Lana Tidwell Dolan — LIS 640 CMS Project
| Name of Your Library or Information Agency | Website | Site Street Address | Site City | Site State | Site Zip Code | Type of Library or Information Agency | Fall Placement Available | Spring Placement Available | Summer Placement Available | Student Should be available: | Flexible start date? | Number of iSchool Students you can place | Required Skills or Background | Type of Work | Duties, General | Duties for Special Projects | Additional Notes/Information | Remote Placement Available |
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| WiLS/Recollection Wisconsin | http://recollectionwisconsin.org | 1360 Regent Street #121 | Madison | WI | 53715 | Digital/Technology | Yes | Yes | No | Flexible | Yes | 1 | Detail oriented; ability to work independently. Experience in digital libraries, archives, history and/or digital humanities is preferred but not required. | Digital Collections | Student will assist the Recollection Wisconsin Program Manager with the operations of the Recollection Wisconsin Service Hub for the Digital Public Library of America. Duties may include reviewing and updating digital collections metadata, researching copyright status of digital items and developing outreach and training materials. | WiLS is a virtual office, which means there is no central office site. The student would need to work from home/library/elsewhere, with regular check-ins with the site supervisor (virtually or in-person). | ||
| Academic Information Management | https://saa.ls.wisc.edu/contact/#aim | 1155 Observatory Dr Room 13 | Madison | WI | 53706 | Academic Library, Non-profit Organization | Yes | Yes | Yes | Placement can be done remotely; student availability depends on if working f2f or remote | 1 | None; research data course (LIS 603) might be helpful | Data governance | Working with student academic data; data governance, digital asset management/electronic record management | UX, website design | |||
| Appleton Public Library | https://apl.org | 225 N. Oneida St. | Appleton | WI | 54911 | Public Library | No | No | Yes | Schedule may vary during open library hours: Monday-Thursday, between 8:30 a.m.-8:00 p.m., Friday 8:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m., Saturday 8:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. | Yes | 1 | Basic understanding of public libraries | Community Engagement | Outreach, programming, community engagement, marketing | Opportunity for focus on teens or small business/entrepreneurs | ||
| Arts + Literature Laboratory, smALL Press Library at ALL | artlitlab.org | 111 South Livingston St #100 | Madison | WI | 53703 | Non-profit organization | Yes | Yes | Yes | Our hours are Tuesday through Friday 10 to 5 and Saturdays noon to 5 | Yes | 1 | Background in poetry or creative writing is excellent, interest in small and micro presses a bonus | Cataloguing and Outreach | cataloguing, creation of promotion materials, policy development, circulation | |||
| Axley Brynelson, LLP | www.axley.com | 2 E. Mifflin Street Suite 200 | Madison | WI | 53703 | Business | Yes | Yes | No | Monday through Friday, 9 am - 5 pm | Yes | 1 | Background in the law or a related field preferred. Familiarity with print and online legal research resources preferred. | Reference, research, acquisitions, administration, database management. | Reference, research, acquisitions, administration, database management. | |||
| Catholic Research Resources Alliance | www.catholicresearch.org | Virtual | Virtual | Virtual | Virtual | Non-profit organization | Yes | Yes | No | Schedule is flexible. If the student is working with a CRRA committee or project manager, then the student may be asked to attend 2-3 meetings which would take place virtually during the afternoon Central Time. | Yes | 1 | In general, students must be self-starters, able to work independently with periodic consultation with supervisor on the project. Specific skills & background for a specific project are determined by the project but good research and writing skills are necessary. | Reference and instruction. Development of teaching guides for using Catholic newspapers. | The duties are specific to the project but may involve writing, research, and/or data analysis. | Development of teaching guides for incorporating Catholic newspapers into a curriculum. This could include working with a teacher, librarian and/or curriculum developer as well as with the CRRA Executive Director. Writing brief stories for a newsletter to Catholic news publishers. | I have worked with several interns in the past and found the experiences to be enjoyable and useful for CRRA. | |
| Chazen Museum of Art | https://chazen.wisc.edu/ | 800 University Ave | Madison | WI | 53706 | Non-profit organization | Yes | Yes | Yes | Students can work M-F between 8:30am-5:00pm, possibly later hours until 8pm depending on project | Yes | 2 | A good practicum student will be a careful, independent, flexible, and detail-oriented individual with an interest in learning about museum operations. Must be willing to accurately execute repetitive tasks. | Archive development | Assess, organize, and rehouse archival material and complete finding aid for museum's exhibition archive. | |||
| Chazen Museum of Art | https://chazen.wisc.edu/ | 800 University Ave | Madison | WI | 53706 | Yes | Yes | Yes | M-F, 8:30-5:00, possible later hours until 8pm depending on project | 2 | A good practicum student will be a careful, independent, flexible, and detail-oriented individual with an interest in learning about museum operations. Must be willing to accurately execute repetitive tasks. Knowledge or experience with databases or collections management systems helpful. | A good practicum student will be a careful, independent, flexible, and detail-oriented individual with an interest in learning about museum operations. Must be willing to accurately execute repetitive tasks. Knowledge or experience with databases or collections management systems helpful. | Data organization; database; registrar assistant | • Record and update artwork cataloging information in collections database, following prescribed metadata lexicon and protocol • Assist with specific data entry initiatives (i.e. keyword tagging, location updates) as needed • Prepare and organize files for new accessions • Photocopy reference information for object files • File reference materials into object files | ||||
| Circus World Museum Robert L. Parkinson Library and Research Center- | https://www.circusworldbaraboo.org/our-treasures/library-research-center/ | 415 Lynn St. | Baraboo | WI | 53913 | Archives; Historical Society, Special library | Yes | Yes | Yes | Any time during normal business hours 8:00-5:00 Monday through Friday | Yes | 3 | None - just bring a willingness to learn! | Cataloging, digitization | Digitizing historic posters, photographs, and sound recordings. Cataloging manuscript collections. | Circus World Museum maintains a charismatic collection consisting of diverse formats dating as far back as 1793 and as recent as 2020. Many collections remain un-cataloged and our vast collection of photos and posters need to be digitized and uploaded to our online catalog. | ||
