Academics:   Master of Library and Information Science

List of Host Sites

Following is a list of some of the host sites that MLIS students may work with on their Directed Fieldworks.  This is not an all-inclusive list; please check with the MLIS Academic Advisor to inquire about any host sites not listed.  Students should also review the Student Checklist and submit the appropriate DFW Forms (initial application materials).  Once this is complete, the MLIS Academic Advisor may provide you with specific contact information for host sites.

If your company/organization would like to be added to this list, please email mardup@uw.edu. 

CLICK HERE FOR A PDF LISTING OF THE BELOW COMPANIES/ ORGANIZATIONS. 

The PDF list includes descriptions of the host sites, including quarters in which they can host DFW students and the type of fieldwork projects available.

Current MLIS students may also view the LIS 590 SharePoint site to see comments on previous host sites made by other students:  https://portal.ischool.washington.edu/sites/dfw/.

Company/Organization and Location

Washington

• Archdiocese of Seattle (Seattle, WA)
• Ascentium (Bellevue, WA) 
• Asotin County Library (Clarkston, WA)
• Avvo (legal advice service) (Seattle, WA)
• Bastyr University Library (Seattle, WA)
• Bellingham Public Schools, Bellingham High School (Bellingham, WA)
• Boeing Library and Learning Center Services (Seattle, WA)
• The Bush School (private K-12) (Seattle, WA)
• Centralia College (Centralia, WA)
• City University of Seattle (Bellevue, WA)
• Corbis (images)(Seattle, WA)
• Cornish College of the Arts Library (Seattle, WA)
• Cross Cultural Health Care Program (Seattle, WA)
• Densho Project (nonprofit)  (Seattle, WA)
• Digital Learning Commons (Seattle, WA)
• Edmonds School Dist, Maplewood K-8 School (Edmonds, WA)
• Edmonds School Dist, Mountlake Terrace High School  (Mountlake Terrace, WA)
• Edmonds Community College Library (Lynnwood, WA)
• Eton School (private school) (Bellevue, WA)
• Everett Public Library (Everett, WA)
• Everett Public Library - Northwest Room (Everett, WA)
• The Evergreen School (private school) (Shoreline, WA)
• The Evergreen State College, Daniel J. Evans Library (Olympia, WA)
• Federal Way Public Schools, Decatur High School (Federal Way, WA)
• Ferndale School Dist, Skyline School, Ferndale  (Ferndale, WA)
• First Place School (Seattle, WA)
• Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Arnold Library (Seattle, WA)
• Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Collaboration for AIDS Vaccine Discovery (CAVD) (Seattle, WA)
• Getty Images (digital images)
• Gonzaga Law Library (Spokane, WA)
• Green River Community College - Holman Library (Auburn, WA)
• Harborview Medical Center Library, Health Sciences Library (Seattle, WA) 
• Healia / Meredith Corp. (Bellevue, WA) 
• Highline Community College (Des Moines, WA)
• Kentwood High School (Covington, WA)
• King Co Law Library (Seattle, WA)
• King Co Library System, ABC Express (mobile library service) (Issaquah, WA)
• King Co Library System, Bellevue Regional Library (Bellevue, WA)
• King Co Library System, Burien Library (Burien, WA)
• King Co Library System, Des Moines Library (Des Moines, WA)
• King Co Library System, Early Literacy Unit (Issaquah, WA)
• King Co Library System, Federal Way Regional Library (Federal Way, WA)
• King Co Library System, Foster Library (Tukwila, WA)
• King Co Library System, Maple Valley Branch (Maple Valley, WA)
• King Co Library System, North Bend/Fall City/Snoqualmie (North Bend, WA)
• King Co Library System, Redmond Regional Library (Redmond, WA)
• King Co Library System, Shoreline (Shoreline, WA)
• King Co Library System, Skyway Library (Seattle, WA)
• King Co Library System, Youth Service Center Library (Seattle, WA)
• Kitsap Co Historical Society Museum (Bremerton, WA)
• LMN Architects (Seattle, WA) 
• Maple Valley Presbyterian Church (Maple Valley, WA)
• Microsoft Media Content Management & Distribution Group (Redmond, WA)
• Monroe School District (Monroe, WA)
• Monroe School Dist, Monroe High School (Monroe, WA)
• Museum of History and Industry (Seattle, WA)
• National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Northwest Region (Seattle, WA)
• National Park Service, Pacific West Regional Library (Seattle, WA)
• NOAA Seattle Regional Library (Seattle, WA)
• Nordic Heritage Museum, Walter Johnson Memorial Library (Seattle, WA)
• North Seattle Community College Library (Seattle, WA) 
• Northshore School Dist, Westhill Elementary (Northshore, WA)
• Pacific Lutheran University (Tacoma, WA) 
• PayScale, Inc. (Seattle, WA)
• Pierce County Library System (Tacoma, WA)
• Renton Public Library (Renton, WA)
