PAID Summer VIRTUAL Internship Opportunity with U of MN

Kat Nelson, LIT alumni and U of MN Librarian, let us know about an exciting internship opportunity.

Position Description

Applicants should email a resume and cover letter explaining their interest and qualifying experience to InternshipsMNT@umn.edu by June 1st, 2022.

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ARLD Day registration is open until May 2! Register for ARLD Day ARLD Day will be held via zoom on May 6, 2022, at 8:30am-3:15pm. We have an excellent line-up of sessions this year that you won’t want to miss! We are also very excited to announce our keynote speaker: Connecting the Dots Keynote speaker Derrick Jefferson American University Library, Washington, DC Connecting the Dots is a conversation led by Derrick Jefferson that explores and examines not just identity, but how multiple intersectional identities engage on both personal and professional fronts. How do these identities work in conjunction? Do they coexist? Work in parallel? Create tension? Or do they collide? How do we deal with these results? And how do they inform how we do our jobs? This presentation will explore issues of justice, equity, diversity, inclusion, and labor in librarianship by centering ourselves and our roles in the library.  Derrick Jefferson is a member of the library faculty at American University in Washington, D.C. His research is focused on justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion issues, specifically in higher education libraries, and mentoring new librarians to the profession. He was selected as an ALA Emerging Leader in 2015, is an alum of the Institute for Research Design in Librarianship at Loyola Marymount University and is currently enrolled in the Certificate in OER Librarianship at University of Minnesota. He is also an award-winning writer with prose appearing in Tahoma Literary Review, TriQuarterly, The Adroit Journal, and the anthology, Fat and Queer. Register for ARLD Day Full event details and registration information are available on the ARLD Day 2022 event listing. Post-Conference Day Social Hour ARLD will host virtual and regional in-person social hours after the conference day is finished. Please contact Kat Nelsen (kgerwig@umn.edu) if you are interested in coordinating an in-person social hour in your area! Special thanks to our sponsors for making this event possible!  Minnesota Library Association 1611 County Road B W, Ste. 315 Saint Paul, MN 55113 If you would like to unsubscribe: @@unsubscribe_url@@

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Job Posting: Summer Youth Program Assistants @ Hennepin County Library

Job Title: Summer Youth Program Assistant

Description 

Hennepin County Library (HCL) is seeking enthusiastic and creative Youth Program Assistants who are passionate about serving youth and families, to support the implementation of the library's summer learning services and programming: "Discover summer. Here." Hennepin County Library's goals for summer learning are that: Youth encounter new concepts, resources, ideas or ways of thinking. Youth maintain and develop their academic, social, or emotional skills. Youth establish or enhance meaningful connections with peers, library staff, and other adults. Youth find value in reading and learning. 

 Location and hours: 

These positions are grant-funded for the duration of mid-June 2022 through August 2022. Summer Youth Program Specialists work approximately 16 hours per week during daytime, evening, and weekend hours. Locations included are: 

• Franklin 
• Hosmer 
• Sumner 
• Webber Park 

For a list of all library locations click here.

In these positions, you will:  

• Support and deliver summer learning programs and activities for children, youth and families.
• Proactively maintain a welcoming and safe environment by managing youth behavior in the library and working with colleagues as necessary to address challenges.
• Collaborate with youth services staff to coordinate the work of youth employees and volunteers to support programming and service needs.
• Assist with library tours or large group visits for children, youth, and families.
• Collect program data such as attendance numbers and administer surveys.
• Become familiar with and promote library resources to children, youth, and families.

Need to have:

One of the following:

• Graduated from high school or high school equivalent and completed eighteen months or more of experience in youth-development, education or applicable experience working with children and youth.
• Education may be substituted for experience on a month for month (3 semester credits = 1 month) basis, preferably with credits in youth-development or education.
• One year or more of experience in youth-development, education or applicable experience working with children and youth, and completion of the Office Specialist Pathway Training program.
• Six months or more of experience in youth-development, education or applicable experience working with children and youth, and completion of the Healthcare Clerical Pathway Training program.  
• Availability to work variable hours, including daytimes, evenings and weekends.

Nice to have:   
Experience:

• Mentoring or leading youth.
• Collaboratively creating and supporting drop-in programming based on the needs and interests of youth.
• Creating a welcoming and safe environment.
• Working with cultural backgrounds different than your own in a work or volunteer setting.
• Interest in all forms of literacy and informal learning and its application in the field of youth work.
• Creativity and innovation in applying youth development practices in a community setting.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.
• Basic computer skills, including the ability to navigate online systems and email.

Ability to:

• Work with youth from a wide range of backgrounds and socio-economic statuses.
• Work as part of a team.
• Handle the demands of a constantly changing work environment and workload.

Candidates with fluency in another language in addition to English are encouraged to apply. 

For more information and to apply: 

https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/hennepin/jobs/3461122-0/summer-youth-program-assistant