Hospital for Special Surgery Medical
Library –Internship (with stipend)
The Hospital
for Special Surgery (HSS) is seeking a motivated Library/ Information Science
student with an interest in Medical (Hospital) libraries to assist the Medical
Librarian and Archivist in the library’s daily operation. This person will be
responsible for the library’s interlibrary loan service. In addition the Intern
will have a special project assisting the Archivist and library staff to edit
metadata for the hospital’s digital archives collection.
Duties:
This internship
opportunity is focused on the special project of editing metadata
for the
hospital’s digital archives. Duties includes assigning appropriate medical
terminologies and organizing digital items in a database, following the
supervision of the Archivist on site. You are responsible to find a good
balance between library’s daily operation and your project so that the special
project will be completed while you work with us.
The library’s
daily operation include the below but not limited to:
Assist
in interlibrary loan and document delivery (NLMs Docline)
Assist
HSS residents/fellows/staff in use of library resources
-Including PubMed, Ovid, ClinicalKey,
UpToDate and RefWorks
Assist
providing library orientations, instruction sessions, and various events
Assist
providing reference assistance
Desired Qualifications:
The
opportunity is available to any Library Science student with an interest in
medical libraries, but special consideration will be given to candidates with
the following:
-Completion
of coursework in Health Sciences Resources.
-Completion
of coursework in basic Archives management
-Experience
with Content Management Systems and/or web design.
-Previous
library experience.
-Strong
communication skills.
Compensation:
The
internship position is being offered with a stipend amount of $20/day.
Hours:
The candidate
would need to be able to commit a minimum of 10 hours a week during the
duration of this internship. The schedule is somewhat flexible, but would prefer
being able to work on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday afternoon.
To apply: Send resume and cover letter to the Medical Library at Medlib@hss.edu by May 19th (Friday), 2017 at 5 pm.
