CHECK IT OUT! Department of Justice Librarian Talk and Internship Opportunity!

Dear CUA SLA Members and Library School Students,

Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you early next semester
about internships at the Department of Justice Libraries.  Jennifer
McMahan and I would love to talk about what we do as librarians and
information professionals and our role within the Department.

Below is a link to a similar talk we gave at the school up the road,
University of Maryland, and I include it in case anyone would like to
apply before the Holidays for an internship next semester.  We require
10-20 hours a week scheduled commitment and would be happy to assist
an intern in obtaining credit for the practicum.http://sla-umd.com/2011/02/21/librarians-in-law/

Internships at the Department of Justice Libraries

(Spring or Summer 2012)
The Department of Justice Libraries offer ongoing unpaid internships
in Washington, D.C. to library science graduate students interested in
gaining work experience in a federal law library setting.  Practicum
opportunities are available for those with an interest in reference,
research and web design as well as digitization and technical
services.

Sample activities include:

·       Gain research skills working on real-world questions.

·       Help develop and maintain intranet pages and research guides
for the DOJ Virtual Library.

·       Create intranet finding aids for un-cataloged library
collections such as Attorney General Memoranda or Legislative files.
Create e-legislative histories of statutes enforced by DOJ.

·       Analyze collections (such as reference or subject specific
materials) to determine online equivalents, create an access tool, and
make purchasing recommendations.

·       Digitize important paper collections, increasing accessibility
to DOJ researchers, including those with disabilities.

We are looking for motivated, self-starting library school graduate
students able to work ten to twenty hours a week.  We will assist a
student in obtaining academic credit when possible.

To apply, please email resume and references to Bridget.Gilhool@usdoj.gov.

Thank you.



The U.S. Department of Justice is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable
Accommodation Employer. Except where otherwise provided by law, there
will be no discrimination based on color, race, religion, national
origin, politics, marital status, disability, age, sex, sexual
orientation, status as a parent, membership or nonmembership in an
employee organization, or personal favoritism. The Department of
Justice welcomes and encourages applications from persons with
physical and mental disabilities. The Department is firmly committed
to satisfying its affirmative obligations under the Rehabilitation Act
of 1973 to ensure that persons with disabilities have every
opportunity to be hired and advanced on the basis of merit within the
Department of Justice. This agency provides reasonable accommodation
to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. If you need a
reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring
process, please notify the agency. Determinations on requests for
reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.

Bridget R. Gilhool  I   Head Librarian
Antitrust Library   I   United States Department of Justice
450 Fifth Street, NW  I  Suite LL300
Washington D.C. 20530   I    202-305-0031    I   bridget.gilhool@usdoj.gov