LaTrisha Blunt and Sarah Pham are working and learning at
UK Libraries this summer as part of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
Career Enhancement Program (CEP).
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| LaTrisha Blunt |
LaTrisha is studying for her MLIS at the University of Southern
Mississipi while working full time in the public library system of Baton Rouge,
Louisiana. Her supervisor at UK is Cindy
Cline, Special Formats cataloguer, and her mentor is Senior Associate Dean
Mary Beth Thomson.
Sarah recently completed her MLIS at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her supervisors at UK are Megan
Mummey and Sarah Dorpinghaus,
Special Collections Research Center, and her mentor is Jen Bartlett, head of Reference Services in William T. Young
Library.
LaTrisha and Sarah began their internships June 15, and their last
day at UK Libraries will be July 31. On July 27, all UK Libraries faculty,
staff, and students are invited to a presentation by and reception for the ARL
CEP Fellows, 10 to 11:30 a.m. in B108C Young Library.
Judy Sackett is the ARL CEP
coordinator for UK Libraries.
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| Sarah Pham |
The Career Enhancement Program, one of five diversity
recruitment
programs of the
Association of Research Libraries, offers master of library and information
students from traditionally underrepresented racial and ethnic minority groups
the opportunity to gain practical internship experience in an ARL member
library. Funding for the program is
provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and ARL member libraries,
with the goal of creating a diverse research library workforce. LaTrisha and Sarah bring to 12 the number of
CEP interns hosted by UK Libraries.
More information about
the ARL CEP and the 2015 fellows is on
the ARL website.
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