historical society
Posted January 25, 2024
Purpose: The Library Assistant I – Circulation (LAI-C) provides direct service to researchersseeking access to MHS collections ensuring both access to and the security of the library’sholdings, primarily through staffing the Society’s circulation desk and paging materials from theclosed stacks. The position is essential in promoting the Society’s public image and inmaintaining the security of…
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Posted September 29, 2023
Job Description The Access Librarian plays a central role in facilitating access to the Vermont Historical Society Library’s varied research collections, through cataloging, digitization, and building relationships with educators and scholars. The position leads the library’s program of cataloging books, serials, maps, manuscripts, oral histories, born digital collections, and other materials in the Society’s library,…
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Posted August 4, 2023
The Massachusetts Historical Society, located in Boston, Mass., seeks a full-time Digital Production &Metadata Specialist to work with the MHS’ vast collection of documents and artifacts, which tell the story of Massachusetts and America from colonial times to the present. Purpose:The Digital Production & Metadata Specialist (DPMS) creates digital components for digital projects,web exhibitions, outside…
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Posted June 9, 2023
Purpose:The Reference Librarian for Researcher Services supports by prioritizing excellence in customer service throughout the readers services staff, ensuring the library program’s ability to meet current researcher needs, and providing reference assistance to onsite and remote researchers. This position is essential to public access to and the security of the Society’s collections. Reporting Relationships:This position…
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Posted April 18, 2023
Job Description The Rhode Island Historical Society (RIHS) seeks an enthusiastic and service-oriented Reference Librarian at the Mary E. Robinson Research Center (RRC) in Providence, Rhode Island to provide reference and research services to facilitate the use of its paper-based and multimedia collections, and bibliographic instruction to students, educators, and other user groups. “Collections” at…
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Posted March 3, 2023
Internship Description The Castine Historical Society offers a graduate level internship for students enrolled in master’s degree or Ph.D. programs in museum studies, history, public history, or archival studies. The internship contract is for eight weeks at 35 hours/week, and is compensated with a $3,000 stipend. The start date is flexible between June 20 and…
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Posted November 7, 2022
Position Description The Rhode Island Historical Society seeks a knowledgeable and energetic professional to jointhe collections staff in a permanent, full-time position. Reporting to the Associate Director of theRobinson Research Center, the Film & Multimedia Archivist is responsible for providing publicaccess to, and the management, cataloging, and preservation of, the Society’s moving image andrecorded media…
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Posted September 6, 2022
Description: The Senior Archival Internship gives advanced college, graduate students, or emerging professionals the opportunity to work hands-on with archival collections at the Natick Historical Society. Tasks include: maintaining accession records, creating and updating finding aids, reorganizing collections in Hollinger boxes, labeling or relabelling Hollinger boxes, creating and maintaining artificial collections, and inventorying. Other duties…
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Posted August 5, 2022
Description: Position and Responsibilities: The President & CEO is a full-time position located in Durham, NC. The position advances the mission and achieves the financial and operational objectives of the Forest History Society. The successful candidate is expected to provide strategic leadership and executive management consistent with the strategic plan and the direction of the…
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Posted October 13, 2021
Description: Overview:The Dedham Historical Society & Museum (DHSM) seeks a part-time Archivist/Librarian tooversee, steward, and promote its important collections that reflect the history of one of theoldest and most historic communities in the nation. The archives have been describedby professional consultants as being among the most significant in NewEngland. This position is part time. If you…
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