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  Delta College library is seeking applications for the position of Archives Intern. The internship will engage graduate students looking to develop professional skills in archival work including appraisal, arrangement, description, conservation, and digitization.  The archives intern will assist in making collections available for use by Delta College faculty, staff, students, alumni and the community.   Delta College is committed to providing students pursuing a graduate degree with a concentration in archives an excellent opportunity to participate in a comprehensive internship program.   For more information and to apply please visit:  full job posting

 From snowy CMU comes a job posting.  The Clarke has a new summer student employment posting. We are seeking a student to work 25 hrs/wk for 12 weeks on a special project. The project revolves around researching Michigan’s contributions to American democracy for a 2026 Clarke exhibit to mark the 250 th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Here is a link to the job announcement:   https://www.jobs.cmich.edu/postings/42573

 Grand Valley State University Archives is hiring a part time adjunct for the spring/summer 2025. It's open to MLIS grads or students who've completed at least 50% of their coursework. The posting closes on April 4. See  https://gvsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/careers/details/Adjunct-Lemmen-Library-and-Archives-support_R102530?q=library

  Mark "the Bird" Fidrych was one of my favorite Detroit Tigers when I was a kid. Channel 9 & 10 News filmed him at spring training in 1979. We saw him yesterday while processing and describing 9&10 moving image film. What a rush from the past! He took off his cap for an interview and all his curls popped out and I immediately recognized him. The rest of the film segment is mostly of him throwing. I recall fondly the iron on Fidrych decals in the newspaper that you ironed onto your dad's undershirts. We had to buy two newspapers to do two shirts. The washer ruined them, but they were fun while they lasted. This was before today's variety of shirts with company brands, political statements, Disney images, and rock band names. It's hard for current college students to imagine this. No, dinosaurs were not roaming the earth then. Fidrych energized baseball. He pitched at one of the few Tiger games I attended. We loved him and his antics on the mound! He was so...

  Capital Area District Libraries currently has an opening for a Part Time Local History Outreach Librarian at our Lansing Branches/ Downtown. CADL is a progressive, forward-thinking system serving over 240,000 community members located in Ingham County, Michigan. We have 13 branches and 220 staff members dedicated to serving our diverse communities. Our staff is excellent and truly cares about each other. Our unique approach to providing superior customer service earned us the 2019 State Librarian’s Excellence Award and in 2020 a CADL librarian was named Michigan Public Librarian of the Year. We are committed to our Mission Statement “Empowering our diverse communities to learn, imagine and connect.” Qualified applicants can apply using our website at https://www.cadl.org/jobs .

  The Michigan Service Hub is pleased to announce the release of the newly redesigned Michigan Memories , a website that enables users to search the online collections of cultural memory institutions all around the state for free!    Michigan Memories is the Michigan-centric counterpart to the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), with access to over one million records, a fresh look, and some important additions:   A new blog with RSS support;  An Exhibits section that highlights interesting and memorable photographs and other records while exploring Michigan’s history; An Education section that explores different themes in our state’s history with resources to help teachers use primary sources in their classrooms.   The Michigan Service Hub was created in 2015 as a collaborative project by the Library of Michigan, Wayne State University, the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, W...