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Special Collections Internships

Special Collections invites students from any SUNY Plattsburgh department to apply for an internship.

Our Collections

Materials in Special Collections focus on the history of the northern New York State counties of Clinton, Essex, and Franklin, and the Adirondack and Champlain Valley regions. We collect monographs, periodicals, pamphlets and other ephemera, audio and video materials, photographs, maps, and manuscripts.

Special Collections also houses and preserves the SUNY Plattsburgh College Archives.

How to Apply

1. Review the Internship requirements available at the Registrar's Office.
2. Discuss your interests with your advisor.
3. Contact the Special Collections librarian to discuss possible projects.
4. Complete the application.

Students must meet all the required criteria as listed in the Internship requirements and must have a faculty sponsor to be accepted as a Special Collections Intern.

Sample Special Collections Internships

Students may discuss other Internship ideas with their faculty sponsor and the Special Collections librarian.

Audio Transfer. Most suitable for Communications majors - Contact Communications Professor Tim Clukey for details about prerequisites. Student will transfer a selection of Special Collections audio materials to digital format, creating both archival and access copies. Student will also revise and update the Audio Transfer Procedures Manual.

Glass Plate Negative Scanning and Processing. Student will scan a collection of glass plate negatives owned by Special Collections and will prepare a Processing manual for scanning and housing these materials.

Digital Exhibits. Student will identify and prepare Web-ready exhibits for the Special Collections Web pages.

North Country Digital History Project. Student will select, scan, and add materials and metadata to the North Country Digital History project.

Nina Winkel Collection Processing. Most suitable for art and history majors. Student will complete processing of the Nina Winkel Collection and will prepare a Manuscript Guide for the collection.

Contact Information

For more information about the Special Collections at SUNY Plattsburgh, please contact:

Debra Kimok
E-mail (for best results): debra.kimok@plattsburgh.edu
(518) 564-5206