• San Juan Island Library District (Friday Harbor, WA)
• San Juan Islands School Dist, Friday Harbor Elementary School Library (Friday Harbor, WA)
• San Juan Islands School Dist, Friday Harbor High School (Friday Harbor, WA)
• San Juan Islands School Dist, Friday Harbor Middle School (Friday Harbor, WA)
• Seattle Art Museum (Seattle, WA)
• Seattle Art Museum, McCaw Foundation Library (Seattle, WA)
• Seattle Municipal Archives (Seattle, WA)
• Seattle Pacific University Library (Seattle, WA)
• Seattle Public Libraries, Art-Recreation-Literature Department (Seattle, WA)
• Seattle Public Libraries, Ballard Branch (Seattle, WA)
• Seattle Public Libraries, Beacon Hill Branch (Seattle, WA)
• Seattle Public Libraries, Capitol Hill Branch (Seattle, WA)
• Seattle Public Libraries, Center for The Book (Seattle, WA)
• Seattle Public Libraries, Children's Center and Literacy, ESL, World Languages Dept (Seattle, WA)
• Seattle Public Libraries, Douglass-Truth Branch (Seattle, WA)
• Seattle Public Libraries, History-Travel-Maps Department (Seattle, WA)
• Seattle Public Libraries, Hugh and Jane Ferguson Seattle Room (Seattle, WA)
• Seattle Public Libraries, Lake City Branch (Seattle, WA)
• Seattle Public Libraries, Mobile Services (Seattle, WA)
• Seattle Public Libraries, Montlake Branch (Seattle, WA)
• Seattle Public Libraries, North East and Northgate Branches (Seattle, WA)
• Seattle Public Libraries, Southwest Library Branch (Seattle, WA)
• Seattle Public Libraries, University Branch (Seattle, WA)
• Seattle Public Schools, Eckstein Middle School Library (Seattle, WA)
• Seattle Public Schools, Garfield High School  (Seattle, WA)
• Seattle Public Schools, Ingraham High School (Seattle, WA)
• Seattle Public Schools, John Stanford International School(elementary) (Seattle, WA)
• Seattle Public Schools, Meany Middle School (Seattle, WA)
• Seattle Public Schools, West Woodland Elementary (Seattle, WA)
• Seattle Public Schools, Whitman Middle School (Seattle, WA)
• Seattle Symphony Orchestra Library (Seattle, WA)
• The Seattle Times, New Media Department (Seattle, WA)
• Seattle University, Lemieux Library (Seattle, WA)
• Seattle University, School of Law Library (Seattle, WA)
• Sequim School Dist, Sequim Middle School (Sequim, WA) 
• Sno-Isle Libraries, Marysville Branch (Marysville, WA)
• Sno-Isle Libraries, Mountlake Terrace Library (Mtlk Terrace, WA)
• Sno-Isle Libraries, Oak Harbor Branch (Oak Harbor, WA)
• South Seattle Community College Library (Seattle, WA)
• Spokane County Library District (Spokane, WA)
• Spokane County Library District, IT Department (Spokane Valley, WA)
• Spokane County Library Dist, Spokane Valley Branch (Spokane Valley, WA)
• Tacoma Public Library (Tacoma, WA)
• Tacoma Public Schools, Blix Elementary (Tacoma, WA)
• Tacoma Public Schools, Downing Elementary (Tacoma, WA)
• Timberland Regional Library (Olympia, WA)
• University Prep Academy (Seattle, WA)
• University of Puget Sound, Collins Memorial Library (Tacoma, WA)
• UW Bothell and Cascadia Community College Campus Library (Bothell, WA)
• UW Department of Medicine (Seattle, WA)
• UW Ethnomusicology Archives (Seattle, WA)
• UW Gallagher Law Library (Seattle, WA)
• UW Libraries (Seattle, WA)
• UW Libraries, Built Environments Library (formerly Architechture & Urban Planning Library) (Seattle, WA)
• UW Libraries, Suzzallo and Allen Libraries (Seattle, WA)
• UW Libraries, Digital Initiatives Unit (Seattle, WA)
• UW Libraries, Elisabeth C. Miller Library (Seattle, WA)
• UW Libraries, Government Publications (Seattle, WA)
• UW Libraries, The Human Rights Film Directory (Seattle, WA)
• UW Libraries, Map Collection and Catographic Information Services (Seattle, WA)
• UW Libraries, Media Center (Seattle, WA)
• UW Libraries, Monographic Services (Seattle, WA)
• UW Libraries, Odegaard Undergraduate Library (Seattle, WA)
• UW Libraries, Pacific NW Regional Medical Library (Health Sciences Libraries)(Seattle, WA) 
• UW Libraries, Reference Division (Seattle, WA)
• UW Libraries, Special Collections (Seattle, WA)
• UW Libraries, UW-Bothell and Cascadia Comm College Library (Bothell, WA) 
• UW School of Art Image Library (Seattle, WA)
• UW Tacoma Library (Tacoma, WA)
• Vulcan, Inc. (investment & project mgmt) (Seattle, WA) 
• Walla Walla Public Library (Walla Walla, WA)
• Washington Research Foundation (Seattle, WA)
• Washington State University (Pullman, WA)
• Washington Talking Book and Braille Library (Seattle, WA)
• Webjunction (online computer library center) (Seattle, WA)
• Wenatchee Valley College North Library (Wenatchee, WA)
• Washington Idaho Network of Libraries (WIN) (Gonzaga University)(Spokane, WA)
• Yeti Arts (game design), Seattle, WA 

