professional experience

by Theresa Putkey Starting an internship can be intimidating. Starting a virtual internship may make you feel even more like a fish-out-of-water. Not only are you in a new situation, but you’re removed by geography. Doing a remote or virtual internship can expand your internship possibilities, but can also lead to other difficulties in communication, work assignments, and follow-up. After…

by Pat Oey From the time I began my SLIS coursework, I eagerly looked forward to taking LIBR 294, Professional Experience:  Internships.  As someone who is not already employed in a library setting, the appeal of the course is clear—getting hands-on experience that would not only inform future career decisions, but would also make those career possibilities open up because…

By Kimberly KoshiyamaWhen I first saw QuickSLIS mailer’s advertisement calling for a student in Library and Information Science at San Jose State University to work as an Intern at one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world, I immediately thought, is this possible?  Can the artsy/literature-focused library world be inter-meshed with the fast-paced, often cutthroat corporate, technology industry?  As…

by Giovanna ForsythAs current or aspiring librarians and archivists, we've all been to a really spectacular library. You know the one I'm talking about: with stairs leading to columns leading to a rotunda leading to a big oak desk, where you pass along all your vital information so that someone will go into a deep, dark cold vault and bring…