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Nebraska Library Commission
The Atrium
1200 N Street, Suite 120
Lincoln, NE 68508-2023

Phone: 402-471-2045
(Lincoln & outside Nebraska)
800-307-2665 (Nebraska only)
Fax: 402-471-2083

2012 Internship Grant Program

21st Century Librarian

2012 Posted date: Jan. 12, 2012
2012 Application Deadline: CLOSED as of 4:59 p.m., Central Time, Mar. 1, 2012. The next application cycle will open January 2013.
2012 Award Announced: Mar. 15, 2012
Award Amount: $500 - $1,000
Expected Number of Awards: 20 or more
Awarding Agency: Nebraska Library Commission
Eligible Applicants: Accredited Nebraska Public Libraries
Application Process: Online (link to the web page) 

Description

Each accredited Nebraska public library that receives a grant from the Nebraska Library Commission will hire one or more individuals (high school age and up) to serve as interns. The library will assign a supervisor/mentor who will design a program that will expose the intern to a wide variety of things that libraries do. The intern will work at the library while being introduced to the range of opportunities for library employment and education. The supervisor and the intern will report on their experiences.

So, what can your library do with the internship program? Share your enthusiasm for library education and the library profession. Expand your programming. Bring in fresh faces. Show interns what happens behind-the-scenes. Partner with other library types to show the variety of work settings.

The Nebraska Library Commission’s Cultivating Rural Librarians’ 21st Century Skills program offers support to accredited public libraries for student internships. Through a partnership with the Nebraska Library Association and funded through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program, the internship grants increase awareness about the library profession and the opportunities for employment in Nebraska libraries.

To learn about other libraries' experiences, view the recording of the January 12, 2011, NCompass Live session Internships: A Good Fit for Your Library?

If You Wish to Apply

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Contact

Kathryn Brockmeier, Grant Program Manager
By e-mail
By phone, 402-471-4002 or 800-307-2665 (Nebraska only)

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