The Value of Using Interns in the Academic Library

Graduate programs in library and information science programs provide strong theoretical foundations in information systems, library organization, library history, management, collection management to support user needs, reference, information literacy instruction, and specialized information resources. While practical course projects create approximations of professional librarianship, the best hands-on learning experiences include work-based learning through internship placements in actual libraries. Internships immerse students in valuable hands-on practical work in real-workd settings. Internships also learn from the interns' perspectives on library processes and challenges, while also providing library professionals with enriching opportunities to mentor library students and convey knowledge to future generations of professionals.

Using Interlibrary Loan Data as a Section Tool: ILL Trails Provide Collection Clues

This article describes analyzing Interlibrary Loan data to help inform collection management decision and offers guidance for formulating policies for discerning borrowed titles indicative of gaps in the library from special-interest pursuits beyond the scope of the university curriculum.

Acquisitions: The Next Generation

This article reviews a broad range of trends and concerns regarding the recruitment, training, and retention of acquisitions librarians. The survey of trends benefits library educators and students, members of search commillees seeking to fill acquisitions vacancies, and working acquisitions librarians.

May 1994: Statewide Library Network Urged; WPA and Libraries in S.C.; Library Directors' Forum

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September 2000: Dacus Enjoys Banner Year, Information Literacy, Lifelong Learning

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February 2000: Advisory Board; Archives and Special Collections

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April 2008: PASCAL Delivers...and How!

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November 2007: A New Approach to Information Literacy

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April 2002: Counting the Cost: Human and Financial Resources

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February 2002: Futures, Part III, Cooperative Ventures and Services

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November 2001: Scryers, Crystal Balls, and the Future

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February 2003: Of Eunuchs, Formalized Curiosity and Libraries

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October 2002: Curses and a Blessing

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August 1999: Financial Black Holes and Other Challenges

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November 2009: Government Documents and the Arts

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