Digital Archive Internship

PURPOSE

In Winter 2026 CRIISC received funding from the Mellon Foundation in support of CRIISC’s digital, post custodial community archive. In partnership with A People’s History of the I.E., CRIISC is hosting a Digital Archive Intern (hereafter referred to as “Intern”) over Summer 2026 with the possibility of an additional internship over the Summer of 2027. By hosting a long-term Digital Archive Internship for a graduate student in public history/archival studies, we plan to provide them with experience working with community-based archives, multiple digital archive systems, and to diversify their professional training. The selected Intern will be mentored by CRIISC’s Public History Director, members of the Archive Advisory Committee, and the co-directors of A People’s History of the I.E., with oversight from CRIISC’s Executive Director.

REQUIREMENTS

CRIISC is seeking a highly motivated, independent, graduate-level student to be trained on the ins and outs of digital community-based archives in Inland Southern California.

Applicants must:

• Be 18 years or older.
• Be pursuing graduate-level education and/or training in archival management, public
  history, library sciences, or related fields.
• Be intent on pursuing a career in community archives and archival management.
• Complete the entirety of the internship onsite at CRIISC’s offices.
• Be able to commit to 300 hours of work over the course of Summer 2026 and have
  interest and availability in participating in the second half of the internship in Summer
  2027 (an additional 300 hours).

Strong Applicants will have some of the following skills and experiences:

• Familiarity or previous experience working in libraries, archives, or other collections.
• Experience with digitization and/or metadata projects/activities.
• Knowledge of collection management systems, digital asset management systems,
  databases, and/or excel software.
• Experience with troubleshooting technology and software programs and independent
  problem solving.
• Knowledge of oral history methods and processes
• Be an independent, self starter, who is eager to dive into new experiences.
• Ability to make connections in the community and build relationships with individuals and
  community organizations.
• Experience creating workflows, lesson plans, and or other procedures.
• Conscientious attention to detail and experience managing multiple overlapping tasks
  and processes.
• Have experience working collaboratively with others on projects and assignments.
• Feel comfortable in a fast paced work environment, ready to assist and support the rest
  of the CRIISC team as needed.
• Passion for uplifting Inland Southern California’s history and archives.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The Intern will work directly with the CRIISC’s Public History Director on all tasks with
consultation from members of the Archives Advisory Committee and the co-directors of A
People’s History of the I.E. with oversight from CRIISC’s Executive Director.

Below are example activities with additional responsibilities and tasks being assigned during the
course of the internship.

SPECIFIC TASKS

• Onboarding
  • A. Intern will receive extensive onboarding on the CRIISC Terentia CMS, DAM, and
    Collections online systems as well as A People’s History of the I.E. Omeka
    archive. This will include training on metadata management, asset management,
    and administrative tasks.
  • B. Intern will receive training on the creation of workflows, systems, and other
    procedures for the archives.

• II. Metadata Editing and Creation
  • A. As part of onboarding into both systems the Intern will learn the processes for
    editing, creating, fixing metadata entries in the databases.
  • B. Assist in addressing archival backlogs for CRIISC and A People’s History of the
    I.E.. Use training and experience to formulate more streamlined workflows and
    processes.

• III. Community Building and Engagement
  • A. Assist CRIISC in planning and executing community archive collection events
    and other digital collecting initiatives including oral history collection.
  • B. Envision and plan creative archival programming to increase the public’s
    knowledge of CRIISC and People’s archives.
  • C. Work directly with community member donors to process their collections into the digital post-custodial archive, centering their knowledge of the collections.

• IV. Workflow Creation and Training
  • A. The Intern will be onboarded on all archival processes for both databases. The Intern will utilize this knowledge to create in-depth workflows to inform the work of CRIISC and A People’s History of the I.E.’s volunteers.
  • B. The Intern will also support CRIISC and A People’s History of the I.E. in digital archive training for undergraduate interns and volunteers as needed.

• V. Project Management
  • A. The Intern will assist in project management tasks including reports, time keeping, meeting coordination and scheduling as needed.

• VI. Meetings
  • A. The Intern will meet with the Public History Director for weekly check-ins. Frequency will be determined by weekly tasks.
  • B. The Intern will, as needed, meet for specific targeted meetings on specific deliverables.
  • C. The Intern will attend and participate in programming and events related to CRIISC’s digital post-custodial archive. These may include community collection days, metadata events, and presentations

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

Deliverables shall meet, at a minimum, the performance standards in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local codes, regulations, guidelines, and standards.

ADMINISTRATION

The Intern is responsible for tracking their hours worked and reporting these to CRIISC as
directed. The intern must complete the 300 hours required for the internship.