Mentoring LIS Students During Their Internships: Case Study
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TOIVONEN, Leena, PITKÄKOSKI, Sari and HYNNINEN, Pirjo (2017) Mentoring LIS Students During Their Internships: Case Study. Paper presented at: IFLA WLIC 2017 – Wrocław, Poland – Libraries. Solidarity. Society. in Session 117 - School Libraries, Education and Training and Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning.
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Mentoring LIS Students During Their Internships: Case Study
This paper explores ways for lifelong learning organization and library to form partnership, promoting the education of LIS (library and information studies) students and improving stu-dents’ competence in LIS through an active learning period at work. This paper outlines roles for the librarian mentors of LIS students internships of vocational education. We emphasize the co-operation of both lifelong learning organizations and libraries, and describe the roles and tasks of the course coordinator and the library mentor. The role of the education manager and Librarian's role as mentor are important. The paper also reports about the evaluation done by the students during their studies.| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) | ||||||||||||
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| Conference details: | IFLA WLIC 2017 – Wrocław, Poland – Libraries. Solidarity. Society.Session 117 - Bridging the Gap from School to Library: Best practices for Planning, Participation, and Assessment of Internships, Practicums, and Mentorships in LIS Education - School Libraries, Education and Training and Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning |
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| Divisions: | Division 1 Library Types > School Libraries and Resource Centres Section Division 4 Support of the Profession > Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section Division 4 Support of the Profession > Education and Training Section |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Library, Mentoring, Internship, LIS education | ||||||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 20 Jun 2017 13:53 | ||||||||||||
| Last Modified: | 14 Aug 2017 08:59 | ||||||||||||
| URI: | https://library.ifla.org/id/eprint/1645 |
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