title: Library residencies and internships as indicators of success: evidence from three programs.
abstract: This paper discusses post-master's degree internships in three very different organizations; the University of Illinois at Chicago, the National Library of Medicine, and the Library of Congress. It discusses the internships using several questions. Do the programs serve as a recruitment strategy? Do the programs develop key competencies needed by the participant or organization? Do the programs develop leaders and managers? Is acceptance into a program an indicator of future career success? A survey was mailed to 520 persons who had completed internships in one of the three programs. There was a 49.8% response rate. Responses to fifty-four questions were tabulated and analyzed for each program and for the total group. The results confirm the value of internships to the career of participants.
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois (Rockford) College of Medicine 61107, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lanier
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Henderson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002322:Career Mobility; D003625:Data Collection; D004219:District of Columbia; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007087:Illinois; D007397:Internship, Nonmedical; D007857:Leadership; D007990:Libraries; D007998:Library Science / Q000193:education*; D008297:Male; D008913:Minority Groups; D009317:National Library of Medicine (U.S.); D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D010560:Personnel Selection; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D014495:Universities