Joseph F. Rock Herbarium, University of Hawaii - Job/Internship Opportunities

Fall/Spring 2009 Employment
Federal Work Study Positions Available
Job# 78299-A3
$9.45/hr, 20 hrs/wk.

Student Internships - Directed Research
Internships are available to undergraduate and graduate students (BOT699) intereseted in working on research projects.

Volunteer Internships

UH Museum Assistants - Archivists & Librarians (Digital )
Assist in cataloging the University of Hawaii at Manoa Museum collections.
We need help with database entry of collection catalogs and digitization of
historical 35 mm slides. Insect, Fish, Plant, DNA, Campus Art catalogs are
under development. Experience with computer preferred. Archival, Library
experience is excellent but not required. Training will be available.

Volunteers play integral roles in the Herbarium management and digital archive
intiaitives. Our on-going database project is underway to transfer label information
from herbarium specimens to be publicaly available online, and many volunteer
hours will be needed to contributed to this effort. The following positions are
available.

Data Entry Personel
Help transfer specimen label information from plant specimens to database software, so the general public has access to the collection via the Internet..

Librarian
Immediate need is to inventory and catalog 3000 books.

Photograph Archivist (35 mm and print)
Immediate need is to digtally scan 35 mm Natural History slides for the UH Photo Gallery project.