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 🔗Staff Library Intern – 1200 hours

  • Internship
  • NCPE Internship
  • Nageezi, NM
  • $18.50 USD / Hour
  • Applications have closed
  • Department: Chaco Culture National Historical Park and Aztec Ruins National Monument - Museum & Archives Program
  • Job Reference #: 4129b
  • Job Summary: Organize and develop a circulating national park staff library to support park operations and visitor interpretation and education activities.
  • Job Qualifications:

    Current or recent graduate of a Masters of Library and Information Science program, library related certification or significant coursework in library management and catalaging.

    Meticulous attention to detail.

    Excellent written and oral communication skills.

    Ability to work independently.

    Ability to work with diverse group of people.

    Proficient in Excel, Word, Adobe Acrobat.

    Experience working with relational databases.

    Preferred: Familiarity with Southwest archeology, anthropology, history, natural history

  • How to Apply:

    Click on the application button at this listing and follow the instructions to apply online.

  • Job benefits: Paid Time Off (PTO), housing allowance, travel stipend for travel to/from park, virtual training
  • Physical Demands / Work Environment: Must be able to lift box up to 30 lbs. and climb ladders
  • Application Email: waso_cr-intern@nps.go

National Park Service/NCPE Internship Program

Chaco Culture National Historical Park and Aztec Ruins National Monument are co-managed National Park units and comprise a single UNESCO World Heritage Site protecting Ancestral Pueblo great house communities. Both parks highlight the Chacoan great house culture that thrived in the Four Corners Region between roughly A.D. 900 and 1200.

The successful candidate will work on-site at Chaco Culture National Historical Park near Nageezi, New Mexico. The intern will be responsible for organizing the Chaco Staff Library under the direction of the Park Archivist. This work will include inventorying current holdings, weeding old and out-of-scope items, and compiling a list of potential new acquisitions with input from Chaco staff. The intern will follow the formal National Park Service (NPS) Library Program process to remove items from NPS LIBRIS (the online NPS library catalog) and develop an alternate strategy for local cataloging of library contents. Internship deliverables will include a written draft Library Strategy to guide library operations moving forward and documentation of actions taken and decisions made toward implementation of the Strategy during the internship.

The internship is based at a remote national park unit. The closest basic service (gas) is 20 mi away and expanded services (restaurants, grocery stores, medical facilities, etc.) are 75 miles away in Farmington, NM; all require transit on paved and unpaved roads. The intern will be assigned park housing (possibly shared) and provided a housing stipend. Possession of a personal vehicle is highly recommended.

This position is part of the Internship Program administered by the National Council for Preservation Education (NCPE). The program is a partnership between the National Park Service and NCPE. The successful applicants must be 30 years of age or younger (or 35 years or younger if a Veteran) when they begin the internship. Other eligibility requirements apply; visit https://preservenet.org/ncpe-internships/ for details and instructions on how to apply.

Qualified NCPE interns who complete their internships may count their position towards earning a Public Land Corps (PLC) Non-Competitive Hiring Authority certificate.  Once earned, the PLC hiring authority certificate may be used to apply for eligible Federal temporary, term, or permanent positions. Visit the website listed above for details about this benefit. Successful completion of the internship does not guarantee Federal employment.