Graduate Student Library Intern (Student Assistant)

Responsibilities

• Attend relevant training, including: orientations; training on literature searching, information needs assessment, Occupational Therapy as a profession, survey design, the IRB process, Qualtrics software, data cleaning and management in Excel (and possibly NVivo and SPSS), and writing conference abstracts.
• Conduct literature searching in bibliographic databases on the information and artificial intelligence needs of Occupational Therapists, annotate relevant literature, and synthesize research into a narrative literature review.
• Apply IRB principles by completing required compliance training and assisting with IRB documentation needed for human-subjects research.
• Develop and refine a revised Qualtrics survey by contributing to item design, instrument structure, and pilot testing based on feedback from the research team.
• Apply quantitative and qualitative data cleaning and management techniques.
• Generate a codebook for qualitative data and produce descriptive statistics, with an optional step of creating draft themes in NVivo and conducting more advanced quantitative analysis in SPSS.
• Contribute to drafting and evaluating materials for scholarly dissemination that effectively communicate the project’s findings.

Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Attention to detail and ability to follow through with task completion.
• Willingness to take constructive feedback and engage in collaborative work.
• Able to manage tasks independently while asking questions as needed.
• Active and in good standing in academic program.
• Basic familiarity with research processes or a demonstrated willingness to learn research methods.
• Able to effectively use standard productivity tools (e.g., Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Able to independently learn new software platforms such as Qualtrics and NVivo with guidance.
• Reliability, professionalism, and the ability to meet deadlines.

Preferred

• Interest in health sciences, evidence-based practice, library science, or related fields.
• Prior exposure to survey tools, qualitative methods, or data analysis.
• Experience with academic writing or contributing to scholarly projects.
• Comfort working in virtual meeting environments (Zoom/Teams).