PCLP Outreach Media Internship

About This Grant

Assist the WASO Park Historic Structures Program Manager in the enhancement of an intranet site in the InsideNPS Content Management System. This involves traveling to work with the Manager in DC, collecting data and graphics about structures, and composing them as short articles. Educational opportunities include: 1) exposure to current initiatives in historic structures preservation by highlighting innovative NPS work in short articles; 2) mentoring by the WASO Park Historic Structures Program Manager. Assist the WASO Park Historic Structures and Park Cultural Landscapes Program Managers with the creation of Data Store/IRMA references for HSRs and CLRs. This task involves summarizing each report, and entering metadata for each reference, including authors, publication date, table of contents, executive summary, keywords and reference visibility level. Training will be provided on the Data Store/IRMA. Educational opportunities include: 1) exposure to archival cataloging and records management with Archivists at WACC; 2) exposure to the entire HSR/CLR collection. Assist the WASO Park Historic Structures and Park Cultural Landscapes Program Managers with converting PHSCL pdf documents into a Section 508 accessibility format for NPS employee and public access. This task involves making changes to pdf documents in Adobe Acrobat to identify the appropriate language, reading order, and alternative text for figures. Training will be provided in converting pdf documents to Section 508 format. Educational opportunities include: 1) training in Section 508, and 2) training in Adobe Acrobat to render pdfs compliant with Section 508. Assist WASO Park Cultural Landscapes Program Manager with the PCLP Public Face Work Group (PFWG). This task involves assisting with monthly meetings and group projects to make newsworthy items about cultural landscape preservation available to the public. Training will be provided in the use of Gotomeeting webinar service. Educational opportunities include: 1) exposure to current initiatives in cultural landscape preservation; 2) interaction with NPS Historical Landscape Architects and Landscape Historians in monthly PFWG meetings. Assist WASO Park Cultural Landscapes Program Manager in sustaining the web presence of the Park Cultural Landscapes Program for the public and preservation community through the two PCLP websites (nps.gov/pclp and nps.gov/culturallandscapes) and social media: Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram, Flickr, YouTube and Twitter. Training will be provided in the use of the nps.gov CMS. Educational opportunities include: 1) exposure to the professional practice of online content management; 2) exposure to professional web authors in the historic preservation. Assist WASO Park Cultural Landscapes Program Manager in creating public outreach materials for the web, to engage youth and diverse audiences in NPS cultural landscapes preservation. This task involves using Adobe Creative Cloud and ArcGIS to compose illustrated stories, photographic tours, videos, infographics and story maps. Training will be provided in the use of Adobe Creative Cloud and ArcGIS. All draft outreach materials will be reviewed by the Program Manager before uploading to the web. Intern will film a cultural landscape workshop at SLBE. Educational opportunities include: 1) exposure to visual information design; 2) experience in video-documentation. Assist WASO Park Cultural Landscapes Program Manager in expanding staff training materials available on the Common Learning Portal. This task involves organizing training materials by topic, converting to Section 508-accessible format, providing metadata and uploading files to the Common Learning Portal. Training will be provided in the use of the NPS Common Learning Portal. Educational opportunities include: 1) exposure to NPS staff training materials on cultural landscape preservation; 2) exposure to all educational content on the NPS Common Learning Portal.