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\"Hilary<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s no better way to get hands-on experience in your field while earning a master\u2019s in Information Sciences than by completing a practicum. Practicums are multi-beneficial in providing you with relevant work experience, an opportunity to give a specific job a test run, and you receive three hours of academic credit upon completion. You\u2019ll get first-hand direction from shadowing professionals, and it will expand your professional network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We know many of our students are Distance Education, but you can do a practicum no matter where you live! We will work with you to find a suitable location in your area. Virtual practicums are also possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes a practicum can turn into something more\u2013as was the experience for SIS alum Hilary Jasmine, whose practicum led to a full-time job. She spent two semesters as a practicum student in the special collections of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. She engaged in a variety of tasks, including disaster policy, reference requests, collections processing, digitizing dissertations and working on exhibits. It broadened her skills and gave her perspective on what the day-to-day job would be like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI genuinely believe the practicum was the most important coursework of the entire program for me,\u201d Jasmine said. \u201cI may be biased, since it led to employment, but I really think at least one semester of practicum should be a requirement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said the SIS online degree program fit her schedule and life, but the practicum provided a deeper understanding of her workplace goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI really enjoyed the practical knowledge that comes with being in the library, rather than on my laptop at home,\u201d she said. \u201cThere\u2019s something about sitting with a person who has the skills you want that makes all the theory and the concepts nailed down in a realized way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u202fJasmine said she worked with her supervisor to meet goals, and enjoyed the variety of projects she handled. She was also able to utilize information she\u2019d learned in class in a practical setting \u2013 which made some things \u201cclick\u201d for her, as in the following anecdote she gave:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was a part-time circulation staff member at a community library during my program and I didn\u2019t have any deep understanding of the various tools academic librarians use. In one SIS course, people went on and on about the \u201cIR\u201d and I did my best to just sound like I knew what everyone was talking about. It was the beginnings of my imposter syndrome, and I think it\u2019s something every librarian goes through. Anyway, I found out through practicum what an institutional repository (IR!) is and having the experience of working through it alongside a person with deep content knowledge was critical to my understanding. That\u2019s one small example of the usefulness I found in practicum: I learn by doing, and I ‘do’ best in person.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u202fHer practicum became a full-time job for her when a position opened up at UTHSC for a Research and Learning Services Librarian on a team of RLS librarians that she had come to know through the practicum work. She was able to start working right after she graduated with her MSIS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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