Short-term staff, long-term benefits : making the most of interns, volunteers, student workers, and temporary staff in libraries

Bird, Nora J., (editor.). Crumpton, Michael A., (editor.).

Summary: "This book offers a novel, more efficient, and mutually beneficial approach to attracting, training, and working with short-term staff in ways that benefit all involved: the organization, the short-term staff, and library personnel in general"--

Record details

ISBN: 9781440841767
ISBN: 1440841764
ISBN: 9781440841774
Physical Description: print
ix, 143 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Publisher: Santa Barbara, California : Libraries Unlimited, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2018]
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction to short-term experiences / Nora J. Bird and Michael A. Crumpton -- General considerations: individual and organizational learning / Nora Bird -- Working with faculty and sponsors for academic credit / Nora J. Bird -- Working with grant funding and project-based staff / David Gwynn -- Residencies / Michael Crumpton -- Virtual internship / Mark Coltrain -- Academic libraries: learning is central to the mission / Nora Bird and Michael Crumpton -- Public libraries: managing volunteers and interns / Katrina Vernon -- Special collections and archives: thinking outside of the box for innovative staffing / Keith Gorman and Kathelene McCarty Smith -- Final considerations / Nora Bird and Michael Crumpton.