![]() If they hadn’t just hired someone, I would be begging them to find a job for me so I didn’t have to leave. My site coordinator, the director of the archives, and the people I’ve worked with at the reference desk have made it so hard to leave. I honestly think what I like best about my practicum is my coworkers. Three students from the Spring 2022 practicum course share their experiences with us.ĭuring my time at the Champaign County (IL) Historical Archives as a practicum student, I’ve mainly focused on four tasks – remote reference work with the Homer Historical Society, a project adding newspaper articles to our family file collection (and creating a few new family files), creating trivia questions for our Instagram and blog, and assisting with a mass digitization project for the local newspaper. Along the way, they gain skills and make connections to enhance their career journey. Students are placed in a variety of library and information agency settings where they apply what they’ve learned in courses to a work environment. ![]()
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