Students enrolled in the course LS 456, Records Management , in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College, must complete records management internships. To fulfil the internship requirement, students must spend at least 60 hours on the job in a records management setting, putting into practice the concepts and processes which they study throughout the semester.
Students work under the supervision of an on-site records manager.
The course is only taught in the Fall semesters. Generally students will complete the internship between the second or third week of September and the first week of December. The internship is not a paid position. Students are required to present an interim and a final report on the internship experience, and site supervisors are requested to complete an evaluation form assessing the intern's performance. While their schedules are somewhat packed, they all know that they must be prepared to devote 60 hours during the semester to the internship.