| College Library | https://www.library.wisc.edu/college/ | 600 N Park St | Madison | WI | 53706 | Academic Library | No | Yes | Yes | Flexible with some evening availability preferred | Yes | 1 | None required | Public Services | Around 40 hours will be dedicated to shadowing at the Reference Desk and the Ask a Librarian chat service to provide an introduction to generalist reference practices at College Library. Another 40 hours will be sent observing and assessing Comm-A online tutorials and in-person library sessions. The remaining 40 hours will be flexible based on the academic and career goals of the student. Additional areas for project work include Collection Management, Library Communications, and User Experience. | The College Library Public Services Practicum is team-led experience and will include different supervisors for each component of the practicum. | ||
| Columbus Public Library | columbuspubliclibrary.info | 223 W. James St. | Columbus | WI | 53925 | Public, Public: Youth Services | No | No | Yes | All open hours are possible. Library hours are: Monday-Thursday 9:00am-8:30pm Friday 9:00am-5:30pm Saturday 9:00am-1:00pm | Yes | 1 | Some direct customer service experience is preferred, as students may be asked to staff the circulation desk and/or perform reader's advisory. Must be interested in working with and planning/implementing programs for youth. | Youth Services/ Community Engagement | Duties can be discussed per student's interests and desired experiences. However, a mix of youth services and adult services/community engagement projects would likely be included. | Potential projects include: Helping to plan and implement programs for children and teens for the Summer Library Program, staffing the children's circulation desk, performing reader's advisory, assisting patrons, assisting Youth Services staff with craft and activity preparation. The library recently completed a two year Community Engagement grant through ALA, called Libraries Transforming Communities. Part of the student's duties could involve participating in Root for Columbus, the program that resulted from the library's grant. One of the duties would involve a community potluck intended to gather ideas for small community projects and form teams to execute those projects. | The Columbus Public Library is located about 40 min. NE of Helen C. White Hall. It is a straight shot up Hwy 151. | |
| Dane County Legal Resource Center | http://wilawlibrary.gov/about/locations.html | 215 S. Hamilton St. Rm L1007 | Madison | WI | 53703 | Public Law/Government | Yes | Yes | Yes | Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4:30 pm | Yes | 1 | Familiarity with legal resources like primary law (statutes, administrative code, case law) and secondary sources (law reviews, practice manuals, etc.) in both printed and electronic format. We have a Westlaw, WestlawNext and Millennium (OPAC) as well as printed resources like the Key Number Digests. Familiarity with any or all of these things would be helpful. Ability to work with a computer and use MS Office Suite products or similar applications for word processing. Public/customer service experience. | Research | Looking for a SLIS student to help develope user guides for the library, to work on researching criminal topics for the legal information service we provide to the Dane County Jail inmates, and to work on indexing donated materials from the Dane County judges. Other projects could involve updating library and judicial library materials and working with the pro se legal assistance clinics. | Local Decision Access Project is one idea I would like help developing. It is a collection we have here at the library that depends on the Dane County judges to submit copies of opinions or case documents to the library for people to browse. The SLIS student would work with teh librarian on developing a sustainable indexing system, probably based larger on Thomson West's Key Number Digest System. | We are a public law library located in the Dane County Courthouse. We sesrve members of the public, attorneys, paralegals, interns, judges, inmates, and government employees on a daily basis. We are a unique hybrid of public and special library services, and would be able to provide an interesting learning experience for the right student and could use the help of legal information person. Thank you! | |
| Dane County Library Service | www.dcls.info | 1874 S Stoughton Rd | Madison | WI | 53716 | Government agency, Public Library | No | Yes | Yes | Monday-Friday 1-6pm | Yes | 1 | Work with youth desirable; work with technology desirable. | Youth Services; User Experience Design | Work with youth and families on Dream Bus; assist with developing video screen programming; assist with summer reading program | Investigate and develop programming to be used on exterior media screen on the Dream Bus. | Most work is on a mobile library. | |
| Department of Health Services, Division of Quality Assurance | dhs.wisconsin.gov | 1 West Wilson St - Rm 450 | Madison | WI | 53703 | Government agency | Yes | Yes | Yes | Our office is open 7:45-4:30 pm. We would accept up to 40 hours a week. | Yes | 3 | Basic knowledge of records management principles. Knowledge of Wisconsin public records law is preferred Knowledge of reference work. Willingness to learn on the job. Knowledge of electronic records management is preferred. | Records Management and Reference | -Assist with responding to open records requests -Scanning requests and redacting PHI and PII -Assist with revising division forms -Research best practices on how to utilize technology to efficiently provide responses to public inquiries. | -Practicum students will research and provide advice on implementing an electronic records management system. | ||
| Ebling Library | http://ebling.library.wisc.edu | 750 Highland Ave | Madison | WI | 53705 | Academic Library | Yes | Yes | Yes | Within Mon - Fri, 9 - 5 as agreed upon | Yes | 1 | No required experience although we want only those truly interested in health librarianship | Reference and instruction | Be trained for and help with literature searching, meeting one on one with health science patrons, teach orientations, etc. | The student interested in a practicum at Ebling would have some latitude to tell us what you'd like to learn from the 6+ librarians on staff. Just bring your interest in health librarianship and your open mind! | ||
| Elgin Community College | library.elgin.edu | 1700 Spartan Drive - Bldg. C | Elgin | IL | 60123 | Academic Library | No | Yes | No | Fridays, 8 am - 5 pm | No | 1 | Final semester of LSIS | Varied areas | Assist the Public Services, Distance Learning and Archives librarians with projects in their areas. | |||
| Field Day @ Wisconsin Center for Education Research | fielddaylab.wisc.edu | 1025 W Johnson St | Madison | WI | 53706 | Digital/Technology | Yes | Yes | Yes | Flexible weekdays | 1 | Our UX intern requires rudimentary experience in designing user interfaces for mobile and desktop games and apps. | UI/UX design for desktop and mobile educational games | 60% Create and maintain user interaction wireframes and mockups 10% Participate in design meetings 10% Conduct user research 10% Investigate design approaches in existing related products 10% Participate in professional development activities (local conferences, internal PD) | Same as above. | |||
| The Field Museum | https://www.fieldmuseum.org/ | 1400 S. DuSable Lake Shore Dr. | Chicago | IL | 60605 | Non-profit organization, Special library | Yes | Yes | No | Flexible, ideally Tuesday/Wednesday and Saturdays | Yes | 1 | Customer service experience/skills, Collection Management | Special Collection | Inventory of items, member reference services, customer service | |||
