2025 Summer Graduate Internship, Research Library
About the Team & Role
The Research Library at the Federal Reserve Board is offering a paid summer internship for graduate-level library or information science students to advance several projects that will improve library services to the Board research and professional community. We offer a full array of customized library services to staff members throughout the Board, with particular focus on data-intensive research, data acquisitions and cataloging, research curation, and metadata and taxonomy.
To enhance discovery and use of the Board’s valuable resources and research, projects will focus on data- and metadata-related efforts. Depending on the intern’s skills and interests, they will work on several of the following projects that represent a variety of the library’s responsibilities supporting the Board:
§ Data Catalog Maintenance and Expansion Support
Projects may include supporting: cataloging data assets in line with national, international, and local standards; metadata maintenance and clean up; and quality checks among systems.
§ Technology, Software, and Process Improvements
Projects may include assisting with migration to new systems, including a new Library Services Platform, data catalog, and subscription management software, and documentation of code and processes.
§ Scholarly Research and Communications
Projects may include: Enhance and maintain metadata for DOIs through Crossref; citation reports enhancements; progress in use of researcher IDs (ORCID).
§ Metadata and Taxonomy Standardization and Enhancement
Interns may assist with taxonomy and authority control development to support interoperability of the Federal Reserve Subject Taxonomy (FRST) and Federal Reserve Authority of Names (FRAN) that are used multiple Fed downstream applications.
§ Research
Research and prepare a report on findings of library and information systems best practices in support of the Research Library's strategic plan.
§ Outreach and Marketing
Assist the library’s Outreach/Training Team with implementing library marketing plan, awareness campaigns to promote utilization of the Board’s research and data assets and develop and update training materials.
Qualifications/Skills:
- U.S. citizenship required
- Enrolled in a Master’s degree program in library or information science at an ALA-accredited institution (MLS)
- Graduating fall 2025 or later
- Knowledge and interest in library technology
- Evidence of interest in the field of library and information science; have completed a minimum of 10 credits in foundational library and/or information science coursework by the start of the internship.
- Must have attention to detail, initiative, and good communication skills.
- Should have a basic understanding of metadata.
- Python and/or coding skills are a plus, but not required.
- Students with prior course work in cataloging and metadata is preferred, but not required.
Attach to your profile before submission:
- cover letter
- resume
- undergraduate & graduate unofficial transcripts
*Open to students interested in working hybrid or 100% virtual