The VRA Foundation
Internship Award Committee is now calling for potential host sites for
the recipient of the 2013-2014 Kress-funded VRAF internship award. The
award grants $3,000 to support a period of internship in archives,
libraries, museums, visual resources collections in academic
institutions, or other appropriate contexts. The student will provide
200 hours of service to a visual resources collection at an
appropriate host institution.
If you and your
institution are interested in a student who has completed at least 10
credits of course work in Library/Information Science, Art History,
Architecture or Architectural History, Visual or Studio Art, Museum
Studies, or other applicable fields of study working in your facility
during the Fall, Winter, or Spring of 2013-2014, please complete the
form posted in the grants section of the VRAF web site at
http://vrafoundation.org.s119319.gridserver.com/index.php/grants/internship_award/.
All that is
required is your contact information and a brief description of the
internship opportunity. A list of potential sites will be added to the
web site to help potential awardees find an internship focused on
visual resources and image management in their geographical area.
Please send inquiries and/or e-mail the completed form to:
Maureen Burns, at
[log in to unmask]. We plan to
compile this quickly so that we can get the call for internship
applicants out soon and place the intern during the 2013-2014 academic
year. It would be appreciated if you can send this information by
June 20th. Detailed application information for internship
applicants will be released shortly thereafter.
We hope that you
will consider hosting a one-year pilot internship while the VRAF
develops the program. Although there will only be one intern award in
2013-2014 and one hosting site selected, the VRAF Internship Award
Committee will be working with the VRA Education Committee on
expanding this resource list and sustaining the program. Thank you for
your consideration.
The VRA Foundation
is excited to be able to support the education and practical training
of emerging information professionals through the implementation of
this new internship award. For more information about the Visual
Resources Association Foundation, its mission and projects, as well as
giving opportunities, please visit us at: www.vrafoundation.org, or read the latest issue of our annual report
at:
http://vrafoundation.org/downloads/2012_Annual_Report.pdf.
Best
regards,
Maureen Burns,
Meghan Musolff, & Margaret Webster
VRAF Internship Awards
Committee
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