Internship Opportunities

DEPARTMENT: Collections: Registration

DEADLINE: Friday, March 26, 2010 before 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Intern will work with the Assistant Registrar/Senior Registrar and a Curator on a variety of database clean-up and cataloging tasks.Training in the collections database software KE EMu will be provided.
• The intern will be provided with a discrete data clean-up project such as verifying History Object Catalog Data with paper records and bibliographic references or linking image files to catalog entries in the database using standardize image standards.
• Interns will spend some time working directly with the collections as part of the internship, either in cataloging new objects directly into the computer database or reconciling database entries with actual specimens.
• History and Archaeology Collections will be the curatorial disciplines for the projects; Registration files such as incoming/outgoing loans and new acquisitions records will be the content areas for the internships.
  

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must be comfortable working on computers and experience with databases is preferred.
• Knowledge of and/or education in Cincinnati history and local archaeology is sought for catalog verification tasks.
• Interest in managing and preserving museum collections is desirable.
  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

In 2008, CMC moved to a new database software call KE EMu as part of its commitment to make collections more accessible to a wider audience and through a variety of media. All data records need to be verified and corrected after the conversion process – more than 200,000 object/specimen records.

The purpose of this project is to assist CMC in creating an accurate database record of its three dimensional artifact collections and natural history specimens. Once the data are verified and images linked to data records, CMC will be able to produce on-line exhibits based on our collections, provide specimen information for researchers and allow visitors a larger look into our collections.

This is a behind-the-scene position based at the Geier Collections & Research Center.

*Please Note: The internship opportunities listed here are UNPAID volunteer positions.