University of South Africa Library Services Internship


Advertiser: UNISA
Department: Library Services
Location: Muckleneuk / Florida

Duration: Six month contract

Reference: LIBSERV/INTERN/SMT/841-2013

The purpose of the Internship is to provide the Intern with an opportunity to learn and experience the UNISA Library, International and African Libraries to acquire work experience at a professional level through on-the-job training and be introduce into workplace of a library.

Requirements:
- Must have completed undergraduate studies in Library and Information Science OR
- Busy with postgraduate studies in Library and Information Science
- Must be a team player, to ask for help and cope with feedback and criticism
- Must be currently unemployed
- Must be available immediately once selected for the programme

Duties:
- Circulation desk work
- Cataloguing and classification

- Collection development
- Simple searches
- User training
- Marketing
- Requests services
- Acquisition

Salary: R6 000.00 per month

Closing date: 10 April 2013

Enquiries: (012) 429 8583 (Mr SM Tau: HR Contracts Section)

The completed prescribed application form must be accompanied by a comprehensive curriculum vitae and original certified copies (within the previous six months) of;
- all educational qualifications,
- identity document; and
- proof of SAQA verification of foreign qualifications (if applicable)

UNISA reserves the right to authenticate all qualifications without any further consent from the applicant.

The contact details of three contactable references must be provided, one of which must be from your last employer.

Click here to download the application form - it seems that UNISA has removed the application form from their website - please contact Mr Tau for more information.

- UNISA is not obliged to fill an advertised position.
- Late, incomplete and incorrect applications will not be considered.
- Appointments will be made in accordance with Unisa's Employment Equity Plan and other applicable legislation.
- We welcome applications from Persons with Disabilities

Applications must be submitted in an envelope clearly marked with the name of the contact person, the Department, the position applied for and the reference number of the position. If you apply for more than one position, each application must be in a separate envelope.

Applications must be posted to Unisa, HR: Staffing, P O Box 392, Unisarand, 0003

Hand delivered applications can be deposited into the Application Box (marked HR: CONTRACTS SECTION) situated at Muckleneuk Campus: OR Tambo Building, Main Entrance.

All applications should reach UNISA before 16h00 on the closing date.

Correspondence will be limited to short-listed candidates only. If you have not been contacted within two months after closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was not successful.
Definitions:

Internship:

There are basically two types of internships:

  • The Undergraduate Internship: Usually with bigger organisations that pick undergraduates to attend the internship. It often takes places during the holidays and the average durations is a few weeks. In most cases the intern will receive some sort of stipend or salary and this type of internship may lead to a job offer to the intern once he / she is finished with their studies.
  • The Graduate Internship: This type of internship could be paid or unpaid and it is to gain practical work experience after the qualification has been completed and in a job related to the qualification. It could be from a few weeks or even one or two years long. This type of internship could also lead to permanent employment.

Learnerships:

A learnership is an occupational qualification and it consists of theory and work-based experience and practical skills, with formal assessment and a qualification. At the end of the learnership the candidate may be offered permanent employment.

In-service training:

In-service training is to gain practical work experience during studies. It usually takes place after a few years of theory has been successfully completed. It is essential work experience that is part of the qualification and the in-service training is necessary to achieve the qualification. It could be paid or unpaid.