Internships at the British Library Sound Archive

"The British Library is pleased to announce the first round of recruitment for its third year of funded internships in sound archiving.

These two internships are aimed at those wanting to develop a comprehensive understanding of technical skills and are open to individuals who wish to improve their practical skills and who work in an institution that has the responsibility for the archiving of audiovisual materials. Successful candidates will be selected in part on the basis of their ability to demonstrate the benefits of the internship to their professional development.

The internships combine training along with project work. A series of training modules will be offered on working with different audio carriers, and will include an introduction to the basics of audio theory, archiving standards and protocols and documentation. The project work is based upon existing audio collections held in the British Library. Please note that each intern will be supervised by a British Library archivist throughout their internship and work will be monitored on a regular basis.

For further information please contact Alison Faraday, Sound Archiving Internships, The British Library, Centre for Conservation, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB, email alison.faraday@bl.uk or phone +44 (0)20
7412 7776.

The closing date for applications is 5 June 2009 and interviews will be held week commencing 13 July 2009."

http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/bldept/soundarch/intern/internships.html