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The Queer Zine Archive Project and the Digital Arts and Culture program is currently seeking an intern for the 2006-2007 academic year. This is an excellent opportunity for students interested in LGBT history and culture, digital arts, independent publishing, zines, digital archiving, and open source software to earn 6 credits (3/semester) and a small stipend. Attached is the call for applicants. Please pass this on to people in and around UWM that you think might be interested. Though there is no formal deadline, the last day to add classes for the fall semester is September 18th.
Thanks on behalf of the QZAP-DAC Partnership.
Milo Miller
Co-Founder
the Queer Zine Archive Project
http://www.qzap.org
QZAP_DACInternship.pdf
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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
On-Campus Internship
with the
Queer Zine Archive Project – Digital Arts and Culture
(QZAP-DAC) Partnership
“Archiving Queer Zines: Preserving Printed Ephemera in a Digital
Environment”
The QZAP/DAC partnership is currently seeking applicants for an internship
for the 2006-2007 academic year. The intern will earn 6 on campus
internship credit hours (3 per semester) plus a cash stipend. Applicants
should have an interest in one or more of the following areas of research:
Zines, Digital Art, Library Science, Publication Design, Women’s Studies,
LGBT and Transgender Studies; posses good organizational skills and fine
attention to detail; and be able to devote 5-10 hours per week to the project
(see below for specific duties and responsibilities). To apply, send cover
letter detailing your interest and experience in the related fields plus a
writing sample (250-1000 words) to dac[at]qzap.org.
Intern Duties and Responsibilities:
1) DESIGN and DOCUMENT CREATION: As an intern, you will work with a combination of
computer hardware and software to scan zines from the collection and upload them to the
archive. Software and interfaces that the intern will learn how to use: Scanner software,
SANE, GIMP, Scribus, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, Joomla!, and both Macintosh and Linux
operating systems.
2) RESEARCH: The intern will do research on zines, zine events, distros (distributors), and
related information about DIY (do-it-yourself) publishing. You will be spending a good deal of
time reading and writing synopses, and key-wording existing and incoming zines, while paying
close attention to detail. This research will aid in the search functionality and assist in the
maintenance of QZAP. The intern will be trained on the use of the QZAP system with a specific
focus on current technologies including Joomla! CMS and Remository.
3) ZINE CREATION: Additionally, this internship requires you to create two of your own zines.
The first will be a "short" mini-zine of 8 pages. The second can be somewhere between 16 to
40 pages, and the content will be entirely your own. The QZAP/DAC administrators will assist
you in your zine production by acting as editors, proof readers, and funding the production.
Because of the contacts and resources you will access through this internship you will be able
to find an audience for your zine through distributors, bookstores, zine libraries and collections
nationally and internationally.
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