Internship and Practicum Info

Internships and Practicum Opportunities at OSUL Special Collections

Special Collections at OSUL often have opportunities for students looking for internships and practicums. 

PLEASE NOTE:  OSUL does not pay for internships or practicums.

If you are interested in pursuing an internship or practicum, please follow these steps:

  1. Decide what type of project you would like to do during your internship or practicum.  Examples include web exhibitions, processing a collection, creating an education unit for teachers.
  2. Review the OSUL Special Collections and determine which fit your interests. 
  3. Contact the appropriate staff person (listed below) to learn if there is an opening for an intern or practicum student.  There may be times when there are no opportunities available.  In addition, some areas may require certain course work to be completed before a practicum can be started.
  4. The staff person will set up a meeting with you to discuss the project, if your skills and desires meet their needs, and if so when the internship or practicum will begin.

Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program: Contact Laura Kissel at kissel.4@osu.edu or 614-688-8173.

                Previous project examples: processing manuscript collections, including creation of finding aids; processing artifact collections, including photographing the item, creating appropriate metadata and uploading the images and metadata to OSU’s Media Manager; creating digital exhibitions.

Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum: Contact Jenny Robb at cartoons@osu.edu or 614-292-0538.

                Previous project examples: processing collections of original cartoon art using Past Perfect collections management software; processing manuscript collections, including creating EAD finding aids; and creating union lists, digital exhibitions or albums.

William Charvat Collection of American Fiction: Contact Rebecca Jewett at jewett.36@osu.edu or 614-292-5938

                Previous project examples: Processing book collections; performing collection-level surveys related to particular genres or thematic topics.

Hilandar Research Library: Contact Predrag Matejic at Matejic.1@osu.edu or 614-292-0634

                Previous project examples: None

Ohio Congressional Archives: Contact Jeff Thomas at thomas.1082@osu.edu or 614-688-8429

                Previous project examples:  None

Rare Books and Manuscripts Library: Contact Rebecca Jewett at jewett.36@osu.edu or 614-292-5938

                Previous project examples: Processing manuscript collections; processing photograph collections; undertaking extensive provenance research on particular collection areas; performing collection-level surveys related to particular genres or thematic topics.

Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute (go.osu.edu/tri): Contact Nena Couch at couch.1@osu.edu or 614-292-9606

Previous project examples: Processing manuscript collections including creation of finding aids; processing original scene and costume designs and theatre technology materials; creating digital exhibitions

University Archives (go.osu.edu/archives): Contact Kevlin Haire at haire.14@osu.edu or 614-292-5769

                Previous project examples:  Processing manuscript collections; processing photograph collections; creating an online exhibit about university history