The CLR/NLM Health Sciences Library Management Intern Program: first year.
The first year of the Health Sciences Library Management Intern Program, funded by the National Library of Medicine and administered by the Council on Library Resources, has recently been completed. This paper discusses the origins of the internship, the selection of the successful applicants, and the motivation of the interns and host directors. The basic components of the intership year are described, and its effects on the host libraries and interns are considered. The immediate future of the internship is outlined, and other methods for training health sciences library administrators are briefly discussed.
D007993:Libraries, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration; D007995:Library Administration / Q000193:education*; D009317:National Library of Medicine (U.S.); D014146:Training Support; D014481:United States