| Fitchburg Public Library | http://www.fitchburgwi.gov/822/Library | 5530 Lacy Rd | Fitchburg | WI | 53711 | Public Library | No | Yes | Yes | Schedule will be determined by site supervisor and student. Some flexibilty required. | Varies | 2 | Youth/Outreach Services - customer service, attention to detail, and experience working with youth. Adult Services - customer service and attention to detail. | Youth Services, Outreach Services, Reference Services | Youth/Outreach Services - assist with programming and service desk. Adult Services - collection audit project and service desk. | For 2022: We can accept one student for Adult Services in the spring semester. We can accept one student for Outreach Services in the summer semester. Fall semester has not been determined yet. | ||
| Forest Products Laboratory Library | http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/products/library/index.php | One Gifford Pinchot Drive | Madison | WI | 53726 | Academic Library, Non-profit organization | No | No | No | The library is open M-F, 7:30 am-4:00 pm. Hours need to be within those limits. | Yes | 1 | Beginning cataloging class. Advanced cataloging is even better or concurrent. Needs to know MARC coding. | Cataloging and/or archives | Cataloging, indexing | Retrospective cataloging, maybe organize a history collection. | ||
| Hedberg Public Library | www.hedbergpubliclibrary.org | 316 S. Main Street | Janesville | WI | 53545 | Public Library | No | No | Yes | business hours are 9-8 M-T and 9-5 F&Sat - availability depends on student/staffer | Yes | 1 | none are required - Children's Librarianship/ Public Library/ Reference will be helpful depending upon interest area | Public Services (Youth, Reference, Public options) | Duties will vary depending upon student interest area. We are offering a well-rounded experience opportunity with work in Youth Services, Outreach/Innovation, and Adult/Reference Services with more time dedicated to the student's specific interest area. Responsibility will also be implementing the Summer Library Program. Indexing historical collections, Community Garden project, Bookmobile outreach, special projects by student design | We are offering a little bit of everything with an opportunity to customize your experience based on your interest area after you've gotten an opportunity to experience each department. Lots of room for self-inspired projects and duties. | ||
| Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection | https://cdmc.wisc.edu/textiles/helen-louise-allen-textile-collection/ | 1300 Linden Dr | Madison | WI | 53706 | Museum | No | Yes | Yes | M-F 9-4 | Yes | Varies | Ideally familiarity with databases, data entry, lexicon building and original cataloging. Experience with artifact handling a bonus, but not required | Database | Assist with database maintenance and clean up projects; research best practices and field standards; assist with researching and compiling data entry procedure guides; catalog objects | CDMC/HLATC is in the planning stages of a "Decolonizing Databases" project, any student with a special interest in decolonizing efforts in taxonomies, lexicons, and databases preferred! | ||
| Hennepin History Museum | hennepinhistory.org | 2303 Third Ave S | Minneapolis | MN | 55404 | Archives; Historical Society | No | Yes | Yes | 5-10 hours/week Tues-Sat flexible hours | Yes | 1 | Archives introduction | archive services | processing, digitization, or database migration | |||
| Hesburgh Library | https://library.nd.edu/ | 1201H Hesburgh Library | Notre Dame | IN | 46556 | Academic Library | Yes | Yes | Yes | hours are flexible | Varies | 1 | Strong attention to detail - Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing - Ability to lift up to 40 lbs. - Ability to work independently | Rare books and special collections | Students will become familiar with collections handling procedures and stewardship, as well as experience in collections management tools. Projects include archival processing in accordance with professional standards to include appraisal, arrangement, description, minimum analog preservation, and the creation of associated discovery tools such as EAD finding aids and catalog records. Additional tasks can include collections assessments and conservation surveys. | |||
| Internet Scout Research Group / UW-Madison | http://scout.wisc.edu, http://atecentral.net, http://accessate.net, http://ateimpacts.net | 1210 W Dayton St | Madison | WI | 53706 | Digital/Technology | Yes | Yes | Yes | Flexible scheduling; temporarily remote | Yes | 1 | Training is provided. Basic knowledge of cataloging and/or metadata standards is preferred, but not required. | 1. Digital curation; 2. Special projects | 1. Catalog resources/maintain metadata for Scout's digital library collections; 2. Remap or otherwise improve upon Scout's metadata and/or controlled vocabularies; 3. Work with software specialists to enhance functionality of Scout's in-house library software, Metavus | Located on UW-Madison's campus, Internet Scout Research Group (Scout) creates and delivers practical Web-based information and software solutions for educators, librarians, and researchers. | ||
| Journey North, UW-Madison Arboretum | https://journeynorth.org/ | Virtual | Virtual | Virtual | Virtual | Digital/Technology | Yes | Yes | No | flexible and can be remote; regular weekday work hours (8-4/9-5) prefered. | Yes | 2 | experience and/or course work in user experience; information architecture for website redesign; data mining and visualizations | User Experience Design; Database Restructure | I am working with a UW DoIT TRAD programmer to redesign the Journey North website and restructure two databases associated with this citizen science program. UX study has been conducted; webpage mocks are being drafted. I am looking for students interested in diving into this ongoing work to help with IA; web design; visualizations. | |||
| Kelvin Smith Library, Case Western Reserve University | case.edu/library | 11055 Euclid Avenue | Cleveland | OH | 44106 | Academic Library | Yes | Yes | Yes | Schedules depend on staff, spring/fall vs. summer term | Varies | 1 | Varies based on practicum supervisor / team in question | Research Services (though other teams, such as cataloging, circulation, special coll., digital scholarship, etc. may have availability) | Varies depending on supervisor / team | Our Archives & Special Collections team always has need of assistance with specific projects; projects with other teams varies by team, time of year | I realize the answers I provided here are vague, but, in representing the main research library at an R1 university, possible practicum opportunities abound | |
| Lake Mills Aztalan Historical Society and LD. Fargo Library | Lakemillsaztalanhistory.com | N 6603 County Rd Q | Lake Mills | WI | 53511 | Non-profit organization | Yes | Yes | Yes | Dependent on project and term. Flexible. | Yes | 2 | Basic computer skills and possibly some museum studies experience or historic preservation, however not required. | Database or project development | To create digital content, or projects relating to the mission of the Historical Society. | Various and dependent on project | The LD Fargo Public Library will be used as a work location if necessary for certain projects using LMAHS's archives. | |