Oregon

• Ankrom Moisan Associated Architects (Portland, OR)
• Beaverton City Library (Beaverton, OR)
• Bend Public Library (Bend, OR) 
• Central Oregon Community College, Ronald L. Barber Library
• City of Portland Archives (Portland, OR)
• Corvallis-Benton County Library (Corvallis, OR)
• Deschutes Public Library, Children's Services (Bend, OR) 
• Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center Library (Corvallis, OR)
• Independence Public Library (Independence, OR)
• Lewis & Clark College, Boley Law Library (Portland, OR) 
• Linn Benton Community College Library (Albany, OR)
• Multnomah Co Library (Portland, OR)
• Multnomah Co Library School Corps (Portland, OR)
• Museum of Contemporary Craft (Portland, OR) 
• Oregon College of Art and Craft, Library  (Portland, OR)
• Oregon Health and Sciences (OHSU), Library (Portland, OR)
• Oregon Historical lSociety (Portland, OR)
• Oregon Institute of Technology - Portland Campus (Portland, OR)
• Oregon State University, Guin Library, Hatfield Marine Science Center (Newport, OR)
• Pacific Northwest College of Art (Portland, OR)
• Portland Community College Library (Portland, OR)
• Portland State University Library (Portland, OR)
• Rogue Community College (Grants Pass, OR)
• Tualatin Public Library (Tualatin, OR)
• University of Oregon (Eugene, OR)

• Ziba Design

   (Portland, OR)

Other US States

• Arizona - Pima County Public Library (Tucson, AZ)
• California - Berkeley School of Law Library (Berkeley, CA)
• California - Callison Architecture (Los Angeles, CA; also Seattle, WA; New York City, NY)
• California - Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center (Santa Rosa, CA)
• California - Columbia College Library (Sonora, CA)
• California - History San Jose (nonprofit) (San Jose, CA) 
• California - Museum of Performance and Design (San Francisco, CA)
• California - County of Los Angeles Public Library, West Hollywood Library (Los Angeles, CA)
• Colorado - Boulder Public Library (Boulder, CO)
• Colorado - University of Colorado Libraries (Boulder, CO)
• District of Columbia - Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division (Washington, DC)
• District of Columbia - Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of the American Indian (Washington, DC)
• District of Columbia - US Government Printing Office (Washington, DC)
• District of Columbia - US Navy Library (Washington, DC)
• Florida - Miami Tribal Library and Archives (Miami, FL)
• Hawaii - Hawaii State Library System, Ewa Beach Library (Oahu, HI)
• Illinois - Newberry Library (Chicago, IL)
• Maine - Maine Historical Society, Brown Library (Portland, ME)
• Massachusetts - Ex Libris (Newton, MA)
• Montana - Bozeman Public Library (Bozeman, MT)
• Montana - Bozeman School Dist, Bozeman High School (Bozeman, MT)
• Montana - Kalispell Regional Medical Center (Kalispell, MT)
• Montana - Missoula County Detention Facility (Missoula, MT)
• Montana - Ophir School Library (Gallatin Gateway, MT)
• Montana - Parmly Billings Library (Billings, MT)
• Monana - University of, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library (Missoula, MT)
• New York - The Julliard School, Lila Acheson Wallace Library (New York, NY)
• New York- St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, Fr. George Florovsky Collection (Yonkers, NY)
• Ohio - Webjunction (online computer library center) (Dublin, OH)
• Pennsylvania - Internet Public Library (The iSchool at Drexel)(Philadelphia, PA) 
• South Dakota - Siouxland Libraries (Sioux Falls, SD)
• Utah - Salt Lake School Dist, West High School (Salt Lake City, UT)
• Utah - Toeele School Dist, Stansbury High School (Toeele, UT)
• Utah - University of Utah, Marriott Library (Salt Lake City, UT)
• Virginia - Arlington Central Library (Arlington, VA)
• West Virginia - Greenbrier County Public Library (Lewisburg, WV)
• Wyoming - Laramie County Library System (Cheyenne, WY)

International

• There are some international host sites available, including Italy, London, Switzerland, France, Prague, and Cambodia.  Students are also welcome to set up their own abroad experience in their country of choice.  If setting up a DFW abroad, you are encouraged to do so at least 6 months in advance of when you would start the DFW.  Please contact the MLIS Academic Advisor for more specific details. 
• In addition, in August - September 2010 the iSchool is hosting two study abroad programs (Exploration Seminars), one in the Netherlands and the other in South Korea.