Baylor Libraries Summer Internship Programs
Make a Difference during Summer 2025 by serving as an intern with the Baylor Libraries!
Are you a graduate or undergraduate student in English, museum studies, marketing, public relations, journalism, political science, history, religion, education, art, Russian, film & digital media, Slavic and East European Studies, or a related field, or do you have a strong interdisciplinary background? Think about a summer internship with the Baylor University Libraries working on unique projects with the Moody-Jones librarians or in one of the special collections. Improve your skills and your future marketability!
Graduate student summer interns receive up to $5,100 ($17 per hour) working up to 29 hours per week for a total of 300 hours while undergraduate students receive up to $3,600 ($12 per hour) for the 300 hours. Due to the number of hours involved, interns may not be enrolled in courses at Baylor during the internship unless the internship is for credit. McNair Scholars are not eligible for internships during the summer (June-August) in which they do their major research.
The following internship opportunities are available for Summer 2025 and are open to current or admitted Baylor graduate or undergraduate students only. May 2025 Baylor graduates are not eligible unless they have been admitted to graduate school at Baylor:
- Dowdy Family Endowed Internship (W. R. Poage Library)
- Dowdy Family Endowed Internship (The Texas Collection)
- D. M. Edwards Endowed Internship (Joint: The Texas Collection and Institute for Oral History)
- C. Clifton Robinson Armstrong Browning Library Internship (Joint: Armstrong Browning Library and Digitization and Digital Collection Preservation Services)
- C. Clifton Robinson Armstrong Browning Library Internship (Armstrong Browning Library)
- Nancy Newman Logan Endowed Internship (Keston Center for Religion, Politics, and Society)
- Gerald and Kathy Dunlap Endowed Internship (Book Arts and Letterpress Lab)
- Sue Margaret Hughes Endowed Internship (Marketing and Communications)
- D.M. Edwards Endowed Internship (Institute for Oral History)
- Gerald and Kathy Dunlap Endowed Internship (Experiential Learning)
Please note that your application is made to the internship program as a whole. You may preference one or more of the opportunities listed above in your application, but during the deliberation process, your unique education and skill set will be considered for all positions.
To apply, provide the following items:
- A statement not exceeding 500 words explaining how an internship fits the applicant's educational program and career goals and lists any other summer obligations;
- Current resume; and
- *A letter of recommendation from a major professor.
The application deadline is April 7, 2025. Applications should be e-mailed to Janell Wellbaum at Janell_Wellbaum@baylor.edu or mailed to this address:
Summer Internship Program
Baylor University Libraries
One Bear Place #97148
Waco, Texas 76798-7148
*If the internship is to meet curriculum requirements, the letter of recommendation must be from the head of the program in which the applicant is enrolled. The letter should clearly state the program's internship obligations, including the number of hours required to successfully complete the internship.