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.