My internship: Internet Public Library

Apr 5th, 2009
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picture-10I am super, super excited to share that I will be interning with the Internet Public Library through the upcoming summer semester! I am looking forward to contributing to the teaching and learning mission of the IPL by assisting the Researcher in Distance Education with a few of her (many!) exciting projects. I will be working in the IPL Learning Community, assisting with reviewing and posting student answers to the IPL Answer Board and adding information to the reference wiki. I also plan to help out with building upon the Web Technology collection for IPL reference.

I am very thankful for this opportunity and look forward to starting soon. The IPL has an interesting history and is supported by students and administrators from all over the United States. Participating schools include, but are not limited to, Florida State University, Drexel University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Syracuse University, Rutgers, University of Washington, University of Pittsburgh and the University of Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Want to know more about the IPL? Check out their about page.

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  • Apryl

    How was your internship experience? I have been offered one for this semester (fall 2009) and would be interested to hear about your experience. Thanks!

  • http://lindyjb.wordpress.com lindyjb

    Hi Apryl! It was a great experience – I really enjoyed it. I helped develop a web 2.0 collection which will be added sometime in the near future. I also served as a Reference Administrator, answered questions and helped put together a ‘best answers’ board (based on old bounced questions) in the IPL learning community wiki. Students can check it out to see examples of good answers to IPL questions.

    Which internship did you get with the IPL? Is it with Digital Reference Service or Collection Development? If you’re interested in learning more, the IPL has a page with information about what each intern did for 2009. I’ll send you an email with more information and feel free to contact me if you have detailed questions. Congratulations on your internship!