The New York Public Library

Bronx Library Center/Public Services

Code: NYPL-01

This project gives students a unique and substantial opportunity to observe and give library service to a diverse population in an urban setting of New York City. Participants will work at the Bronx Library Center, a new state-of-the-art central library for the borough of the Bronx. This 78,000 square foot library, opened to the public in January 2006 and situated in a bustling and central commercial hub of the Bronx, offers a wide array of services, programs, and collections not only to the neighborhood but to the 1.5 million residents throughout the Bronx. An intern at the Bronx Library Center will work with Librarians in the Reference Room as well as observe public service desks in all parts of the library including the Latino/Puerto Rican Cultural Center, Children's Room, Teen Center, and Center for Reading and Writing. This internship also offers the possibility of observing and participating in technology training programs, school visits, presentations at community agencies, and cultural and educational programs offered in the Bronx Library Center's 150 seat auditorium. An intern will come away with a stronger knowledge of community based library service as well as a better understanding of programs and services offered at the 34 New York Public Library Bronx neighborhood branches.

The Research Libraries Education Outreach Program

Kelli Herm. Code: NYPL-02

The Research Libraries of The New York Public Library have begun a new three-year pilot that is an effort to open our collections and services to the K-12 education community. We will be identifying our holdings that relate to the state and local learning standards, and making them accessible by, among other things, developing research guides to our collections. Under the general supervision of the Director for Education Outreach, assists in conducting outreach efforts to New York City's schools by assisting in the :
- Development of learning experiences that build upon the NYPL research libraries' physical and virtual collections
- Development of learning experiences and interpretive materials that build upon exhibit content
- Preparations for a teacher and student digital exhibitions.
- Performs related duties as required.

Humanities and Social Sciences Library/Access and Reader Services

Gaurav Anand. Code: NYPL-03

This is a unique opportunity to learn the complex closed stack delivery system of the Humanities and Social Sciences Library and make meaningful recommendations for better customer service. The Humanities and Social Sciences Research Collection has over 5 million books on-site, and an additional 2.5 million items off-site at a shared storage facility in Princeton New Jersey. Access and Reader Services provide a call-ahead service that gathers material together for scholars that draw from many collections and locations and has it waiting for them when they arrive so they can maximize their time at the library. The intern will examine each facet of the system and produce a work-flow diagram, to include suggestions for improvement. Intern should be interested in excellent public service, integrating technology into seamless services, and public service personnel management.

Performing Arts Library/Exhibitions Office

Chia-Hui Lin. Code: NYPL-04

For a future project by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and the Museum of the City of New York, 2 students will document sites associated with social dance in New York for exhibition and web site. Students will set up a database, use historical research, including old and current maps, and select 5 sites for model project. During the week, interns will observe the press preview and opening of an exhibition.

The Branch Libraries/Office of Young Adult Services

Jennifer Balaco. Code: NYPL-05

Interested in young adult services in a busy, fast-paced urban library? For this internship, you will spend your week working with the Office of Young Adult Services, located in Midtown Manhattan. You will have the opportunity to work with NYPL staff on a variety of daily tasks, including public service, materials selection, programs and classes. You will have the opportunity to learn about homeworkNYC.org., a joint venture by the public libraries of New York for children and young adults. In addition to working in the centralized offices, you will spend a day working in Teen Central, located at the Donnell Library, and in other YA departments across the organization.

Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound

Bria Lynn Parker. Code: NYPL-06

The Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound seeks an intern to assist the Curator with cross checking for duplications of audio/visual materials against large dealer lists from which the Curator places orders. The intern would be working back and forth in two databases, CATNYP and AREV Acquisitions, and marking up lists where exact duplicates have been found. Preferably, the intern would have a music background, because only last names of composers and artists, together with abbreviated titles of works are listed. To search fast in these databases, the intern would have to recognize which are the artists names and which are the composers, and would have to be familiar with the more complete titles of the works. The intern will also have an opportunity to sit on a reference desk and observe the range of reference questions encountered at our Music/Recorded Sound Reference Station.

Science, Industry & Business Library/Information Services

Anran Ye. Code: NYPL-07

Working in Information Services of the nation's largest pubicly accessible business and science library, the intern will have a substantive opportunity for participant observation at all public service desks, the McGraw Information Services Center, the Cullman desk in SIBL's bustling circulating branch, and at telephone reference. Reviewing the responses to the week's email reference and smallbiz@nypl.org transactions will offer hands-on look at how the resources at a major research library are used by entrepreneurs and business start ups. The intern will have terrific exposure to the range of classes that SIBL gives on a walk in basis to the general public as well as those sessions customized for metro area school, university, professional and business groups. Other SIBL departments such as Technical Processing and Access Services are delighted to offer interning students in-depth overviews of their daily operations and special projects.