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Summer Internship: Digital Manuscripts Program, National Library of Medicine (Bethesda, Maryland)

• Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 17:23:25 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time)
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• Subject: Summer Internship: Digital Manuscripts Program, National Library of Medicine (Bethesda, Maryland)
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Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 17:20:34 -0500
From: Jennifer Sullivan   [SullivJ@MAIL.NLM.NIH.GOV]
Subject: NLM Summer Internship Opportunity
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NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH) SUMMER INTERNSHIP
OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM
DIGITAL MANUSCRIPTS PROGRAM, NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER:  STUDENT 02-0005

APPLICATION DEADLINE is MARCH 1, 2002

The Digital Manuscripts Program of the National Library of Medicine in 
Bethesda, Maryland is seeking a graduate student in the field of 
library science, archival studies, or related subject interest to 
participate in the NIH Summer Internship Opportunities Program.  The 
position offered is a Technical Information Specialist, GS-1412-7 
level, with an annual salary of $31,397. This position may be full or 
part time (up to 40 hours/week) and will be available between the 
months of May and September 2002.

The summer intern will work closely with historians and other 
archivists who are researching and processing the papers of Nobel 
Prize-winning biomedical scientists. The internship will involve 
multiple aspects of processing a large collection including conducting 
inventories of accessioned material, working with a permanent archivist 
to arrange and describe materials in a variety of formats, identifying 
basic preservation needs of the collection, re-housing poorly stored 
items, and assisting in the development finding aids. The intern will 
also learn the demands and expectations of working on a major 
digitization project for the National Library of Medicine.  More 
information about the Digital Manuscripts Program may be found on the 
Profiles in Science website, which is located at 
http://www.profiles.nlm.nih.gov. 

Please submit your resume through the NIH Summer Internship 
Opportunities Program website located at 
http://www.jobs.nih.gov/welcomeletter.htm .  This site includes general 
information about the summer internship program, eligibility 
requirements, salaries, and housing. The deadline for application is 
March 1, 2002.

To apply for this summer internship:
1. Submit a resume online at careers@box-c.nih.gov. You must include 
announcement number STUDENT 02-0005 and the position title and grade 
level.

2. Send a letter of interest (including educational status, research 
experience, and contact information for two academic references) to the 
address below indicating that a resume has been submitted online.  

Questions about the position may also be directed to this address:

Christie Moffatt
History of Medicine Division
National Library of Medicine
8600 Rockville Pike
Building 38, Room B2E-21
Bethesda, MD 20894
Phone: (301) 496-9136
E-mail: christie_moffatt@nlm.nih.gov


NIH IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
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