Scholarly Communication Intern (unpaid), University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries, Amherst, MA

Posted May 12, 2016

Scholarly Communications Office
University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
154 Hicks Way
Amherst, MA 01003

Supervisor: Marilyn Billings | [email protected]

Internship Description:

The University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries, in partnership with the Simmons School of Library & Information Science, offers the opportunity to work with the librarians in the Scholarly Communication Office at UMass Amherst to continue our scholarly publishing and digital repository efforts. With a faculty advisor of a for-credit internship, graduate students will gain a semester of experience in this emerging field of librarianship by working closely with the Scholarly Communication Librarian, the Copyright and Information Policy Librarian, and other members of the Scholarly Communication Team.

Students may choose among, or suggest some combination of, the following projects:

• Assist in the Library Publishing Services area by participating in the development of new open access journals or conference proceedings
• Learn about the relevance of and learn how to teach others about copyright, fair use, open access and the use of Creative Commons licenses from the Copyright and Information Policy Librarian; assist in planning workshops on these topics
• Develop metadata subject headings for repository collections
• Capture engagement and outreach efforts in collaboration with the Office of Research or other campus departments
• Assist in the ongoing development of the Open Education Initiative, a collaboration between the Libraries and the Provost’s Office, an exciting new area for libraries
• These projects continue the development of ScholarWorks @ UMass Amherst, one of the most successful Digital Commons institutional repositories in the world. In addition, the intern will have the opportunity to create and update content for the websites that are maintained by the Scholarly Communication Office.

New opportunities continually arise so please contact Marilyn Billings, Scholarly Communication Librarian, at [email protected] to discuss these new prospects or to obtain additional information about the current projects listed above.

Compensation
Unpaid