INTERNSHIPS IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
School Media | Others

The University contract for internships can be found at http://registrar.sc.edu/pdf/internship_contract.pdf . You may also obtain the packet from the SLIS Student Services Office, Room 102, Davis College . Or, call (803) 777-3887 or (800) 304-3153 to request that the packet be mailed to you. You may also email your request to slisss@mailbox.sc.edu . Detailed instructions are included in the internship packet.

Internships are open to students admitted as candidates for the Master of Library and Information Science, Certificate of Graduate Study in Library and Information Science and the Specialist in Library and Information Science degrees in the School of Library and Information Science.

In order to be eligible for an internship, the student must have successfully completed a substantial portion of course work, especially the required courses (SLIS 701, 707, 705) prior to the internship. The internship is designed to provide students with opportunities to demonstrate competencies acquired during their program and should be completed near the end of the student's program. Students doing internships are required to take relevant type of library or other information agency or type of specialization course either before or concurrently with the internship.

Students may take three or six hours of internship. Each credit hour requires forty-five contact hours of work in the internship setting. That is, three credit hours will be awarded for a minimum of 135 hours of internship work and satisfactory completion of objectives.

The grade for the internship will be either S for satisfactory or U for unsatisfactory completion of requirements for the internship. Evaluations for grades are objectives-based.

The School of Library and Information Science offers two types of internships (1) School Library Media Internship and (2) Library and Information Science Internship. Deadlines for the applications for both types of internships occur several months prior to the internship placement.

School Library Media Internship  

Application Deadlines: Applications must be in the SLIS Student Services Office for

•  Fall Internships, end of the first week in March
•  Spring Internships, end of the first week in October

The Internship in School Library Media Centers (SLIS 794) is a capstone experience and is the last course taken as a requirement for certification. It may be taken simultaneously with SLIS 720 or in a semester following SLIS 720, which is not offered in the summer. Placements for internships are done for the fall and spring K-12 semesters.

Students seeking initial certification must complete at least three of the four required education courses (including the curriculum course) before beginning an internship. For students who do not hold teacher certification, the SLIS internship is 6 credit hours.

You will be registered for the internship by the Student Services Manager; check VIP to confirm your enrollment and to make fee payment.

School Media Intership Packet

All other School of Library and Information Science Internships  

Application Deadlines: Internship applications must be in the SLIS Student Services Office for:

•  Spring, the end of the first week in November
•  Summer I or II, the end of the first week in April
•  Fall, the end of June

After you have obtained a USC Internship Contract and the SLIS internship guidelines call, or meet with your advisor to get permission to apply for an internship. Your advisor will refer you to a faculty supervisor who will set up the internship and assign a Site Supervisor. You will be registered by the Student Services Manager for the internship; check VIP to confirm your enrollment and to complete fee payment.