University of Arizona
School of Information Resources and Library Science
 
Student Intern Appraisal Form
 
 
Student:                                                John Stanton
Internship Site:                                      Grossmont College Library
Internship Site Supervisor:                     Patty Morrison
Faculty Advisor:                                   Cheryl Malone
Semester:                                             Fall 2004
Units:                                                    3
 
 
December 3, 2004
Appraisal for Student Intern, John Stanton
 
We accepted John as a library school intern knowing that we intended to offer a rich learning experience; but little did we realize what an asset he would become!
 
John was given projects in cataloging, collection development, and creating pathfinders.  He worked on them with great enthusiasm, and accomplished them efficiently and effectively.  His work not only contributed to his learning curve, but was quite helpful for our library.
 
But where John really excelled was in his reference work.  I thought that an intern might be ready to tackle reference work alone on the desk after about a month, working 10 hours a week.  In fact, John was able after little more than a week!  This was a boon to us, because we were quite short on reference desk help.  He literally “saved” us, and probably did more for us than we did for him.
 
John is thorough in answering questions, is great with electronic resources, and is quite approachable and helpful.  I hope he stays with reference, because he would be an excellent reference librarian.  John is a quick-study, and it has been easy to get him up-to-speed on the print items.
 
In summary, John is the ideal intern: intelligent, energetic, interested, reliable, and good with students.
 
He has my highest evaluation.
 
Patricia L. Morrison
Librarian
Grossmont College Library