We decided last fall we wanted to try out Instagram; we’ve been inspired by some great accounts like the Public Domain Review and Harvard’s Center for the History of Medicine.
We’ll do a post once we’re ready to start putting up content regularly but for now you can get ahead of the rush and follow us early. And let us know if there are great accounts out there we should be following!
We’d like to thank everyone who applied for our Spring 2022 Metadata Internship. We’re reviewing and interviewing now since y’all were so timely about getting your applications in and hope to make an announcement and introduce our intern in early December.
We will be looking for Fellows for next summer, so keep an eye open for that announcement coming in the new year.
If you’re a LIS student and you want to be considered for our spring 2022 internship, the deadline is fast approaching: November 30!
The Medical Heritage Library is looking for a Metadata Intern to work with the Content and Metadata Working Group. The internship will provide hands-on experience with current metadata schemas, editing metadata on digital objects, and identifying objects for bulk metadata updates. In addition, the intern will have an opportunity to identify content based on available metadata and generate a list of possible items that could become collections.
We are looking for interns interested in learning about the use of metadata in digital collections.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
This is an unpaid, virtual internship for a student in a graduate library and information science program with a strong interest in metadata and digital collections. An interest in the history of medicine and public health would also be good but not required. Experience with metadata schemas and knowledge of content management systems would be helpful.
UNPAID INTERNSHIP:
This is an unpaid internship and it requires the intern to receive credit from the intern’s home institution.
HOURS: To be determined by institutional program requirements
TO APPLY:Send a cover letter and resume to medicalheritagevicepresident@gmail.com by November 30, 2021. Please include departmental requirements for an internship along with your application.
The Medical Heritage Library is looking for a Metadata Intern to work with the Content and Metadata Working Group. The internship will provide hands-on experience with current metadata schemas, editing metadata on digital objects, and identifying objects for bulk metadata updates. In addition, the intern will have an opportunity to identify content based on available metadata and generate a list of possible items that could become collections.
We are looking for interns interested in learning about the use of metadata in digital collections.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
This is an unpaid, virtual internship for a student in a graduate library and information science program with a strong interest in metadata and digital collections. An interest in the history of medicine and public health would also be good but not required. Experience with metadata schemas and knowledge of content management systems would be helpful.
UNPAID INTERNSHIP:
This is an unpaid internship and it requires the intern to receive credit from the intern’s home institution.
HOURS: To be determined by institutional program requirements
TO APPLY:Send a cover letter and resume to medicalheritagevicepresident@gmail.com by November 30, 2021. Please include departmental requirements for an internship along with your application.
The Medical Heritage Library is looking for a Metadata Intern to work with the Content and Metadata Working Group. The internship will provide hands-on experience with current metadata schemas, editing metadata on digital objects, and identifying objects for bulk metadata updates. In addition, the intern will have an opportunity to identify content based on available metadata and generate a list of possible items that could become collections.
We are looking for interns interested in learning about the use of metadata in digital collections.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
This is an unpaid, virtual internship for a student in a graduate library and information science program with a strong interest in metadata and digital collections. An interest in the history of medicine and public health would also be good but not required. Experience with metadata schemas and knowledge of content management systems would be helpful.
UNPAID INTERNSHIP:
This is an unpaid internship and it requires the intern to receive credit from the intern’s home institution.
HOURS: To be determined by institutional program requirements
TO APPLY:
Send a cover letter and resume to medicalheritagevicepresident@gmail.com by November 30, 2021. Please include departmental requirements for an internship along with your application.
It is with much appreciation that I thank Robin Naughton for her service as the Medical Heritage Library’s Vice-President from July 2020 through August of this year. Robin spent five years contributing to the work of MHL, four of them in leadership positions. (She was the MHL’s Secretary from 2018 to 2019.)
Robin initially represented the New York Academy of Medicine, bringing her expertise as the manager of its Digital Lab to bear on the MHL’s digitization projects, website re-design, and metadata clean-up efforts. In 2020, Robin transitioned to a new appointment as Assistant Professor, Web and Digital Services Librarian, for the Queens College Library (QCL), While Robin is no longer able to serve on the Board of Directors, her contributions will continue to influence how the MHL shares its digital content. She will be missed!
As a result of this change, it is with enthusiasm that I announce that Beth M. Lander, our current Treasurer and Managing Director, Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL), has been elected our new Vice-President, with Melissa Grafe, John R. Bumstead Librarian for Medical History, Head of the Medical Historical Library, Yale, stepping in as Treasurer. Melissa is no stranger to the operations of the MHL, having served as its first President from 2018 to 2020. I am also pleased to report that our current Secretary, UCSF Archivist Polina Ilieva, has agreed to run for Vice-President this June.
Please join me in thanking Robin, Beth, Melissa, and Polina!
Emily R. Novak Gustainis, MHL President
ABOUT US:
The Medical Heritage Library, Inc. (MHL) is a collaborative digitization and discovery organization of some of the world’s leading medical libraries committed to providing open access to resources in the history of healthcare and health sciences. The MHL’s goal is to provide the means by which readers and scholars across a multitude of disciplines can examine the interrelated nature of medicine and society, both to inform contemporary medicine and to strengthen understanding of the world in which we live.
