Virtual Library and Information Science Internship Opportunities

[Gerry Mckiernan]

Posted on behalf of  Dan Doernberg, President,  Fairness.com LLC
Please respond directly to  interns at fairness.com 

Gerry McKiernan
Science and  Technology Librarian and Bibliographer
Iowa State University Library 
Ames IA 50011

gerrymck at iastate.edu 

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Fall 2002 Library & Information Science Internships

Company Description

Fairness.com is a non-commercial information clearinghouse
website covering the gamut of fairness-related issues: public
policy, business and professional ethics, consumer protection,
family and workplace relationships, international relations,
etc.

Our company offers unpaid internships (academic credit may be
offered by your school) for students seeking practical
experieReceived: from Parks Library-MTA by 129.186.11.21nce organizing online information resources (our site's
evolving content taxonomy is at

http://www.fairness.com/resources/by-metacategory).


Intern Duties

   1. Categorize newspaper and magazine articles already
abstracted by other contributors within Fairness.com's content
taxonomy (and suggest new categories as necessary).

   2. Maintain the Fairness.com databases of persons and
organizations (which involves selection of descriptive
information for new entries).


"Virtual Office" Environment

The program is structured for email, phone, and web
communications; interns work from school or home and need not be
in Charlottesville, VA during the internship.

Qualifications

   · Library Science/Information Science coursework or
cataloging experience.
   · Self-reliant work ethic (most of the work will be done
independently).
   · You should enjoy the intellectual challenge of, and get
satisfaction from, organizing information for others to use.
   · Internet and phone access during the workday.


Additional details on the internships are at:
http://www.fairness.com/library-infosci-internships.adp 

Our Internship Application is at:
http://www.fairness.com/internship-application.adp 

If you have questions not answered by these documents, please
email: interns at fairness.com