Virtual or On Site at FSU Strozier Library: FSU Libraries Assessment Department

Posted by Christine Koontz on

Call for Interns: Virtual or On Site at FSU Strozier Library

FSU Libraries Assessment Department

Assessment Repository (Omeka.net) Pilot Project

 

The Assessment department for FSU Libraries is seeking a student in the MLIS program to volunteer, or pursue a for-credit unpaid internship. The student will work with the Assessment Librarian to gain valuable experience in building and piloting an assessment repository by partnering with the Library Leadership & Management Association (LLAMA) Assessment Community of Practice: Organizational Practices group. With LLAMA’s support, we will have access to Omeka.net customization options for a pilot build, testing out the feasibility of this software platform for a repository.

Summarized activities include:

  1. Participating in an Assessment Repository Piloting Project
    1. Learn technical aspects of Omeka under the tutelage of internal users and with those on the Omeka working groups. This may include assisting with the technical, user experience, or policies of the repository build. More specifically, it may include: creating taxonomies, testing its features and usability, helping build search functions or community site functions, adding content, etc.

 

  1. Develop Project Management Skills
    1. Work with the Assessment Librarian to develop timelines and map project goals
    2. Assist with communication with various groups.
    3. Document building process and reports

Necessary Skills & Interest

  1. Learn new software and growing facile with it
  2. Learn about building a repository
  3. Develop project management & communication skills
  4. Gain experience in building taxonomies, search functions, planning for organized content in a database, etc.
  5. Participate in drafting policies and procedures for populating the repository with quality resources.

 

This project will be ongoing and therefore, and different skill sets and duties may emerge in the future.

For more information about the iSchool internship program, please contact Dr. Christine Koontz (ckoontz@fsu.edu.) For information about the proposed duties, please contact: Kirsten Kinsley, Assessment Librarian (kkinsley@fsu.edu)