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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Intern Position Fall
Quarter 2007<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Position:<span style=""> </span>Archive
Assistant, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Cheadle</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Cheadle</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> for
Biodiversity
and Ecological Restoration (CCBER), located at Harder Stadium, is a
facility
engaged in graduate and undergraduate education, biodiversity research,
habitat
restoration, and public outreach.<span style=""> </span>Part
of the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Science, CCBER owns
and
curates regionally focused biological collections linked to teaching
and research.<span style=""> </span>CCBER also houses a library of
over 2,300
volumes on plant anatomy, restoration ecology, local land use, regional
animal
and plant distribution, and diatoms. It also owns historically
important
archival collections covering such areas as plant anatomy, oak
systematics, and
plant ecology.<span style=""> </span>CCBER offers a variety of
internships each year at UCSB in both collections management and
ecological
restoration.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Working under the supervision of the Project
Archivist and
the Director of CCBER, the Archive Assistant will help process a
variety of
manuscript and photographic collections in the plant sciences. <span
style=""> </span>The intern will work 10 hours a week for 10
weeks earning 2 academic credits.<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Duties</b>:<span style=""> </span>1)
Perform routine preventive conservation by
removing staples and paper clips from documents, 2) create folders and
box and
label collections for long term storage 3) house photographs in
protective
sleeves and label them and 4) create inventories of folders. <span
style=""> </span>If time permits, the Archive Assistant may
begin to enter photographic data into a Microsoft Access database,
Excel
spreadsheet, or another similar software application.<span style=""> </span>The
Project Archivist will train the intern
in basic handling and care procedures and in basic processes for
describing
archival collections.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Qualifications</b>:<span style=""> </span>Attention
to detail, a careful hand, and an
interest in and willingness to learn about historic manuscript and
photo
collections.<span style=""> </span>Ability to sit for 3 hours
inside.<span style=""> </span>Ability to lift heavy boxes.<span
style=""> </span>Intern must be an enrolled student at UCSB.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Preferred:</b><span style=""> </span>previous
experience working in libraries,
archives, or museums, experience using slide/photograph collections in
a
library setting; familiarity with file organization software;
coursework in
life sciences, especially botany or zoology.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Hours</b>:<span style=""> </span>Schedule
is flexible as long as the work is
done during <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Cheadle</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> business
hours of
9:00 am- 5:00 pm Monday-Friday. The position is available on a
quarterly basis
or can extend through the academic year.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">To apply, please email your resume and a cover
letter
stating why you would like to participate in this internship to: <a
href="mailto:thorsch@lifesci.ucsb.edu">thorsch@lifesci.ucsb.edu</a> or
<a href="mailto:hannah@lifesci.ucsb.edu">hannah@lifesci.ucsb.edu</a> <span
style=""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Application deadline</b>:<span style="">
</span>October 5, 2007.</p>
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Laurie Hannah
Librarian
Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration
Harder South 9615
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
FAX: (805)893-4222
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