Wharton School Internship, Lippincott Library, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA

Posted August 10, 2014

Lippincott Library of the Wharton School Internship

Availability: one year long position open for Fall 2014

Salary: $15/hour.

Hours: Up to 20 hours per week. Weekend hours and one night per week required.

Overview:
The Lippincott Library, http://www.library.upenn.edu/lippincott, is the business library at the University of Pennsylvania. We provide information resources, services and programs primarily for students, faculty and staff of the Wharton School. Outstanding opportunities are available for creative, energetic graduate students looking to gain on-the-job experience in an academic library while in school. Recent interns have gone on to work at Cornell, Columbia and Villanova, as well as public and special libraries.

Duties:
The intern’s work will primarily support the library’s public service efforts. Typical duties include:

• Providing reference and research services to patrons in face-to-face and virtual formats
• Writing content for Lippincott’s social media sites, and helping to assess social media impact
• Covering the Penn Libraries IM/Chat reference service 1-2 hours/week
• Updating web-based research guides and tutorials
• Assisting with program and service evaluation
• Other projects as assigned

Requirements: 

• Current student in an ALA-accredited graduate degree program in library or information science.
• Strong computer skills (Office applications, HTML, Adobe Suite).
• Able to work with accuracy and attention to detail.
• Strong public services orientation.
• Flexible and able to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Interest in business information.

To apply, please submit a resume and letter of interest to the attention of:
Elizabeth Martin 
[email protected]
Please write “Lippincott Library Internship” in the subject line.

The University of Pennsylvania values diversity and is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.