The Department of Interior- Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces nine Academic Year 2016, paid internships in curation and collections management offered through the National Council for Preservation Education (NCPE). These internships are located in BLM facilities and partner museums throughout the country. These internships are open to students currently enrolled in an academic program in historic preservation or an allied field, or very recently graduated (degree received August 2014 or later). * Application must be made though the NCPE website *at http://preservenet.cornell.edu/employ/ncpe.php. * Please visit this website for all application and internship information. Deadline to apply is October 23, 2015. * Academic year internships typically begin in January-February 2016. Current BLM academic year curation internship offerings are: 2674. Interior Museum Program, Bureau of Land Management, National Historic Oregon Trail: Working with curator, exhibit specialist, and archeologists, assists with work on cataloguing artifacts, photography, condition monitoring, conservation of artifacts, fabrication of conservation mounts for storage and display needs, and updating associated records. Office, workshop, and collection storage room environment. Located in Baker City, OR (800 hours). 2675. Interior Museum Program, Bureau of Land Management, Billings Curation Center: Assists the Billings Curation Center at the BLM Montana State Office with processing 14 boxes (14 cubic ft.) of artifacts from six different projects and law enforcement actions. The collections, originating from more than 36 sites on BLM lands, are essential resources in our efforts to understand the cultural history of Montana. The goal will be to identify and inventory this collection, and also to re-package to Center/DOI specifications, accession and produce a completed catalog. Located in Billings, MT (600 hours). 2676. Interior Museum Program, Bureau of Land Management, Anasazi Heritage Center: Assists the Bureau of Land Management-Anasazi Heritage Center (BLM-AHC) Curation Program with backlog cataloging of archeological collections and project documentation, focusing on cataloging and proper storage of items from sites on BLM-Canyons of the Ancients National Monument. Duties include collections inventory; cataloging; storage of artifacts; data entry into the Interior Collections Management System (ICMS); and organization of associated documentation. Other duties include assisting staff with collections reviews for NAGPRA compliance tasks; researcher access to the AHC collections; and participating in the AHC Curation Program's Integrated Pest Management Program. Position may involve moderate physical activity. Background in southwest archeology and/or museum studies preferred; familiarity with Microsoft Office and Excel required. Housing is provided. Located just outside Dolores, CO (1000 hours). 2677. Interior Museum Program, Bureau of Land Management, Utah State Office: Assists the BLM Utah State Office (UTSO) cultural resources staff with the management of collections currently in their care. Duties include maintaining the collections facility according to curatorial standards for preventative conservation (temperature, humidity and integrated pest management) and security; processing collections in preparation for their curation in a permanent facility; facilitating access to the collections as required for consultations and/or repatriation to Native American communities; and entering information into the Interior Collections Management System (ICMS). Depending on intern interest, other duties may involve working with a committee to assess the research and educational potential of the collections to assist in identifying materials best suited to different curation strategies; and/or working with staff to initiate public education initiatives to reduce looting of archeological sites on public lands. Background in southwest archeology and/or museum studies preferred; familiarity with Microsoft Office and Excel required. Located in Salt Lake City, UT (1000 hours). 2678. Interior Museum Program, Bureau of Land Management, Multi-Office, University of Kansas: Assists in collections management duties in the Vertebrate Paleontology Division of the University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute, which holds thousands of fossils from DOI-administered lands, including from Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico. The collection includes over 160,000 specimens compiled by one of the oldest university museums in the country, including original material collected more than 30 years ago from Natural Trap Cave in Wyoming; additional material needing curation will be entering the collection over the next several years as part of an exciting BLM-supported research initiative. Duties include learning to use SPECIFY, a collections management database system developed by the museum partly under grants from the National Science Foundation, freely available to public museums and used worldwide. Located in Lawrence, KS (800 hours). 2679. Interior Museum Program, Bureau of Land Management, California State Office, Autry National Center: Assists the BLM-California State Office work curating archaeological collections retrieved from BLM lands and now located at the Autry National Center in its Southwest Museum Collection. Work involves assisting museum personnel with curating, research and reorganization of archeological collections excavated by the Southwest Museum-led Little Lake Expedition (1947-1951) and others. Duties may include, but are not limited to, research in the Braun Research Library identifying objects and sites; repackaging of artifacts; and creating Excel spreadsheets and Word documents to assist the staff archaeologist and archaeological collections team organize artifacts and data. Experience in archeology and California Native Prehistory and familiarity with Microsoft Word, Excel and the MIMSY database system preferred. Located in Los Angeles, CA (480 hours). 2680. Interior Museum Program, Bureau of Land Management, Nevada State Office, Las Vegas Museum of Natural History: Assists with backlog cataloging of archeological collections and project documentation, focusing on cataloging and proper storage of BLM museum collections. Duties include collections inventory; cataloging; storage of artifacts; data entry into the museum's collections management cataloguing system; and organization of associated documentation. Other duties include assisting staff with the curation of the collection for exhibit, researcher access to the BLM collections; and participating in the Las Vegas Natural History Museum's Integrated Pest Management Program. Position may involve moderate physical activity. Background in southwest archeology, anthropology and/or museum studies preferred; familiarity with Microsoft Office and Excel required. Located in Las Vegas, NV. (1000 hours). 2681. Interior Museum Program, Bureau of Land Management Paleontology, University of Washington Burke Museum: Assists with curation of vertebrate fossils in the Museum's collection. Duties include both the hands-on work of sorting, identifying, imaging, and cataloging specimens, and the archival work to update the museum's online digital catalogue. The Museum has a longstanding relationship with the Dept. of the Interior and its bureaus, with a significant percentage of their 62,000 vertebrate fossils having come from Federal lands. Over 1,000 localities are from DOI lands, including Montana (338), Wyoming (514), Idaho (15), Oregon (60), Washington (31), Arizona (34), and others. Recent research activities of museum staff include multi-year efforts in Montana and Arizona. Many of the fossils collected include "microverts," numbering in the thousands of specimens. The curation of fossils and making the information and images of specimens available on the web will enhance researcher and public access to the information contained in the collection. Located in Seattle, WA (400 hours, ½ time, 20 weeks). 2682. Interior Museum Program, Bureau of Land Management Paleontology, New Jersey State Museum: Works on a wide variety of Museum activities, including opportunities to be involved in Museum education programs. Duties include processing and documenting newly-acquired fossils for addition to the Museum's extensive collections, involving cleaning, sorting and curating specimens into the larger collections. The New Jersey State Museum Bureau of Natural History holds a diverse collection of about 250,000 specimens. It displays an early reconstruction of the first nearly-complete dinosaur ever excavated, as well as about 300 type specimens of other fossils. Field crews currently are actively collecting fossils from the Powder River Basin area of Wyoming and Montana. Summer crews from the museum conduct reconnaissance for new fossils as well as collecting larger specimens located in past years. In addition, the museum strives to provide unique field experiences to young people from inner-city areas to expose them to science and to places they might not otherwise be introduced to. The museum is also currently working with the BLM to finalize a museum collection agreement. Located in Trenton, NJ. 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