| Law Library Reference Dept.: Uw-Madison | http://library.law.wisc.edu | 5326 Law Library | Madison | WI | 53706 | Academic Library | Yes | No | No | Any days Mon-Fri, any time between 8AM and 5PM. | Yes | 1 | Some familiarity with legal sources is beneficial, but not essential | Public Services | Field face-to-face, electronic and telephone reference questions. Learn and build upon legal bibliography and legal research techniques. Revise library's bibliographies and guides. Possibility for assisting in preparing for and teaching library instructional classes and leading library tours. | |||
| Learning Design, Development & Innovation Unit // DCS | https://continuingstudies.wisc.edu/distance-teaching-learning/ | 21 N Park St | Madison | WI | 53715 | Digital/Technology | Yes | Yes | Yes | Typically our team is available from 9a-3pm daily, but we're very flexible. | Yes | 3 | No requirements. We'll train. 🙂 | Faculty Professional Development * Instructional Design | Supporting Delivery of Instructor Professional Development and Instructional Design | Supporting the Delivery of an Annual Large Conference | We are happy to design a relevant experience for any student interested in what we do to support their learning journey. | |
| Madison Public Library | https://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org | 201 W Mifflin St | Madison | WI | 53703 | Public Library | Yes | Yes | Yes | varies | Yes | 1 | Would prefer candidates with previous customer service experience. | Communications | A placement in the web/marketing office would plan and prepare communications, research policies, update web sites, attend meetings, and could include other specialized skills according to interests or skills (graphic design, web design, presentations, social media, etc.) | special project vary by semester and interests of students | I am answering for my own department. There are other internships available through Central Library and/or Madison Public Library. | |
| Madison Public Library - Central | https://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/ | 201 W Mifflin St | Madison | WI | 53703 | Public Library | No | No | Yes | Flexible, during library's open hours | Varies | 1 | We're flexible | Technical Services & Cataloging | We're flexible | We're flexible | ||
| Madison Public Library - Sequoya | https://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/ | 4340 Tokay Blvd. | Madison | WI | 53711 | Public Library | Yes | Yes | Yes | Hours can vary, library is open 9-9 M-F, 9-5 Saturdays, programming may happen evenings and weekends | Yes | 1 | Interest in public service | Reference/Youth Services/Community Engagement | Technology assistance at public computers, assistance with programming, reference desk assistance, Reader's Advisory for all ages, weeding/collection management, special projects (vary with student interests) | Our team of librarians collaborates with self-motivated students to develop skills that serve public library patrons of all ages. | ||
| Madison Public Library, Alicia Ashmun | www.madisonpubliclibrary.org | 733 N. High Point Rd. | Madison | WI | 53713 | Yes | Yes | Yes | flexible hours | Yes | 1 | youth services with a strong emphasis on child-led play; best if they've worked with kids already | supporting play programs, possibly work on e-newsletter, reviewing kids apps, storytime, outreach programs | for more information about the type of play, check out www.anjiplay.com | ||||
| Manitowoc County Historical Society | www.ManitowocCountyHistory.org | 924 Pinecrest Road | Manitowoc | WI | 54220 | Non-profit organization | Yes | Yes | Yes | Differs by student schedule | Yes | 1 | The ideal candidate will have experience and/or an interest in working at a small museum in one of our major task areas: youth and adult programming, creating school lesson plans, archive management, historic gardening, or historic building restoration. | Museum operations | Students will be able to work in various task area of our 60 acre outdoor museum. Duties would include enhancing tour curriculum, organizing public programs and exhibits, historic building restoration for our museum structures, and archives management. Special projects can be chosen from student interest. | Nestled in the scenic rolling Ice Age Kettle Moraine countryside of Eastern Wisconsin, the Manitowoc County Historical Society is a museum of living history. Feel the heat from the blacksmith's forge, take part in one-room school lessons, and find your ancestor's name in our archives. This 60-acre interpretive museum of local history features a Welcome Center with local history exhibits and research services and the outdoor Pinecrest Historical Village - a collection of over 25 historic buildings with period furnishings from Manitowoc County's early settlers. The Manitowoc County Historical Society, formed in 1906, is one of the oldest historical societies in Wisconsin. It is also one of the earliest societies to become an affiliate of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. MCHS was organized for the discovery, collection, preservation and publication of historical records and data of and relating to Manitowoc County, that establish the growth and progress of population, wealth, education, arts, science, agriculture, manufacture, trade and commerce. | ||
| Mary Idema Pew Library | www.gvsu.edu/library | 15082 S Campus Dr - 340e | Allendale | MI | 49401 | Academic Library | No | Yes | No | Hours will be somewhere between 7am - 3:30 pm Monday through Friday to be arranged by practicum student and practicum site supervisor. | Varies | 1 | Familiarity with MARC, OCLC, and LCSH is helpful but not required. | Cataloging | Cataloging music scores and print monographs. | Opportunity to conduct research on a related topic. Participants will also have opportunities to meet with Library administrators and other Library staff in areas of interest. | We can pay a practicum student in their first or second semester $14 per hour. This practicum will take place on GVSU’s Allendale campus approximately 25 minutes west of downtown Grand Rapids. Bus service from downtown Grand Rapids to the Allendale campus is free for GVSU students and employees. | |
| MERIT (School of Education): UW-Madison | http://merit.education.wisc.edu/Library/Overview.aspx | 225 N. Mills St. | Madison | WI | 53706 | Academic/Special | Yes | Yes | No | Negotiable. At least some hours should fall in the M-F 8-5 area. | Varies | 1/semester | People skills. | Administration, Cataloging, Public services, IT | It would depend on the project. | |||
| Middleton Public Library - YS Dept | https://www.midlibrary.org | 7425 Hubbard Ave | Middleton | WI | 53562 | Public Library | Yes | Yes | Yes | Schedule depends on term | Yes | 2 | Youth Services courses | Youth Services | Service Desk, Program Preparation/Presentation, Collection Development Project | N/A | N/A | |
| Monona Public Library | http://mymonona.com/131/Library | 1000 Nichols Rd. | Monona | WI | 53716 | Public Library | Yes | No | No | Flexible--emphasis on after school hours for programming | Varies | 1 | Prefer individual who has had some experience working with youth (grades 4-12) | Youth Services--Preteen and Teen | Assist with programming preparation and events, design passive programming, create displays, develop relationships with preteen and teen patrons, shelf reading, assist with weeding, other special projects | |||
