Project to Recruit the Next Generation of Librarians

The library profession seeks new recruits, especially people who reflect the communities they serve. Toward that end, five area academic libraries have designed a program to attract diverse high school students to the challenging and rewarding profession of academic librarianship. Funding from a three-year $194,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services will enable local academic libraries to offer, every summer, 14 college-bound seniors an opportunity to work for eight weeks at one of five participating libraries.  The Project to Recruit advances the Summer Program which served as a diversity initiative for 3 years.

Participating  Libraries		Contact
• University Libraries of Notre Dame		Laura Bayard
• Notre Dame’s Kresge Law Library		Dwight King
• McKenna Library at Holy Cross College		Mary Ellen Hegedus
• Franklin D. Schurz Library at Indiana University South Bend		Linda Fleshman Fisher
• Christopher Center for Library and Information Resources at Valparaiso University		Richard AmRhein

Class 2007: ND, IUSB, Valpo, Photo Album

CLASS 2006: ND, IUSB, Valpo, Photo Album

CLASS 2005 : ND, IUSB, Valpo , Photo Album

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Diversity Committee Laura Bayard, Chair 208 Hesburgh Library University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, Indiana 46556	Telephone: (574) 631-8570 Email: Bayard.1@nd.edu