Dear Colleagues,

Please share the following award opportunity with your peers who may not be on the NWA email list.

The NWA Paid Internship Committee is pleased to report that the fundraising for the 2022 Archivist-in-Residence (AiR) was successful! The AiR application is now open and the application deadline is April 1, 2022. We are also very pleased to report that we have the capacity to raise the award ceiling to $6,000. This increase was necessary in order to keep pace with the rising cost-of-living and maintain a robust residency experience. I hope you'll all join us for a little celebratory dance at our desks for achieving this milestone, especially in the times we're in. Thank you so much to NWA membership for helping us reach our $1,000 fundraising goal! And thank you especially to our sponsors who have contributed to this residency program from the beginning: Schellinger Research, Lucidea, and Hollinger Metal Edge! This residency would not be possible without you!

Archivist-in-Residence Applications are OPEN

Northwest Archivists, Inc. is offering a $6,000 stipend for one graduate student (or recent graduate) to receive an Archivist-in-Residence opportunity. The purpose of this residency is three-fold: 1. To offer upcoming and new professionals with paid career development opportunities to apply knowledge in archives, libraries, museums, or a related field; 2. To teach new archivists how to accurately calculate the value of their education, experience, and overall value as an archivist; and 3. To provide an opportunity for archival organizations to work toward the long term goal of eliminating unpaid work within the field. The residency may last up to 12 weeks to be completed by the end of the current calendar year. The resident will receive a one-year complimentary membership to Northwest Archivists. 

For more information and to apply: http://northwestarchivists.org/archivistinresidence/

The NWA Paid Internship Committee would like to thank NWA membership and our Platinum-level sponsors: Shellinger Research and Rachael Cristine Consulting; and our Gold-level sponsors: Hollinger Metal Edge, Lucidea, Permanent.org, and Atlas Systems! We would also like to thank our Bronze-level sponsor: Northeast Document Conservation Center.

Thank you,

The NWA Paid Internship Exploratory Committee
Rachael Cristine Woody, Rachael Cristine Consulting LLC (Chair, Oregon)
Laura Cray, Oregon Historical Society (Oregon)
Sara Piasecki, National Park Service (Alaska)
Rachel Thomas, George Fox University (Oregon)
Kathryn Kramer, K.M. Kramer Consulting (Montana)
Erin Passehl Stoddart, Michigan State University Libraries (Michigan)