{"id":4011,"date":"2021-05-10T12:13:14","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T19:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/library\/?page_id=4011"},"modified":"2026-02-09T10:40:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T18:40:14","slug":"lit-internships-information-for-employers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/library\/lit-internships-information-for-employers\/","title":{"rendered":"LIT Internships: Information for Employers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/library\/lit-internships-information-for-employers\/#2\">Definition<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/library\/lit-internships-information-for-employers\/#3\">Posting An Internship Job<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/library\/lit-internships-information-for-employers\/#4\">Setting Up An Internship<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/library\/lit-internships-information-for-employers\/#11\">Employer Duties<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/library\/lit-internships-information-for-employers\/#1\">Additional Information <\/a>| <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/library\/lit-internships-information-for-employers\/#8\">Contact Us<\/a> | \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/library\/library-and-information-technology-program\/lit-internships\/#3\">Available LIT Internships<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Information on this page applies ONLY to the Palomar College LIT Program (library studies). <\/em><span style=\"color: #993366\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000\">Contact <a href=\"mailto:jjarvinen@palomar.edu\">Jason Jarvinen<\/a> in the Cooperative Education Office or<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"mailto:mtillman@palomar.edu\"> Michelle Tillman<\/a> in the Career Center for information about finding or posting a non-library internship.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><a name=\"2\"><\/a>Definition<\/h4>\n<p>At Palomar College, internships are referred to as \u201ccooperative education\u201d or \u201ccooperative work experience education.\u201d This program allows our students to experience theory put into practice while developing competencies through supervised on-the-job training related to their<br \/>occupational or educational objective. Visit our website for more information about Palomar&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/library\/library-and-information-technology-program\/\">Library &amp; Information Technology Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><a name=\"3\"><\/a>Posting An Internship Job<\/h4>\n<p>At Palomar&#8217;s discretion, we list discipline-appropriate internship opportunities for our students on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/library\/library-and-information-technology-program\/\">our website<\/a>. If you would like us to include your site, send the following information to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/library\/lit-internships-information-for-employers\/#8\">LIT Internship Coordinator<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>exact name of your site (school, institution, business, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>address<\/li>\n<li>primary Contact information (name, phone, email, or any other contact). This should be the person whom the student must contact for information about and to set up the internship<\/li>\n<li>brief description of what the intern will do<\/li>\n<li>specify if the position will be a paid or non-paid (volunteer) internship; If it is paid, you may also include the pay rate but are not required to list it here<\/li>\n<li>any other pertinent information.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a name=\"4\"><\/a>Setting Up An Internship<\/h4>\n<p>Students interested in interning at your site will contact you, and you would then make arrangements directly with them,<br \/>including interviewing, hiring, and fulfilling any requirements your site has for paid or unpaid workers (such as filling out<br \/>an application, getting a background check, etc.).<\/p>\n<p>Please note that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/library\/library-and-information-technology-program\/lit-internships\/#15\">students must work a minimum required number of hours<\/a> for their internship during the semester enrolled in order to receive college credit. The number of hours depends on the number of units and whether they are paid or unpaid for the internship.\u00a0 It is the student\u2019s responsibility to ensure they are scheduled for and complete the required number of hours in order to receive credit.<\/p>\n<h4><a name=\"11\"><\/a>Employer Duties<\/h4>\n<p>Prior to, or shortly after, the start of the internship, the student and site supervisor will identify 3 learning objectives that the student must fulfill during the course of the internship in order to receive college credit. At the end of the internship, they will meet to verify the objectives were met.<\/p>\n<p>The supervisor will also rate the student\u2019s performance, and recommend a grade. This recommendation and assessment will be considered in the actual grade assigned by the Cooperative Education Instructor. The only other requirements for the site supervisor are to sign the student\u2019s internship timesheet at the end of each month (the student will provide these), and to meet with the Cooperative Education Instructor once during the semester\u00a0 (the instructor will contact you).<\/p>\n<h4><a name=\"1\"><\/a>Additional Information<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>For examples of library internship postings, review the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/library\/library-and-information-technology-program\/lit-internships\/#3\">current opportunities<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Palomar College does not guarantee that students will be accepted for an internship with any of the employers listed on our website.<\/li>\n<li>Palomar College does not guarantee that employers on our website will get interns from our program.<\/li>\n<li>Palomar College does not provide any monetary compensation for internship employers, supervisors, or students.<\/li>\n<li>Palomar College is not involved in any other way with the placement, hiring, or employment of its students who perform paid or unpaid internships at non-Palomar College work sites for their cooperative education experience\/internship.<\/li>\n<li>Beginning Spring 2019, employers must complete and submit an\u00a0<em>Internship Affiliation Agreement.<\/em>\u00a0To obtain this form and for more information, contact the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/cooped\/\">Cooperative Education office<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Per California Education Code 78249, students who are enrolled in cooperative work experience education (CE 100 or CE 150) through Palomar College and are <strong>not <\/strong>getting paid for these services by their internship employer are covered by Palomar Community College District\u2019s worker\u2019s compensation\/liability insurance outside of the classroom. Contact the\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/cooped\/\">Cooperative Education Department<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a name=\"8\"><\/a>Contact Us<\/h4>\n<p>Contact the LIT Internship Coordinator to list an internship job with Palomar College Library &amp; Information Technology Program or for more information about the program and employer requirements.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Alexandra Doyle Bauer, MLIS<br \/>Professor &amp; Internship Coordinator for<br \/>Library &amp; Information Technology<br \/>Email (preferred contact): <a href=\"mailto:adoylebauer@palomar.edu\">adoylebauer@palomar.edu\u00a0<\/a><br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em><span style=\"color: #993366\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>NON-Library INTERNSHIPS:<\/strong> Contact <a href=\"mailto:jjarvinen@palomar.edu\">Jason Jarvinen<\/a> in the Cooperative Education Office or<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"mailto:mtillman@palomar.edu\"> Michelle Tillman<\/a> in the Career Center for information about finding or posting non-library internships.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Definition | Posting An Internship Job | Setting Up An Internship | Employer Duties | Additional Information | Contact Us | \u00a0Available LIT Internships Information on this page applies ONLY [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":391,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4011","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"featured_image_src":null,"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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