Extensible Arrangement and Description of Daedalus editorial files

The intern will process a chosen series of records related to the creation and publication of one or two issues of Daedalus, the American Academy's scholarly journal. Using extensible processing practices, also known as the “More Product, Less Process” (MPLP) method, the intern will inventory identified boxes with related material, create a processing plan, physically arrange the records according to the processing plan, and describe the records in a Microsoft Access database. The database will generate a finding aid in Word, HTML, and EAD/XML as a final product. As time permits, the intern will select and digitize records to link in finding aid online. The intern will also receive practice in transcribing pre-20th century manuscripts, if interested.

Potential projects include:
The Future of Black Colleges (vol. 100, no. 3, 1971 Summer) – 1.5 linear feet (LF)
Science and Its Public: The Changing Relationship (vol. 103, no. 3, 1974 Summer) – 1.5 LF
American Higher Education: Toward an Uncertain Future (vols. 103, no. 4 and 104, no. 1, 1974-1975) – 2.0 LF
A New America? (vol. 107, no. 1, 1978 Winter) – 1.0 LF
Print Culture and Video Culture (vol. 111, no. 4, 1982 Fall) – 0.5 LF AND A New Era in Computation (Vol. 121, No. 1, 1992 Winter) - 1.0 LF
Artificial Intelligence (vol. 117, No. 1, 1988 Winter) – 3.0 LF

Internship work hours: Monday-Friday, 9:30am-4:30pm

Prospective interns will be asked to meet with Archives staff prior to officially beginning internship hours.