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ACRL Internship Program

The Association of College and Research Libraries announces the selection of six interns to participate in the first year of its program for administrators of predominantly black college and university libraries. The three-year program, funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, is intended to accelerate the development of the management ability of librarians in black colleges and universities by providing them with experience in the administration of strong and progressive academic libraries.

Bernice L. Bell, acting assistant director of libraries and acquisitions librarian at Jackson (Mississippi) State University, and James R. Jarrell, assistant acquisitions librarian at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, will intern with Herbert F. Johnson, at Oberlin College. Jessie Cottman Smith, director of library services at the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore (in Princess Anne), is assigned to David C. Weber, at Stanford University. Alma Z. McPherson, librarian at Utica (Mississippi) Junior College, will serve her internship with Richard A. Olsen, at Rhode Island College. John S. Page, Jr., senior media specialist at Federal City College, and Ida C. Adams, assistant director of university libraries at Florida A & M University, will intern with Richard M. Dougherty, at the University of California, Berkeley.

During the period of the internship, the participants will receive salaries, benefits, and approved expenses from the Mellon Foundation grant. The host institutions will provide the training experience. Several workshops for the participants are also planned.

ACRL is now accepting applications, both from prospective interns and from prospective host institutions, for the second year of the internship program. Ten internships, ranging from three to nine months, will be funded for the 1975/76 academic year.

Deadline for submission of applications from interns and host institutions is December 1, 1974. For application forms and further information, contact the project director, Casper L. Jordan, Associate Professor, School of Library Service, Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA 30314.