Short-term staff, long-term benefits : making the most of interns, volunteers, student workers, and temporary staff in libraries / Nora J. Bird and Michael A. Crumpton, editors.
Definition and purpose of short-term staffing / Nora Bird and Michael Crumpton -- General considerations: individual and organizational learning / Nora Bird -- Working with faculty and sponsors for academic credit / Nora J. Bird -- Grant and project staff / J. David Gwynn -- Resident librarians / Michael Crumpton -- Virtual internship / Mark Coltrain -- Academic libraries / Nora Bird and Michael Crumpton -- Public libraries / Katrina Vernon -- Special collections and archives / Keith Gorman and Kathelene McCarty Smith -- Final considerations / Nora Bird and Michael Crumpton.
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"-- Provided by publisher.
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