Archives and Public History Digital

Fall 2010 Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference in Harrisburg: online program.

http://www.marac.info/mc/page.do?sitePageId=93941&orgId=marac

Peter J. Wosh
Director, Archives/Public History Program
History Department
New York University
53 Washington Square South
Room 503
New York NY 10012
Phone: (212) 998-8601
Fax: (212) 995-4017

http://aphdigital.org

http://history.fas.nyu.edu/object/history.gradprog.archivespublichistory.html

THATCamp, The Humanities And Technology Camp, is a free, open,
interdisciplinary “unconference” where humanists and technologists meet
to work together for the common good. Through the generosity of the
Mellon Foundation, the Council on Library and Information Resources, and
the Kress Foundation, $500 (USD) fellowships are available to academics
in the humanities, librarians and archivists, and art museum
professionals of all ranks and fields to help defray the cost of
traveling to a THATCamp for the purpose of attending both THATCamp and
an accompanying “BootCamp” workshop series. BootCamp workshops are free,
introductory workshops held at THATCamp that will enable humanists to
begin acquiring digital skills that can help further humanities study:
examples might include text encoding, data visualization and mapping,
and website development.

Applications for BootCamp fellowships to THATCamps across the United
States, Europe, and Australia are continually accepted; graduate
students are particularly encouraged to apply. No advanced computing
skills are necessary. Learn more about BootCamp workshops and apply for
a BootCamp fellowship at http://thatcamp.org/fellowships. Note that
while not everyone is eligible for a fellowship, everyone is eligible to
come to THATCamp: find an upcoming THATCamp near you by visiting
http://thatcamp.org and learn more about THATCamp at
http://thatcamp.org/about. E-mail info@thatcamp.org with any questions.

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Dear Peter

I would be grateful if you could forward the below to the NYU archives students’ listserv.
Thanks,
Amanda

Call for Articles

Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York

Student Section

Metropolitan Archivist, the newsletter for the Archivists Round Table, has a section written for and by students in archives programs in the New York metropolitan area. We invite you, as up and coming archivists, to write about your view of the profession and/or any issues you think are important, especially for students or new archivists. This could include opinion pieces, news, or events. Photographs accompanying the articles of students in action are welcome. Articles can be short blurbs or longer essays, but are not to exceed 750 words.

To find out more about the Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York and to view past issues of the newsletter, go to http://www.nycarchivists.org/. Though you do not have to be a member to submit an article, student membership in the Archivists Round Table is free.

The deadline for article proposals is:

September 20, 2010

Please submit all proposals and questions through email to Amanda Brown at ny.archivists.roundtable@gmail.com. I would be happy to discuss any ideas you may have.

If your article is selected, I will get back to you by September 25, 2010 to discuss finalizing your article. The deadline for submitting final articles is October 25, 2010.

Peter J. Wosh
Director, Archives/Public History Program
History Department
New York University
53 Washington Square South
Room 503
New York NY 10012
Phone: (212) 998-8601
Fax: (212) 995-4017

http://aphdigital.org

http://history.fas.nyu.edu/object/history.gradprog.archivespublichistory.html

Wildlife Conservation Society/Bronx Zoo Archives

Internship Opportunity

The Library at the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is offering an internship opportunity to interested candidates. The selected candidate will continue the ongoing creation of a preliminary inventory of the WCS Archives.

The WCS Archives holds more than 3,000 boxes of material in various stages of organization. The intern will be responsible for listing box contents and updating the Excel spreadsheet containing the inventory.

Interested candidates should be interested in archival processing, be detail-oriented, have advanced Excel skills, have good interpersonal communication skills and be able to work as part of a team.

This internship is unpaid and for academic credit only.

Additional projects may be available.

To apply, send:

Cover letter
Current resume
List of library and information science or archive program coursework to date

By email to:

Kerry Prendergast

Director, Conservation Resource Library

library@wcs.org

Or by mail to:

Kerry Prendergast

Director, Conservation Resource Library

Wildlife Conservation Society

2300 Southern Blvd.

Bronx, NY 10460

(no phone calls please)

About the Wildlife Conservation Society

The Wildlife Conservation Society saves wildlife and wild places worldwide. We do so through science, global conservation, education and the management of the world’s largest system of urban wildlife parks, led by the flagship Bronx Zoo. Together these activities change attitudes towards nature and help people imagine wildlife and humans living in harmony. WCS is committed to this mission because it is essential to the integrity of life on Earth.

About the WCS Conservation Resource Library

The Library is responsible for providing research support and information access to WCS staff worldwide, including 200 scientists in over 60 countries as well as our New York based living institutions, Bronx Zoo, Central Park Zoo, Prospect Park Zoo, Queens Zoo and the New York Aquarium. It houses a small collection of books and journals on wildlife management, conservation and animal health and provides online access to over 800 ejournals. The Library is also responsible for maintaining the WCS Archives which contains the history of the Wildlife Conservation Society back to its founding in 1895 as the New York Zoological Society.

Peter J. Wosh
Director, Archives/Public History Program
History Department
New York University
53 Washington Square South
Room 503
New York NY 10012
Phone: (212) 998-8601
Fax: (212) 995-4017

http://aphdigital.org

http://history.fas.nyu.edu/object/history.gradprog.archivespublichistory.html