Managing Student Assistants
Subtitle: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians
Publisher: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc.
Published: November 22, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9781555705817
Subjects: Library, archive & information management; Library personnel management; Academic And Research Libraries; Library Personnel; Language Arts & Disciplines; Language; Personnel management; Academic libraries; Library & Information Science; Student library assistants
Description: Whether a volunteer, intern, work-study student or part-time employee, students can be a valuable part of the library's staff. With their benefits, however, come unique challenges. Kimberly Burke Sweetman, a frequent presenter of management workshops, shares practical guidance for making the most of students in your organization. --from publisher description.
Table of contents: title: The basics of managing student assistants; title: Preparing to recruit student assistants; title: Simplify the hiring process; title: Recruiting and responding to candidates; title: Interviewing and selecting candidates; title: Training and orienting new workers; title: Keeping performance high and turnover low