Internship Opportunities


The JFK Memorial Library strives to provide user-centered library services and information access along with the needed user instruction and support. The library emphasizes the development of information literacy, services, access and meeting user needs wherever and whenever they are. The Library serves approximately 19,000 full and part-time students reflecting the ethnic diversity of the area.
  • The library offers internships to students who are currently enrolled in an ALA accredited graduate program in library/information science. Internships are two to three quarters in length; no one quarter internships are offered. Internships are unpaid, but the library pays for on-campus parking.

  • Depending on the interest or expertise of the intern there are special projects that the intern may take on in conjunction with the internship assignments described below.

Special Collections/Reference
The special collections/reference interns work with various unprocessed collections which might include initial sorting and inventory of music scores, photographs and personal papers; and digitization and creation of metadata for an historical photograph collection. Interns work on the reference desk answering directional, informational, and research-related questions, and assist library users in selecting databases and developing search strategies.

Special Collections
The special collections/reference interns work with various unprocessed collections which might include initial sorting and inventory of music scores, photographs and personal papers; and digitization and creation of metadata for an historical photograph collection.

Reference/Instruction
The reference/instruction interns work at the Reference Desk answering directional, informational, and research-related questions, and assist library users in selecting databases and developing search strategies. Interns participate in the library’s information literacy program by teaching drop-in introduction to searching databases and style guide formatting workshops, such as APA. They also team-teach course-integrated instruction sessions, and may teach classes independently.

Please submit a resume and cover letter to:
Teresa P. Omidsalar
User Services Librarian & Internship Coordinator.
Email: tomidsa@calstatela.edu
Phone: 323-343-3996
JFK Memorial Library
CSU Los Angeles
5151 State University Dr.
Los Angeles, CA 90032-8300