From: "LCHS Curator" <lchscurator@centurytel.net> Subject: Policy regarding interns Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 15:23:56 -0500 Message-ID: <000001cb0291$8807ff10$9817fd30$@net>
I have 2 undergraduate interns working with me this summer and would
appreciate some feedback from others regarding your policies regarding
interns. Specifically I am wondering about supervision: these two students
are being trained to evaluate and catalog a collection of artifacts on
location at a museum not connected to our offices. I plan to be with them
some of the time but not all of the time. One of the reasons for seeking
interns is to expand the amount of work being done in the collections, and
if I need to oversee them every minute it will defeat the purpose.
Am I making a big mistake? At present LCHS has no policy regarding interns
and their handling of artifacts, although volunteers do work with artifacts
in some situations. The students are being trained , and I will not leave
them on their own until I am satisfied I can trust them.
Thanks everyone!
Peggy Derrick, Curator
La Crosse County Historical Society
P.O. Box 1272
La Crosse, WI 54602-1272
ph. 608-782-1980