Could your library use a student intern?

The Nebraska Library Commission is offering grants to libraries for student internships, with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Librarians for the 21st Century initiative. These internship grants are intended to introduce promising high school and college students to the varied and exciting work of Nebraska libraries, by providing a $1,000 stipend for each student to finance approximately one-hundred hours spent working with library staff on a variety of projects and activities. Eligible organizations can apply for internship funding in connection with their grant applications in the Youth Grants for Excellence and/or Library Improvement Grants (formerly LSTA Grants) grant cycles. Applications for internship projects can also be submitted independent of other Nebraska Library Commission grant funding. Eligible entities include: • Accredited Nebraska public libraries • Eligible institutional libraries • Other library organizations in partnership with an eligible entity for purposes of submitting a grant application for a collaborative internship project. To apply for internship funding, see the Announcement on the Library Commission Website. Please comment below with your ideas for setting up internship opportunities in your library that will encourage young people to choose a library service career. Thanks, Mary Jo Ryan