Library of Congress Seeks Applicants for the 2025 Junior Fellows Program
The Library of Congress is seeking applicants for its next Junior Fellows Program, a summer internship held from May 19 through July 25, 2025. This 10-week, full-time paid internship is open to undergraduate and graduate students and recent graduates interested in learning and conducting research using the resources of the largest library in the world. Remote and onsite project opportunities are available.The deadline to apply is Monday, Nov. 18, 2024.
The 2025 Junior Fellows Program will host approximately 40 Junior Fellows working on 35 projects across the Library of Congress. Junior Fellows will work with Library mentors on a diverse slate of projects that enhance access and engagement with the collections.
Junior Fellows Program projects provide rewarding opportunities to engage with the Library’s resources, interpret collections and share products that position the Library of Congress as a dynamic center for fostering innovation, sparking creativity, and building lifelong connections.
Junior Fellows are immersed in projects that increase access to Library collections and promote awareness of the Library's resources to Congress and people in communities across America. Participants gain skills related to a broad spectrum of library work, including reference, access, public programming, copyright, preservation, and information technology.
Potential applicants should visit the website for full onsite and remote project descriptions and a list of required skills and knowledge for each project. Questions about the program or projects may be sent to juniorfellows@loc.gov.
The Junior Fellows Program, a signature initiative of the Library of Congress since 1991, is made possible by a gift from the late James Madison Council member Nancy Glanville Jewell through the Glanville Family Foundation and the Knowledge Navigators Trust Fund and by a grant from the Mellon Foundation. For a fifth year, the program is supported in part by a grant from the Mellon Foundation through the Library’s Of the People: Widening the Path initiative, which provides new opportunities for more Americans to engage with the Library and add their perspectives to the Library’s collections.
The Library of Congress is an equal-opportunity employer. Women, minorities and persons with disabilities who meet eligibility requirements are strongly encouraged to apply.
About Of the People: Widening the Path
Launched in January 2021, Of the People: Widening the Path is a multiyear initiative to connect the Library more deeply with Black, Indigenous, Hispanic or Latino, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and other communities of color. Supported through a gift from the Mellon Foundation, it provides new opportunities for more Americans to engage with the Library and add their perspectives to the Library’s collections. This work will expand the Library’s efforts to ensure that a diversity of experiences is reflected in our historical record and inform how we use those materials to understand our past.
About the Library
The Library of Congress is the world’s largest library, offering access to the creative record of the United States — and extensive materials from around the world — both on-site and online. It is the main research arm of the U.S. Congress and the home of the U.S. Copyright Office. Explore collections, reference services and other programs and plan a visit at loc.gov, access the official site for U.S. federal legislative information at congress.gov and register creative works of authorship at copyright.gov.
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Public Contact: Junior Fellows Program, juniorfellows@loc.gov
PR 24-092
10-28-2024
ISSN 0731-3527