2024-2025 Yearlong Archives Intern

Chicago Transit Authority is the second largest transit system in the country! Our college internship program offers summer and year-long internships that provide students with valuable work experience, professional development, and mentorship. Students receive exposure to the discipline of the workplace and are guided by subject matter experts who assist them in acquiring the skills, knowledge, and experience needed to perform in today's technically demanding careers. Interns at CTA work in a range of departments across the authority.
Our internships are project-based; therefore, the skills that we seek vary based on the needs of the projects during each term. All majors are welcome to apply, but please see education experience/requirements for specifics about what disciplines each internship project is seeking.
Internships are part-time (15 hours a week) during the school year and full-time (40 hours a week) during the summer.
In this role within the Purchasing department's Records Center unit, interns will:

• Create, standardize, and revise archival metadata using appropriate schema, standards, and best practices.
• Identify materials suitable for digitization.
• Research subjects, groups, and persons represented in the archival collections to write biographical and historical content that describe archival collections.

Primary work location for this role: CTA Material Distribution Center (901 W. Division Street, Chicago Illinois 60642)
Educational Experience/Requirements:

• Preferred Major(s): Library/Information Science, Archival Studies, Museum Studies, History, Digital Humanities

• Preferred Level of Education: College graduate student
• Required enrollment status: Full-time (as defined by your academic institution) in a degree program at an accredited college or university

Physical Requirements:

• The demands associated with the normal office environment
• Must be able to comply with office policy to work on-site twice per week
• Light physical activity, including walking outdoors and climbing stairs
• Perform duties assigned in a warehouse environment

• Ability to work between the warehouse hours of operation (6:00am-2:30pm)
• Ability to lift up to 40 pounds

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong Microsoft Office and computer skills
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Good analytical and critical thinking skills
• Good organizational skills with attention to detail
• Good project management skills
• Analytical skills
• Judgment and decision making skills
• Integrity