User experience (UX) internships generate ideas for usability projects, improve the design of existing and new services, investigate users' motivations and behavior, and build transferable skills for interns. This case study proposes a micro-internship model, grounded in the design cycle, that institutions can adapt to address their libraries and…

This report summarizes the activities of the last 18 months (July 1987 to December 1988) of a 2-year Intern-Scholar Program at the University of Missouri-Columbus, which was designed to develop a program that would provide opportunities for the development of leadership potential within an extended post-graduate internship. It is noted that…

A six-week university library intern program sponsored by the Job Training Partnership Act investigated the impact of 12 economically disadvantaged high school students working at Grambling State University (Louisiana). Interns succeeded, learned skills later described on their resumes and job application letters, and gained self-esteem and job…

This description of the experiences of a graduate student intern in reference services who served as instructor for freshman English classes at the University of Kentucky includes suggestions for teaching techniques and relationships with students and comments on the effects of this experience on his professional growth. (RAA)