The Ohio Memory Project is seeking interns and volunteers. Interns/volunteers can perform a variety of tasks essential to a digital project, including: quality control, research, transcriptions, digitization and creation of archival CDs. Interns/volunteers will create transcripts and/or digital images for inclusion in the Ohio Memory Online Scrapbook (http://www.ohiomemory.org), an award-winning online database of over 26,000 images contributed by 330 historical societies, libraries, museums and archives in Ohio. Ohio Memory is a project of the Ohio Historical Society, one of Ohio’s leading cultural institutions.

Interns/volunteers will learn procedures for creating transcripts and digital images following Ohio Memory Project specifications and will be introduced to working with primary source materials. Transcripts can be assigned based on a student's research interests, encouraging further study of the documents in the future. High school, undergraduate or graduate students interested in public history, library and/or museum fields will gain experience working on a digital project and working with a project team. Retirees, homemakers and other interested persons are also encouraged to volunteer.

Internships can be done off-site or at the Ohio Historical Center in Columbus. The minimum length of internship period is two weeks. Projects can be arranged to fit school or work schedules.

Internships are unpaid, but college credit may be available through your institution. For more information, contact Angela O’Neal, Ohio Memory Project Manager at aoneal@ohiohistory.org or (614) 297-2576. Visit the Ohio Memory Online Scrapbook at http://www.ohiomemory.org