MN Internship: Minnesota Historical Society

SPRING 2010 INTERSHIP OPENING

Title: Library Newspaper Intern

Department: Collections Management Department

Hours: 120-160

Status: Unpaid Internship

Application deadline: December 2010

Description:

The Minnesota Historical Society holds one of the most complete collections of Minnesota newspapers in the world. The collection dates from 1849 to the present day, and includes not only daily and weekly newspapers from all over the state but also current and historic newspapers published by schools, churches, prisons, ethnic, immigrant, and other special-interest organizations. Much of the collection is preserved on microfilm and is heavily used by genealogists and historians. The Minnesota Historical Society is beginning its third year of an ongoing project to migrate our newspaper holdings from a legacy database to our library catalog. The Minnesota Historical Society currently seeks an intern to continue the work on the project by creating and editing item and holdings records in the online library catalog using ALEPH, the library’s ILS software. The intern will also be responsible for compiling statistics and documenting procedures.

Primary responsibilities:

· Use the ALEPH software to create item-level records for newspaper microfilm titles and to edit bibliographic and holdings records, as necessary.

· Replace worn boxes and re-label as necessary.

· Work with library processing staff to resolve any problems.

· Compile statistics and lists of missing microfilm reels.

· Document procedures and workflows.

Minimal qualifications:

· General knowledge of MARC coding and tagging sufficient to create and edit item level records. The intern should also understand the structure and relationships of MARC bibliographic and holdings records, so that the correct information is added to the correct record.

· Keyboarding skills sufficient to input records accurately.

· Ability to use word processing and spreadsheet software for creation of reports and compilation of statistics.

· Attention to detail

Training and Orientation:

The Library Processing Manager and the Serials Processing Assistant will provide training and orientation to using the ALEPH software and the MnPALS library catalog.

Shared Value:

This position will make an important contribution towards making the library’s newspaper collection discoverable in MnPALS, the library catalog. It will also provide the intern with an opportunity for direct experience in using cataloging software to create and edit item and holdings records.

Hours and availability:

10-15 hours a week for 12-15 weeks. Scheduling is flexible between the hours of 8-5, Monday-Friday. The internship is unpaid. All interns must pass a background check.

Location:

Minnesota History Center, St. Paul, MN.

Those interested in this internship should send a resume and a cover letter to:

Sarah Quimby

Library Processing Manager

Minnesota Historical Society

345 Kellogg Boulevard West

St. Paul, MN 55102-1906

sarah.quimby@mnhs.org

Inaugural LIT Program Get-Together!

We have a date for a fall get-together of LIT program students and faculty, so mark your calendars!

Thursday, November 19 from 6:30ish to 9:30ish

We're still finalizing a location; look for a post here and/or an evite in your mail. Graduates are welcome too!

"Read Dating"

This looks like fun, if I were single...

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Oct 1, 2009

If you’d like more information about this topic, please contact the MLA office at 651-999-5343 (toll-free 877-867-0982) or office@mnlibraryassociation.org.

Minnesota Library Association announces

An Evening of “Read Dating”

Are you reading so much that dating has fallen by the wayside? Then come join us for an evening of Read Dating!

Looking for good times as well as good books? Maybe you should try “Read Dating!” It’s like speed-dating, only we’ll use books to help break the ice with other like-minded dateable bibliophiles.

The first round is a mixer. Participants will draw a question such as “What was your favorite book as a teen?” and mingle around the room asking their question of other participants. The second round will be timed dating, when daters will discuss their favorite books (no more than three) in a one-to-one setting for a few minutes before moving to a new literary partner. At the end of the night, if like literary minds want to match up… well, that would be up to them.

The event is suitable for single men and women. Please bring a book you love, hate, have recently read, or just want to talk about.

Event Details:

Thursday, October 29, 2009 from 6:00–8:30 PM,

Spill the Wine, 1101 Washington Ave S. Minneapolis, MN 55415

$15 MLA members, $30 reading public, additional $10 for late or walk-in registrations

Visit www.mnlalibraryassociation.org to register. Registration is required and closes on Friday, October 23, 2009.

Co-sponsored by Reader’s Advisory Round Table of the Minnesota Library Association and Spill the Wine

The term “Read Dating” was borrowed with cheerful permission from the University Book Store, Seattle, WA.

Social Hour at Minnesota Library Association Conference

Note the invitation is extended to "anyone else interested..."
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Social Hour @ MLA
Sponsored by the St. Catherine University MLIS Student Governance
Organization
Thursday, Oct. 15th, 6-7pm @ Radisson Hotel's Grille Bar

The SCU MLIS Student Governance Organization welcomes MLIS students,
recent graduates and anyone else interested, to join us in this fun,
relaxed networking opportunity. Share stories about making a career
change, job hunting, your best/worst classes and anything else!

See you there!

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Tanya Cothran
831-227-1169
tmcothran@stkate.edu
MLIS Student, St Catherine University
MLIS Student Governance Organization, Executive Committee