By Becky Teague In August of 2020, I began working as a graduate research assistant on a digital humanities initiative titled Global Makers: Women Artists in the Early Modern Courts. Together with the two principal creators of the project (both art historians at the same university from which I received my master’s, one being my […]
Posts in the Museum Librarianship category:
2018-2020 Samuel H. Kress Fellowship
The New York Art Resources Consortium (NYARC) is seeking candidates for the 2018-2020 fellowship. NYARC is comprised of the research libraries of the MoMA, the Frick, and the Brooklyn Museum. The fellowship provides an early career librarian (degree conferred in 2017 or before) the opportunity to learn the operations of three leading art museum libraries via […]
Assistant Archivist at Glenstone
TITLE Assistant Archivist ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION Glenstone is an art museum located on more than 200 acres of rolling hills and unspoiled woodland in Potomac, Maryland. Conceived by founders Mitchell and Emily Rales on their deeply held belief that art is essential to life, it has already become one of the finest collections of modern […]
The Artist/Librarian: An interview with Kylie Schmitt
As art librarians we obviously have an affinity for the visual and creative arts. In fact many of us found our field by starting originally as artists. Kylie Schmitt, an early professional at the Frick Art Reference Library, is both librarian and artist. She shares more information about her work as an information professional and […]
Archives + Special Collections, Job Postings, Museum Librarianship, Public Libraries, Records Management
Job postings
Assistant Archivist– Corning Museum of Glass P/T Records Manager/Archivist– Segerstrom Archive Collections Photographer (Library Technical Assistant IV)– NYPL
Museum Library Internship – Fall 2014 – Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Museum Library Internship – Fall 2014 – Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Library interns support the research of the MCA staff, interns, volunteers, and visiting scholars by assisting the librarians on a variety of projects. Current projects include working with artist files and the publications archive. Interns will gain experience in the areas of reference, […]
Cataloguer, Louise Bourgeois Archive Project– MOMA
Cataloguer, Louise Bourgeois Archive Project Location: New York, NY Education Requirement: 4-Year Degree Description The Museum of Modern Art is currently accepting applications for a Project Cataloguer to assist with the Louise Bourgeois Archive Project. Based in the Museum’s Department of Drawings and Prints and reporting to the Chief Curator Emerita/Bourgeois Project Manager, the Project […]
Internship– Brooklyn Museum Archives
Internship in the Brooklyn Museum Archives The Brooklyn Museum is seeking an intern to assist with processing records in the Museum Archives. The intern will process a discrete portion of the institutional records: arrange, perform basic preservation measures, write folder-level descriptions, and enter descriptions into a Microsoft Access database. The intern will gain valuable experience […]
Collections Management, Digital Libraries, Job Postings, Metadata + Tagging, Museum Librarianship, Records Management
PT term Manager of Digital Assets and Collections Information– Glenstone
Position: Manager of Digital Assets and Collections Information Reports to: Chief Archivist/Librarian Background: Located on 200 acres in Potomac, Maryland, Glenstone strives to provide visitors with a unique experience through the seamless integration of art, architecture, and landscape. Its first exhibition building was designed by late architect Charles Gwathmey and opened to the public in […]
Museum archivist job openings
Archivist Librarian, The Witte Museum Archival Assistant (term), Carnegie Museum of Art