Internship Opportunities at the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies 

Interns will participate in all or some of following activities designed to provide hands on experience with typical duties and functions performed in an archival setting.   

Archival Processing Projects

Graduate students in the Archives and Records management program will be expected to fully process collections found in the Center for Pacific Northwest holdings in accordance with archival standards for arrangement and description of manuscript collections, they will generate a finding aids, and when possible, mark up this document for publication on the Center’s web site.   

Reference Duties

Students will assist the archivist and director in providing for patron needs, including research in the Center’s archival collections, document retrieval, photocopying, answering phone requests, letters and email.    

Collection Management Duties

Assist archivist in daily management duties, including accessioning collections, inventory, preservation tasks, appraisal of existing collection documentation and other duties as needed.   

Web Site Management

Students will assist the archivist in providing access to information about the Center and the Center’s holdings through the use of the Internet. These duties will involve adding and re-arranging information found on the existing CPNWS site.   

Exhibits

Students will assist the archivist in research, writing, editing, graphic display, installation, and de-installation of exhibits focusing on Pacific Northwest history drawn primarily from the CPNWS holdings.  Students with digital imaging skills may be expected to assist in making these exhibits available on the CPNWS web site.  

Other projects as assigned

Students with special skills or interests will be assigned to collections which best utilize their experience.  For example students interested in cartographic records may catalog or re-house map collections.  Other students may catalog or transcribe oral history interviews, or assist in background research associated with grant proposals, programming, publications, exhibits or other projects as needed.  

Grading

Students will be expected to complete no more than 550 hours of work for a value of ten credits (average 27.5 hours per week). The student will maintain a daily log of work that documents the date, time, and nature of work completed during a particular time period.  A grade of satisfactory or unsatisfactory will be awarded on the basis of the quality of overall work, as well as efficient and effective use of time on an hourly basis.