Roles at the Internet Public Library

This semester we are running the Internet Public Library, a fully-featured digital library which has online collections, teaching functions, reference services, and community outreach efforts. We'll form working teams as in any information organization, and take on roles in running this digital library. Here are some of the available roles, and note that you can and probably will take on more than one role during our semester-long learning experience:

IPL Collections Team

The IPL Collections Team will work on projects in managing and updating the IPL's collections, and building new resources.

Collections Team Leader
Collections Researcher
Collections Builder
Collections Web Designer
Collections Archivist
Collections Graphics Designer

IPL Reference Team

The IPL Reference Team will work on projects in managing and running the IPL's online reference service, answering questions and performing reference administration.

Reference Team Leader
Reference Administrator
Reference Librarian
Reference Archivist

IPL Education Team

The IPL Education Team will work on teaching and training projects such as creating training documents and teaching videos and presenting workshops for IPL teachers, students, and users.

Education Team Leader
Education Researcher
Education Curriculum Builder
Education Web Designer
Education Graphics Designer

IPL Community Outreach Team

The IPL Community Outreach Team will work on publicity features such as press releases, outreach efforts to new communities of users, and sustainability/funding efforts.

Community Outreach Team Leader
Community Outreach Researcher
Community Outreach Writer/Publicist
Community Outreach Web Designer
Community Outreach Graphics Designer

If you have special skills not reflected in this list that you'd like to suggest as a new role (for example, systems designer/programmer), discuss this with me. As an information organization, we support creative and innovative thinking, so please feel free to share your ideas and suggest roles that are 'outside the box' of what has been listed here.