Medical Library Internship, Hospital for Special Surgery (Manhattan)

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 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 library staff to edit cataloging records of the library’s print book collection.

 

Duties:

Education & Academic Affairs   Programs Promoting Musculoskeletal Health     Academic Training T                      212.606.1466 E            academictraining@hss.edu   Bioskills Education Laboratory T                      212.774.2299 E                     education@hss.edu   Education Media Services T                      212.774.2367 E                     mrm@hss.edu   Education Publications & Communications T                      212.774.7315 E                     education@hss.edu   GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS T                      212.606.1057 E         globalpartnerships@hss.edu   Kim Barrett Memorial Medical Library T                      212.606.1210 E                     medlib@hss.edu   Medical Staff Services T                      212.606.1464 E                     education@hss.edu   Office of Alumni Affairs T                      212.606.1823 E                     alumni@hss.edu   Office of Continuing Medical Education T                      212.606.1057 E                     cme@hss.edu   Pediatric Education T                      212.606.1057 E                     pped@hss.edu   Professional Education T                      212.606.1057 E                     education@hss.edu   Public & Patient Education T                      212.606.1057 E                     pped@hss.edu

This internship opportunity is focused on the special project of editing the library’s online catalog, mainly for print book collections, according to the cataloging guideline that the library developed. 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

 

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 8 hours a week (2 days at 4 hours per day e.g.) to this position for a minimum of 6 weeks. The schedule is somewhat flexible, but would need to be Monday through Friday daytime hours.

 

To apply: Send resume and cover letter to the Medical Library at Medlib@hss.edu by September 2^nd (Friday), 2016 at 5pm.