The Library of Congress Junior Fellows Summer Internship Program, now in its 10th year, is offering special 10-week paid fellowships to undergraduate and graduate students insights into the environment, culture and collections of the world’s largest and most comprehensive repository of human knowledge.
The 2014 class of Junior Fellows will work full-time with library specialists and curators from May 27 through Aug. 1, to inventory, describe and explore collection holdings and to assist with digital-preservation outreach activities throughout the library. The focus of the program is on increasing access to collections and awareness of the library’s digital-preservation programs by making them better-known and available to members of Congress, scholars, researchers, students, teachers and the general public.
The fellows will be exposed to a broad spectrum of library work: copyright deposits, digital preservation, reference, access standards and information management.
The rare and unique treasures processed by the 2013 Junior Fellows ranged from 15th-century German woodcuts and Civil War battlefield maps to Abraham Lincoln’s life mask and a braille copy of the book “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” published in 2003.
The program is made possible through the generosity of the late Mrs. Jefferson Patterson and the James Madison Council, the Library’s private-sector advisory group.
In addition to the stipend (paid in $300 bi-weekly segments), fellows will be eligible to take part in programs offered at the library.
Applications will be accepted online only at usajobs.gov, keyword: 357481100, from Monday, Dec. 16, through midnight, Friday, Jan. 24.
For more details about the program and information on how to apply, visit www.loc.gov/hr/jrfellows/. Questions about the program may be sent to interns2014@loc.gov. Also call (202) 707-6610 or e-mail interns2014@loc.gov.
The Library of Congress is an equal-opportunity employer. Women, minorities and persons with disabilities who meet eligibility requirements are strongly encouraged to apply.
Founded in 1800, the Library of Congress is the nation’s oldest federal cultural institution. The library seeks to spark imagination and creativity and to further human understanding and wisdom by providing access to knowledge through its collections, programs, publications and exhibitions. Many of the library’s rich resources can be accessed through its website at www.loc.gov.
The Library of Congress Junior Fellows Summer Intern program furthers the Library of Congress mission to provide access to a universal record of knowledge, culture and creativity as exemplified by its collections, while supporting current and future generations of students and scholars. The fellows explore digital initiatives and inventory, catalog, arrange, preserve and research a backlog of special, legal or copyright collections in many different formats.
