{"id":28,"date":"2021-06-03T18:41:33","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T18:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/openpress.digital.conncoll.edu\/internship\/chapter\/supervision-and-mentorship\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T17:23:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T17:23:43","slug":"supervision-and-mentorship","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/openpress.digital.conncoll.edu\/internship\/chapter\/supervision-and-mentorship\/","title":{"rendered":"Supervision and Mentorship"},"content":{"raw":"
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Interns and supervisors meet weekly with additional check-ins as needed. The Shain Library staff is committed to fostering a work environment where interns are respected and feel free to ask questions and make suggestions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Intern Viewpoint<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n

\"What I\u2019ve found particularly enriching thus far is the appreciation that the people I\u2019m working with have for my contributions, and how they listen to me when I make a point or have something to discuss!\" - Delia McCarthy, intern spring 2021<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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Intern Viewpoint<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n

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\"Before I began my internship, I told my internship supervisor that I\u2019d love the opportunity to experience as much as I could of the academic library environment. As someone who\u2019s only prior experience was working in a public library, I was excited to try to learn a little bit of everything! Everyone I worked with was absolutely amazing at letting me try something new, whenever the opportunity arose. I was able to dabble in archival work, book conservation, LibGuide making, cataloguing, and more. I\u2019m so grateful that I was given the chance to explore during my time at Shain.\" - Hana Tanabe, intern fall 2022<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n

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Intern Viewpoint<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n

\r\n\r\n\"My internship supervisor brilliantly helped me to learn more about the library by including me in faculty and staff workshop sessions. I was pulled into the exciting prospect of how academic librarians work with faculty to provide students with foundational knowledge and research support. It feels incredibly impactful to have been given a seat at the table as an emerging LIS professional in conversations about research, writing, teaching, and learning.\" - Elizabeth Rannenberg, intern summer 2023\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n

Although the internship is primarily supported by the Research Support team, interns are given the opportunity to work in Special Collections & Archives and to speak with librarians who work in other areas of the library such as Access Services or Collections Management.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The intern is encouraged to browse job sites and take time during shifts to apply to positions. Librarians will edit resumes and help draft cover letters.<\/p>\r\nThe intern participates in a mock interview in the final week of the internship in order to prepare for upcoming job searches.\r\n

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Mock Interview Questions<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n

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  • What interests you in working in this library?<\/li>\r\n \t
  • Describe a time when you had to complete a project on a team. What were the challenges to success and how did you overcome them?<\/li>\r\n \t
  • What is your experience with social media? As a librarian providing service to our community, how might you use social media in your work?<\/li>\r\n \t
  • How has working on digitization projects shaped your views around providing access to and preserving library collections?<\/li>\r\n \t
  • Can you talk about ethical and\/or privacy issues with digital preservation? What factors would you take into consideration when deciding to make something accessible?<\/li>\r\n \t
  • Share an experience where you applied a best practice in digital preservation. How did that help the project?<\/li>\r\n \t
  • Specific technology skills are not necessary for this position, but a willingness to learn new tools such as Adobe or WordPress will be required for some projects. Please describe a new technology tool you have learned recently and what was the experience like for you?<\/li>\r\n \t
  • Please share with us what diversity, equity, and inclusion mean to you and why they\u2019re important.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"
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    Interns and supervisors meet weekly with additional check-ins as needed. The Shain Library staff is committed to fostering a work environment where interns are respected and feel free to ask questions and make suggestions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Intern Viewpoint<\/p>\n<\/header>\n

    “What I\u2019ve found particularly enriching thus far is the appreciation that the people I\u2019m working with have for my contributions, and how they listen to me when I make a point or have something to discuss!” – Delia McCarthy, intern spring 2021<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    Intern Viewpoint<\/p>\n<\/header>\n

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    “Before I began my internship, I told my internship supervisor that I\u2019d love the opportunity to experience as much as I could of the academic library environment. As someone who\u2019s only prior experience was working in a public library, I was excited to try to learn a little bit of everything! Everyone I worked with was absolutely amazing at letting me try something new, whenever the opportunity arose. I was able to dabble in archival work, book conservation, LibGuide making, cataloguing, and more. I\u2019m so grateful that I was given the chance to explore during my time at Shain.” – Hana Tanabe, intern fall 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    Intern Viewpoint<\/p>\n<\/header>\n

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    “My internship supervisor brilliantly helped me to learn more about the library by including me in faculty and staff workshop sessions. I was pulled into the exciting prospect of how academic librarians work with faculty to provide students with foundational knowledge and research support. It feels incredibly impactful to have been given a seat at the table as an emerging LIS professional in conversations about research, writing, teaching, and learning.” – Elizabeth Rannenberg, intern summer 2023<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

    Although the internship is primarily supported by the Research Support team, interns are given the opportunity to work in Special Collections & Archives and to speak with librarians who work in other areas of the library such as Access Services or Collections Management.<\/span><\/p>\n

    The intern is encouraged to browse job sites and take time during shifts to apply to positions. Librarians will edit resumes and help draft cover letters.<\/p>\n

    The intern participates in a mock interview in the final week of the internship in order to prepare for upcoming job searches.<\/p>\n

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    Mock Interview Questions<\/p>\n<\/header>\n

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    • What interests you in working in this library?<\/li>\n
    • Describe a time when you had to complete a project on a team. What were the challenges to success and how did you overcome them?<\/li>\n
    • What is your experience with social media? As a librarian providing service to our community, how might you use social media in your work?<\/li>\n
    • How has working on digitization projects shaped your views around providing access to and preserving library collections?<\/li>\n
    • Can you talk about ethical and\/or privacy issues with digital preservation? What factors would you take into consideration when deciding to make something accessible?<\/li>\n
    • Share an experience where you applied a best practice in digital preservation. How did that help the project?<\/li>\n
    • Specific technology skills are not necessary for this position, but a willingness to learn new tools such as Adobe or WordPress will be required for some projects. Please describe a new technology tool you have learned recently and what was the experience like for you?<\/li>\n
    • Please share with us what diversity, equity, and inclusion mean to you and why they\u2019re important.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"menu_order":3,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-28","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":3,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openpress.digital.conncoll.edu\/internship\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openpress.digital.conncoll.edu\/internship\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openpress.digital.conncoll.edu\/internship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openpress.digital.conncoll.edu\/internship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/openpress.digital.conncoll.edu\/internship\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126,"href":"https:\/\/openpress.digital.conncoll.edu\/internship\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/28\/revisions\/126"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/openpress.digital.conncoll.edu\/internship\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/openpress.digital.conncoll.edu\/internship\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/28\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openpress.digital.conncoll.edu\/internship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openpress.digital.conncoll.edu\/internship\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=28"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openpress.digital.conncoll.edu\/internship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=28"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openpress.digital.conncoll.edu\/internship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}