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Hire iSchool Students

iSchool students and graduates are sought after for their superior knowledge and skills in the information field. iSchool students make excellent candidates for positions in:

  • UX design and research
  • Web development
  • Data science and analysis
  • IT consulting
  • Librarian and library sciences (public, academic, metadata librarian)
  • Taxonomy and information architecture

Sponsor a Capstone Project

All iSchool students are required to do a Capstone project prior to graduation. They work with organizations to apply their knowledge and skills acquired in academic courses to real-world projects assigned by a partnering organization.

Sponsoring a Capstone project is a great way for iAffiliates to accomplish organizational goals at the same time as actively engaging in student development. As close partners with the iSchool, our iAffiliates are able to sponsor as many projects as they want, giving them the opportunity to work with students in a wide variety of specializations.

  • Learn more about sponsoring a Capstone project.
  • Email iCapstone@uw.edu with questions about sponsoring a Capstone project

Partner on an Internship

Our corporate partners can commit to mentoring students for 200, 300 or 400 hours during an academic quarter. The assigned work should benefit the organization and provide an appropriate learning opportunity for the student.

Students are supervised by an information professional who has time to devote to outlining learning objectives, meeting weekly to discuss progress, and providing mid-quarter and final evaluations of the student’s performance. Students are looking for internships or positions in the following areas:

  • Project management
  • User interface design
  • Human-computer interaction
  • Information organization and knowledge management
  • Web and mobile app development
  • Systems analysis
  • Technology management
  • Taxonomy and cataloging
  • Information assurance
  • Information policy and ethics
  • Preservation administration
  • Information architecture

Directed Fieldwork

In this internship-for-credit program for MLIS students, organizations identify a supervisor committed to mentoring a student for 50 to 250 hours during an academic quarter. The assigned work is beneficial to the organization and involves skills and knowledge that the student has already begun to develop through coursework, but in which they do not yet have a high level of expertise.

Supervisors work with students to outline learning objectives and then meet weekly to discuss activities and progress. Supervisors agree to provide mid-quarter and final evaluations of the student’s performance.

Becoming a host site is easy. Just visit our Handshake jobs and internships database, create an account and post your opportunity to make it available to iSchool students.

Post Jobs and Internship Opportunities

Sharing job and internship opportunities with our students at the iSchool is easy. We use our online job board and internship database, Handshake, to make opportunities available to iSchool students.

Visit the Handshake site and create an account. Your account will be reviewed by the UW Career & Internship Center. Typically, accounts are reviewed in two business days due to the volume of requests. If you don’t receive approval or any communication in a few days, please email iCareers@uw.edu

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Heather Whiteman

Fulbright fellowship backs Heather Whiteman's work in Guatemala

Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Guatemala is one of the few countries in Latin America that have recently gained strong exposure to the use of information systems and people data processes. Information School Assistant Teaching Professor Heather Whiteman recently...
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IMLS awards $1.3 million to support iSchool-led research projects

Thursday, August 11, 2022
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) recently awarded a total of more than $1.3 million in funding for research projects led by faculty at the University of Washington Information School. The projects include efforts to help...
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Events

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1:00-3:00PM

Dissertation Defense - Mina Tari

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Aug 25
 
5:00-6:00PM

Ph.D. in Information Science Information Session 

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Sep 1
 
3:00-4:00PM

Informatics Program Overview

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Sep 12
 
6:00-7:00PM

MLIS Prospective Student Information Session

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