Pay: $14.00 per hour
Hours: Full time temporary internship
Term: summer 2022
Application Deadline: February 28, 2022
Learn more and apply online: https://www.okeeffemuseum.org/about-the-museum/opportunities/#tab_internships
Position Summary
This internship focuses on institutional records and archives of the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum:
- Survey institutional records related to the Education Department to determine their organizational and preservation needs, 25%
- Organize and rehouse materials in archival-quality folders and boxes for preservation, 30%
- Describe materials in a finding aid to publish out to the GOKM Archive Finding Aids Database, 20%
- Transcribe archival materials such as correspondence, writings, and oral histories, 15%
- Give a short presentation to staff on the projects completed during the summer internship, 5%
- Learn about other departments in the organization, 5%
Key Learning/Experience for Intern:
- Apply appropriate standards and methods to archival work, including survey, arrangement, and description; appraisal of materials for retention and disposition
- Work effectively both independently and with archive and library collections professionals
- Familiarity with archive information management systems
- Familiarity with transcription standards