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Abstract
Library internships provide a cost-effective way for hospital librarians to expand the labor force and, at the same time, enhance their own personal and professional experiences in the workplace. A brief review of the literature on library internships is presented, along with the results of an informal survey conducted in early 2000 on a small convenience sample of hospital librarians. Most of the survey respondents reported experiences with unpaid library school students who received graduate credit for their internships. The author also describes the unique experiences of hospital librarians in the Milwaukee community in working with both paid and unpaid library interns.