Cavan McCarthy, Ph.D., Visiting Professor
School of Library and Information Science
The University of Iowa

REPORT
PRACTICUM IN LIBRARIES
AND INFORMATION CENTERS

Using your journal observations and reflections,
write a 4-6 page summary report on your practicum experience.
This should be a thoughtful essay,
rather than merely a listing of the activities in which you engaged.

The first part of your report should be a
description and critique of your library or organizational unit.
Summarize its role and services,
noting its organizational structure
and relationship to the parent organization.
Describe any recent or anticipated changes in structure or services.

The remainder of the report should be a reflection
on your practicum experience.
You may refer to specific activities or projects,
but the emphasis should not be on what you did
but on what you learned.
What insights did you gain?
How were your objectives and expectations met in the experience?
Have your career goals become sharper?
Have they changed?

Please submit your journal with the practicum report.
The report will be kept permanently in the practicum file.

Report contents should be professional in nature;
any possible confidential or controversial content should be
communicated privately to the professor,
either verbally or in a private letter.
 

Updated:  2001 Jan. 4   Conditions of use
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