![]() One potential solution to this problem for library leadership is to join a growing trend to embed librarians, and measure resulting student success. However, when it comes to mission critical solutions to the pressing problems, such as student retention, securing external funding for research, and the general push for student-centeredness, it is difficult to assess (i.e., quantify) the library’s contribution. The library is a crucial component of contemporary higher education. The article describes how, through the cultivation of meaningful and non-traditional student-librarian relationships, librarians partnering with a faculty member from the department of education created an environment where students learned both library skills and lessons about how to more effectively navigate the everyday challenges they face. ![]() ![]() The learning paradigm conceived of the librarians as reciprocal learning and research partners, positioning the lived experiences and authentic interests of the students as central to the internship. The internship's long standing goal was to create lifelong library ambassadors and future librarians, by teaching the students information literacy skills, introducing them to how a complex organization (the library) is organized and run, and imparting college and career skills. In the 2007/2008 academic year Simmons College Library put the life experiences of eight Boston high school students at the heart of an already established, IMLS-funded forty-hour library internship. ![]()
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