Document Type
Other
Publication Date
11-30-2017
Abstract
The Swarthmore College Libraries Internship began in 2003 as a multi-institutional Andrew W. Mellon Foundation $1.5 million grant to address diversity in the library profession and recruitment at the undergraduate level. Due to the original success of the program, Swarthmore College Libraries have continued to sponsor the internship with student employment funds since 2010. As the Internship approaches its fifteenth anniversary we examine our original goals: to address the shortage of professional librarians due to retirement; to recruit talented undergraduates early in the hiring pipeline and to broaden the racial and ethnic composition of the library profession so that it can better serve increasingly diverse populations.
Recommended Citation
Pamela Harris and S. Powell.
(2017).
"Assessing The Impact Of The Swarthmore College Libraries Internship: White Paper".
DOI: 10.24968/2476-2458.libr.83
https://works.swarthmore.edu/sta-libraries/83