LIBR 294-01,-02,-03 (Regular Session)
LIBR 294-10,-11,-12 (Special Session)
Professional Experience: Internships
Summer 2008 Greensheet
Dr. William Fisher
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Students registered for this course will be enrolled on Blackboard by the instructor and notified before classes begin
Course Description
The Internship is a field-based learning experience that takes place in a public, academic, special library or other information-based organization. It allows the student to obtain work experience while pursuing stated learning outcomes. It is designed to provide the student the opportunity to test theories and to practice skills learned in the student’s program.
The Internship course is 2, 3 or 4 units, each unit equivalent to 45 hours of work.
See the Library Internship page for detailed requirements, responsibilities, and forms.
Course Prerequisites
A student must have completed courses LIBR 200, LIBR 202, LIBR 204, and three (3) advanced courses (excluding LIBR 298), and be in good academic standing (3.0 GPA or above and no outstanding incompletes) to participate in the Internship.
Student Learning Outcomes
- The student will have an opportunity to analyze and discuss how the principles and practices of management, organizational culture and professional-related concerns are applied in a specific library or information-based organization.
- The student will have an opportunity to test theories of library and information science and practice skills learned in the program at a specific library or information-based organization.
- Each student will also identify a set of learning outcomes specific to his/her internship site. This should be done in cooperation with the internship site supervisor.
SLIS Competencies:
If the student is planning to use the internship in whole or in part to meet one or more of the competencies needed to complete the program, he/she should prepare a learning outcome that addresses the area covered by a given competency. This does not mean that the statement of competency can be used for a learning outcome. An original learning outcome must be developed that will help the student fulfill a given competency through meeting the learning outcome during the internship.
Textbooks
There is no required or recommended text, however, the internship site may require you to read either internal or external material or attend some kind of orientation session specific to that site.
Course Requirements
Blackboard
The student is required to enroll in Blackboard and participate in the online discussion of the internship.
Deliverable Products
The student is required to submit the following document throughout the term in which the internship takes place:
- Internship Log: The student will maintain an on-going record of his/her activities for the internship. Further information regarding the internship log will be available on the Blackboard site.
The student is required to submit the following documents upon completion of the internship:
- Internship Report: Based upon the learning outcomes identified for the internship, the student will prepare a report discussing how those outcomes were (or were not) accomplished.
- Site Evaluation Form: This allows the student to provide feedback on their site’s effectiveness in hosting SLIS internship students, and recommend the continuance or discontinuance of that site.
- Additional Requirements: The student may be required to submit supplemental materials such as written reports, bibliographies or reading lists, portfolios or samples of professional work to demonstrate achievement of their learning outcomes.
Tentative Course Calendar
The Internship must be completed within the semester the student has registered for LIBR 294; dates for submission of the required Internship documents will be posted on Blackboard. With prior approval, a student may begin the Internship a few weeks prior to the beginning of the semester.
Grading
This is a Credit/No Credit course. Incompletes are considered on a case-by-case basis, and are given for family or work emergency situations.
Academic Integrity
Your own commitment to learning, as evidenced by your enrollment at San José State University, and the University's Academic Integrity Policy requires you to be honest in all your academic course work. Faculty members are required to report all infractions to the Office of Student Conduct and Ethical Development. The policy on academic integrity can be found at http://sa.sjsu.edu/student_conduct.
Reasonable Accommodation of Disabilities
If you need course adaptations or accommodations because of a disability,
please e-mail me as soon as possible. Presidential Directive 97-03 requires
that students with disabilities register with the Disability Resource Center
(DRC) to establish record of their disability.
No matter where students reside, they should contact the SJSU DRC to register. The DRC Web site: http://www.drc.sjsu.edu/
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