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A Win-Win Situation: Finding Interns and Volunteers for Your Archives Society of Florida Archivists May 7, 2010. Burt Altman, FSU Libraries Liz Dunham, BL T Museum Consultants Ava Iuliano, USF Libraries. Outline. Society of American Archivists: History and Development The Internship Process - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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A Win-Win Situation: Finding Interns and Volunteers for Your
ArchivesSociety of Florida Archivists
May 7, 2010
Burt Altman, FSU LibrariesLiz Dunham, BL T Museum Consultants
Ava Iuliano, USF Libraries
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Society of American Archivists: History and Development
The Internship Process Strategies for Recruiting Interns and
Volunteers Wrap Up and Questions
Outline
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Society of American Archivist’s (SAA) inception in 1936
Development of History Departments in Universities
Historical Background
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1945- SAA’s Joint Committee on Internships 1970s- SAA’s Survey of Education by
Committee on Education and Training, later refined by its Committee on Education and Professional Development
1980s through 2002- Guidelines for Graduate Archival Studies programs
Historical Background
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Emergence of archival tracks within Library and Information Science and History Programs as well as the development of Doctoral programs
Diminishing resources Trends towards volunteers
Historical Background
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The Internship Process: Site Supervisors and Students
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Florida State University Library/University of South Florida Libraries◦ Types of Projects◦ Advertising◦ Applications◦ Learning Objectives◦ Evaluations
The Internship Process: Libraries
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Museum Studies◦ Anthropology◦ Africana Studies◦ American Studies◦ Environmental
Studies◦ Library Science
The Internship Process: Museums
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The Internship Process: Museums
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The Internship Process: Museums
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Strategies for Recruiting Interns and Volunteers
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Interns◦ History◦ Public History◦ Library Science◦ Museum Studies◦ Technology
Recruiting Interns and Volunteers
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Volunteers◦ Library Science and Archival graduates◦ Alumni and retirees of the university◦ Former interns who have graduated and are
deciding on grad school◦ Former researchers◦ Former teachers
Recruiting Interns and Volunteers
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Volunteers◦ Your Career Services Department◦ Serving as an SAA Key Contact◦ Speaking to history/public history classes◦ Friends groups◦ Contacting local colleges and universities
Recruiting Interns and Volunteers
Volunteers Karlene Messer (left) and Betty Winn work on indexing and preparing delayed birth records for the Oregon Historical Records Index.
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Benefits◦ Gets needed work done◦ Provides hands-on work experience to potential
archivists◦ Way of publicizing the uses of archives◦ Encourages younger generations to support the
activities museums, archives, historical societies, etc.
◦ Supports the profession as a whole
Recruiting Interns and Volunteers
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University of South Florida◦ Graduate Assistants◦ Volunteers◦ Classroom recruiting◦ Word-of-mouth◦ Email lists
Recruiting Interns and Volunteers
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Recruiting Interns and Volunteers: Museums
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Bastian, J. & Webber, D. (2008). Archival internships: A guide for faculty, supervisors, and students. Chicago: Society of American Archivists.
Using Volunteers for Special-Project Staffing at the National Air and Space Museum Archives" American Archivist, Volume 54, Number 2, Spring 1991, pp.176-183.
Suggested Resources
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Questions?
Conclusion
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Burt Altman, CAUniversity Librarian/ArchivistFSU Libraries, Special [email protected]
Liz DunhamBL T Museum Consultants, [email protected]
Ava IulianoGraduate AssistantUSF [email protected]
Thank you!