[Koha] Koha-related internship opportunity with stipend: Haitian Education & Leadership Program (HELP)

[Galen Charlton]

[Forwarding this; please contact info at uhelp.net, not me, if you want
more information]

Position: Librarian (Volunteer – travel, housing and living stipend provided)
Location: HELP Center, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Department: Student Affairs
Supervisor: Deputy Country Director
Duration: Eight weeks during the summer of 2016

Overview of the Position : HELP (http://uhelp.net) is seeking a French
or Haitian-Creole speaking Library Science student or graduate who
would supervise the overall classification of the HELP library. The
focus is on migrating the entire library (approximately 3000 books)
from an Excel spreadsheet to a Koha Integrated Library System (ILS).
The HELP Library is a major service provided to students that allows
them to have the necessary materials they need for their university
classes and related research. By establishing a professional ILS
(Koha), HELP staff and students will be able to more efficiently use
the library resources.

Summary of Responsibilities : Below are the major responsibilities and
tasks, in order of priority, related to this position. Please note
that this summary is not exhaustive.

A- Establish a systematic process for cataloguing all the books in the
HELP library and those used by the HELP Academic Department into Koha
B- Train and supervise HELP student interns focusing on ILS data entry.
C- Provide general library management training to select HELP staff
and students.
D- Provide recommendations to HELP for other library resources that
would be useful for our students and staff and ideas on how those
might be integrated into HELPs existing systems.

Minimum Qualifications :

- Education: Current MLS/MLIS/MSIS student or graduate..
- Work experience: Experience with data entry for Cataloging with an
Integrated Library Systems (Koha experience preferred). You should be
familiar with copy of records from other systems as well as creating
new ones where no other accessible system has the book. Note: this
library will be organized using Dewey Decimal.
- Essential skills: Ability to teach and supervise others. Strong
organizational and interpersonal skills. Ability to stay focused on
task with many interesting distractions in close proximity.
- Language(s): English and either French or Haitian Creole are required;

Duration:

The maximum length of this assignment is 2 months (preferably June and
July 2016), however for the right candidate it is possible this could
be a shorter commitment. The intern can end at either the end of two
month or after the key goals have been met and the staff feels able to
take over.

Benefits:
HELP will provide airfare to and from Haiti, housing near its office
in Pacot, Port-au-Prince, and a $600/mo stipend to help cover other
expenses.

For additional information, contact info at uhelp.net.

-- 
Galen Charlton
Infrastructure and Added Services Manager
Equinox Software, Inc. / Open Your Library
email:  gmc at esilibrary.com
direct: +1 770-709-5581
cell:   +1 404-984-4366
skype:  gmcharlt
web:    http://www.esilibrary.com/
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