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This title should be useful to students who are considering an internship experience and anyone who wishes to implement an internship program. Booklist The practical information here will be useful for any library school or public library...Recommended for library schools and large public libraries. Library Journal Featuring 20 contributions from former interns and supervisors, this volume describes a broad spectrum of experiences in public library internship. In the first section, the inner workings of five successful programs are revealed. Subsequent chapters discuss internship in both traditional (reference department, children's services, etc.) and non-traditional (i.e., a tribal library) settings. The final chapters focus on internship as a recruitment tool. Mediavilla managed an internship program for the Metropolitan Cooperative Library System in the Los Angeles area from 2001 to 2003. Reference and Research Book News

This title should be useful to students who are considering an internship experience and anyone who wishes to implement an internship program. Booklist 20070301 The practical information here will be useful for any library school or public library...Recommended for library schools and large public libraries. Library Journal 20070415 Featuring 20 contributions from former interns and supervisors, this volume describes a broad spectrum of experiences in public library internship. In the first section, the inner workings of five successful programs are revealed. Subsequent chapters discuss internship in both traditional (reference department, children's services, etc.) and non-traditional (i.e., a tribal library) settings. The final chapters focus on internship as a recruitment tool. Mediavilla managed an internship program for the Metropolitan Cooperative Library System in the Los Angeles area from 2001 to 2003. Reference and Research Book News 20061101

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Cindy Mediavilla is library programs consultant for the California State Library and lecturer for the UCLA Department of Information Studies. She is also the author of Arthurian Fiction: An Annotated Bibliography (Scarecrow Press, 1999).

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