Name: Top Secret or Real Genius?: Developing a Meaningful Internship for LIS Grad Students at Your Out-of-the-Way Library
Start: 2019-03-07T15:00:00-0500
End: 2019-03-07T16:00:00-0500

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Top Secret or Real Genius?: Developing a Meaningful Internship for LIS Grad Students at Your Out-of-the-Way Library

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How can a library that is geographically distant from LIS programs create opportunities for graduate students to gain valuable experience? Have you coordinated an internship at your institution? At this session, attendees will learn about developing such a program and brainstorm ideas about how to make it more beneficial and ethical.

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Brian Flota

Librarian, James Madison University

I am the library liaison to the English, Foreign Languages, and Theatre and Dance departments. I am currently teaching an Honors course called "Comic Books, Analysis, and Digital Scholarship." I donated nearly 10,000 comic books to my library's Special Collections in 2015-6. I have... Read More →