Project Summary: The ideal library is one that provides a welcoming space for everyone. During this project, the intern will use the book Useful, Usable, Desirable: Applying User Experience Design to your Library as a guide, as they work through each of the principles of user experience design and evaluate 19 crucial touchpoints at the Sitka Public Library.
The goals of the project are:
The internship position has specific qualifications that need to be met. For this position, the candidate must be:
All candidates will be required to:
Everything in the above list, except the letters of recommendations, may be sent in one email to Julie.niederhauser@alaska.gov
Instructions on how to send your letters of recommendation are found under Note to recommendation writers.
In the email subject line, enter: Internship application for [your name].
1. Application Period will close: February 19, 2021.
2. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
1. Send letters directly to Julie.niederhauser@alaska.gov
2. In the email subject line, enter: Letter of Recommendation for [your name].
Questions? Please call 907-465-2916.
The Alaska State Library Internship Project will bring one intern who has recently or is near completion of their Master's degree in Library or Information Science to work in an Alaskan public library for two months in the summer of 2021. The goal of this project is to provide assistance to a public library in Alaska that lacks staff expertise to sustain a long-term project that will benefit their library and community. Additionally the project will provide an internship and professional development opportunity for an MLIS student and lead to an increase in the number of MLIS students applying for jobs in Alaska.
Alaska State Library staff will:
Selected public libraries will:
