Field Experience: Sites

Sites: Current Field Experience Opportunities

The following list provides information on various sites, the tasks one can expect, and contact information for the site supervisor. The postings on this site are listed at the site's request and are organized alphabetically and by area of interest. For examples of sites that have previously hosted SILS students, check out the page of Other Sites to Consider.

Follow this link if you are interested in Public School fieldwork sites: School Library Media Coordinator Program.

Site Hosts: Are you a site supervisor interested in hosting SILS students as interns? Please click on the New Site button below to have your site added to the SILS Field Experience page!

Questions? Please contact the Field Experience Coordinator or review the information on the Field Experience page.

ALPHABETICAL

A-C D-F G-I J-L M-O P-R S-U V-Z

BY AREA OF INTEREST

Archival and Cultural Heritage Sites

Corporate / Professional / Special Libraries

Information Technology

Public Libraries

Chapel Hill/Carrboro

Chapel Hill Public Library

Durham County

Johnston County

Public Library of Johnston County and Smithfield

Orange County

Orange County Main Library

Wake County

Wake County Public Libraries

School Library Media Sites

Please refer to the School Library Media Coordinator program site.

University Libraries

Duke University

UNC Chapel Hill

North Carolina State University

D.H. Hill Library, Program Planning and Outreach

Ackland Art Museum
CB #3400
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3400

Contact: Carolyn Allmendinger, Director of Academic Programs
E-mail: carolyn.allmendinger@unc.edu
Phone: 919-962-3343

Site description: The Ackland Art Museum is an academic unit of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Museum's collection includes more than 16,000 works of art, with strengths in European, American, Asian, and Contemporary art, and photography, prints, and drawings. The Ackland presents several temporary exhibitions each year and provides educational programs for the University, K-12 schools, and the public.

Tasks: Field Experience projects at the Ackland vary from year to year and match students' skills and interests with the Museum's needs and priorities. Opportunities are available in several of the Museum's departments, including Administration, Academic Programs, Curatorial/Collection Management, and External Affairs. Projects may include: work with databases in Collection Management or Academic programs: developing tools for making content accessible on the museum website; records management projects. Students may also propose their own ideas for Field Experience work with the Ackland.

Apache Software Foundation
Dept. 9660, Los Angeles,
CA 90084-9660, USA

Contact: Grant Ingersoll, VP, Apache Lucene
E-mail: gsingers@apache.org
Phone: 650-353-4057 ext. 106

Site description: The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) is one of the preeminent open source software providers in the world. The ASF has over 80 different projects and over 2000 volunteer committers, producing a wide range of software from the HTTPD Server that powers much of the web to the likes of Hadoop, Lucene, Solr, Mahout and Tomcat. We are almost totally a volunteer driven organization where people can contribute as they see fit to help a project. We do almost all of our collaboration online via email, IRC, etc. In many ways, I suspect we are unlike most any other organization that has submitted here, as we don't have bosses and we all volunteer to contribute.

Tasks

Lucene is the preeminent open source search library on the planet today. It is used in a large number of applications and services ranging from mobile devices to sites powering 1 billion plus searches a day. Solr is a platform on top of Lucene that makes it easy for people to use Lucene's power without as much programming. Mahout is a relatively new project focused on scalable machine learning algorithms for clustering, classification and recommendations, amongst other topics. OpenNLP is a library focused on natural language processing tasks like part of speech tagging, named entity recognition and others.

1. One or more people to help define and build out a set of corpora (publicly available, with no intellectual property encumbrances), relevance judgments, queries, etc. for testing search engines and machine learning algorithms such as Lucene, Mahout, OpenNLP and possible others via the Open Relevance Project (ORP -- http://lucene.apache.org/openrelevance/) If you are familiar with the Text Retrieval Evaluation Conference (TREC), you can think of ORP as an open source form of TREC. Collections can range from traditional texts (email, articles, web crawls, etc.) to ecommerce to spatial (local search -- such as open street map). I'm looking for someone who has the vision to put forth ideas on how to accomplish this and lay the groundwork for others to help. You don't have to be able to code, but it would be helpful.

2. One or more people to build out an open, relevance evaluation web tool for capturing relevance experiments, evaluating them using common measures such as precision/recall, mean reciprocal rank, normalized discounted gain, etc. Again, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to put forth a vision for what such a tool should be and then work to make it happen. This opportunity requires programming skills, preferably in Java, but other languages can be considered.

3. Lucene, Solr, Mahout and OpenNLP are always looking for contributions in terms of code, documentation, evaluation, etc. See the respective project websites (http://lucene.apache.org, http://mahout.apache.org and http://incubator.apache.org/opennlp) for more information on the projects and then feel free to propose ideas.

4. I'm sure other ASF projects would be willing to entertain other ideas.

All work will be done in an open source fashion. All technical ideas/questions/discussions will take place on public mailing lists. Personal issues will be handled by me as the site supervisor. Thus, the intern will not only learn valuable real world skills that may be useful to large audiences of people but they will also gain intimate knowledge of how open source projects are built.

Is this a recurring position? Yes.

Carolina Tiger Rescue
(a.k.a. Carnivore Preservation Trust)
1940 Hanks Chapel Road
Pittsboro, NC 27312

Contact: Amanda Byrne, CTR IT Administrator
E-mail: AmandaByrne@cptigers.org
Phone: 919-542-4684

Site description: View more information about Carolina Tiger Rescue and the project here.

Tasks: Web development and design, social networking

CA Technologies
1001 Winstead Drive
Suite 505
Cary, NC 27513

Contact: John H. Bailey, PhD, Director, Product Design
E-mail: john.bailey@ca.com
Phone: 919-677-2851

Site description: CA Technologies is one of the world's leading IT management software and solution companies with expertise across all IT environments – from mainframe and physical to virtual and cloud. Our software manages and secures IT environments, enabling our customers to deliver more flexible IT services and our solutions help our customers gain a level of deep insight into and gain control over complex and mixed information technology (IT) environments.

Tasks: The product design group at CA Technologies is responsible for designing, and in some cases implementing, the user experience for our top products. We design user interface information architectures, detailed interaction, and the look and feel for products using thin-client web and mobile interfaces.

Interns will be participating and potentially leading any number of design activities, including contextual inquiry, design validations, task analysis, comparative/competitive evaluations, and designing user interfaces by producing sketches, wireframes, storyboards, and prototypes.

Is this a recurring position? Summer 2011 is the first time we have had an intern position in our Cary office, so at this time, we are not sure whether it will be reoccurring. We will most likely review this annually and make that decision in the early spring.

Chapel Hill Public Library
100 Library Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

Contact: Luba Sawczyn, Head of Reference
E-mail: lsawczyn@townofchapelhill.org
Phone: 919-968-2777 x119

Site description: Public library, reference department

Tasks: Reference collection evaluation, adult programming, special projects

Is this a recurring position? Yes.

Data Intensive Cyber Environments Center (DICE) at UNC-CH
216 Manning Hall, CB 3360
Chapel Hill, NC 27599

Contact: Reagan Moore, Professor, SILS
E-mail: rwmoore@email.unc.edu
Phone: 919-962-9548

Site description: The DICE Center develops open source software that is used to organize distributed data into shareable collections, while enforcing management policies. Applications include the SILS LifeTime Library, the Carolina Digital Repository, the French National Library, the iPlant Collaborative data grid, the Texas Digital Libraries data grid, the National Optical Astronomy Observatory data grid, the Australian Research Collaboration service, and the NSF DataNet Federation Consortium.

Tasks: We seek students interested in gaining experience with:
- writing micro-services (C code) to implement soft links to community repositories
- porting the software to mobile devices (Android, iPad, iPhone)
- testing the integrated Rule Oriented Data System software
- developing interfaces for the LifeTime Library Is this a reoccurring position? The position is available each year. There are a large number of user communities of the iRODS software who are interested in feature development, porting of user interfaces, and interoperability mechanisms.

Is this a reocurring position? Yes.

Duke University, Department of Copyright and Scholarly Communications, Perkins Library
Durham, NC 27708

Contact: Paolo Mangiafico, Director of Digital Information Strategy
E-mail: paolo.mangiafico@duke.edu
Phone: 919-613-6317

Site description: The Department of Copyright and Scholarly Communications supports publishing and dissemination of Duke scholarship, including through the DukeSpace repository, an open journal publishing program, and consulting and support for intellectual property and digital publishing issues.

Tasks: Working closely with Scholarly Communications Department and Digital Repository Coordinator to develop and optimize processes for monitoring, acquiring, and depositing into the DukeSpace repository publications and data by Duke authors. We are in the process of implementing the Symplectic Elements system as part of a service model for faculty to manage and deposit their own publications into the institutional repository and the university's faculty profile system. The field experience student will help refine and assess the success of different approaches to faculty engagement and the usability of the resulting repository interfaces. He or she may also assist with developing and implementing a communications program around repository services and other scholarly communications activities.

Is this a reocurring position? Yes.

The Duke School Lower Library
Durham, NC

Contact: Amy Warren, Lower School Librarian
E-mail: amy.warren@dukeschool.org
Phone: 919-595-8399

Site description: We have a collection of over 20,000 items including: books, magazines, media equipment, and classroom science equipment. The library uses the Destiny software program by Follett as the automated cataloging system. Our collection is organized using a modified Dewey Decimal classification system and is foremost a curriculum based collection for the benefit of the faculty and students.

Tasks: Cataloging; creating displays; filling faculty requests for library materials; delivery of library materials to classrooms; ordering books and other new materials; website updates, processing materials; assisting faculty and students with selecting, locating and check-out of materials; working with library volunteers; storytimes in classrooms; other tasks as they arise

Is this a reoccurring position? Yes

Duke University, Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library
Box #90185
Durham, NC 27708-0185

Contact: Lynn Eaton, Reference Archivist
E-mail: lynn.eaton@duke.edu
Phone: 919-660-5833

Site description: Reference archival experience: The Reference Archivist answers reference questions from business and academic researchers along with the general public, and supports the Hartman Center further through creating presentations for classes, working on exhibits, writing articles for the Center's newsletter, and producing pathfinders for Hartman Center specific collections.

Tasks: Conducting research for various patrons within the Hartman Center collections; creating responses to queries based upon research; requests fulfillment from initial response to completing, creation of pathfinders for presentations in classes or other visitors.

Duke University, J. Michael Goodson Law Library
Cataloging Department
210 Science Drive
Durham, NC 27708

Contact: Sean Chen, Digital Services Librarian
E-mail: schen@law.duke.edu
Phone: 919-613-7028

Site description: The library is an academic law library housing an extensive legal research collection of more than 625,000 volumes. Our broad ranges of services support research, scholarship and learning for all members of the Law School community. The field experience is located in the library technical services area and includes a large portfolio of tasks with meaningful projects that impact activities throughout the library and Law School. Collaborative work with other departments and library staff is an important part of this site.

Tasks: Cataloging: Original and copy cataloging. Authority record creation and maintenance. Batch record editing and loading.

Electronic resources management: Acquisitions, description and access, troubleshooting.

Institutional repository: including object ingest, metadata creation and evaluation, and troubleshooting.

Library assessment: Data maintenance, business analysis, analytic tools (JMP,
Cognos)

Is this a recurring position? Yes

Duke University, Divinity School Library
Instruction and Outreach Department
Box #90972
Durham, NC 27708

Contact: Andrew Keck, Associate Director
E-mail: andy.keck@duke.edu
Phone: 919-660-3549

Site description: The Divinity School Library serves the Divinity School as well as the wider university and scholarly community. With collections covering the spectrum of world religions, it offers particular depth in Christianity and Judaism.

Tasks: The Divinity School Library is working with other libraries (including UNC-CH) on a pair of digitization projects focused upon 1) materials produced by local and regional religious bodies in North Carolina and 2) materials produced by American Methodists. We are looking for a student to assist preparing lists of items to be digitized, investigating and soliciting copyright permission, physically inspecting items, and doing background research to assist in developing grant applications. Depending on interests, tasks may also include work within other aspects of the Divinity School Library.

Duke University Medical Center Archives
1408-A Christian Avenue
DUMC 3702
Durham, NC 27705

Contact: Russell Koonts, Director
E-mail: russell.koonts@duke.edu
Phone: 919-383-2653

Site description: The Duke University Medical Center Archives (DUMCA) is a small (4 FTE) archival repository that collects records pertaining to the history of Duke Medicine. Most of the collections are from the 20th century and are paper-based. Compliance with HIPAA is required. DUMCA is a department of the Duke University Medical Center Library but is located off-site. Free parking is available. DUMCA does not have funding to pay interns.

Tasks: Arrangement and description of archival collections, data entry into Archivists’ Toolkit, some digitization. Opportunities for abstracting oral history transcripts are also available.

Is this a reoccurring position? Yes.

Duke University, Perkins Library
Collection Development
Box #90761
Durham, NC 27708-0175

Contact: Cheryl Thomas, Manager, Collections Development
E-mail: cheryl.thomas@duke.edu
Phone: 919-660-5814

Site description: Collections Development has 4 full-time staff members, 2 of whom work at Smith Warehouse. Staff at Smith work on projects including gift collections in storage, TRLN Single Copy Archive, various relocation projects stemming from renovation preparation, as well as incoming gift collections.

Tasks: Vetting gift books for inclusion in the collection, database searching, copy cataloging, editing the catalog, data entry, keeping statistics, etc.

Is this a reoccurring postion? Yes

Duke University, Perkins Library
Instruction and Outreach Department
Box #90175
Durham, NC 27708-0175

Contact: Diane Harvey, Head of Instruction & Outreach
E-mail: diane.harvey@duke.edu
Phone: 919-613-6836

Site description: Our department coordinates instructional services, primarily for undergraduate students but also for graduate students. We would like a SILS student who is interested in instruction and outreach activities. No previous teaching experience is required -- just enthusiasm, interest, and the ability to work fairly independently on a project. Familiarity with new technologies would be helpful.

Tasks: We have several interesting projects for a field study student, including working with new instructional technologies, and participating in user studies and usability testing, and other projects as they arise.

Duke University, Perkins Library
Instruction and Outreach Department for Global Health
Box #90175
Durham, NC 27708-0175

Contact: Diane Harvey, Head of Instruction and Outreach / Librarian for Global Health
E-mail: diane.harvey@duke.edu
Phone: 919-613-6836

Site description: Perkins is the main library for Duke. This field experience student will work with students, faculty and staff of the Duke Global Health Institute.

Tasks: The intern will assist with tasks related to liaison functions with the Duke Global Health Institute: might include an environmental scan of other libraries with global health programs; using OCLC's Collection Analysis software to evaluate current collection; preparing a LibGuide on global health, and other projects as they arise.

Duke University, Perkins Library
International Area Studies
Box #90195
Durham, NC 27708-0195

Contact: Kristina K. Troost, Department Head and Japanese Studies Librarian
E-mail: kktroost@duke.edu
Phone: 919-660-5844

Site description: International collections and user services for East Asia (China, Japan, Korea), Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East (Arabic, Turkish and Persian speaking countries; Israel), Slavic, Eastern European and Eurasian studies (esp. Russia/Poland/Ukraine), South Asia (esp. India/Pakistan), and Western Europe (Great Britain/Ireland, Spain/Portugal and France/Germany/Italy); IGOs and NGOs; able to host multiple interns

Tasks: Collection development and assessment, cataloging and metadata, subject guide creation; knowledge of foreign languages preferred

Duke University, Perkins Library
Preservation
Box #90189
Durham, NC 27708-0189

Contact: Winston Atkins, Preservation Officer
E-mail: winston.atkins@duke.edu
Phone: 919-660-5843

Site description: Digital library, preservation, conservation, images, video

Tasks: Scanning, metadata, image quality refining

Durham County Public Library
North Carolina Collection
300 N. Roxboro Street
Durham, NC 27701

Contact: Lynn Richardson, North Carolina Collection librarian
E-mail: lrichard@durhamcountync.gov
Phone: 919-560-0171

Site description: Public library, local history collection

Tasks: This dynamic special collection has small manuscripts collections ready for processing (for students with intermediate skills) and interesting special projects available. Please call for more info!

Tasks: Scanning, metadata, image quality refining

Durham County Public Library - Southwest Regional
3605 Shannon Rd
Durham, NC 27707

Contact: Amy Godfrey, Youth Services Manager
E-mail: akgodfrey@durhamcountync.gov
Phone: 919-560-8592

Site description: Southwest Regional Library is one of Durham County's busiest libraries. We are a recently renovated, customer oriented library, with the highest circulation in the county. We offer a variety of high quality children's programs on a daily basis.

Tasks: Staff the Children's Information Desk, answer reference and readers advisory questions, conduct children's programs, special projects may be assigned based on the intern's interests and special skill sets.

Is this a recurring position? Yes.

Elon University, Carol Grotnes Belk Library
Archives and Special Collections
CB #2550
Elon, NC 27244

Contact: Katie Nash, Archivist and Special Collections Librarian
E-mail: knash@elon.edu
Phone: 336-278-6681

Site description: Updated information coming soon!

Tasks: The Archives and Special Collections in Belk Library at Elon University is looking for a student to assist with the physical processing of a recently acquired collection pertaining to service-learning. Duties will include developing an organizational scheme for documents, physically processing materials and conducting some conservation work as needed, creating a finding aid, and other duties as assigned.

Forensic Resource Counsel, Indigent Defense Services
123 W. Main Street
Suite 400
Durham, NC 27701

Contact: Sarah Rackley
E-mail: sarah.h.rackley@nccourts.org
Phone: 919-354-7217

Site description: The Office of Indigent Defense Services (IDS) oversees the provision of legal representation to indigent criminal defendants in North Carolina. Within IDS, the Forensic Resource Counsel advises public defenders and private appointed counsel on the forensic evidence in their cases and provides information in the form of online resources and live trainings to these attorneys.

Tasks: The Forensic Resource Counsel seeks a motivated and creative student to improve the accessibility of online and print resources that are used by criminal defense attorneys. Several tools for managing information (Microsoft Access databases, a website, and a blog) have been created, but the Forensic Resource Counsel is seeking the assistance of an information scientist to further develop these tools and to assist in developing a workflow. All information presented on the website and blog should be well-organized and user-friendly for attorneys who access the information. The Forensic Resource Counsel seeks a fresh perspective for effectively collecting, organizing, and presenting information related for forensic science evidence.

Indigent Defense Services is also looking to develop new websites for three of our programs/offices. We would like for a student to develop websites that can be easily updated by these offices.

The student should have experience with Microsoft Access and web development.

Website: http://www.ncids.com/forensic/index.shtml

Blog: http://ncforensics.wordpress.com/

Is this a reoccurring position? Yes

Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise
CB #3440, Kenan Center
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3440

Contact: Cindy Reifsnider, Research Services
E-mail: Cynthia_Reifsnider@kenan-flagler.unc.edu
Phone: 919-843-3323

Site description: Business-oriented research facility, non-traditional, special library, able to host multiple interns

Tasks: Research and sensemaking, collection development, knowledge management (including indexing and metadata), visualization/presentation of information (text and data), intranet design for research

The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences, Golberg Library
6 Davis Drive
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

Contact: Mason Baldwin, Librarian
E-mail: mbaldwin@thehamner.org
Phone: 919-558-1402

Site description: The scientists, staff, business development, and management all patronize the Golberg Library. Experience with MS Office programs, relational databases is helpful and can be learned during this field experience. The library uses DBTextWorks' InMagic database for library functions.

Tasks: Document delivery; Cataloging; Subscription management; Updating online library catalog; Funding database profiling; Intern will have opportunity to network with local library professionals

hesketh.com
1101 Haynes Street, Suite 109
Raleigh, NC 27604

Contact: Rebekah Sedaca, Director of User Experience
E-mail: careers@hesketh.com
Phone: 919-834-2552 x19

Site description: Web design, usability, visual design.

Tasks: Business analysis, interaction design, and information architecture

ibiblio.org
213 Lenoir Hall
UNC Chapel Hill, CB #3456
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3456

Contact: Paul Jones, Director
E-mail: pjones@ibiblio.org
Phone: 919-260-4915

Site description: Who are the patrons at your site? The Internet at large - hobbyists, researchers, school children. What special skills will be needed/learnt? UNIX Systems Administration, Database Administration, Digital Curation, Web Programming, Multimedia Design. What would the interns like to do? ibiblio can make use of them.

Tasks: There is much work to be done at and for ibiblio. We're looking for motivated, eager students who want to hone their skills while improving the design, functionality and longevity of one of the Internet's largest and longest-lived digital libraries.

Is this a recurring position? Yes.

IBM Silicon Valley Lab
555 Bailey Avenue
San Jose, CA 95141

Contact: Dr. Richard Herder, Senior Development Manager
E-mail: rherder@us.ibm.com
Phone: 408-463-3161

Site description: This is a large IBM development site, dedicated to software design and development. At least 3 development divisions are represented here, with products including databases, software engineering tools, high-level languages, big data, and analytics. Approximately 30 User Experience staff are based here and the site includes a usability lab.

Tasks: User research, usability testing, interaction design. UX interns at SVL join multidisciplinary development teams who are delivering IBM products and solutions.

Is this a reoccurring position? Yes. User experience interns have been employed at SVL for more than 30 years. This summer the 3 UX teams on site will employ at least 6 interns.

IntraHealth International
6340 Quadrangle Dr. Suite 200
Chapel Hill, NC 27517

Contact: Stephanie Brantley, Knowledge Services Specialist
Email: sbrantley@intrahealth.org
Phone: 919-313-9623

Site Description: IntraHealth International is a non-profit, global health organization. The Knowledge Services unit supports the information needs of our staff worldwide. Our unit oversees the organization's library, reference services, Microsoft SharePoint training and development, liaises with IT on our business apllications and supports our internal eLearning platform.

Tasks: Day to day library tasks including circulation, cataloging, reference and processing new materials. Assist with electronic records management. Special projects as needed and in line with student's interests.

Is this a recurring position? Yes.

Laboratory Corporation of America
Information Technology, Informatics
3060 South Church Street,
Burlington, NC 27215

Contact: Julie Steed, Database Specialist
E-mail: steedj@labcorp.com
Phone: 336-436-8547

Site description: Headquartered in Burlington North Carolina, Laboratory Corporation of America
(LabCorp) is the second-largest medical testing company in the United States. A nationwide network of labs and and patient centers perform routine and specialty diagnostic and clinical testing services. The Information Architecture team at LabCorp is dedicated to building strong data governance and data management processes to support business objectives.

Tasks: The intern would work within a team environment to perform tasks such as:
- Building metadata repository utilizing market-leading data integration platform toolset
- Data profiling of potential data sources in a variety of data formats to support data integration efforts
- Definition of data quality rules to support data integration and data quality improvement projects
- Investigating data issues utilizing SQL ad-hoc queries

Is this a recurring position? To be determined.

LEARN NC
140 Friday Center Drive
CB #7216
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7216

Contact: Emily Jack, Associate Editor
E-mail: jack@learnnc.org
Phone: 919-843-5445

Site description: LEARN NC is a K-12 outreach program of the UNC School of Education. The LEARN NC website offers a variety of resources for teachers. Interns will work on a custom content/publishing management system.

Tasks: Tasks will vary with experience/interest, and may include web publishing, managing a digital collection, copyright permission management, and multimedia work.

The Marian Cheek Jackson Center for Saving and Making History
510 W. Rosemary St.
Chapel Hill, NC 27516

Contact: Alexander Stephens, Associate Director for Documentary Initiatives
E-mail: jacksoncenter.info@gmail.com
Phone: 919-929-6595

Site description: Located at the gateway to the historic Northside neighborhood in Chapel Hill, the Jackson Center is the first public history center of its kind in North Carolina. It is dedicated to honoring everyday history-makers by engaging intergenerational dialogue, sponsoring youth initiatives, and pursuing creative community development. Our mission is to connect saving the past with making the future of our communities.

The Jackson Center is a community collaborative of St. Joseph C.M.E. Church, Northside neighbors, residents, and friends, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It is a hub of activities dedicated to honoring everyday history-makers by preserving their legacies in word, song, and image, by making those legacies widely available, and by following the example of creative service and leadership that they embody.

Tasks: We have two priority project areas: oral history collection and digital library development. A single dedicated individual or a small team could work on either of these project areas. A third, lower priority area for student field experience work is the development of interactive, neighborhood mapping tools for both downloadable audio and online visual use.

1. Oral History Collection

The Jackson Center has digital recordings of audio interviews with over 6o individuals, over 200 digital audio recordings from community events, worship services and meetings, almost 150 short videos, and 13 GB of photographs. As of now, these files are stored on two computer hard drives and two external hard drives. We would benefit greatly from a student that could analyze our current oral history ingestion process, recommend an improved system of storage, organization, and digital preservation, and help implement those recommendations.

2. Digital Library Development

Most of our materials are labeled by date and subject, but we do not have finding aids, abstracts or transcripts for much of what is in our archives.
It would be a huge benefit to have someone assist with these tasks and help us develop a more sophisticated and easily accessible digital archive, ideally through our website.

We currently use WordPress for website support; see www.jacksoncenter.info.
We are interested in increasing the amount of content and making materials from our archives accessibility to a broader audience online. We hope to present the content to viewers—including a wide range of community members—in a creative and engaging way. We would also welcome ideas for general design improvements.

3. Mapping

While we must prioritize needs #1 and #2 above, we also seek support and
creative initiative in developing mapping resources for various uses:
databased visuals of property values, tax rates, and housing turnover in Northside; interactive, online accessibility to oral histories related to homes; and descriptive overlay of historical changes in development, planning, ownership patterns, and neighborhoods. Other ideas are welcome!

Is this a reocurring position? While certain tasks may be completed within one semester, we will offer ongoing and new tasks for field experiences as the need arises.

NC LIVE
NSCU Libraries
CB #7111
Raleigh, NC 27695

Contact: Jill Robinson Morris, Outreach and Promotions Librarian
E-mail: jill@nclive.org
Phone: 919-513-0447

Site description: NC LIVE is a consortium of academic and public libraries across North Carolina. Through member library web pages and online portals, NC LIVE delivers high quality digital content to North Carolina's students, faculty, and library patrons. While the content collection is constantly growing and changing, it includes full-text eBooks, magazines, newspapers, and journals, as well as image files, streaming video and downloadable audio books. In addition, NC LIVE provides business and investment data services and career development and enhancement products. NC LIVE serves nearly 200 member libraries, including North Carolina’s public libraries, community colleges, UNC system, and NC Independent Colleges and Universities. For more information, visit the About Section of the NC LIVE Website.

Tasks: NC LIVE staff have identified three project opportunities for field experience students. These projects can be narrowed or focused to relate to students' interests, and may be extended to become a part of a masters' paper or project.

Other opportunities:
NC LIVE has a number of opportunities for students interested in field experience projects outside of the three projects above, including opportunities in marketing, developing online content and information using a Content Management System (Drupal), and other technology applications, especially those that connect our member libraries to resources and information. If you have ideas or interest in completing a field experience with NC LIVE, and would like to discuss these or other potential projects, please contact jill@nclive.org.

North Carolina Museum of Art
Art Reference Library
2110 Blue Ridge Rd.
Raleigh, NC 27607

Contact: Natalia Lonchyna, Librarian
E-mail: natalia.lonchyna@ncdcr.gov
Phone: 919-664-6769

Site description: The Art Reference Library is a 40,000 volume non-circulating library that provides reference service to the art museum staff (curators, educators, conservators) and the public at large. The library not only houses books and periodicals, but also holds an extensive auction catalogue collection and an extensive artists' files collection of ephemera material. We also provide online access to auction, bibliographic, and reference databases.

Tasks: Projects/tasks are tailored toward the strengths and interests of the intern.

Projects can range from building databases in order to provide access to material otherwise lost, organizing ephemera material such as oral interviews with artists, putting together bibliographies that relate to the museum's temporary exhibitions, cataloguing (both copy and original), organizing and making the backlog accessible, writing up policies and others.

Is this a recurring position? Yes.

NCSU D.H. Hill Library, Program Planning and Outreach
2 Broughton Drive
Raleigh, NC

Contact: Marian Fragola, Director of Program Planning and Outreach
E-mail: marian_fragola@ncsu.edu
Phone: 919-513-3481

Site description: NCSU is a fast-paced, innovative academic library located in Raleigh. This field experience is a unique opportunity to assist the director in providing programming that builds connections and networks between the NCSU Libraries and the university community. Ideal for motivated students who thrive in a busy and creative environment.

Tasks: Support library programming, such as Read Smart- a series of informal book discussions moderated by members of NC State’s faculty (a collaborative effort between the NCSU Libraries and Wake County Public Libraries)- as well as events honoring the university community, such as Amazing Alumni, Fabulous Faculty, Stellar Students, and other Friends of the Library special events. Students will gain writing, communication and marketing skills.

Is this a recurring position? Yes.

National Humanities Center Library
7 T. W. Alexander Drive
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

Contact: Eliza Robertson, Library Director
E-mail: erobertson@nationalhumanitiescenter.org
Phone: 919-406-0117

Site description: The Center is an independent center for advanced study in the humanities which hosts 40 Fellows each academic year to work on a project which usually results in the publication of a book. The library staff of three plus three graduate assistants provide the materials the scholars require to successfully complete their projects. Our library has a long-standing and highly-valued relationships with the area university libraries for use of their resources, including borrowing about 6,500 items a year and access to electronic resources.

Tasks: The radio program SOUNDINGS was produced from the National Humanities Center in Research Triangle Park, NC, weekly from 1980 to1996. Wayne Pond interviewed Fellows of the Center, guest scholars, writers, musicians, politicians, and others who discussed every aspect of the humanities from philosophy to fiction to medical ethics. Over 850 30-minute programs were produced and distributed free to radio stations all over the U.S. In a cooperative effort between RENCI, the University of North Carolina Libraries Southern Historical Collection, and the Center, the physical product of that radio program -- a collection of LP records, audio tapes, and CDs -- has been digitized , preserved in the Southern Historical Collection, and linked to a brief finding aid and description in Wordpress.

An Excel spreadsheet contains program information drawn from basic printed chronological lists and program cue sheets that were sent to the radio stations. All programs have a basic record; some have a description about one paragraph in length; while other programs need a completely original description. All the records require a great deal of skilled attention, such as formatting and editing to conform to established editing guidelines. Proper names need to be checked against a couple of lists and other verifications made. Each program must be listened to in full to determine if there are additional speakers we aren’t aware of from our original sketchy documentation; to determine if a single 30-minute program consists of one interview or a few short segments; and to note time stamps when speakers change. The audio programs and editing documentation are web-based and can be listened to and edited through a web browser. The time to complete editing a single program abstract is estimated to be 90 minutes.

Is this a recurring position? Yes, until we complete all 850 records.

North Carolina Biotechnology Center
P.O. Box 13547
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3547

Contact: Susie Corbett, Vice President of Library and Information Services
E-mail: susie_corbett@ncbiotech.org
Phone: 919-549-8881

Site description and Tasks: The library has many ongoing and new projects appropriate for a field experience, including: Develop a taxonomy for re-cataloging the book collection; Improved development of the Center's intranet site using SharePoint; Archives management; Plan/design a library portal serving biotech and life science companies; Develop a marketing plan for the library and begin to execute it In addition, the Center's IT unit reports to the VP of Library and Information Services, which allows for the possibility of IT-related experiences. Other projects related to the student's interest may be available.

North Carolina Board of Nursing
4516 Lake Boone Trail
Raleigh, NC 27607

Contact: Joyce Winstead, MSN, RN, Practice Consultant
E-mail: jwinstead@ncbon.com
Phone: 919-782-3211, ext. 256

Site description: NC regulatory board that regulates the practice in nursing; was established in 1903; Goal is to establish a history or the NC Board of Nursing, and nursing regulation in NC through written, electronic, & oral formats; Formulate a method to document ongoing & future historical events

Tasks: Facilitate oral histories, research written histories, timelines, records, data, and archives, organize a historical sequence (written & electronic), interact with nurses, former Board of Nursing members, historians, & the public at large

Orange County Historical Museum
201 N. Churton Street
Hillsborough, NC 27278

Contact: Darcie Beecroft Martin, Executive Director
E-mail: director@orangeNChistory.org
Phone: 919-732-2201

Site description: History museum

Tasks: Cataloging, organizing archives, creating school programs, museum brochure creation

Is this a recurring position? Yes

Orange County Main Library
137 West Margaret Lane
Hillsborough, NC 27278

**There are currently two opportunities at Orange County Main Library: one in Adult Services and one in Youth Services.

Contact: Jessica Arnold, Adult Services Librarian
E-mail: jarnold@co.orange.nc.us
Phone: 919-245-2537

Contact: Ginger Holler, Head of Youth Services
E-mail: gholler@co.orange.nc.us
Phone: 919-245-2531

Site description: This is the main branch of the Orange County Public Library. We are located in downtown Hillsborough.

Tasks (Adult Services): Intern will conduct a series of public computer courses modeled on the Community Workshop Series. In addition, they will be given the opportunity to develop and conduct some original adult-interest programs. The intern will create and manage publicity, communications and registration for computer classes and special events and help library customers using the public computers and adult/YA collection by staffing the Reader’s Advisory or Information desk. Additional projects may become available, or may be initiated by the intern.

Tasks (Youth Services):Assist staff with children's programming, design and present a children's story time and/or an after school program, provide reader's advisory and reference assistance at the children's desk. Become familiar with ILS system and assist customers in using the system for searches. Create book displays, and ways to market low circulating books. Recommend books and non-book materials for purchase. Work on weeding the collection-using specific critieria, shelf read and shelve materials. Create a reading list of recommended titles on a theme, or contribute titles to lists in progress. Attend staff meetings, become familiar with library policies and procedures and reasons for those policies. Increase understanding of outreach, community partnerships and collaborations.

Is this a recurring position? Possibly.

The Preservation Society of Chapel Hill
610 East Rosemary Street
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

Contact: Cheri Szcodronski, Preservation Coordinator/Office Manager
E-mail: psch1858@mindspring.com
Phone: 919-942-7818

Site description: Housed in historic Horace Williams House just accross the street from the UNC campus, the Preservation Society of Chapel Hill is dedicated to preserving the heritage and character of Chapel Hill and the surrounding areas through the preservation, conservation, and promotion of its built environment and historic landscapes.

Tasks: There are two projects currently available:

1. Organize the Preservation Society archives, including records of the activities and daily operations of the Preservation Society, recommend storage options for these records, and catalog the Preservation Society's small library.

2. Review, maintain, and create new content for the Preservation Society's website, Twitter, and Facebook pages.

Is this a reoccurring position? Yes.

Public Library of Johnston County and Smithfield
305 E. Market Street
Smithfield, NC

Contact: Carrie Lee, Reference Librarian
E-mail: clee@pljcs.org
Phone: 919-934-8146

Site description: We are a small, busy public library located in downtown Smithfield that serves patrons of all ages. The environment is especially fast-paced in the summer, with many programs focusing on children and young adults.

Tasks: There are a wide variety of tasks an intern could work on, especially during the busy summer months. Some examples of things we would like our interns to work on include collection development, adult reference, and programming for all ages. We will conduct a brief interview with students before the internship begins to determine what projects the student is interested in, and then tailor the internship accordingly.

Is this a reoccurring position? Yes. We will accept interns during fall, spring, and summer, sessions.

Rex Healthcare
4420 Lake Boone Trail
Raleigh, NC 27607

Contact: Deniz Ender, Medical Librarian
E-mail: deniz.ender@rexhealth.com
Phone: 919-784-3032

Site description: Rex Healthcare is a medium size hospital with 400 acute beds. It is located in Raleigh. The library is a medium size medical library serving Rex Affiliated Physicians, Nurses and Co-workers.

Teradata Aprimo
5565 Centerview Drive, Suite #300
Raleigh, NC 27606

Contact: Michelleta Razon, Architechture
E-mail: michelleta.razon@aprimo.com
Phone: 919-816-1892

Site description: Teradata is the world’s largest company focused on analytic data solutions through integrated data warehousing, big data analytics, and business applications. Only Teradata gives organizations the advantage to transform data across the organization into actionable insights empowering leaders to think boldly and act decisively for the best decisions possible.

Aprimo has helped marketers meet tough challenges. Aprimo is an acknowledged pioneer in the emerging Enterprise Marketing Management (EMM) software
space—marketing’s equivalent of back-office ERP software. In addition,
Aprimo created an entirely new category of software, Marketing Resource Management (MRM), that automates core marketing processes and optimizes the allocation of resources.

Teradata Aprimo in Raleigh actively seeks to engage with the academic institutions in our community. Historically, we have sponsored programs such as student software design projects and have committed senior resources to work with emerging talent in their field of expertise. We provide opportunities for students to develop practical experience in the field while learning.

Tasks: •   Learn to leverage relational and NoSQL database systems for the efficient
storage and retrieval of big data
•   Learn effective strategies for collecting structured and unstructured
data from various sources including social networks, geo-location services and transactional systems for storage and processing in data repositories
•   Learn to build web applications that access and process large volumes of
structured and unstructured data
•   Learn web application design principles that contribute to better
performance and user experience
•   Learn and apply principles of information architecture for managing and
organizing large volumes of data for consumption by end users
•   Learn the tools for testing and evaluating web application performance
•   Learn to apply HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript to build dynamic and usable
interfaces for the desktop and mobile devices
•   Gain experience researching and prototyping solutions to technical
problems
•   Gain knowledge in managing distributed data and integrating applications
in the cloud
•   Learn techniques for managing and reconciling distributed data
•   Learn techniques for protecting sensitive data in SaaS and cloud
environments
•   Learn and apply the tenets of Agile software development practices

Is this a reocurring position? Yes.