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Scholarly Communications Internships
Scholarly Communications Internships and Practicum Opportunities
SSP’s Professional Development Committee offers the opportunity to learn about internship and practicum positions with publishers and libraries. We invite organizations to post their positions here, where your positions will be seen by many people from a variety of disciplines. To submit a position to this page for posting, please contact Karen Schmidt.
Careers in scholarly communication are emerging within the publishing, library, and information fields at an increasing pace. Training for careers in scholarly communications can range from degrees in library and information science to marketing, business, and computer technologies. Scholarly communications positions tend to encompass a broader, more interdisciplinary skill set than traditional research publishing and library positions, often requiring expertise in two or more of the following areas:
- web/network technologies
- electronic publishing technologies
- digital repositories
- information architecture
- standards development
- researcher behavior and work flows
- copyright law
- contracts/licensing
- social anthropology
- business models
- project/information management
- human factors/usability
Internships in the publishing and library fields as well as practicum courses developed within degree programs provide an excellent way to gain experience and credentials in scholarly communications. Following are web sites that often provide internship and practica opportunities; the SSP Professional Development Committee encourages additions and amendments to these links:
Libraries & Library Education
Academic libraries and graduate programs in library and information science are developing scholarly communications programs at a rapid pace. Internships and practica are available in both libraries and library schools. In addition, consortia of academic libraries and publishers are supporting the development of scholarly communications professionals.Association of College and Research Libraries (ARL) provides a registry of residency programs and internships in academic and research libraries and/or library and information science educational programs, including scholarly communications.
ARL/ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communications maintains a web site that aggregates initiatives in ARL libraries, including position descriptions and internship opportunities.
Columbia University Libraries/Information Services Scholarly Communications Program.
Dalhousie University School of Information Management.
Duke University Office of Scholarly Communications
(while not specifically focused on internships and other position descriptions, the Duke blog contains updates in the field and occasionally posts positions)
Harvard University Library
Indiana University School of Library and Information Science
Rutgers State University School of Communication, Information and Library Studies
Simmons College School of Library and Information Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate School of Library and Information Science
University of Michigan School of Information - Library & Information Services Specialization. Internships may also be available through the UM libraries.
Publishing Companies
American Association of University Presses - AAUP maintains a web site for professional development opportunities, including internships and week-in-residence openingsBookJobs.com links to current internship opportunities with several publishing companies; the site is updated regularly
Pennsylvania State University Press Undergraduate Internship in Publishing
Other
Creative CommonsMassey University (New Zealand) College of Business Communication Internship Program
Chronicle of Higher Education Editorial Internship