Information Specialist Internship Program (ISIP) Intern

Department Overview:

The Information Specialist Internship Program (ISIP) is designed to provide experience, mentoring, and training that will complement and enhance each student’s specific academic and career development goals. ISIP’s structure is based upon a two-year cycle, divided by three to four units/modules per year that focus on the foundations of library and information professions. 

The internship provides participants with experience in different work environments representative of the academic profession, and essential experiences in the following areas: collection management, information technology, public services, and special libraries & programs. 

The Libraries at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are dedicated to the practices of social justice, diversity, equality, and respect among our staff, students, collections, and services. We strive to overcome historical and divisive biases in our society and embrace diverse points of view as assets to the fabric of our community. All positions will be called on to contribute to building this environment, and we encourage candidates to apply who share these values.

Anticipated Start Date:

Early March

Anticipated End Date (If Applicable):

 

Remote Work Eligibility Detail:

Partially Remote

 

Anticipated Hours Per Week:

8-10

Schedule:

Interns will work 8-10 hours weekly

Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum:

$15.00

Number of Positions:

1

Qualifications:

None specified

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Attention to detail
Strong oral and written communication skills
Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment

Position Summary/Job Duties:

Interns complete five half-semester modules in the following areas:

Collection Management
Information Technology
Public Services
Special Libraries & Programs
The internship concludes with a full semester capstone experience in support of each intern's academic or career interests.

Sample Module Descriptions

College Library Public Services

This module is an introduction to public service in libraries. It includes circulation, facilities management, instruction, and reference, as well as direct interaction with a variety of library staff mentors. Often, this module is a starting point for ISIP students. It creates an opportunity to engage one of the most visible/familiar components of library work, point-of-need service. We’ll ask that you learn and work while sharing your authentic experience as a user, reflecting on how service is designed in user-driven ways while you learn the basics of our structures and philosophy. College Library is a teaching library for novice researchers with introductory content on every academic discipline. Our staff will be inclined to engage you as a learner first, but also to situate your learning in useful work and projects. Expect equal parts on-the-job learning at scheduled desk shifts / instruction sessions, and project work that can be completed with a great deal of weekly flexibility.

Office of the Gender and Women's Studies Librarian

The Office of the Gender and Women’s Studies Librarian is one of the premier resources for support of gender, women’s studies, and LGBTQ+ scholarship and librarianship. Housed in Memorial Library, the GWSL serves the UW System and beyond. This module provides students with experience in a multitude of areas, including: reference, public service, publishing, and digital projects. Students will have the opportunity to work with the two editors on staff, the librarian, and the office program associate. During this module, students may work on the following two digital projects: Wisconsin Women Making History and Women’s Knowledge Digital Library. There is also the potential to create gender, women’s studies, and LGBTQ-specific research guides and bibliographies.

Physical Demands:

We are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, we will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided accommodations. If an accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact Kelli Hughes at kelli.hughes@wisc.edu

Institutional Statements:

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

UW-Madison is an Equal Employment, Equal Access Employer committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce.

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background-people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: diversity.wisc.edu

Accommodation Statement:

If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website:https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/

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