Smathers Undergraduate Internship Program

Open Access Resources for Non-Affiliate Researchers (awarded Spring 2025; in progress Summer 2025)

Directors: Hannah Whitaker (Women's and Gender Studies Librarian), Michael Dietz (Head of User Engagement and Resources)

Link to proposal in User Engagement

Bay of Pigs Exhibit (awarded Spring 2025; in progress Summer and Fall 2025)

Directors: Margarita Vargas-Betancourt (LACC Special Collections Librarian), Lourdes Santamaria-Wheeler (Exhibits Director)

Link to proposal in Special Projects

Collections Development and Outreach for Classical Mythology Resources (awarded Fall 2024; in progress Spring 2025)

Director: Megan Daly (Classics, Philosophy, Religion Librarian)

Link to proposal in Collections/Circulation

Improving STEM LibGuides for Undergraduate Learning and Usability (awarded Fall 2024; in progress Spring 2025)

Directors: Robin Fowler (Engineering & Physical Sciences Librarian), Michell Nolan (Chemical Sciences Librarian)

Link to proposal in User Engagement

Frank O'Connor Papers Re-Processing (awarded Fall 2024; in progress Spring 2025)

Director: Flo Turcotte (Literary Manuscripts Archivist)

Link to proposal in Special Projects

Using Art to Assess Library Anxiety Among Undergraduates (Awarded Spring 2024, Completed Fall 2024)

Director: Cindy Craig (Psychology, Sociology, Criminology Librarian)

Link to Proposal Awarded in User Engagement

Analyzing & Enhancing the Library Science Collection: A Student-Driven LibGuide Project (Awarded Spring 2024, Completed Fall 2024)

Directors:  Ash Vaught (Collections Services Manager) and Stacey Ewing (Chair, Library West)

Link to Proposal Awarded in Circulation/Collections

Undergraduate Internship on Information Literacy (Awarded Fall 2023, Completed Spring/Summer 2024)

Director: Natercia Valle (STEM Instruction Librarian)

Link to Proposal Awarded Proposal in Outreach

Finley Simons

Director: Neil Weijer (Special & Area Studies Collections)

Coleen Sailsman

Projects: LibWest Study Buddy & Field and Fork Partnership

Co-Directors: Cindy Craig, Michael Dietz & Jeanne Ewert (Library West)

Katherine (Katie) Usrey

Projects: Literature Review & IRB Protocol

Co-Directors: Ariel Pomputius, Sarah Meyer & Aida Miró-Herrans (Health Science Center Library)

Daniela Torres Juvier

Director: Melissa Jerome (Special & Area Studies Collections)

Christine Reynolds

Co-Directors: Ann Lindell (Architecture & Fine Arts Library), Todd Digby (Library Technology Services) & Will Chaney (Library Technology Services)

Arlette García

Director: Maggie Ansell (Health Science Center Library)

Madison (Ma'at) James

Director: Stacey Ewing (Library West)

Antonette Jones

Director: Carol McAuliffe (Special & Area Studies Collections)

Lauren Justice

Director: Suzanne Stapleton (Marston Science Library)

Celeste Velazco

Director: S. Moxy Moczygemba (Library Communications)

Israel Herrera

Director: Sara Gonzalez (Marston Science Library)

Elianne (Ely) Rodríguez

Director: Sarah Meyer (Health Science Center Libraries)