*Archival Intern, Language and Culture Atlas of Ashkenazic Jewry* *Rare Book & Manuscript Library*
*Columbia University* The Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library is searching for a graduate student assistant to aid in the arrangement and description of the Language and Culture Atlas of Ashkenazic Jewry. The Language and Culture Archive of Ashkenazic Jewry (LCAAJ), is an extraordinary resource for research in Yiddish studies, consists of 5,755 hours of audio tape field interviews with Yiddish speaking informants collected between 1959 and 1972 and ca. 100,000 pages of accompanying linguistic field notes. The Archive does not include transcriptions of the interviews. The data that constitutes the LCAAJ was collected from 603 locations in Central and Eastern Europe carefully chosen to reflect the distribution of the Yiddish speaking population on the eve of World War II. In a series of interviews lasting anywhere from 2.5 to 16 hours, informants answered questions on a wide variety of topics concerning Yiddish language and culture. The project was designed by Professor Uriel Weinreich, then Chairman of Columbia University's Department of Linguistics, and continued after his death in 1967 under the direction of Dr. Marvin Herzog, Atran Professor Emeritus of Yiddish Studies at Columbia University, who donated the Archive to the Columbia University Libraries in 1995. Dr. Herzog passed away in 2013. Working under the supervision of an experienced archivist, the intern will aid in the process of arranging, rehousing, and describing the LCAAJ Archive. Work includes arranging and describing the collection, creating full finding aids, noting conservation issues (folded documents, extreme acidification, et. al.), re-housing (where indicated), and re-labeling (where indicated. The intern will assist in the cataloging of collections they have processed and will participate in the EAD encoding process. The intern will consult collection files for provenance information and other collection-specific information and conduct research to find related archival collections at Columbia or other repositories. *Requirements* Enrolled student in an MLIS or archival training program; some experience or coursework in archives and EAD creation; excellent organizational skills, accuracy, and attention to detail; ability to work independently and collaboratively in a production-oriented, team environment; ability to work quickly, efficiently, and meet project goals and deadlines. Preferred: Yiddish language; German language; previous library or archival experience *Skills Development* As part of a NEH grant to process and make available the Language and Culture Atlas of Ashkenazic Jewry, the interns use the theories of appraisal, arrangement, and description and apply them to manuscript collections. This includes researching people or events covered by a collection, sorting, cleaning, arranging, boxing, and creating a finding aid. *Professional Interactions/Development* Interns will be encouraged to attend bi-weekly meetings of the RBML staff where broader issues of importance to library professionals are discussed as well as participate in project discussions with supervisors. Additionally, a range of professional development events hosted by the larger Columbia Libraries are open for attendance by the interns. Tours of the RBML will be provided as well as opportunities to discuss the curatorial stewardship of archival collections. Hours: 10 hours per week (All interns must commit to schedule at least four hours on one day; otherwise hours are flexible). RBML is open 9-5pm Monday-Friday Rate of Pay: $15/hour Dates: Immediate to June, 2017 *To apply for consideration, please contact:* Michelle Chesner mc3...@columbia.edu Norman E. Alexander Librarian for Jewish Studies Columbia University
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