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The Paley Center for Media 25 West 52nd Street; New York, NY 10019 |
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The Paley Center for Media leads the discussion about the cultural, creative, and social significance of television, radio, and emerging platforms for the professional community and media-interested public. Goal is to collect, preserve and interpret television and radio programming and to make these programs available to the public. |
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"I did work tagging newspaper clippings using their own categorization rule. I also read interesting newspapers regarding TV shows or movies. We worked with Jane, who is very passionate at her job. It's interesting seeing her talking about how she strategically dealt with difficult customers. The best part of ASB was having a chance to walk into an organization and see how things work there. Besides, New York is such a nice city!" "I worked in research services, reading news paper articles related to television and radio and then deciding which subject heading best fitted the article. The people at the Paley Center were very nice and eager to show us around. It was really cool working in a TV and radio museum. I chose this project because I wanted to see what it was like working at an archive in a museum. I also really enjoy television and working at a TV and radio museum really excited me." "The Paley Center is a great organization that is very friendly, supportive, and helpful. My supervisor was very nice and was eager to talk about her work at the museum." |
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Library Services DepartmentInterns: Ann McWilliams-Piraino, Barbara Pezet, and Wen-Hui KaoCode: PALEY-01 |
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The Research Services Department (which is part of the Library Services Department) is responsible for creating and maintaining a wide-ranging archive of information on all aspects of television radio advertising and communications. An intern will assist in the organization of the extensive amount of information received daily and may be assigned to special projects as well. The internship entails helping to create a reference archive by selecting clipping and xeroxing daily newspapers and periodicals as well as a researcher answering complex queries that come in to the Research Services Department from Museum patrons documentary filmmakers directors and producers television networks fact-checkers and the general public. Qualification: A broad interest in television and communications and an interest in research methods. The intern should be very organized and be able to work on several projects at once. A knowledge of Microfiche and clerical work is required. | ||
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The SI Alternative Spring Break is open to graduate students of the University of Michigan's School of Information. Undergraduates looking for Alternative Spring Break opportunities should look into the University of Michigan Alternative Spring Break program administered by U-M's Ginsberg Center. |
