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Ambitious Student Seeks Valuable Internship: Will You Mentor Me?, Cara B. Stone, Anne Marie Gruber
Ambitious Student Seeks Valuable Internship: Will You Mentor Me?, Cara B. Stone, Anne Marie Gruber
LOEX Conference Proceedings 2011
How does a random email become a graduate student internship and what can be learned from the mentoring experience? What started as email correspondence from an MLS student seeking librarian mentors in her home state turned into meeting in person, and eventually an internship at University of Dubuque's Charles C. Myers Library. Spring 2011 is the first time library staff have had the opportunity to welcome a MLS graduate student intern. The internship primarily focuses on information literacy, involving the student in a thriving, curriculum-integrated program that consists of over 500 class sessions per year, delivered by five librarians. Staff …
Back To School: The Challenges And Rewards Of A Research Library's Instruction Program For A Charter High School In Chicago, Rebecca Starkey
Back To School: The Challenges And Rewards Of A Research Library's Instruction Program For A Charter High School In Chicago, Rebecca Starkey
LOEX Conference Proceedings 2011
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Problem-Solving Skills For Librarians, Cindy Batman, Lesley Tsuchiya, Megan Treseder
Problem-Solving Skills For Librarians, Cindy Batman, Lesley Tsuchiya, Megan Treseder
LOEX Conference Proceedings 2011
Every time a librarian conducts a reference interview, does research for a patron, teaches a workshop or bibliographic instruction session, that librarian is modeling good problem solving skills. When the same librarian is faced with the challenge of a micromanager, a coworker who is a trouble maker, or team workers who are not working, immobility sets in. These problems seem insurmountable. The same discipline and strong learning skills that propelled the librarian through graduate school, the good written and oral presentation abilities, and the critical thinking demonstrated every time librarians answer a question, are still there. Librarians are just little …