Internship Engagement Toolkit

This is free online toolkit for engaging library interns!

Multnomah County Library (serving Portland, Oregon and parts of the greater metropolitan area) is thrilled to announce the launch of several new – FREE! - comprehensive tools and resources for libraries seeking to engage interns.

Developed and hosted by Multnomah County Library (thanks to the generous support of the State of Oregon’s Library Services & Technology Act Program), these free online resources were crafted to help your library design, build, and implement a library internship program that will meet the needs of your library as well as help you find – and effectively engage – qualified interns for a myriad of potential projects and roles.

Free online tools and resources include:

• ·         A comprehensive downloadable and/or printable toolkit;
• ·         Several online training tutorials for interns;
• ·         A training curriculum and slideshow for preparing staff to partner with library interns; and
• ·         Links to additional library internship resources to explore.

To download, save, or simply just check out these resources, please visit our website at http://libraryinterns.blogspot.com/.  Please also help us spread the word by sharing this email and/or our website with your peers and colleagues in the field.

Here’s to the successful engagement of interns at your library!