Archival Internships: A Guide for Faculty, Supervisors and Students

摘要

This guide to archival internships by Jeannette Bastian and Donna Webber, from Simmons College, New York, is a most valuable addition to the literature for archival students, academics and professionals alike. Internships, or as they are also called, practical placements, field experience, or practicums, are recognised as an essential component of archival education in the UK as well as in the USA. Experiential learning enables students who study a professional discipline in an academic setting to transfer theoretical and conceptual understanding into the workplace. All UK education programmes in archives and records management have a component of practical placement, although the arrangements for the practical experience vary widely.