DESCRIPTION:
The Medical Heritage Library is looking for a Metadata Intern to work with the Content and Metadata Working Group. The internship will provide hands-on experience with current metadata schemas, editing metadata on digital objects, and identifying objects for bulk metadata updates. In addition, the intern will have an opportunity to identify content based on available metadata and generate a list of possible items that could become collections.
We are looking for interns interested in learning about the use of metadata in digital collections.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
This is an unpaid, virtual internship for a student in a graduate library and information science program with a strong interest in metadata and digital collections. An interest in the history of medicine and public health would also be good but not required. Experience with metadata schemas and knowledge of content management systems would be helpful.
UNPAID INTERNSHIP:
This is an unpaid internship and it requires the intern to receive credit from the intern’s home institution.
HOURS:
To be determined by institutional program requirements
TO APPLY:
Send a cover letter and resume to medicalheritagevicepresident@gmail.com by June 18, 2021. Please include departmental requirements for an internship along with your application.
ABOUT US:
The Medical Heritage Library, Inc. (MHL) is a collaborative digitization and discovery organization of some of the world’s leading medical libraries committed to providing open access to resources in the history of healthcare and health sciences. The MHL’s goal is to provide the means by which readers and scholars across a multitude of disciplines can examine the interrelated nature of medicine and society, both to inform contemporary medicine and to strengthen understanding of the world in which we live.
DESCRIPTION:
The Medical Heritage Library seeks a motivated fellow to assist in the continuing development of our education and outreach programs. Under the guidance of a member of our governance board, the fellow will develop curated collections or sets for the MHL website on the topic of disability and medical technologies. Examples of existing primary source sets can be found on the MHL website: http://www.medicalheritage.org/resource-sets/. These collections will be drawn from the over 300,000 items in our Internet Archive library. The curated collections provide a means for our visitors to discover the richness of MHL materials on a variety of topics relevant to the history of health and the health sciences. As part of this work, the fellow will have an opportunity to enrich metadata in MHL records in Internet Archive to support scholarship and inquiry on this topic.
This paid fellowship will be hosted virtually, with no in-person component.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
This virtual position is open to all qualified graduate students with a strong interest in medical, disability, or health history, with additional interests in library/information science or education. Strong communication and collaboration skills are a must. Fellows are expected to learn quickly and work independently.
FELLOWSHIP DURATION:
The fellowship will take place anytime between the end of May 2021-mid-August 2021
HOURS:
150 hours, over 12 weeks with a maximum of 20 hours in any given week.
SALARY:
$20/hour not to exceed $3000
NUMBER OF AVAILABLE FELLOWSHIPS: 1
To apply, please provide the following:
Please submit your application materials by April 19th, 2021 through this from: https://forms.gle/APV6Kq9G38SJbzkZA
Candidate interviews will take place virtually.
ABOUT US:
The Medical Heritage Library, Inc. (MHL) is a collaborative digitization and discovery organization of some of the world’s leading medical libraries committed to providing open access to resources in the history of healthcare and health sciences. The MHL’s goal is to provide the means by which readers and scholars across a multitude of disciplines can examine the interrelated nature of medicine and society, both to inform contemporary medicine and to strengthen understanding of the world in which we live.
DESCRIPTION:
The Medical Heritage Library seeks a motivated fellow to assist in the continuing development of our education and outreach programs. Under the guidance of a member of our governance board, the fellow will develop curated collections or sets for the MHL website on the topic of race and equity in health and healthcare. Examples of existing primary source sets can be found on the MHL website: http://www.medicalheritage.org/resource-sets/. These collections will be drawn from the over 300,000 items in our Internet Archive library. The curated collections provide a means for our visitors to discover the richness of MHL materials on a variety of topics relevant to the history of health and the health sciences. As part of this work, the fellow will have an opportunity to enrich metadata in MHL records in Internet Archive to support scholarship and inquiry on this topic.
This paid fellowship will be hosted virtually, with no in-person component.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
This virtual position is open to all qualified graduate students with a strong interest in medical or health history, with additional interests in library/information science or education. Strong communication and collaboration skills a must. Fellows are expected to learn quickly and work independently.
FELLOWSHIP DURATION:
The fellowship will take place anytime between the end of May 2021-mid-August 2021
HOURS:
150 hours, over 12 weeks with a maximum of 20 hours in any given week.
SALARY:
$20/hour not to exceed $3000
NUMBER OF AVAILABLE FELLOWSHIPS: 1
To apply, please provide the following:
Please submit your application materials by April 19th, 2021 through this form: https://forms.gle/wQpjSpsEa8i2N1X36
Candidate interviews will take place virtually.
We want to take the opportunity of this last post of 2020 to thank you all for your support and enthusiasm over the year. It hasn’t been an easy year by any means but we managed to hold our very first online conference thanks to all of you and we’re very proud. Watch this space for videos and transcripts coming in early January!
We hope you all get some vacation time between now and January and that you enjoy that to the fullest.
See you in 2021!
Oh, and if you want a last round of history of medicine this week, don’t forget Scott Podolsky’s talk on the history of the medical journal, this afternoon on Zoom. No registration necessary!
