National Internship Program

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Sample Federal Internships in

Library Science *Not a complete list of internship opportunities available

Desired Majors: Computer Science,Information Science, Library Science,Information Technology, ManagementInformationSystemsandServices

Posted by The Library of Congress: TheDuplicationServicesSectionisimplementinganewworkflowprocessutilizingitsenterprisesystem,MicrosoftDynamicsAX(DAX).Duties:analyze, confirm and document DuplicationService’s ordering processes to createStandardOperatingProcedures(SOPs);workunder the direct supervision of the SectionHeadandwillbeprovidedwithanoutlineoforder types, critical steps, and access to theDAX system; draft procedures in a manualformatthatverballyandcapturethestep‐by‐step procedures required to process orders.Deliverables: The final SOP documentationshould be written in Plain Language andincludecleargraphics.Documentationshouldincludeanindexandbeorganizedbysubjectarea.Thedocumentationshouldalsoincludeaglossaryof termsandacronymsspecific tothesubjectmatter.Thesetermsandacronymsshould be derived from the intern’sexplorationofthesubjectmatter.

Desired Majors: Information Science,LibraryScience

PostedbyTheLibraryofCongress: AssisttheWorld Digital Library team in migratingcontent currently located on the GlobalGatewaywebsitestotheWDLsiteinordertomaintainaccessforthegeneralandscholarlypublic.Tasksincludefillinginmissingvalues,standardizing to VIAF and Getty authorities,supplyingmissing diacritics, supplying placenamesforgeocoding,etc.Theworkismainly

performed in Excel spreadsheets, which arethen imported into the WDL catalogingapplication.Thekeypointistoworkcarefullyandensureaminimumof re‐workingon thepart of the Library staff. Work is donecooperatively with the WDL metadata andcontentteams.

Desired Majors: Information Science,LibraryScience

Posted by The Library of Congress: InternDuties: Research and analyze the trainingmaterialsofcurrentnationalandinternationaldigitalpreservationtrainingprograms;AssistinorganizingeventshostedbytheLibraryofCongress; Prepare online program relatedmaterials; Develop a comprehensive onlinecalendarofdigitalpreservationoutreachandeducation events and activities; Providesupportforagencyinternshipprogram;Assistin updating internshipmanuals for programmanagement;Assistincreatingandupdatingpromotional materials such as brochures topromoteprogramactivities.

Desired Majors: Information Science,LibraryScience

Posted by The Library of Congress: InternDuties: provide support to the programspecialists anddirector of theCenter for theBook, in National Programs, of the Nationaland International Outreach unit. Goals:Research report on the publishing industry;Analytical report on the nature ofphilanthropy for literacy; Create donorprofiles and support development efforts;Participates as team member executingsuccessful programs, including: author talks,

Sample Federal Internships, continued  

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youthevents,literacyprogramsandactivities;Prepare a variety of reports, tracks actions,creates specialized databases, andpresentation materials; Assist in thedevelopment of administrative reports,summaries of contractual information, andother written documents; Complete specialprojects such as assembling reports andpublicationsintoacomprehensivedocument;Compile background information for thesupervisor's regarding authors for publicspeaking engagements, papers, reports andcorrespondence.

Desired Majors: Information Science,LibraryScience,Management InformationSystems and Services, OrganizationalManagementScience

Posted by The Library of Congress: InternDuties: Assist with continued developmentand administration of emergencypreparedness and shelter‐in‐place plans forNational&InternationalOutreachserviceunitincluding, but not limited to, the following:Updating NIO’s Internal Emergency ActionPlans;‐Participating in monthly OfficeEmergency Coordinator meetings anddisseminating emergency preparednessinformationtoNIOemployees/contractors,asappropriate; Assisting with planning foremergency evacuation and/or SIP drills;Preparing orientation for new employees;Maintaininginventoryofemergencysupplies;directing distribution of emergency suppliesto NIO personnel; Assist with continueddevelopment and administration of NIO’sRecords Management Plan and records‐relatedContinuityofOperationsfunctions.

Desired Majors: Library Science,Management Information Systems andServices, Public Relations, BusinessAdministration,PublicAdministration

Posted by The Library of Congress: InternDuties:AssisttheSpecialEventsCoordinatorsintheprocessofplanningofevents.Theintern

willacquireexperienceintheeventplanningandexecutionprocessassociatedwithvariousspecial events and official functions held bytheLibraryatthesametimeprovidetheOfficewith the operation support. In addition,participant will produce a hard‐copy of theSpecialEventson‐lineprocedures.

Desired Majors: Information Science,Library Science,BusinessAdministration,Management Information Systems andServices,Statistics

Posted by The Library of Congress: InternDuties:  construct a framework for ongoingstrategic analysis of OCIO and Library‐widesoftware licenses; gather and provide adataset that includes information aboutLibrary‐wide and OCIO software, includinglower level to higher level metrics andmetadata. Dataset will inform what, howmuch,andwhensoftware licensesshouldbepurchased. Incumbent will serve as centralpart of team that will provide higher levelanalysis of licensing data, in the form of areport, recommending how OCIO can bettermanage its software licenses to save moneyand ensure better service. Incumbent willcollaborate with OCIO staff to establish asystem for future monitoring andmanagementofsoftware licenses. Incumbentwould contribute to linking software licensedatasetwithotherOCIOconnecteddata (i.e.,software, hardware, maintenance, budgets,etc.).