Summer Special Collections and Library Student Volunteer
ORGANIZATION: Kentucky Historical Society
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Special Collections and Library has a summer volunteer opportunity assisting on different types of digital projects in order to help the Special Collections and Library staff provide better access to collections. Are you a high school or college student interested in the use of technology in library and museum work? Do you know how to use a smartphone? Student volunteers will scan photographs from historic collections, create descriptive information (metadata) to help researchers find these images, and put them on the web for easier public access.
Schedules can be worked out between the volunteer and staff. Library hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10am-5pm with extended hours on Thursdays.
Contact Phyllis Gilman if you are interested in this volunteer opportunity. Phyllis.gilman@ky.gov
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About Kentucky Historical Society
Location:
100 W Broadway, Frankfort, KY 40601, US
Mission Statement
Our Mission We educate and engage the public through Kentucky history in order to confront the challenges of the future.
Description
Our mission is served through:
- Museum collections, housing more than 120,000 artifacts
- Oral History collection, containing 8,000 oral history interviews
- Libraries and Special Collections housing more than 90,000 published works, 16,000 reels of microfilm, 200,000 historic photographs, 1,900 cubic feet of manuscripts and 2,000 maps.
Our History Campus
The KHS history campus includes the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History, the Old State Capitol and the Kentucky Military History Museum at the Old State Arsenal. The headquarters of KHS, the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History, was completed in April 1999. This 167,000-square-foot, $29-million facility in downtown Frankfort has welcomed more than a million visitors and earned many awards for excellence.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
100 W BroadwayFrankfort, KY 40601
DATE POSTED
July 2, 2015
SKILLS
- History
- Library Sciences
GOOD FOR
- Teens
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 16
- Orientation or Training
- Minimum of 3 hours per week.