JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Looking for a job or internship? Here's a list of web sites you can use in your search.
Postings
directly to the Joint Program site from students, faculty & APPLHIST.
Internships Several notices are posted outside Room 122 in Gambrell Hall.
Library
and Information Science Job postings in the library and information science.
Public History
Jobs in the fields of archives, preservation and museums.
General Non-specific sites to search for positions in any field.
JOBLINE is from the Southern
Connecticut State University School of Communication, Information and Library
Science Department of Library Science and Instructional Technology. The
site lists jobs from across the United States but the majority of postings
are from Connecticut and the Northeast. http://scsu.ctstateu.edu/~jobline/
The Chronicle of Higher Education
has a search function which allows you to type in a keyword such as "archivist"
and pull up any archivists positions listed in the present issue of the
Chronicle. The site is updated every Tuesday. http://www.chronicle.merit.edu/.ads/.links.html
LIBJOBS Archives gives you access
to every job posting on the LIBJOBS listserve without having to subscribe
to the list.
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/cgi-bin/ifla-lwgate/LIBJOBS/archives/
The State Library of North Carolina
provides job listings for North Carolina state agencies as well as professional
and paraprofessional librarian positions in the state.
http://hal.dcr.state.nc.us./jobs/jobs.htm
Job Search from the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Graduate School of Library and Information
Science allows you to search by keyword, employer, experience, region and
more. http://carousel.lis.uiuc.edu/~jobs/
JOBLINE from the Colorado State
Library has job postings for Colorado and a smaller list of out-of-state
positions. JOBLINE is usually updated every week. gopher://gopher.jefferson.lib.co.us:71/11/jobline
Library Job Postings on the
Internet by: Sarah L. Nesbeitt, M.A., M.I.L.S., from the Maxwell Library,
Bridgewater State College is a fabulous site to search for job postings.
She has a comprehensive list to search separated into geographic divisions
as well as types of libraries. http://www.sils.umich.edu/~nesbeitt/libraryjobs.html
Indiana University School of
library and Information Science site has job postings to view by geographical
region and type of organization.
http://www-slis.lib.indiana.edu/Profession/JobPlacementBulletin/jobpage.htm
Job Postings Gopher of the Information
Management Department of the College of St. Catherine (CSC) in St. Paul,
Minnesota. gopher://gopher.stkate.edu:70/11/dept/im
This is a listing of library-related
jobs that are available in Alaska
http://www.alaska.net/~akla/jobs.html
Library Journal Digital
job postings http://www.ljdigital.com/job.htm
Washington Library Media Association
Jobline has postings for the Washington state area.
http://www.wlma.org/whatsnew/whatsnew.htm
Job postings from the American
Library Association web site and links to postings on the College &
Research Libraries NewsNet. http://www.ala.org/education/
Career Opportunities posted by
the Garcia Consulting Inc. Most of these job postings are in the Washington
D.C. area. http://www.garcia.com/otherpag/3-career.htm
Current News Library Job and
Internship Openings. These postings are for a variety of news organizations
nationwide. http://sunsite.unc.edu/slanews/jobs/jobs.html
NOCALL Placement Committee job
postings list jobs and also maintains files of those looking for positions.
This site also has several good links to other library related job search
pages. http://www.nocall.org/complac.html
Univeristy of Michigan School
of Information Placement Bulletin lists job openings by type of position.
http://www.si.umich.edu/hp/pb/
ARCHIVES LISTSERVE posts jobs in the field of archives as well as providing a forum for communication between archivists and others interested.
To subscribe to the Archives Listserve, send an electronic mail message to archivesserver@usa.net containing the following text:
SUB ARCHIVES your_first_name your_last_name
National Council on Public History
list jobs in Public History. Internship notices are also available at this
site. http://www.iupui.edu/it/ncph/jobs.html
The National Center for Preservation
Technology and Training has job postings for a variety of positions in the
field of public history.
gopher://ncptt.ncptt.nps.gov:70/11/position
The Museum Employment Resource
Center (MERC) job postings are available at this address:
http://www.wyoming.com/~MERC/default.shl
H-Net Job Guide for the Humanities and Social Sciences lists job opportunities for a variety of disciplines, including Public History. http://h-net2.msu.edu/jobs/listjobs.cgi?jobcat=Non%2dTeaching&secs=865292400
The Career Mosaic site allows
you to search USENET newsgroups for any type of job position.
http://www.careermosaic.com/cm/cm36.html
From the Career Resource Homepage
this list provides links to job opportunities in different universities
and includes both academic and non-academic positions. http://www.rpi.edu/dept/cdc/university/onetonin.html
The U.S. Government's official
site for jobs and employment information provided by the United States
Office of Personnel Management.http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/a.htm
ALTAVISTA allows a search of
the web or usenets for a keyword such as "librarian." Look at
this example and search using keywords of your choice. http://www.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=q&what=news&fmt=.&q=+librarian++position
E-SPAN search engine allows
you to search by keyword. The site also gives hints for the job hunt.
http://www.espan.com/
U.S. Department of the Interior
job vacancy notices are listed at this site. http://www.usgs.gov/doi/avads/avads_search.html
Yahoo! Job search allows you
search by keyword. The site also has other links for those on the job hunt.
http://www.yahoo.com/business/employment/jobs
Career City Job Search
http://www.adamsonline.com/

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Updated July 15, 1997.