7 April: fyi -- archive internships, UK
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>SOUND ARCHIVING INTERNSHIPS
>
>The British Library is pleased to offer its
>first funded internships in sound
>archiving. The internships are funded by the
>Heritage Lottery Fund; the American Trust for
>the British Library; The D'Oyly Carte Charitable
>Trust and The Ernest Cook Trust and will take
>place during the 2007/08 academic
>year. Internships for periods of two months and
>five months are available and will take place in
>the new Centre for Conservation at the British
>Library's flagship site in London.
>
>We are seeking to offer these internships to
>individuals working in an institution with
>responsibility for the archiving of audiovisual
>materials who wish to improve their practical
>skills. Two-month internships are aimed at
>those wanting to develop a comprehensive
>understanding of basic technical
>skills. Five-month internships are aimed at
>those seeking to develop advanced skills and
>possibly carry out research. Successful
>candidates will be selected in part on the basis
>of their ability to demonstrate the benefits of
>the internship to their professional development.
>
>There are two five-month internships with
>bursaries of £5,000 and five two-month
>internships with bursaries of £2,000
>available. The five-month bursary supported by
>the American Trust for The British Library will
>be eligible to UK and foreign students and those
>supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, The
>Ernest Cook Trust and The D'Oyly Carte
>Charitable Trust will only be open to UK citizens.
>
>The internships will combine training along with
>project work. A series of training modules will
>be offered on working with different audio
>carriers, and will include an introduction to
>the basics of audio theory, archiving standards
>and protocols, documentation and copyright. The
>projects will be based mostly upon existing
>audio collections held in the British Library,
>or exceptionally, on collections held at the
>intern's institution and brought into the Centre for Conservation.
>
>Please note that each intern will be supervised
>by a British Library archivist throughout their
>internship and work will be monitored on a regular basis.
>
>How to Apply:
>
>For further information please contact:
>
>Alison Faraday,
>Sound Archiving Internships,
>The British Library, Centre for Conservation,
>96 Euston Road,
>London NW1 2DB
>
>email alison.faraday@bl.uk
>phone +44 (0)20 7412 7776.
>
>The closing date for applications is 14 May 2007
>and interviews will be held week commencing 25 June 2007.
>
>http://www.bl.uk/collections/sound-archive/internships.html
>
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