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Statutory Function Intern, National Library

CompanyPublic Service Division
LocationSingapore
Work ModeOn Site
PostedFebruary 2, 2026
Internship Information
Core Responsibilities
The intern will participate in selecting contributed heritage materials and expanding the National Library's collection. Additional tasks include researching, writing, designing publicity materials, and quality checking web archives.
Internship Type
full time
Company Size
4163
Visa Sponsorship
No
Language
English
Working Hours
40 hours
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About The Company
The Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech) is the lead agency driving Singapore's Smart Nation initiative and public sector digital transformation. We harness the power of technology to make lives better for citizens, businesses, international audiences and the public service sector. Our mission: Engineering Digital Government, Making Lives Better. Our goal is to create a government that is "Digital to the Core, and Serves with Heart". We achieve this by using technology to create services that are easy, seamless and secure for people to use, and placing the needs of citizens and businesses at the centre of everything we do. As a digital government, our public officers are also able to continually upskill, adapt to new challenges and work more effectively across agencies as well as with citizens and businesses in Singapore.
About the Role

[What the role is]

The National Library Board (NLB) nurtures Readers for Life, Learning Communities and a Knowledgeable Nation by promoting reading, learning and history through our network of 28 libraries across Singapore, the National Library and the National Archives of Singapore.

At NLB, you can look forward to a flexible, hybrid work environment with rewarding, impactful deliverables that improve the lives of the community. With caring colleagues, you will be in an ideal environment for professional development, innovation and impact.
We can offer you:
• A chance to Impact the Community, bridge gaps and empower everyone with the opportunity for learning and discovery.
• An opportunity to Innovate and Push Boundaries. We value ideas, curiosity and a passion for innovation to transform our libraries and archives.
An organisation that Cares for your Growth and Wellbeing through investment in staff development and wellbeing in a supportive and collaborative environment.

You will participate in the selection of the contributed heritage materials and expand the collection of the National Library Singapore as an Statutory Function Intern under National Library.

[What you will be working on]

  • Participate in the selection of the contributed heritage materials and add them into the collection of the National Library Singapore.
  • Research and write for heritage materials in the collection/and given topics.
  • Design publicity materials for outreach programmes.
  • Create a short 1-min video on how to preserve social media accounts.
  • Quality check web archives files and provide proper filenames to them.
  • Counter duties in the library, including weekends.
  • Any other ad-hoc projects/works associated with Statutory Function’s areas of works such as Web Archiving, Legal Deposit and others.

[What we are looking for]

  • Open to students from all disciplines; students with a background in Arts & Social Sciences/Humanities & Social Sciences are particularly encouraged to apply.

Duration: 3-4 months

Key Skills
ResearchWritingPublicity DesignVideo CreationQuality CheckingCustomer ServiceWeb ArchivingLegal Deposit
Categories
EducationGovernment & Public SectorCreative & MediaSocial Services