Great Job Opportunity for Grads!

 ATTENTION EDITING OR HISTORY STUDENTS: 

Internship available. 

The Church History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints is looking for interns to assist with The Joseph Smith Papers. This is a unique opportunity to learn about early LDS history, work with primary documents, significantly contribute to the project’s research and production processes, and acquire a variety of new skills. Internships begin in both June and September 2012. The length of each internship is one year. This is a paid internship. 

An editing test (2–3 hours) will be required of all applicants. 

Job duties include: 

 Fact-checking, or analyzing sources to determine whether they have been used appropriately. 

 Checking quotations from original sources, comparing spelling, punctuation, and capitalization. 

 Attentively assisting historical editors in verifying transcriptions of historical manuscripts. 

 Making and filing copies of sources that are checked. 

 Applying project style with high level of accuracy. 

 Applying or correcting XML encoding using XMetaL® Author Enterprise 5. 

 Copyediting and proofreading text. 

 Organizing or compiling in-house research tools to assist project staff. 

 Other tasks according to project needs and intern capabilities and interests. 

Hours: 

 30–40 hours per week; flexible schedule Mondays through Fridays. 

Location: 

 Church History Library, 15 E. North Temple, Salt Lake City. 

Qualifications: 

 Bachelor’s degree in English, History, or a related field (advanced undergraduates are acceptable). 

 Practical experience in copyediting or proofreading. 

 Must be familiar with Chicago Manual of Style (16th edition). 

 Must be comfortable learning new software or databases. 

 Experience with electronic publishing or programming languages (especially XML) preferred but not required. 

 Ability to research in nineteenth-century sources. 

 Knowledge of early LDS Church history and be familiar with Mormon sources preferred. 

 Must be accurate, detail oriented, and organized. 

 Must be a critical thinker and have a natural curiosity. 

 Must be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints currently worthy of a temple recommend. 

For more information about The Joseph Smith Papers, please go to: josephsmithpapers.org. 

Queries, resumes, and cover letters should be directed to Rachel Osborne at osbornerm@ldschurch.org. Please contact me by 20 April 2012 to be considered for the internship. Writing samples are not necessary.