| Mount Horeb Area Historical Society | http://www.mthorebhistory.org/ | 100 S 2nd St | Mt Horeb | WI | 53572 | Non-profit organization | Yes | Yes | Yes | Until student has established relationship with org, we prefer M-F, 9am-530pm | Yes | 1 | Archives processing, collections management, preservation methods --WILL TRAIN | Archives processing | Students would be assigned specific manuscript and/or photograph collection and expected to complete the following goals: 1. Assess collection and develop a processing plan. 2. Perform any necessary cataloging and re-housing. 3. Create related finding aid | A sampling of collections that need attention: Song of Norway Collection; Little Norway Collection; postcard collection; scrapbooks misc. | The Society's archives covers a wide range of topics and themes, with the students given the opportunity to work with a collection that was of particular interest to them. | |
| Mount Prospect Public Library | https://www.mppl.org/ | 10 S. Emerson | Mount Prospect | IL | 60056 | Public Library | Yes | Yes | Yes | Schedule depends on department | Yes | Varies | Coursework in public service, adult services, youth services, cataloging, or technical services | Coursework in public service, adult services, youth services, cataloging, or technical services | Adult Services, Youth Services, or Technical Services | Assist with public services and programs in the Youth Services or Adult Services area; or assist with materials processing/cataloging in the Technical Services area | Technical Services practicums might not be available until mid-2022 due to shortages and not receiving new materials in a predictable way or flow. | |
| New Glarus Public Library | newglaruspubliclibrary.org | 319 2nd Street | New Glarus | WI | 53574 | Public Library | Yes | Yes | Yes | Generally between the hours of 9am-7pm. We're pretty flexible within those hours when staff members are here. Generally, the director works 7-3, but that can be adjusted if the student needs continuous supervision by the director. | Varies | 1 | Some public library experience would be be helpful, or at least courses or projects relating to public libraries--it's a bonus if they have an interest in small and/or rural libraries. Customer service skills are a definite plus. | Adult Services | Help plan, facilitate, and develop programs for adults. | For 2016, we've received a grant from the local Community Foundation for adult programming. While we have some of the activities for the grant cycle planned, we're open to expanding our offerings. | ||
| Norwegian American Genealogical Center & Naeseth Library | www.nagcnl.org | 415 W. Main St. | Madison | WI | 53703 | Non-profit organization, Special library | Yes | Yes | Yes | Any time between 9-4 M-F. | Yes | 1 | nothing in particular | Cataloging, light research, data entry | We are embarking on a large database project that may require quite a bit of data entry that a student could support. | cataloging, collection recommendations, displays, genealogical research, database entry | ||
| Norwegian-American Historical Association | https://naha.stolaf.edu | 1510 St. Olaf Avenue | Northfield | MN | 55057 | Archives; Historical Society, Non-profit organization | Yes | Yes | Yes | Schedule is flexible | Yes | 2 | Interest in cataloging, processing, digitization | Archival Management | Processing backlog of donations, preparing for move to new facility, cataloging and transferring metadata to new content management system. Depends on interest of student. | Possible remote work, dependent on project. | ||
| Oregon Public Library | www.oregonlibrary.org | 256 Brook St | Oregon | WI | 53575 | Public Library | Yes | Yes | Yes | Flexible as long as YS staff is available. YS staff usually works 8 am - 5 pm Monday- Friday. | Yes | 1 | Youth Services course or some experience working with kids in a library, school, or childcare setting | Youth Services | Help with programs for children or teens depending on interest area; update and create booklists for children and teens; help with regular weeding | We are working on diversity audits of all the collections. | ||
| Recollection Wisconsin | https://recollectionwisconsin.org | Virtual | Virtual | Virtual | Virtual | Digital/Technology | Yes | Yes | Yes | flexible schedule | Yes | 1 | Experience with archives, history and/or digital humanities preferred. Experience with content management systems and tools such as CONTENTdm, OHMS, Omeka or Mukurtu a plus. | Digital Collections | Duties may include reviewing and updating digital collections metadata, researching copyright status of digital items and developing outreach and training materials. | |||
| Richard I Bong Veterans Historical Center | www.bongcenter.org | 305 Harbor View Pkwy | Superior | WI | 54880 | Archives; Historical Society | Yes | Yes | Yes | M-F from 9am-5pm for in-person work. Anytime for virtual. | Yes | 1 | Desire to work with digital collections | Digital Preservation | Working within our Digital Preservation policy to digitize and create metadata for photo collections and digital oral histories. | |||
| Rockford Public Library | www.rockfordpubliclibrary.org | 214 N. Church St. | Rockford | IL | 61101 | Public Library | Yes | Yes | Yes | Depends on position | Yes | 4 | any LIS background is acceptable | Collection management, local history, marketing, youth service, information service | Varies, by assignment | NA | ||
| Rosemary Garfoot Public Library | www.rgpl.org | 2107 Julius Street | Cross Plains | WI | 53528 | Public Library | Yes | Yes | Yes | Depends on term, generally regular business hours, daytime | Yes | 1 | Youth Services | Programming, collection maintenance and management, possible outreach, social media | summer program assistance | Several options, including: planning and execution of summer story time program(s), book clubs, collection management project, supervision of teen volunteers, school visits to promote summer programs | Always willing to work with particular interests of practicum students | |
| Shared Development Group, UW-Madison General Library System | search.library.wisc.edu | 728 State Street Room 436 | Madison | WI | 53706 | Digital/Technology | Yes | Yes | No | 8:00-5:00 M-F | Yes | 1 | Demonstrated experience developing applications in the technology stacks used by the Libraries: Ruby/Rails; Java. | Library Systems and Applications Services | Develop, document, and/or test software primarily in support of our discovery interface (search.library.wisc.edu) and digital collections infrastructure projects, or the UW-Madison General Library System's web site and supporting services. | See this page on the Libraries website for more info https://staff.library.wisc.edu/webtech/library-it-practicum-placements/ | ||
| South Central Library System | https://www.scls.info | 4610 S. Biltmore Lane Suite 101 | Madison | WI | 53718 | Public Library | Yes | Yes | Yes | Between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. and can be flexible | Yes | 1 | Depends on type or project | Data, Youth Services, Inclusive Services, Digitization | Work with one or more SCLS Consultants and public library staff members on a project in one of the areas defined under Type of Work. | I'll be the new contact for SCLS. Please keep the information that Mark Ibach submitted previously and add this to it. | ||
