2-year position
30-40 hours per week, including day, evening and weekend hours
Interns are an integral part of the Southfield Public Library’s operations. During an internship, you will gain experience working with all ages on the public service desks, providing reference and reader’s advisory service. You will assist patrons with their mobile devices and show them how to use our digital collections. Programming experience will be gained by assisting librarians with library programs and learning to develop and facilitate your own programs. You will learn collection development by being responsible for assigned collections. You will have an opportunity to create and maintain book displays. The overall goal of the library internships is to provide students with real life library experience and guidance while working alongside professional librarians.- Bachelor’s Degree
- Current enrollment in a Master’s degree program in Library and Information Science at the time of hire
- Willingness to work collaboratively
DESIRED SKILLS:
- Customer service experience
- Experience with the Adobe Creative Suite or Canva
- Familiarity with Microsoft Office 365 and TEAMS
- Experience working with social media platforms, video content creation and streaming video
- Web design and development experience
- Understanding of scripting languages
SALARY AND BENEFITS
- $15.00/hour first year; $16.00/hour second year
- Vacation, sick, personal business leave and paid holidays
- Heath insurance
- Tuition reimbursement allowance
- Incentive bonus upon completion of the 2-year position
