updated: 9 Feb 2009

MEXICO