UCLA Library Conservation Center
The UCLA Library Preservation Department is offering a conservation pre-program internship for qualified students who are applying for Masters-level training in conservation. 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.
Application deadline is May 7, 2013.
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.
For examples of preservation department activities, visit:
http://blogs.library.ucla.edu/preservation
These internships are 75% FTE (30 hours/week) for an eight week period, with a flexible start date from July 1 to September 16.
Interns will be hired as Limited Appointment employees, with an hourly salary rate of $14.32 and will be eligible for UCLA Core level benefits.
Please submit a letter of interest, a current resume, and contact information for three professional references to:
Kristen St.John
Collections Conservator
UCLA Library Conservation Center
Box 957230, 11000 Kinross Ave., #126
Los Angeles, CA 90095-7230
Electronic applications are also accepted – please send to: kstjohn[at]library.ucla.edu
Application deadline is May 7, 2013