| Steenbock Library | https://steenbock.library.wisc.edu/ | 550 Babcock Drive Room 334A | Madison | WI | 53706 | Academic Library | Yes | Yes | No | Student must have 2-3 hour blocks of time Mon-Fri between 9:00am-5:00pm for a total of 6 hrs/week. Student may need to be available on occasion during the evening for practicum activity or special project work. Event or project work may vary the regular schedule. | No | 1 | Students must have an interest in Science/Engineering Librarianship as a possible career aspiration. Undergraduate/graduate degree in a STEM field is NOT required. Required coursework: Students should be in the second semester of their program or later. The following courses are recommended, but not required: LIS 639 Pedagogy; LIS 635 Reference & Information Service; LIS 855 Special topics/STEM Librarianship (if offered) | STEM Library Research Support & Instruction | The Science & Engineering Libraries, which includes Steenbock Library, offer a robust field placement for students interested in STEM librarianship to get a holistic and integrated experience with the work performed by STEM librarians. Students will be mentored and supervised throughout by various library staff. The practicum will consist of modules framed in the STEM environment. Students will have required modules and elective modules, but the amount of time spent in each module will be flexible based on student interest. Students will spend approximately 40 hours working in our Instructional program to gain foundational experience in library instruction to STEM courses and STEM populations. Students will spend approximately 40 hours working with our research support services to gain foundational experience in responding to and supporting STEM and other researchers. Current elective options are below. Other elective modules may become available. - Scholarly Communications: Introduction to scholarly communication issues in STEM, projects in areas such as research impact or citation managers, participation in scholarly communication team planning and meetings. - Intellectual Property Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Introduction to the patent process, patent searching, and patents as information sources in engineering/design; intellectual property on campus; and science/technology entrepreneurship, including trademarks and copyrights. - Physical Sciences and Engineering Team: Introduction to physical science and engineering resources, including industry standards, technical reports and disciplinary specific databases. | Will depend upon availability and interest, but we will try to align projects to connect with the student’s personal professional goals that will result in a tangible portfolio object. | Clarification: This field placement/practicum is in Steenbock Library, with the Science & Engineering Librarians. The UW Archives department, located in Steenbock Library, is not a rotation option in this practicum. Contact UW Archives directly for information on practicum availability. | |
| Steenbock Library | https://www.library.wisc.edu/steenbock/ | 550 Babcock Dr - RM 230 | Madison | WI | 53706 | Academic Library | No | Yes | Yes | Business hours, Thursday and Friday mornings preferred | Yes | 1 | Interest in research data management and research reproducibility | Developing, instructing, or helping with workshops; creating content for the web, assisting with research consultations | No special projects at this time | |||
| Sterling Morton Library | https://mortonarb.org/explore/sterling-morton-library/#! | 4100 Illinois Route 53 | Lisle | IL | 60532 | Special Library | Yes | Yes | Yes | Schedule will depend on specific project; remote work is possible | Yes | 1 | Courses focusing on archives would be preferred, but not required. | Special collections, archives | Arrangement, description, metadata, digitization | Creation of oral history guide | The Sterling Morton Library is located at The Morton Arboretum, serving Arboretum staff, members, and guests. With a focus on botanical and horticultural materials, it houses a circulating collection as well as special collections including rare books, art, landscape designs, and institutional records. A project that we have in mind for a practicum student would be the creation of an oral history guide for interviews with Arboretum staff and members. | |
| Stoughton Public Library | www.stolib.org | 304 S 4th St | Stoughton | WI | 53589 | Public Library | No | No | Yes | We can be flexible | Yes | 1 | Preference for someone who wants to work in library adult or teen services post-graduation | Adult or Teen Services | We will tailor to student interest and current projects. Assist with programming, collection development, staffing the Information desk, adult/teen Summer Library Program. See separate listing for Youth Services at Stoughton Public Library | We are open to either an Adult or Teen services practicum student, your choice | ||
| Stoughton Public Library | https://www.stoughtonpubliclibrary.org/ | 304 S 4th St | Stoughton | WI | 53589 | Public Library | No | No | Yes | We can be flexible | Yes | 1 | Experience working with youth | Youth Services | Programming, Collection Development and Maintenance, Reference | |||
| Sun Prairie Public Library | www.sunlib.org | 1350 Linnerud Dr | Sun Prairie | WI | 53590 | Public Library | Yes | Yes | No | Weekday hours 9-5, with some evening or weekend possibility but most hours during the weekday | Varies | 1 | Some experience with children or child development classes required | Children/Teen Services | Variety -- depends on practicum student, but includes staffing the Youth info desk and reader's advisory and program assistance and/or development | |||
| Sun Prairie Public Library | https://www.sunprairiepubliclibrary.org | 1350 Linnerud Dr | Sun Prairie | WI | 53590 | Public Library | Yes | Yes | Yes | Flexible (weekdays, evenings, weekends) | Yes | 1 | These are preferred but not required: library administration and customer service. | Administration. | Assist Library Director and Foundation Executive Director with marketing and communication efforts, fundraising events, outreach and community engagement efforts. Support at service desks (youth, adult services, and/or welcome desk) | Outreadh & Community Engagement. Marketing & Communication. Foundation Events. | ||
| United States Railroad Retirement Board | www.rrb.gov | 844 N. Rush St. | Chicago | IL | 60611 | Special Library | Yes | Yes | Yes | The library is very flexible. We are willing to take a student part-time or full-time, depending on the students availability. | Yes | 2 | Any level experience. | Solo librarian | Cataloging, Space Planning, Reference | We are willing to develop special projects to accommodate a student's interests. | This is an ideal position for someone interested in working in a federal agency library, a law library, or someone who would like to see how a solo librarian operates. | |
| University Archives and Records Management | https://www.library.wisc.edu/archives/ | 550 Babcock Dr Room 425 | Madison | WI | 53706 | Academic Library | Yes | Yes | Yes | Monday-Friday 9am-4pm | Varies | 1 | knowledge of basic archival best practices; familiarity with various technology software and platforms; ability to work independently and on a team; excellent communication skills | Reference and Instruction; Arrangement and Description; Digital Archives; Oral History; Records Management | The duties will vary depending on the nature of the practicum and area working in - whether it's arrangement and description work, or working with our oral history collection, etc. | |||
