Intern, Dag Hammarskjöld Library, United Nations Headquarters, New York, NY

Posted April 30, 2018

Org. Setting and Reporting

The Internship is in the Outreach Division of the Department of Public Information. It is for a period of two months with an opportunity for extension up to six months, depending on the needs of the division and availability of the candidate. 

The internship is unpaid and full-time. 

Interns work five days a week (35 hours) under the supervision of a staff member in the office to which they are assigned.

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Responsibilities

The intern will assist one of the United Nations Dag Hammarskjold Library units. The selected intern may perform some of the following functions: 

• Collect and analyse data related to the acquisition and use of the collection of the Library.
• Help with the promotion of Library products (design posters, write short pieces to describe the databases, assist in the organization of talks).
• Improve the Dag Hammarskjold FAQ related to the Library’s collection.
• Create/edit short video stories to promote library services though social media (Youtube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter).
• Create reports, program or manipulate data from different UN databases.
• Participate in other projects in the Collection Development, Client Services, Digitization, Metadata or Digital Library Units.