{"id":464,"date":"2013-08-09T02:23:14","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T02:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cocis.simmons.edu\/sites\/blog\/2013\/08\/09\/teen_services_internship_darien_library_darien_ct\/"},"modified":"2013-08-09T02:23:14","modified_gmt":"2013-08-09T02:23:14","slug":"teen_services_internship_darien_library_darien_ct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cocis.simmons.edu\/sites\/blog\/2013\/08\/09\/teen_services_internship_darien_library_darien_ct\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen Services Internship, Darien Library, Darien CT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Teen Services Internship:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>?<\/p>\n<p>The innovative Darien Library (CT) &#8211; one of the busiest and most highly ranked public libraries of its size in the country &#8211; seeks a creative, self-motivated library school student to become a member of the Teen Services team for a six-month internship. The start date is flexible.<\/p>\n<p>?<\/p>\n<p>This Internship is designed to give the library school student experience and exposure to all aspects of teen services including collection development, reader&#8217;s advisory, technology, gaming, outreach, programming, and budgeting. While working closely with a mentor in the department, the Intern will learn about the inner workings of our busy and innovative teen department and have the opportunity to develop new projects and programs.<i><\/i><\/p>\n<p>?<\/p>\n<p>The successful candidate will have a willingness to learn, a strong interest in working with teens, and a passion for public service. The accepted candidate will receive a wealth of experience from working in this dynamic environment.<\/p>\n<p>?<\/p>\n<p>Qualifications:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enrollment in an ALA-accredited library sciences or information sciences graduate program.<\/li>\n<li>Superior interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate clearly and with sensitivity when responding to patrons&#8217; information needs.?????<\/li>\n<li>Proficiency using basic office computer applications such as Microsoft Word and Excel, and working knowledge of information literacy principles.???<\/li>\n<li>Initiative, flexibility, ability to work in a collaborative team-based environment, and the ability to be self-motivated and work independently.??<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<pre>?<\/pre>\n<p>The Internship is for one day a week starting in September and goes until the end of March. Darien Library will provide meals and Metro-North train passes for the duration of the Internship as well as mentoring with full-time librarians.<\/p>\n<p><i>?<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Apply by sending cover letter and resume to Erica Gauquier, Teen Services Librarian, egauquier@darienlibrary.org.?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teen Services Internship: ? The innovative Darien Library (CT) &#8211; one of the busiest and most highly ranked public libraries of its size in the country &#8211; seeks a creative, self-motivated library school student to become a member of the Teen Services team for a six-month internship. The start date is flexible. ? This Internship &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cocis.simmons.edu\/sites\/blog\/2013\/08\/09\/teen_services_internship_darien_library_darien_ct\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Teen Services Internship, Darien Library, Darien CT&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocis.simmons.edu\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocis.simmons.edu\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocis.simmons.edu\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocis.simmons.edu\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocis.simmons.edu\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cocis.simmons.edu\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocis.simmons.edu\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocis.simmons.edu\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocis.simmons.edu\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}