Cataloging Intern, State Library of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
Posted January 11, 2018
Description
The Technical Services Department at the State Library of Massachusetts is offering an unpaid internship for a current Simmons cataloging student interested in gaining practical cataloging experience in a unique library setting. The internship will focus first on RDA copy cataloging of monographs and serials in print format and then will focus on RDA original cataloging of monographs and serials in both print and electronic formats. The majority of materials to be cataloged are Massachusetts state government publications.
The internship schedule is negotiable within the department’s operating hours of Monday through Friday, 9am to 5pm.
The State Library is conveniently located in downtown Boston in the Massachusetts State House, one block from the Park Street MBTA station.
During the internship you will:
- Learn how to use cataloging software (OCLC Connexion and Evergreen ILS)
- Learn the basic rules and standards for cataloging (RDA and MARC)
- Edit existing cataloging records for monographs and serials
- Create original cataloging records for monographs and serials
- Apply barcodes and call number labels to the newly cataloged materials
- Shelve the materials that you have cataloged
For more information about the State Library of Massachusetts, please visit: https://www.mass.gov/orgs/state-library-of-massachusetts.
Submit a letter of interest and resume to Laura Schaub at [email protected].