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Pratt SILS on RateMyProfessor

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SILS Holiday Party 12/17 @6:30-9pm

Come celebrate the holidays & end of the semester with fellow SILS students and December graduates!

Beer, wine and hor d’oeuvres will be served.

RSVP to jmay3 <at> pratt.edu by December 3.

Sorry, no kids allowed due to building regulations.

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

Looking for a job or internship for Spring Semester? I just posted about 30 new listings. Enjoy!

Becky

Brooklyn Public Library

Brooklyn Public Library is now receiving applications for a Children’s Librarian position and a number of Young Adult (YA) Librarian positions.

Congregation Beth Elohim – Digitization intern

Congregation Beth Elohim seeks an intern to help organize and digitize our Congregation’s library. The library contains approximately 5000 books, mostly on the subjects of Jewish history, literature, and religious texts.

University of Chicago – Preservation Internship

The University of Chicago Library is accepting applications for the 2008 Mary and Samuel Somit Preservation Internship.

George Washington University – Special Collections

The George Washington University Gelman Library System seeks applications from and nomination of innovative librarians for the position of Public Services and Outreach Librarian for Special Collections.

NYPL – Rare Books and Manuscripts

The New York Public Library is looking for a Specialist II (temporary through June 30, 2009) in Manuscripts Processing and a Curator, Art and Artifacts Division.

Pratt – Digital Archives

Over the past year the Department of the History of Art and Design at Pratt has started digitizing images and slides for its faculty members to use in powerpoint lectures.  Most of these images are then cataloged in the departmental collection within Pratt’s LUNA database.  Recently the departmental collection of nearly 2,300 images was upgraded to an institutional collection, making it available to the entire school through the library’s website.

New York Methodist Hospital – Library Assistant

The New York Methodist Hospital is looking for a Library Assistant.

Museum of Modern Art – Project Archivist

The Museum of Modern Art is currently accepting applications for a Project Archivist (2 years) to work at an off-site location on a very special collection.

The New School – Spring Intern

Spring 2008 Reference Internship at an Art and Design Academic Institution. Opportunity for a library school student to gain reference experience at the Adam and Sophie Gimbel Design Library, The New School Libraries.

Pace University – Reference Librarian

The Graduate Center Library, Pace University, is looking for a part-time Reference Librarian.

Catalyst, Inc. – Internship

Catalyst is seeking an MLIS student for an unpaid internship (plus transportation and lunch reimbursement) in its Information Center (IC). The IC librarians respond daily to the requests of Catalyst members, academic and nonprofit organizations, professional associations, researchers, writers, and the media.

Cayuga Community College (Auburn) – Librarian

Cayuga Community College is accepting applications for a part-time (20 hr/week) position of Librarian at the Auburn campus. The part-time librarian will work closely with faculty and other members of the Library staff to provide reference services to students, faculty and community patrons.

Newsweek – Spring Interns

SPRING 2008 Library School Internship Opportunity at Newsweek

University of Vermont – Special Collections

The University of Vermont Libraries invites applications for the position of Special Collections Librarian for Public Services. The successful candidate will bring enthusiasm for teaching, individual reference work, and emerging technologies to a Library Faculty position redesigned to enhance the Special Collections department’s public service profile.

Children’s Book Council – Spring Interns

The Children’s Book Council, Inc. (CBC), the national nonprofit trade association of children’s book publishers, is seeking an unpaid Library Intern for the Spring Semester. The candidate must possess an interest in children’s books, children’s book publishing and excellent organizational skills. Knowledge of LibraryThing is helpful. Duties include cataloging incoming books, performing maintenance on the current library collection and various special projects. The internship requires a minimum of one day a week.  

Manhattan College – Access Services Librarian

Manhattan College is looking for an Access Services Librarian.

Greenwich, CT

The Perrot Library is looking to fill a part time position. The library is located in Old Greenwich, CT (just over the border).

Design Center (Garrison, NY) – Archives Intern

Manitoga/The Russel Wright Design Center in Garrison, NY seeks an archivist intern for a short-term project to compile an inventory of our modest collection of photographs/slides, architectural drawings, documents and periodicals.

Briarcliffe College – Library Associate

Briarcliffe College, a small career-focused college with bachelor’s degrees in business and graphic design and has campuses in Bethpage and Patchogue, NY is currently seeking to fill the position of ‘Library Associate.’ This is a full time position with full benefits.

The American Society for Information Science & Technology at Pratt

Pratt SILS students are trying to form a student chapter of ASIS&T (The American Society for Information Science & Technology) at Pratt. Mission Statement: “The mission of the American Society for Information Science and Technology is to advance the information sciences and related applications of information technology by providing focus, opportunity, and support to information professionals and organizations.”

Museum of Modern Art – Digital Image Archiving

The Museum of Modern Art is currently seeking a Digital Image Archiving Technician to join its Department of Imaging Services.

Southeastern Oklahoma State – Cataloging Librarian/Assistant Professor

Southeastern Oklahoma State University’s Henry G. Bennett Memorial Library invites applications for a tenure track Cataloging Librarian/Assistant Professor. Required: ALA Accredited Master’s Degree of Library and/or Information Studies. Demonstrated knowledge of library skills gained through employment as a professional librarian.

Guadalajara – Personal librarian

From the Palmer listserv: travel to Guadalajara to organize an independent historian’s library. “I believe anyone would find the working atmosphere and ambiance of our home conducive to good work and pleasant days.  The student/s would have the use of the gardens, tennis court, Jacuzzi, and pool.”

Center for Jewish History – Archivists

Position:  Processing Archivist (two positions). Project:  The Center for Jewish History–a consortium of five Partners with archival, library and museum collections–has received a grant to arrange and describe archival collections relating to the history and culture of the Jewish people.  These are grant funded positions that are full-time for a three year period.

Columbia – Interlibrary Loan

Columbia University is accepting applications for the position of Interlibrary Loan and Delivery Services Supervisor  (Library Specialist 1).

Christie’s Library – Spring Intern

Christie’s Library is offering a part-time unpaid internship in the library at the Rockefeller Center location in New York for the Spring 2008 semester.

Dance Notation Bureau – Intern

The Dance Notation Bureau is offering an unpaid internship position to qualified students or recent graduates to work at the library and archives of our organization. We are a not-for-profit organization in Manhattan, which promotes the teaching and use of dance scores — written renditions of the dance.

The Museum of Modern Art – Spring Interns

Seeking students for Spring 3-month unpaid internships at The Museum of Modern Art. The Spring Program runs Monday February 2- Friday April 25, 2008.

Columbia – Woodlawn Cemetery Archive

The Department of Drawings & Archives seeks a responsible intern interested in learning about processing complex architectural archives. The Woodlawn Cemetery Archive documents the history of the grounds, mausoleums, monuments, and
operations of this cemetery, founded in 1863 in The Bronx, and one of the largest in the United States.

New York Society Library – Systems Assistant

The New York Society Library, a private membership library, seeks a part-time assistant to the Head of Systems.

PBWiki – web engineers

PBwiki, the worlds largest private wiki host, is looking for a few talented web engineers.