Virginia Heinrich,
Librarian

Library/Information Agency Internship
INFS 2900

Information Studies

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Catalog Description:

The internship provides structured on-the-job training in a library or information agency. Students will work at an approved library or information agency with an assigned site supervisor. In addition to the supervised on-the-job training, students will meet online regularly using chat and/or discussion forums to communicate with each other.

Text for the course:

None.

• Syllabus, Spring 2007 (doc)

• Lecture notes, exercises, and assignments are online in the Desire 2 Learn web-based learning environment.

• Additional assistance

• Learning Center - Contact the Learning Center for tutoring assistance, study tips, feedback on papers, and more.

Internship Opportunities

Be thinking early about what you might want to do for your internship.  May is not too soon to plan for an internship that will start in September.  Many locations have deadlines for applying for internships and practicums that significantly precede the start of MCTC's semesters, most notably Hennepin County Library.

• Hennepin County Library Internship Information (doc)

  • Application Form (doc)
• Past Internship/Practicum Locations
  

  Site	Term	Notes
  Anoka County Library, Northtown Branch	S07	Primarily Technical Services
  Concordia University, St. Paul	F06	Technical Services, focusing on cataloging
  Groveland Elementary, Minnetonka	S06	All library functions
  Heart of the Earth Native American Charter School	S05	All library functions
  Hennepin County Library, Brookdale Branch	F08	Homework Hub, outreach services in general
  Hennepin County Library, Northeast Branch	F08	Homework Hub, outreach services in general
  Macalester College	S06	Combination of Public and Technical Services, mostly Technical Services
  MINITEX, University of Minnestota	S07	Interlibrary loan
  Minneapolis Community and Technical College	S05, S07	Primarily Technical Services
  Minnesota Historical Society Library	Su07	Primarily Public Services
  Ramsey County Library, Roseville Branch	S07	Primarily Public Services, focusing on circulation
  Resource Center of the Americas	S05	All library functions
  Saint Paul Public Library, Sun Ray Branch	S07	Primarily Technical Services
  University of Minnesota, Bio-Med Library	F06	Interlibrary loan
  University of Minnesota, Wilson Library	F05	Primarily Technical Services, with some Public Services
  University of St. Thomas, Ireland Library	S07	Primarily Technical Services

Job-Seeking Resources

By providing you with on-the-job experiences, the internship is designed to help you get ready to move into a permanent work setting. Selected library job resources are noted below.

• ALA's JobList: http://joblist.ala.org/
  This national database tends to lean towards positions requiring an MLS, but there are some paraprofessional positions listed.
• Metronet Job Pathfinder: http://www.metrolibraries.net/res/job-pathfinder.html
  This is an extensive document linking to national and local job resources.
• Metronet JobLine: http://www.metrolibraries.net/res/jobline.html
  One of the best places to go for library job listings in Minnesota, particularly for academic and special library positions.