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Project to Recruit the Next Generation of Librarians: The First Year

Year: 2006

Type: article

Abstract: Five Northern Indiana regional academic libraries participate in an Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) supported project awarded under the funding initiative “pre-professional program of the 21st Century Librarians.” The 3 year project, which began 1 November, 2004 to recruit diverse and younger people to the profession will allow 42 college-bound diverse high school graduates to be hired as library summer student assistants. The project’s strategies are cost-effective \nand measurable.

Source: Purdue University Indianapolis (Indiana University)

Authors: Laura Bayard, Linda Fisher

Language: English

Topic: Library Science and Administration

Subfield: Library and Information Sciences

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green

Funder: Institute of Museum and Library Services

OpenAlex ID: W2992471432

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Cites: 7

Cited by: 3

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