About Hyde Leadership Charter School:
Hyde is built on the belief that every person has a unique
potential and larger purpose in life, and character growth is key to exposing
that potential and purpose. Hyde maintains a student-centered culture
that motivates character development and emphasizes curiosity, courage,
concern, integrity and leadership. Our goal is to prepare children for
college and beyond, and to live their lives according to standards of personal
excellence. We believe in order to provide the best possible education
for our young leaders, we as educators need to be in a continuous growth
process. Teaching at Hyde-Bronx is a unique and rewarding experience
because our teachers receive both professional development and participate in
their own self-discovery process through the Hyde process of journaling,
facilitated discussion, workshops and seminars.
Summary:
Hyde-Bronx seeks a library science student to complete a
collection management internship. He/she must have begun a program accredited
by the American Library Association or from a master’s level program in Library
and Information Studies. The School Library Collection Management Intern is
responsible for completing projects relating to automation, circulation, and
collection maintenance and day-to-day operations of the library. The purpose of
this work is to create a welcoming and respectful library environment for use
by students and teachers. The intern will work with the Library Media
Specialist on overall care and management of the collection. The intern will
gain experience and knowledge in essential tasks to serving the reading and
learning needs of students K-8. The intern may also have the opportunity to
work with educators on collaborative teaching projects. The schedule is flexible
during the course of school hours (8-4M-Th, 8-12:30F) and a total of 15-20
flexible hours is expected each week. This is an unpaid internship.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Circulation of books and electronic materials
- Maintain and update automated catalog, including
correcting records
- Perform an inventory project to assess the fiction and
nonfiction collection
- Assess connection between classroom collections and the
library
- Conduct ongoing collection analysis and development,
regularly discarding and adding materials in light of the assessed needs
- Begin development of a formal collection management
policy, including the topics of weeding and gifts.
- Assist students with basic library needs (locating
materials, using the catalog, etc.)
- Recommend new titles to add to the collection
Skills/Qualifications:
- Currently enrolled in a LIS degree program in
school library media, children’s literature, or young adult services, or
completed degree
- Familiarity with children and young adult literature
- Familiarity with Destiny and MARC records
- Basic or advanced cataloguing skills
- A self -starter with the ability to work independently
as well as part of a team in a fast-paced student-oriented environment
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- A belief that everyone is gifted with a unique
potential
