Internships and Fellowships

LITS hosts paid internships and fellowships that give Bryn Mawr College students the opportunity to gain hands-on experience working in library and information technology fields. Summer undergraduate interns participate in the Career and Civic Engagement Center's professional development program.

Careers in Library & Information Science: A Week-Long Exploration

Bryn Mawr College Library and Information Technology Services, in partnership with Haverford, Swarthmore, and Lafayette, offers students a chance to participate in a week-long paid program with housing. The program typically takes place in late May. More information on the program and application here. 

Students Shape the Shelves: A Spring Break Internship

Students Shape the Shelves is a week-long paid internship where six undergraduate students visit local community bookstores and select books to add to Quita's Corner, the Bryn Mawr pleasure reading collection on the main floor of Canaday Library.

Over the course of the week, students learn about how academic libraries and bookstores collect and curate books. With this knowledge and a budget (provided by the library), they cooperate to add popular reading material to the Bryn Mawr libraries that reflect diverse voices.  More information on the program and application here. 

Special Collections Summer Internships

The Special Collections Internship program is a paid 8-week summer internship opportunity for two (2) continuing Bryn Mawr College undergraduate students, sponsored by the Friends of the Bryn Mawr College Libraries. Program dates: TBD, likely June 1st to July 24th, exact dates dependent on BMC summer housing. 

Special Collections, a unique department within the Library and Information Technology Services (LITS) division, provides access and programming around extensive collections of rare books, manuscripts, artworks, cultural heritage objects, digital collections, and the college archives. During this experiential internship, interns will gain hands-on experience rotating among these various collections. 

Students will learn the behind-the-scenes work of special collections libraries, archives, and cultural heritage organizations including aspects of preservation, collection management, digital archiving, outreach, and interpretation, as well as touch on current topics in the field.

The interns will be based in the Special Collections Department and are expected to work full-time, in-person (35 hours/week).

Apply by March 16th 2026 at 11:59pm:
•    Application form
•    Resume
•    Name and email address of one faculty member or professional reference

If you have any questions about the position or how to apply, please contact Special Collections at speccoll@brynmawr.edu.

Digital Technology Internships 

Through the Career and Civic Engagement Center's Summer Internship Partner Program, LITS hosts several 10-week, full-time paid summer internships that enable undergraduates develop their digital competencies while working with Bryn Mawr faculty and staff on projects that support the College's educational programs and mission. Projects can include developing documentation and training materials for digital technologies, developing instructional or informational videos, helping with website design and production, and helping faculty develop digital course assignments. Calls for application are posted and accepted through Handshake, typically from January through late February/early March. 

Digital Scholarship Summer Fellows

The Digital Scholarship Summer Fellows program offers paid, part-time academic year and summer fellowships which give Bryn Mawr undergraduates the opportunity to learn digital scholarship methods and gain professional experience while working with IT professionals, librarians, archivists, and digital scholarship staff on a collaborative, public-facing digital scholarship projects. Announcements will be posted on JobX, the Digital Scholarship website, and the Daily Digest in late February/early March. For more information, see the Digital Scholarship website.