<div dir="ltr">The Center for the History of Psychology has two Graduate Student
Practicum Opportunities available for Fall 2013 and/or Spring 2013
working with the Moving Image collection!<br>
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The CHP houses more than 12,000 moving image documents in formats including videotape, film, and digital media.<br>
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Practicum 1: Films from the History of Psychology (approx. 150 hours)<br>
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Following established guidelines and standards, the practicum student
will . work on rehousing and reorganizing the 16mm and 8mm film while
following best-practices for archival storage and access ; create and
edit metadata for access through the CHP’s content management system
CONTENTdm ; digitize selected portions of the collection for public
access ; conduct research in the CHP manuscripts collection and
correspondence files for content and context, copyright, donor
agreements ; make recommendations for at least one collection to be made
available digitally, abstract and populate the collection.<br>
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Practicum 2: Child Development Film Archives (approx. 150 hours)<br>
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Following established guidelines and standards, the practicum student
will digitize paper records from the Child Development Film Archive ;
create and edit metadata for access through the CHP’s content management
system CONTENTdm, including uploading digitized CDFA records ; digitize
selected portions of the collection for public access ; conduct
research in the CHP manuscripts collection and correspondence files for
content and context, copyright, donor agreements ; make recommendations
for at least one collection to be made available digitally, abstract
and populate the collection.<br>
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Practicum students will be responsible for maintaining a weekly journal
and writing at least one contribution for the CHP blog regarding his/her
work and discoveries throughout the practicum experience. These writing
requirements are in addition to those required through the student’s
graduate program.<br>
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Qualifications: Candidates must be enrolled in a graduate program in
Archives, Museum, or Library Science, Public History, or Communications
and Media. Some experience with film, digitization technologies, and
metadata creation is preferred.<br>
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Compensation: This is an unpaid practicum opportunity.<br>
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Environment: The Center for the History of Psychology actively acquires,
preserves, and provides access to primary sources and rare materials
that support the teaching and research of the complete historical record
of psychology and related human sciences. Collections consist of
personal manuscript collections, artifacts, photographs, monographs,
psychological tests, and audiovisual materials.<br>
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Application: Send a letter of application and resume by post to the address below, or by email to <a href="mailto:ahap@uakron.edu">ahap@uakron.edu</a> with [attn: Film Practicum] in the subject line.<br>
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CHP Internship Committee<br>
attn: Film Practicum<br>
Center for the History of Psychology<br>
The University of Akron<br>
73 College Street<br>
Akron, OH 44325-4302<br>
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Deadline: Applications for Fall 2013 consideration must be received by <span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">July 30, 2013</span></span>. Applications for Spring 2014 consideration must be received by <span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">October 15, 2013</span></span>.<br>
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