Internships at Musselman Library

Robert ’44 and Esther Kenyon Fortenbaugh ’46 Internship

Current Gettysburg College students have the opportunity to work with a specific library department for 8 hours a week during a single semester. Interns have worked in departments like Special Collections & Archives, Reference & Instruction, Music, and Technical Services, as well as other areas like marketing and exhibits. Students gain a variety of experiences including digitizing images, processing manuscript collections, developing reference skills, curating an exhibit, and more.

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Diane Werley Smith ’73 Internship in Special Collections

A 10-week summer internship in Special Collections, this focused experience provides a rare opportunity to learn more about work in Special Collections and Archives without the distraction of school work and term papers.

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Barbara Holley ’54 Internship

Awarded annually, this one-year, paid internship with benefits allows a recent college graduate interested in library and information science the opportunity to work across various departments in Musselman Library and gain valuable experience in many aspects of library operations, procedures, and management.

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Graduate Internships

For graduate students enrolled in an accredited graduate program in library and information science, we may also work to provide an unpaid internship or field experience for students interested in academic libraries.

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Blogging the Library

See what our interns are working on today in Blogging the Library: The Interns @ Gettysburg College’s Musselman Library, a blog maintained by our undergraduate interns.


The Fortenbaugh Interns: Where are they Now?

Molly Troy '12Molly Troy '12
(Reference)
Pursuing MLIS at University of Pittsburgh

Sierra Green '11Sierra Green '11
(Special Collections)
Pursuing MLIS at University of Pittsburgh

Elizabeth Johns '10Elizabeth Johns '10
(Reference)
Undergraduate Research Librarian, Virginia Commonwealth University

Tara Wink '07Tara Wink '07
(Special Collections)
Special Collections Librarian, West Chester University

Lina Terjesen '06Lina (Smith) Terjesen '06
(Music)
Music Librarian, Belmont University

Steven Light '05Stephen Light '05
(Special Collections)
Manager of Museum Programs, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

Meggan Smith '04Meggan (Emler) Smith '04
(Special Collections)
Reference & Instruction Librarian, Gettysburg College