Description
Book SynopsisTeen library internships are becoming increasingly common in both school and public libraries.
Librarians seeking guidance on how to launch or grow their teen internships will find help in this practical handbook. They will discover:
- Rationales and helpful advice for providing support and funding for meaningful internship opportunities.
- Shining examples that can be emulated and adapted in other library settings that comprise the book’s central focus.
- Testimonials by interns, librarians and library staff, and other adults who have worked with employed teens that will enhance points, give insights, and generate enthusiasm.
- Step-by-step plans for creating tailor-made teen library internship handbooks that can be used by teen interns, library staff, and others who are taking part in training, evaluating, and teamwork during internships in each unique setting.
- Advice on how to gain feedback and assess outcomes to make internships more relevant and valuable.
- Ways and means to adapt internship experiences during times of pandemics or other emergencies.
- A path to promoting innovative youth participation that will help teens to meaningfully develop knowledge and skills for their futures while encouraging them to become dedicated library users and supporters into adulthood.
By providing this new way of encouraging youth participation, libraries can help teens to meaningfully develop knowledge and skills for their futures while encouraging them to become dedicated library users and supporters into adulthood.
Trade ReviewTuccillo’s Teen Library Internship Handbook inverts conventional views of YA volunteer contributions for libraries into a wide range of highly valuable program offerings for YAs. It excavates new opportunities in which YAs become familiar with direct public service and builds social capital with young people in a rapidly changing world of work.
-- Anthony Bernier, Associate Professor, San Jose State University
Table of ContentsList of Figures
List of Appendixes
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Teaching Teens about Real-World Job Skills through Internships
Chapter 2: Why Have Teen Library Internship Opportunities?
Chapter 3: Developing Teen Library Internships
Chapter 4: A Close Look at Public Library Teen Library Internships
Chapter 5: Unique Internship Experiences at Schools, Universities, Public and Special Libraries, and through Partnerships
Chapter 6: The Importance of Feedback, Evaluations, and a Positive Internship Conclusion Process
Chapter 7: Dealing with Teen Library Internships When the Library Must Be Closed
Appendix A Rancho Cucamonga Public Library Summer Teen Volunteer Internship Application
Appendix B Sonoma County Library Application: PLA Inclusive Internship Initiative Program
Appendix C Teen Library Intern Feedback Form
Appendix D Teen Library Intern Timesheet and Task Record
Appendix E West Custer County Library Teen Summer Internship Job Description
Selected Bibliography and Webliography
Index
About the Author
