Grant applications are no longer being accepted for the 2024 grant period. Please stay tuned to learn about the awardees.
Internships should introduce undergraduate or graduate students to the variety of career opportunities in libraries, archives, museums, and cultural institutions, and provide valuable professional experience.
The RRLC Internship Grant awards $3,300 to member organizations to support paid internships.
The total number of grants awarded will be based on the available funding and a project’s potential impact to both the intern and the institution. Grant awardees will be notified by March 15, 2024.
The host institution will be asked to assure RRLC that they will meet these requirements:
- Be an RRLC member or a library of an RRLC member library system
- Provide meaningful work for the intern that will help build professional skills
- Undertake a project that will help the organization fulfill its mission
- Provide a positive environment
- Pay the intern for their work; we recommend a pay rate of $20/hr
What must the internship host institution do?
- Interview and select the intern (RRLC will assist in advertising the internship opportunity).
- Confirm that the student is enrolled in a credit-bearing internship/practicum before the internship begins and fully adhere to all requirements for credit-bearing internships, including specific procedures that may be required by the school.
- Manage all aspects of the internship.
- Pay the intern for their work; we recommend a pay rate of $20/hr.
- Provide RRLC with periodic reports on the internship and submit a final report upon project completion that may be shared on the RRLC website.
Tips and Feedback on internships from local library schools
Contact Laura Schiefer with questions.