Fellowships & Residencies Page

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For more information about setting up residency programs (including a list of them), see Julie Brewer's article, Implementing Post-Master’s Residency Programs.

The Association of Research Libraries has a database of Research Library Residency & Internship Programs at http://www.arl.org/careers/residencies.html

Fellowships for MLS/MIS-seeking Students

• Highmark Minority Health Link Fellowships offered by University of Pittsburgh's SCHOOL OF INFORMATION SCIENCES
• Library Internship/Residency Program, University Libraries/State University of New York at Buffalo
• Internship/Residency Program at Rutgers University Libraries/School of Communication, Information & Library Studies

Fellowships for post-MLS/MIS Students

• Predoctoral Fellowships in Health Informatics at the University of Missouri-Columbia

Post-Master's Residency/Training Programs in Libraries

• Academic Resident Librarian Program - University of Illinois at Chicago

• Henrietta M. Smith Residency at University of South Florida Library, Tampa
  The Henrietta M. Smith Residency offers recent MLS graduates a one-year, focused career development program with a full-time assignment in the Reference Department of the University of South Florida Tampa Library.
• National Library of Medicine Associate Fellowship Program
• North Carolina State University Libraries Fellows
  The NCSU Libraries Fellows program offers a select group of recent M.L.S. graduates the opportunity for rapid professional growth through a two-year fellowship combining assignment to an innovative project with professional librarian experience and mentoring in a department. 
• Research Library Residency Program -- University of Michigan
  3-4 positions. Recent assignments have included health science information services.
  Contact the Program Coordinator at residents.coord@umich.edu

• University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Library and Informatics Traineeships
  This program is a year-long educational opportunity for individuals who have earned an MLS degree and who have special interests or experience in health sciences librarianship and medical informatics. The internship year runs from August to August. Please see the web site for more information or contact Nancy Tannery, Training Coordinator and Assistant Director for Information Services at HSLS, Falk Library of the Health Sciences.
• Health Sciences Library Internship Program, Vanderbilt University
  The program is designed for recent MLS graduates or working librarians who want health science library training. Recruitment normally takes place in the spring for July/August openings and in the fall for January openings. To apply, please send a recent resume with a cover letter explaining why you are interested in the internship and the names of three references to Frances Lynch, MLS, Assistant Director for Administration, Eskind Biomedical Library, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232-8340, (800) 854-0451 or frances.lynch@mcmail.Vanderbilt.Edu.