2-year position
30 - 40 hours per week, including day, evening and weekend hours
Representative Job Duties
Interns are an integral part of the Southfield Public Library’s operations. During an internship, you will gain experience working with all ages on the public service desks, providing reference and reader’s advisory service. You will assist patrons with their
mobile devices and show them how to use our digital collections. Programming experience will be gained by assisting librarians with library programs and learning to develop and facilitate your own programs. You will learn collection development by being responsible
for assigned collections. You will have an opportunity to create and maintain book displays. The overall goal of the library internships is to provide students with real life library experience and guidance while working alongside professional librarians.
Job Requirements - As Determined By the City Of Southfield
Bachelor’s Degree
Current enrollment in a Master’s degree program in Library and Information Science at the time of hire
Willingness to work collaboratively
DESIRED SKILLS:
Customer service experience
Experience with the Adobe Creative Suite or Canva
Familiarity with Microsoft Office 365 and TEAMS
Experience working with social media platforms, video content creation and streaming video
Web design and development experience
Understanding of scripting languages
Supplemental Information
SALARY AND BENEFITS
$15.00/hour first year; $16.00/hour second year
Vacation, sick, personal business leave and paid holidays
Heath insurance
Tuition reimbursement allowance
Incentive bonus upon completion of the 2-year position
Thanks,
Kelly
Kelly Ireland Rembert
Outreach Librarian
Southfield Public Library
26300 Evergreen Rd.
Southfield, MI 48076