The OCLC Diversity and Inclusion Initiative offers internship opportunities designed to provide unique experiences for aspiring college students. The majority of the Intern openings are targeted for members of underrepresented groups as defined in a manner consistent with the EEO-1 race/ethnicity reporting classifications.
The deadline for application is April 5, 2013, with an anticipated start date no later than June 17, 2013. The OCLC Diversity and Inclusion Internship Program is open to candidates matriculating towards an academic degree (either undergraduate or graduate) at an accredited college or university. All applicants must provide proof of enrollment during the application process and before the internship starts.
The overall focus of the internship will be to map high-interest personal name headings from the Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF) and upgrade selected mappings of Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) to the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC). The work will be informed by data generated from bibliographic records in WorldCat plus a set of mappings in the DDC database drawn from work done by the Dewey editors and OCLC Research and first exposed in print and electronic form as PPT headings (PPT refers to People, places, & things:
A list of popular Library of Congress Subject Headings with Dewey numbers, published by OCLC in 2001). This publication listed over 50,000 LC subject headings paired with one or more Dewey numbers–the most appropriate DDC numbers for works to which the LCSH might be assigned. In the intervening 10+ years, there have been changes in the DDC (e.g., new numbers created, topics relocated from one number to another), such that some proportion of the original PPT mappings are no longer linked to the appropriate number. The intern will analyze and upgrade the PPT mappings so they can be used reliably in a number of initiatives, and exposed as additional entry vocabulary in WebDewey 2.0.
The intern would be expected to contribute to this effort by working full-time during the period of the internship under the direction of Dr. Rebecca Green, Assistant Editor, DDC. The intern’s work location would be the Dewey Editorial Office, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Length of assignment: 10-12 weeks, working full-time in summer of 2013.
Responsibilities:
- Learn about policies governing the use of LC name authority and subject headings
- Add new LCNAF and LCSH mappings to the Dewey database
- Determine if PPT mappings are still appropriate; if not, propose appropriate mappings
- Work within the DDC Editorial Support System (by adding/updating/ deleting MARC authority records) to upgrade the status of appropriate mappings and to revise less appropriate PPT mappings
Qualifications:
- Familiarity with the Dewey Decimal Classification (coursework acceptable; work experience in a library using the DDC a plus)
- Familiarity with the MARC format (coursework acceptable; work experience a plus)
- Familiarity with Library of Congress Name Authority File and Library of Congress Subject Headings (coursework acceptable; work experience a plus)
- Subject expertise in one or more areas, especially the following: law, economics, medical sciences, U.S. and/or European history, political science, education.
- Digital literacy (e.g., familiarity with web browsers, data 3ntry, Microsoft Office applications)
- Attention to detail
- Good reading and listening skills
- Understanding of basic principles of knowledge organization
Apply for the internship online at: https://intranet-oclc.icims.com/jobs/2168/login