The UCLA Library Preservation Department is offering two internships for the summer of 2010 (application deadline is May 3, 2010). This will be our second summer of our "visiting internship" program and we're very excited to see what we can do this year. Our visiting internship program offers capstone experiences to individuals enrolled in graduate preservation or conservation education and provides pre-program experiences to qualified students who are applying for Masters-level training in conservation.

The full announcement follows.

The UCLA Library Preservation Department is offering two internships for the summer of 2010.

Application deadline is May 3, 2010.

The visiting internship program offers capstone experiences to individuals enrolled in graduate preservation or conservation education and provides pre-program experiences to qualified students who are applying for Masters-level training in conservation.

Preservation Administration

The intern will work with the preservation officer to complete a project in one of the following areas: audit and assessment of the condition of a library collection, development of disaster response and business continuity plans, or review and quality control of a preservation process. The intern will work with staff and collections to collect data that guides preservation decisions and assists with project management. Typical projects include collection surveys, environmental monitoring, business continuity planning and review of materials for preservation contract services.

Conservation Treatment

This internship will provide experience to pre-program students or individuals currently in graduate level conservation programs in conservation decision making, treatment and documentation for library and archival collections. The conservation intern will work under the supervision of the collections conservator to perform repair or make enclosures for materials selected from the collections. Relevant literature will be reviewed prior to conservation treatment and all projects will be documented.

About the UCLA Library Preservation Department

The UCLA Library Preservation Department supports the Library’s mission to develop, organize, and preserve collections for optimal use. The Preservation Department provides stewardship for the intellectual record in the formats required by contemporary scholars and ensures the safekeeping of the artifacts that are entrusted to the UCLA Library. The Preservation Department includes the Library Conservation Center (LCC), a state-of-the-art conservation lab that provides conservation services collections in all units of the UCLA Library. The LCC is guided by the best current practices of the book and paper conservation field and the Code of Ethics of the American Institute for the Conservation of Artistic and Historic works.

These internships are 75% FTE (30 hours/week) for an eight week period, with a flexible start date.

The University of California Regents recently approved the implementation of pay reductions, furloughs and/or other types of measures due to the state budget crisis. This position will be among those subject to any cost-cutting measures implemented beginning September 1, 2009. Interns will be hired as Limited Appointment employees, with a salary rate of $2,348/mo. (full-time rate) and be subject to the pay reduction plus be eligible for UCLA Core level benefits.

Please submit a letter of interest, a current resume, and contact information for three professional references.

Applications deadline is May 3, 2010.

The UCLA Library is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/ADA-compliant employer. Under federal law, the University of California may employ only individuals who are legally authorized to work in the United States as established by providing documents specified in the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.