Internships and Student Opportunities

The Special Collections Research Center is pleased to offer internships, independent studies, and work-study opportunities for students in all areas of its operations including reference services, bookbinding, conservation, book arts, and collection surveys.

Below are reports of some of these experiences. For more information contact Peter Verheyen, Head of Preservation and Conservation.

Gaylord Conservation Interns

Suzy Morgan of Chicago, IL, was Syracuse University Library's inaugural Gaylord Brothers Preservation Intern. The grant-funded Gaylord Brothers internship is intended to give current graduate students and recent graduates of preservation/conservation programs the opportunity to apply their skills and knowledge of care and treatment of library and archives materials in an academic library. Interns also visit Gaylord Brothers to learn about the archival supply market and see how products are manufactured. Read More »

Thanks to the generosity of Gaylord Brothers we are pleased to continue offering this post-professional internship opportunity. While scheduling is flexible, summer is prefered. Stay tuned for more details soon.

Bookbinding, Conservation, and Book Arts

	Samantha Quell is a pre-professional intern who has been working in the Conservation Lab with David Stokoe since the spring of 2008. She will begin her MLIS at SUNY Buffalo in January of 2011. Read More »
	Marieka Kaye, a student in the Art Conservation Department of Buffalo State University , completed a one-week internship in book conservation techniques in the Conservation Lab with Donia Conn in January 2002. Read More »
	Evan Ballinger of Los Angeles, a student in the American Academy of Bookbinding's (AAB) degree program completed a one- week internship (June 28 - July 2) in German binding techniques by working in the conservation lab with Peter Verheyen. Read More »
	Gregory Santos completed a semester-long, for-credit, independent study during the Spring of 2002. Santos, a senior working towards his BFA in the VPA School of Art and Design, had been exposed to bookbinding and conservation as a work-study student in the Conservation Lab, and developed a deep interest and passion for the medium. Read More »

Collections Surveys

During the Fall of 2001, while working towards her MLS, Christina Dietz (formerly of SUL Media Services) completed a three-credit internship in the Conservation Lab of the SCRC. Read More »