[Preservenw] Native American Library Staff Internship at Cornell University Library

[Gary Menges]

Cornell University Library was funded by the
Institute for Museum and Library Services  (IMLS)
to conduct a preservation internship program
focusing on Native American Library staff. The
program focuses on preservation management of
library materials and sound conservation
practice, and is designed to build a preservation
infrastructure in tribal colleges and
universities via a train-the-trainers model. The
program will prepare the interns to train other
librarians, archivists, and technicians in the
basic book repair, rebinding, enclosure
construction, preservation of work of art on
paper, photographs, reformatting techniques, and
other related hands-on skills, as well as
preservation program development through
workshops, seminars, on-site surveys,
simulations, needs assessments, and the
establishment of a regional disaster plan and response capability.

By focusing on the train-the-trainers model, this
program will have an impact well beyond the
interns, and will lead to the development of
direct tribal responsibility for indigenous
cultural heritage materials. As with other
internship programs that Cornell has conducted,
the Cornell staff will continue to act as mentors
beyond the period of the project. The program of
training will provide Native American tribal
colleges with the ability to greatly extend the
life of their cultural heritage library and
archives materials, to conduct fruitful studies
of their collections and services, and to prepare
viable proposals for external grant funding to
support Native American library and archives collections.

The internship will be held from June 5, 2006 –
August 11, 2006. There is funding available for
travel to Ithaca, NY and a $5000  stipend for
each intern. There is no charge for housing.

Please contact Barbara  B. Eden (beb1 at cornell.edu) for an application.

Barbara B. Eden
Director
IRIS/ Department of Preservation
and Collection Maintenance
Cornell University Library
B15 Olin Library
Ithaca, NY 14853

http://www.library.cornell.edu/preservation
email:  beb1 at cornell.edu
phone: 607-255-5291
fax:    607-254-7493