LCR offers several paid and non-paid work-integrated learning opportunities for students at the University of Calgary and beyond.
Current University of Calgary Students
LCR hosts students from several student work programs at the University of Calgary. Read more below about these opportunities, when they are usually posted, and how to apply.
Undergraduate Students
Student assistants work at several branches and units at LCR, and play an important role supporting our reference, instruction, collections, and digital services, among other areas.
These part-time positions will be posted on the Elevate Portal or the UCalgary Careers website. Hiring generally occurs in July and/or August for the upcoming academic year.
Student Navigators work at the Taylor Family Digital Library to support students and library patrons with their IT and technology questions.
These part-time positions will be posted on the Elevate Portal or the UCalgary Careers website. Hiring generally occurs in July and/or August for the upcoming academic year.
LCR frequently hosts participants from the Indigenous Summer Student Program, an annual work experience program that promotes career development through Indigenous ways of knowing, doing, connecting and being. Our ISSP students support reference, instruction, collections, digital services, summer programming, and other areas or projects that strengthen UCalgary’s Indigenization, while developing unique career skills.
LCR occasionally hosts summer work opportunities in our libraries, archives, and museums and galleries through programs such as Canada Summer Jobs and Young Canada Work.
Transformative Talent Skills Internships (TTI) is a university-wide program designed to expose graduate students to meaningful career opportunities and help bridge the gap between academia and the workplace. You can read more about the program on the TTI website.
Librarians, Archivists and Curators at LCR sometimes hire Graduate students as Graduate Assistant Research (GAR) to help collect research data, interview research subjects, conduct bibliographic work, or perform general research service on academic projects.
Hiring for GAR is ongoing depending on project needs. Please reach out to subject librarians in your subject or area of interest using our Experiential Learning consultation form to inquire about potential GAR opportunities.
LCR occasionally hosts summer work opportunities in our libraries, archives, and museums and galleries through programs such as Canada Summer Jobs and Young Canada Work.
Libraries and Cultural Resources is a converged institution, home to 6 library branches, an archives and special collections, the Nickle Galleries, the Military Museums and the Founders Gallery. These units support a variety of high-quality, hands-on, professional learning experiences for students in library sciences and library tech programs, museum and cultural heritage, archival studies, and digital scholarship including:
Professional Experience Placements
Internships
Co-ops
Practica for MLIS and LibTech Students
If you are a student in a library, archival, cultural heritage, or digital scholarship program interested in a placement at LCR, please get in touch through our Experiential Learning consultation form, noting the unit or area you are interested in working with. LCR also occasionally posts open positions for non-University of Calgary students on the University of Calgary Careers page.
