The Partners

Allegheny County Library Association: http://aclalibraries.org

The Allegheny County Library Association (ACLA) was founded in 1991 when the office of the County Controller for Allegheny County issued a special report entitled, "A Quiet Crisis: Libraries in Allegheny County." The report challenged the library community to improve service and increase funding.  The ACLA was created in response to the call to action. The core values of the organization include: providing visionary leadership committed to excellence and innovation; promoting ethical stewardship of resources; supporting member libraries through a free and open exchange of information and active collaboration; and respecting diversity of member library opinions and community needs. Partner opportunities can be focused within any of the departments including marketing, community partnerships, web development, collection development, and youth services. Work is done both on-site and remotely as well as in libraries throughout the county. 

Behavioral Measurement Database Services

Behavioral Measurement Database Services is a business service whose primary focus is database production. They have recently marketed Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI), featuring material on unpublished information-gathering tools for clinicians. The newest member of the Pitt Partners Program, Behavioral Measurement Database Services is located in the Shadyside area of Pittsburgh. Students will be involved in database production, production of records and task analysis.  Work is generally performed off-site with a weekly tutorial in the office.

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh: www.clpgh.org

Free to the people since 1895, the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh serves the Pittsburgh area in Allegheny County with a distinguished history of leadership among the country’s great public libraries. Through its 19 neighborhood locations, including the Main Library and the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is the region’s most visited asset.  Students are assigned to the Help Desk in the Main Library on the Oakland Campus and serve as the first points of contact to assist the public in navigating the departments of the library as well as its resources. Partners employment opportunities are not available every term. Please contact the Partners Program office for updates.

Carnegie Mellon University Libraries: www.library.cmu.edu

Carnegie Mellon is an internationally recognized institution with a distinctive mix of educational and research programs in computer science, robotics, engineering, the sciences, business, public policy, social sciences, fine arts and the humanities. More than10,000 undergraduate and graduate students at the university receive an education that focuses on interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation. To help support these endeavors, the University Libraries employ graduate information assistants (IAs) in the Engineering and Science Library [science, engineering, technology], Hunt Library [arts, business, humanities, social sciences], and Mellon Institute Library [biology, chemistry]. In all, four reference units, the university archives, and an off-campus digitization lab employ graduate students. Reference IAs receive practical training and experience in public services in an academic library, answering questions and providing information using print and online reference tools, live chat, e-mail reference, and multimedia software and equipment as needed. Reference IAs are often assigned special projects in collection development and management or web development. Archives IAs gain training and practical experience in arranging, describing and preserving diverse collections including multimedia, and creating finding aids. Digital Library Initiatives IAs receive training and experience in metadata creation, standards and file format selection, web site deign and usability testing.

eiNetwork: www.einetwork.net

The eiNetwork is the Regional Asset that furthers the mission of libraries by striving to ensure equal opportunity for residents to access information electronically. It is a collaboration of the Allegheny County Library Association and the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and is located on the basement level of the Carnegie Library Main on the Pitt Campus.

Falk School Library: http://tc.education.pitt.edu/library/

The Falk School Library is located in the Falk Laboratory School on the upper Pitt Campus. The Falk Laboratory School is a K-8 progressive and experimental school that promotes progressive methods of teaching children that can be observed and studied by those who wish to pursue teaching as a vocation. Students assist the Head Librarian in a variety of tasks required to maintain an elementary school library.

Health Sciences Library System: www.hsls.pitt.edu

The Health Sciences Library System (HSLS) at the University of Pittsburgh comprises several libraries that support the educational, research, patient care and service activities of the schools of the health sciences (Medicine, Dental Medicine, Pharmacy, Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Nursing, Public Health), as well as the hospitals of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Falk Library, the flagship library of HSLS is located in the University’s Scaife Hall and employs students in the Reference Section.

K&L Gates: http://www.klgates.com/Home.aspx

In the 60 years since its creation, the Pittsburgh office of K&L Gates has developed into one of the largest law offices in Pennsylvania.  Approximately half of the lawyers practice in the litigation area, while a roughly equal number practice in the corporate field, including the related specialties. Approximately 100 lawyers devote a significant portion of their time to facilitating the structuring, financing and successful completion of acquisitions, divestitures and other transactions for clients ranging from emerging high-technology enterprises to Fortune 500 manufacturers.  Partner positions are available in the area of Archives/Records & Information Management.

ULS: www.library.pitt.edu

The University Library System (ULS) of the University of Pittsburgh offers a variety of opportunities within the 17 library units and locations serving the approximately 34,000 students who attend the University. Students may work in a reference department, a departmental library, the Archives Service Center, Digital Research Library, Preservation Department, Technical Services, or Special Collections. There are a variety of environments offered on the Oakland campus such as Hillman Library, the largest facility, or a specialized, subject-specific library such as Frick Fine Arts. The location for archives, preservation, digital research collection, and a few others is the Library Resources Building located approximately three miles from the Oakland campus.

Hillman Library, part of The University Library System (ULS) of the University of Pittsburgh, serves approximately 34,000 students and can accommodate 1,500 at any given time in their study centers.  Located on the Oakland campus, it contains 1.5 million volumes, over 200 devices for computing and employs students in many departments including Special Collections and Technology. The  Library Resource Facility, which houses the Archives Service Center, Digital Research Library and the Preservation Department, also employs students through the Partners Program and is located off-campus in the city’s Point Breeze neighborhood.  

UPMC Mercy Brady Library: www.pmhslibraries.org

Dedicated to meeting the information needs of UPMC Mercy, the Brady Library provides a wide range of services that support patient care, administration, education, research, and the community. Students have an opportunity to be involved in various projects and departments. The Library is located on the hospital grounds in the uptown section of Pittsburgh.