The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers seeks a Library Intern to be an integral player in the development of the Scholastic Awards Centennial Anthology (working title), a collection of teen writing celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards in 2023. This is a project-based onsite position with specific deliverables due at various points on the editorial calendar, starting in July 2022 and ending in late-September 2022. The Intern will report to Scholastic Inc.’s Director of Information Services & Cultural Insights at the Scholastic headquarters in SoHo, Manhattan, and will work closely with the Alliance’s staff, who will help provide guidance on the materials for selection. Vaccination is required for onsite work.

Since 1923, the Awards have inspired bold ideas in creative teens throughout the country. To celebrate the Awards’ Centennial, the Alliance is organizing a series of celebrations, programming, exhibitions, and publications to showcase the program’s robust history. The Centennial Anthology will be a thematic compilation of awarded teen writings spanning a century. The publication will be distributed to teens, educators, and their schools and communities, both directly by the Alliance and through its approximately 100 regional partners around the country.

The Alliance currently envisions a publication that includes:

• A dedication (provided by the Alliance)
• Table of contents
• Foreword (contributor to be determined)
• Eight to ten thematic sections (each with an introduction and approximately five selected works)
• Educator’s Guide (contributor to be determined).

The Intern will be tasked with using the Scholastic Inc. archive to review and scan works from historical publications that fit certain themes and criteria. The intern will select and organize approximately 200-300 works for inclusion in the anthology and will provide additional selections based on feedback from Scholastic and Alliance staff. The selections, seen through the diversity, equity, and inclusion lens, will celebrate the Awards’ legacy and bring insights to the evolution and impact of the Awards over 100 years, particularly as they relate to American lives, history, education, and access to the arts. The works will be organized by themes, such as identity, issues of the day, family and friends, and the teen experience. The selection will also represent a wide variety of the Awards’ writing categories, ranging from poetry to dramatic script, from personal essays to journalism.

Primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Provide input on themes and parameters of selection based on review of the works, in partnership with the Alliance staff
• Read approximately 800-1,200 works (ranging roughly from 100 to 4,000 words), and select approximately 200-300 works for final consideration by the Alliance staff
• Handle, scan, and digitize fragile materials from microfilm and bound volumes
• Collate and organize works, with a consistent naming structure, creating a shared database for the Scholastic Archive and the Alliance
• Provide additional selections as needed and as determined by Alliance staff

Qualifications:

• Graduate degree in library and/or information science OR one year of completed LIS coursework, including classes in reference/readers advisory, knowledge organization, and information technology
• Experience handling microfilm and using a card catalog index
• Work experience or equivalent coursework in digital archives/archiving
• Excellent research skills
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to work under the pressure of deadlines

Position Details:

• This is a 15-hour/week internship, open from July-September 2022
• This is an onsite position and vaccination is required
• Compensation for this internship will be a stipend of $3,000

The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, pregnancy, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, or status as a veteran.

How to Apply:

To apply, please upload your cover letter and resume to https://artandwriting.bamboohr.com/jobs/. Please do not email or call--all applicants must apply via our job portal.

About the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers/Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are presented by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. The Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to identify students with exceptional artistic and literary talent and present their remarkable work to the world through the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. The Awards give students opportunities for recognition, exhibition, publication, and scholarships. In 2022, students across America entered more than 260,000 original works in 28 different categories of art and writing.

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Submit specified application materials to jbass@scholastic.com.