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Spring 2022 Metadata Internship(Virtual)

Posted October 7, 2021

Description:

The Medical Heritage Library, Inc. (MHL) is a collaborative digitization and discovery organization of some of the world’s leading medical libraries committed to providing open access to resources in the history of healthcare and health sciences. The MHL’s goal is to provide the means by which readers and scholars across a multitude of disciplines can examine the interrelated nature of medicine and society, both to inform contemporary medicine and to strengthen understanding of the world in which we live.

The Medical Heritage Library is looking for a Metadata Intern to work with the Content and Metadata Working Group. The internship will provide hands-on experience with current metadata schemas, editing metadata on digital objects, and identifying objects for bulk metadata updates. In addition, the intern will have an opportunity to identify content based on available metadata and generate a list of possible items that could become collections.

We are looking for interns interested in learning about the use of metadata in digital collections.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Create a list of digital items for metadata updates.
  • Create a list of digital items based on metadata to create collections.
  • Other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

This is an unpaid, virtual internship for a student in a graduate library and information science program with a strong interest in metadata and digital collections. An interest in the history of medicine and public health would also be good but not required. Experience with metadata schemas and knowledge of content management systems would be helpful.

UNPAID INTERNSHIP:

This is an unpaid internship and it requires the intern to receive credit from the intern’s home institution.

This is an opportunity for a current student who has completed the required core SLIS courses (LIS 407, 415, 488) in addition to at least three other courses (6 courses or 18 credit hours total).  Students who have also completed LIS 445 (Metadata) and an interest in medical librarianship are encouraged to apply.  This is an unpaid/volunteer opportunity which meets the requirements of LIS 512.  If you are unsure of your eligibility for LIS 512, please reach out to Prof. Sarah Pratt Martin ([email protected]).

HOURS: To be determined by institutional program requirements

How to apply:

Send a cover letter and resume to [email protected] by November 30, 2021. Please include departmental requirements for an internship along with your application.

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