Volunteer Internship, Temple Israel Library, Boston, MA

Posted January 6, 2015

For current library school student or recent graduate

February – May 2015

The intern would have the opportunity to assist the librarian in some of the following areas, depending on interest and time:

• Shelving
• Cataloguing
• Staffing circulation desk
• Responding to reference inquiries
• Marketing the library via social networking and other medium
• Creating pathfinders
• Grant research and other fund-raising tasks/activities
• The librarian will be teaching a class in our lifelong-learning program about films with LGBT and Jewish themes, and the intern will have the opportunity to assist with the preparation of materials for this class, if interested.
• The intern could possibly shadow the librarian at meetings with patrons and staff
• Assist the librarian in preparing for her monthly book group. Take a turn leading this group, if interested, and if it works with the student’s schedule.
• Research the topic of digitization as regarding our collection.
• Assist with marketing the library
• Discuss what a future library would look like.
• Related tasks.
• Other projects that interest the intern.

Qualifications:

• Good interpersonal skills, as there is a good deal of interaction with patrons.
• Enthusiasm about working in a library; interest in either Judaica, or special libraries.
• There are no requirements re: coursework.  Background in Jewish studies not required, but a plus; knowledge of Hebrew not required, but a plus. Sense of humor a plus.

Please send cover letter and resume by January 20, 2015 to:

Ann Abrams, Librarian   [email protected]

Please visit Temple Israel’s website, www.tisrael.org and scroll to “STUDY” to locate the library’s web pages.