Opportunities

  • student/intern
    Business Reference Section - Volunteer Internship Program The Library of Congress Business Section offers an annual spring volunteer internship that allows an individual to work with collections relating to business, economics or labor studies. Projects vary each year, and may be on-site or virtual. A list of available projects are posted on the program website before the application period each year.
  • researcher/fellow
    Global Legal Research Volunteer Internship Program The Law Library Global Legal Research Volunteer Internship Program is a volunteer internship intended for LLM students interested in foreign law.The Law Library of Congress, Global Legal Research Directorate provides a highly rewarding and flexible experience, with the opportunity to conduct legal research and assist with drafting research papers, memoranda, and other documents in response to inquiries from Library of Congress patrons, and conduct...
  • volunteer
    Kluge Center Volunteer The Kluge Volunteer Program is intended for currently enrolled graduate or undergraduate students or library professionals interested in assisting researchers of humanities and social sciences.
  • student/intern
    Mesoamerican Research Internship in The Kislak Collection The Mesoamerican Research Internship in The Kislak Collection is intended for currently enrolled graduate or undergraduate students and provides an opportunity to work with a world class collection of archaeological objects in a search setting.
  • student/intern
    Preservation Science Internship The goal of the internship is to conduct a research and/or technical analysis project appropriate to the intern's level of experience that addresses collection needs. Work is conducted in the Library's science laboratories
  • student/intern
    Preservation Services Internship Preservation Services Internship is open to Currently Enrolled Students (Undergraduate, Graduate)The goal of the internship is to provide Library Science and Information students and graduates with the opportunity to study and work with major Library of Congress business operations and binding services in the Preservation Directorate. Internship activities include: Preservation Business Operations (contracts and projects management), Preservation Binding (program management), and other activities such...
  • student/intern
    Remote Legal Gazette Program The Law Library of Congress seeks volunteers and interns for a project that will serve to increase the visibility of the Law Library of Congress foreign legal gazettes. This program allows volunteers and interns to learn about research and online searching from the “inside out” by creating metadata and keywords from legal material that will facilitate the discoverability of this material on the web....
  • student/intern
    Remote Metadata Program The Law Library Metadata Program allows volunteers and interns to learn about research and online searching from the “inside out” by creating metadata and keywords from historical legal material that will facilitate the discoverability of this material on the web. Volunteers are able to work in their home or school environment with the convenience of flexible timing and asynchronous training. Projects will focus on...
  • researcher/fellow
    Scholar-in-Residence The Law Library Scholar-in-Residence is intended to further legal scholarship offering an opportunity for a scholar, researcher or library professional desiring to conduct in-depth research that would further the mission of the Law Library of Congress in serving the United States Congress and all of its constituents.
  • student/intern
    Science Reference Section - Volunteer Internship Program The Science Reference Section Volunteer Internship Program is intended for currently enrolled graduate or undergraduate students interested in all areas of science and engineering, as well as library sciences, science communication, and STEM education. Interns may assist with producing research guides, researching and writing blog posts, creating web products, processing collections, and supporting special programs and events depending on the needs of the Science...
  • student/intern
    Summer Remote Program: Creative Digital Publications The Law Library of Congress seeks volunteers and interns for creating visual data research and creative writing publications that will provide access to legal material on the Law Library of Congress website. This program is part-time, remote, and independent, in a mostly asynchronous setting. The project will focus on researching a topic of interest write an article for our blog. Training will be provided,...
  • student/intern
    U.S. Copyright Office: Product Management Internship The Product Management Division directs and coordinates all modernization activities on behalf of the U.S. Copyright Office, including resources, communications, stakeholder engagement, and business project management. It ensures that modernization activities are continuously aligned with the Office’s and the Library of Congress’s strategic goals, and collaborates with the Office and the Library to drive modernization efforts. It provides project management, data management/analytics, and business...
  • student/intern
    U.S. Copyright Office: Historical Public Records Internship The U.S. Copyright Office Historical Public Records Internship provides a volunteer learning experience for currently enrolled graduate or undergraduate students (within one year of graduation) who are interested in the implementation of digital technology and library sciences. The program provides an opportunity to assist with the digitization of paper-based public records including the Copyright Card Catalog and Record Books. Interns will assist with inventorying...