NOTE: This placement may be eligible for academic credit through the LIBR 596: Professional Experience course. Interested students should contact Dan Slessor, Student Services Coordinator, at dan.slessor@ubc.ca for more information.

Internship with the Center for Digital Research and Scholarship (CDRS) at

Columbia University Libraries/Information Services

Spring 2014 Semester

This isn’t just any internship opportunity. This is an internship opportunity from the  Center for Digital Research and Scholarship (CDRS) at Columbia University! And we aren’t looking for the average library school student – we’re looking for students exuberantly passionate about the role of libraries in addressing the changing environment in which scholarship and research are produced. We’re searching for people extraordinarily motivated to further their education and skills in areas of:

•   Emerging digital publishing practices

•   Research data management

•   Institutional repositories

•   Scholarly communication

•   Digital A/V creation and archiving

Those exceptional people who are accepted for this internship will have the opportunity to explore first- hand effective systems for creating, distributing, and preserving digital scholarly content. No prior experience is required.

With the guidance of the Centerʼs Research Data Manager, Digital Repository Manager, Scholarly Communication Program Head, Communication Coordinator, Production Manager, and Video Services Manager, and with consultative input from the Director of the Copyright Advisory Office, interns will support copyright clearance, metadata creation, and editorial and production work at CDRS. Based on their interests, interns can focus in one of four areas: (1) social media and outreach, (2) scholarly publishing and production, (3) video production and preservation, or (4) institutional research repositories and data management. Depending on the area of focus, primary responsibilities will include:

•   Evaluation of copyright and permissions statuses of materials slated for online distribution as part of projects undertaken by CDRS or for deposit in Columbiaʼs research repository, Academic Commons;

•   Research on institutional repository practices and technologies and drafting of text for the

Academic Commons website;

•   Creation of test cases and user interviews, and quality assurance/testing of user interfaces, permissions tools, and content-access systems within Academic Commons and other CDRSʼ projects;

•   Drafting/editing of text for the CDRS website and for marketing/educational materials about the work of the Center;

•   Production duties for CDRSʼ journal and conference projects;

•   Creation of metadata for items deposited in Academic Commons and for other projects as needed;

•   Use of social media platforms to promote Columbia-created research and the activities of CDRS, to engage the community, and to enhance partner relationships;

•   Regular consultation with and reporting to supervisors and appropriate staff members on Simple

video production duties for CDRSʼ video services team