| University of WI Credit Union, UWCU | uwcu.org | 3750 University Ave | Madison | WI | 53705 | Business | Yes | No | Yes | Any time 8-5, M-F | Yes | 1 | UX and/or User Research | User Experience Design, User Research, Front-end Development in HTML/CSS | Complete small UX design or user research projects | |||
| User Experience Team, Division of Information Technology | https://it.wisc.edu/about/division-of-information-technology/center-for-accessibility-user-experience/ | 1210 W. Dayton Street | Madison | WI | 53706 | Academic Library | Yes | Yes | Yes | Flexible, typically 9:00-4:00 M-F, remote work is possible | Varies | 1 | User Experience | Help improve the digital experience for students, faculty and staff at UW-Madison. The Center for User Experience works to make an equitable digital ecosystem on campus. We focus on usability, accessibility and desirability for campus websites, applications, and other digital services. Practicum students will work with clients on varied UX projects aligned with your interests. | Site information: Thousands of students, faculty and staff interact with University services every day. Students plan their schedule and enroll in classes. Advisors support and connect students to resources. Staff make decisions based on pay and benefit information. Too often, outdated tools and complex systems make these interactions cumbersome and frustrating. The User Experience Team works both within the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) and with clients across campus to improve end-to-end experiences for users. We are a six-person team comprised of User Experience Designers, a User Researcher, Service Designers, and an Information Architect/Content Strategist. We are dedicated to tackling wicked challenges and enjoy tremendously the varied opportunities afforded by the public sector. For more information about DoIT, please visit https://it.wisc.edu/. | |||
| UW Digital Collections | https://uwdc.library.wisc.edu/ | 728 State St | Madison | WI | 53706 | Academic Library | Yes | Yes | Yes | Cataloging/metadata focus: Skills in using standards, controlled vocabularies or metadata schemas to describe resources. Proficiency with spreadsheets, databases, and batch editing tools and practices to make broad changes across a set of resources. Demonstrated experience or coursework using metadata standards to describe real resources, as well as a strong interest in cataloging and describing digital resources. | Digital Collections Metadata | The UW Digital Collections Center is responsible for acquiring, curating, preserving, and making available to the public digital resources covering a wide array of places, people, and subjects. As part of this work, the UWDCC creates and maintains the metadata used to describe our digital artifacts. This practicum covers the work and thinking required for producing and modifying metadata for digital resources, with the goal of making metadata standards-compliant, comprehensible, exact, usable, and conforming to internal and external policies and workflows. Participants will gain experience of where and how metadata is collected and processed, starting with acquisition, through digitization, description, public display and preservation. Practicum students will work closely with UWDC metadata librarians, as well as with other library staff and content providers, to create metadata that accurately describes all the aspects of a digital resource. | See this page on the Libraries website for more info https://staff.library.wisc.edu/webtech/library-it-practicum-placements/ | |||||
| UW Memorial Library | https://staff.library.wisc.edu/webtech/library-it-practicum-placements/ | 728 State St | Madison | WI | 53706 | Academic Library, Digital/Technology | Yes | Yes | Yes | This practicum can be done remotely; student availability will depend on the project & suervisor, and if it's face to face or remote | Yes | 1 | Demonstrated experience in basic programming for data processing: Python, Ruby, Java. Knowledge of metadata schemes and formats: MARC, XML, CSV | Bibliographic data analytics | Several projects: Analyzing collection use: using over 2 decades of use data as an could get an anonymized data set. Merging and slicing the data by bibliographic info to analyze disciplinary trends could interesting and might be able to introduce some statistical techniques. There's also a sizable batch of e-use data. Web analytics: This could be an interesting project to help prototype something for us. For example, in preparation for this kind of analysis, we have log data from our library search interface in a format that is not the gnarly, traditional server log format (it is a JSON format). Web of Science data set: This is a massively interesting data set we have access to and some research groups are slowly starting to utilize it. Experiments do more analysis with it. HathiTrust Research Center: could be an area to explore for doing text timing. Data visualization. Tableau OR the D3.js library | IT practicums at Memorial Library https://staff.library.wisc.edu/webtech/library-it-practicum-placements/ | ||
| UW-River Falls | https://www.uwrf.edu/ | 410 S. Third Street | River Falls | WI | 54022 | Electronic resources management | No | Yes | Yes | This practicum can be done remotely or hybrid | Academic library; website & digital resources | revising our website content as well as standards for what to include on the website instead of a LibGuide | ||||||
| UW White Water Rock County - Lenox Library | https://www.uww.edu/library | 2909 Kellogg Ave | Janesville | WI | 53546 | Academic Library, College, University, or other educational institution | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8AM - 6PM, MON-THU negotiable | Yes | 1 | None required | Reference and instruction; outreach | Nothing at this time | I enjoy working with these students. | can be done remotely | |
| UW-Madison Oral History Program | https://www.library.wisc.edu/archives/archives/oral-history-program/ | 550 Babcock Drive Room 430 | Madison | WI | 53706 | Archives; Historical Society, Oral History Program | Yes | Yes | Yes | Flexible schedule but some hours will need to be fulfilled between 9a-4p, M-F | Yes | 1 | None | Oral History Processing; Oral History Interviewing | Duties will depend on ongoing oral history projects and student's oral history interests, but could include the following: planning an oral history project, conducting oral history interview(s), processing extant oral history interviews; publishing short oral history-focused pieces; updating or creating oral history project webpages | |||
| Verona Public Library | veronapubliclibrary.org | 500 Silent Street | Verona | WI | 53593 | Public Library | Yes | Yes | Yes | between 9 am and 9 pm M-Th | Yes | 2 | Reference & Instruction; customer service | provide reference services to patrons in person, over the phone, via email, collection maintenance and development, display creation | diversity audit | Readers Advisory, Collection Maintenance, Digital Marketing/Social Media, Library Displays, Technology Instruction, etc | Local History/Archival Collection Development & Maintenance | |
| Waunakee Public Library | www.waunakeepubliclibrary.org | 710 South Street | Waunakee | WI | 53597 | Public, Public: Youth Services | Yes | Yes | Yes | The majority of the hours should take place Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm. Storytimes are Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday mornings. | Yes | 1/year | Library experience a plus, but not required. Must have a love of children, books, and working with families. Ideal candidate will be creative, flexible, organized, and motivated. | Youth Services - including babies, toddlers, preschoolers, school-age kids, teens, and families. | Help to plan and present storytimes, children's programs, and teen programs. By the end of the term be able to create and present an original storytime and program. Additionally, assist with weeding, book selection, social media, publicity, preparation of the Summer Reading Program (including school and preschool visits and designing reading sheets), book lists and other duties as they arise. | This placement does not have much, if any, opportunity for work in adult or tech services. The amount of time spent at a reference or circulation desk would also be minimal. | ||
| Wisconsin Valley Library Service | https://wvls.org | 300 North First Street | Wausau | WI | 54403 | Public Library | Yes | Yes | Yes | The schedule is flexible, but hours will be completed between 8 am and 5 pm Monday through Friday. | Yes | 1 | The candidate should be interested in cataloging and classification and have completed either the LIS 651 Cataloging & Classification or LIS 632 Metadata Standards and XML course. | Cataloging and classification | Review problematic subject headings, research alternate or supplemental subject headings and assist with making changes. | The student would be working closely with the WVLS ILS Database Support Specialist to review problematic subject headings in our V-Cat Consortium catalog, research alternate or supplemental subject headings from a variety of thesauri, and assist with making batch changes in our database. | Project work may be done on-site and/or remotely, depending on the student's preference. | |
| Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research | https://wcftr.commarts.wisc.edu/ | 816 State Street | Madison | WI | 53706 | Archives; Historical Society | Yes | Yes | Yes | flexible schedule | Yes | 2 | Interest in film, television, theater | Film inspection, cataloging, digitization, reference, Archival Processing | On-going pressbook digitization project | |||
| Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey (WGNHS) | http://wisconsingeologicalsurvey.org/ | 3817 Mineral Point Rd | Madison | WI | 53705 | Special Library | Yes | Yes | Yes | Prefer between 12:30 and 4:30, weekday afternoons, but the schedule is flexible. | Varies | Completion of SLIS 734, Modern Archives Management, is preferred, but not required. Some knowledge of geology is a plus but not required. | Archives, Cataloging, Event Planning | WGNHS has a number of older collections of geological research material. Student will assist the archivist in identifying materials for possible preservation projects, cataloging material including paper records and physical samples, and creating electronic indexes (spreadsheets and databases) of the material. Types of materials include unpublished reports, correspondence, maps, field notebooks, and out of print publications. | ||||
| Wisconsin Historical Society - Archives | www.wisconsinhistory.org | 816 State Street | Madison | WI | 53706 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Weekdays, between 8-5 | Yes | 2 | No required skills | Archival processing (arrangement and description) | Students will work under my supervision to process one or more small archival collections. This includes inventorying, physically arranging, and cataloging collections, and potentially creating digital surrogates for some materials. | Students with an interest in archival practice but who do not currently process collections might find this most helpful. | |||
| Wisconsin Humanities Council | http://www.wisconsinhumanities.org/ | 3801 Regent St. | Madison | WI | 53705 | Public, Special/Other | Yes | Yes | Yes | Monday-Friday, 8am-4:30pm | Yes | 1-2 | Critical and creative thinking – ability to develop and implement a research strategy, experience working with or within humanities-related fields and organizations, online research, database development and management, experience using social media for outreach, blogging and/or writing for social media, and project management. | Research, data, outreach | The Wisconsin Humanities Council seeks a practicum or independent study student to work with staff to develop and implement research strategies to identify Wisconsin organizations or individuals whose work and mission relate to various WHC ongoing and future projects. | 1. The student would research and identify Wisconsin thought leaders and trending topics, populate and maintain an existing Filemaker Pro database to manage this information, provide data and reports to WHC project directors (as requested) and create content from this research to be shared via WHC media platforms. 2. The student would have a unique opportunity to provide input on trending topics based on their own knowledge and experiences. The results of this research work informs WHC programming, publications, grant-giving and outreach activities related to the Working Lives Project. The WLP is a council conducted initiative to support, create and sustain cultural programs and experiences that enable communities across the state to engage in an ongoing, open and meaningful public dialogue about the meaning of work. For a more detailed example of how this work would be used and valued by WHC, visit the Working Lives project website: www.wisconsinhumanities.org/programs/current-programs/working-lives/project. 3. The student would create a research strategy and workflows that could be implemented for multiple WHC project areas. Ideally, the student would create a manual to train future student or volunteer staff to ensure information continuity and consistency across projects. 4. The student would gain valuable experience working with a non-profit education organization that advocates for ideas and knowledge about human history and culture. The humanities inspire curiosity and vision. Inquiry, observation, reflection, analysis, and discussion are the tools of the humanities. A good public humanities program encourages imaginative and critical thinking. | The Wisconsin Humanities Council is an independent nonprofit supported by federal, state, and private funds. WHC fulfills their mission with original programs and partnerships, publications, and with grants to other organizations. The Wisconsin Humanities Council was established in 1972 as an independent affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). As a result of their work, a rich array of learning opportunities engage the people of Wisconsin in the exploration of human cultures, ideas, and values. | |
| Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center | www.wisvetsmuseum.com | 30 W Mifflin Street | Madison | WI | 53703 | Archives; Historical Society | Yes | Yes | No | Weekdays sometimes between 10:00am and 4:00pm, but there is flexibility | Yes | 1 | Attention to detail; friendly customer service skills; intellectual curiosity | Reference and Database | Main duties will be helping to compile information about Wisconsin veterans into a database that can be used by museum patrons. As time and demand allows, other duties could include answering reference questions via email and phone. |