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Interesting Times and Interesting Internships: A Case Study of MLIS Internships
No full textLibrary and information science professionals work in diverse sectors, from academic, corporate, and data management fields, each requiring specific professional knowledge alongside librarianship skills. While an MLIS degree often provides a strong theoretical understanding of librarianship, many degree programs do not require internship or practicum experience (Torres et al., 2022). The COVID-19 pandemic additionally changed the format of many library internships, which became hybrid or virtual. This presentation reflects on student outcomes in a case study of three library science internships held between 2024 and 2025, including a remote academic library OER internship (Loyola Marymount University), an in-person corporate library internship (Analysis Group), and a hybrid internship in database management for a cultural nonprofit organization (Artists for Humanity). Comparing and contrasting the intent, product, and skills learned in each internship opportunity, this presentation will share challenges and successes in MLIS student internships.
While many library internships involve rote data entry, internships can offer additional value by providing training and access to proprietary LIS technologies, supporting professional development, encouraging connections between MLIS studies and the intern role, and fostering connections with other library workers, including POC library networks. Library internships take many forms and vary based on the funding for the internship role, the work of the hosting institution, the intent of the internship program, and the student\u27s motivation for the internship. In a time of a challenging job market, increased expectations of applicants, and decreased funding for library systems, library internships are important to build experience. This presentation identifies unique internship skills and opportunities to offer in graduate library student roles.
Outcomes Recognize student challenges in library internships Identify internship skills and opportunities to offer in a graduate library student rol
Reading Through the Eyes of Faith: Introducing a Catholic Literary Lens to the English Language Arts Classroom
Get PDFDespite the proliferation and use of literary lenses in English Language Arts classrooms, one lens still seems to be missing from theorization, formulation, and thus practical implementation: religion. This absence is well-noted in the field, as positive depictions of Christian themes in books are rare and religion is rarely discussed as an identity marker that fosters growth and development. This article attempts to address that absence in two ways: first by conceptualizing and developing a Catholic literary lens that could be used in middle and secondary classrooms and second by offering practical suggestions for using this Catholic lens in ELA classrooms. The goal of this paper is to equip educators, and their students, with a starting point for reading through a Catholic lens
From Strength to Strength: Resiliency of the Global Majority Student Groups at LMU
No full textExplore our digital exhibit highlighting the resilience and activism of student groups from 1968-1982. Through archival materials and oral histories, the exhibit captures an era of social change, identity, and advocacy on campus.https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/home_slideshow/1010/thumbnail.jp
Seismic Shifts and Stair Steps: Revisions to the Creditability Determination in the Foreign Tax Credit Rules
Get PDFThere has been a seismic shift in the regulatory rules for determining which foreign taxes are eligible to be credited against a taxpayer’s U.S. federal income tax. This Article explains why these regulatory changes have such a big impact, including some non-obvious, indirect results. First, the creditability determination is the necessary first step for claiming a foreign tax credit. Second, even a small disparity between a foreign tax and the section 901 creditability regulations can now make the entire foreign tax non-creditable, even for taxpayers who are not subject to the nonconforming portion of the foreign tax. Third, the section 901 regulations also indirectly impact taxpayers attempting to claim foreign tax credits under section 903. Fourth, tax treaties are not a perfect remedy for all taxpayers, but they may have the indirect effect of allowing some taxpayers to use the standards of the former regulations rather than the revisions, to the extent that treaty characterizations of “income taxes” were based on the former regulatory standards.
However, instead of comparing the foreign tax credit with the detriment of getting no tax benefit for foreign taxes paid, we should be comparing the credit with the effect of a deduction. This Article points out that deductions are generally available for non-creditable foreign taxes paid by U.S. corporations, including foreign taxes that no longer qualify as creditable levies under the revised section 901 regulations. Although the foreign tax credit is often more beneficial than a deduction, the gap between those two benefits may have narrowed due to the many restrictive foreign tax credit rules that have been added over the years. Overall, the revised creditability rules represent a seismic shift in the requirements for qualifying for a foreign tax credit, but the result of failure to qualify as a creditable tax is more of a steep stair step than an all-or-nothing “cliff” effect
The Puzzle of Political Ambition and Prosociality
No full textThis study explores the effect of prosocial interventions on political engagement, particularly whether a prosocial, redistributive option can narrow the gender gap in willingness to enter elections (Pate and Fox, 2018). Previous evidence suggests that prosocial incentives boost women’s desire to compete (Cassar and Rigdon, 2021a,b). Building on this, our research investigates whether mechanisms that enable elected leaders to share their gains can increase women’s political ambition. We conducted a laboratory experiment at two distinct laboratories with 320 participants using a within-subjects design to compare a standard election with one where the elected leader could redistribute earnings to the lowest earner. Our results show that prosocial opportunities increase participation rates for both women and men, yet the gender gap in ambition persists. Notably, we also find a puzzling result: although the prosocial intervention boosts individual willingness to run for office, greater generosity is negatively associated with the decision to run for election. These findings reveal a paradox: those most inclined to help others are often the least likely to seek positions that would enable them to do so
Bounded compactness from G(E)UP
No full textWe analyse how different Generalised Uncertainty Principles could place bounds on the compactness of self-gravitating systems. By considering existing experimental bounds on the relevant parameters, we conclude that the compactness of large astrophysical objects is bounded above by the inverse of the GUP parameter, which would naturally be of order one. Conversely, the existence of black holes imposes stronger bounds on those parameters
Ladies\u27 Choice: Intersectional Linked Fate and Public Opinion Toward Women of Color in Politics
No full textThis article seeks to understand the public opinion formation among women of color in America. How do identity-based factors, such as linked fate with women of color (WoC), shape political evaluations? Expanding on social identity theory and intersectionality frameworks, we investigate the political influences of WoC identification and WoC intersectional linked fate. We argue that intersectional linked fate represents a deeper sense of shared experiences and interconnected outcomes across race and gender, making this both a conceptually distinct construct and a politically consequential extension of WoC identity. Further, we theorize that women of color’s perceptions of intersectional linked fate drive their cross-racial support for real-world WoC in politics. We analyze data from the 2020 Collaborative Multiracial Post-Election Survey to test how intersectional linked fate correlates with evaluations of prominent WoC political figures such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, and Michelle Obama among Black, Latina, and Asian American women. Our findings reveal that intersectional linked fate has a stronger and more consistent influence on these political evaluations than either WoC identity or racial linked fate, fostering solidarity and support for WoC politicians across racial boundaries. The results highlight the critical role of intersectional linked fate in shaping public opinion with important implications for understanding future elections, especially as candidates, politics, and the electorate continue to diversify in the United States
Bridging Cura: Faculty of Color Socialization at a Jesuit Institution
No full textThis research focuses on Jesuit Catholic higher education in the United States because at the heart of this mission is encouraging all involved to navigate the discernment process and then enact considerations that vacillate between cura apostolica (care for institution) and cura personalis (care for people/society). Cura apostolica and cura personalis can be viewed as brands of institutional purposes that consistently emerge at many colleges and universities out of concerns for institutional risk aversion, protection, and sustainability amid hope for supporting people toward success in a humanizing fashion. Specifically, this research is concerned with the toll institutional concern has on faculty of color career trajectories through Jesuit mission and values and how senior academic leaders influence those trajectories. We augment the notions of “mission-washing” and “mission-filtering” and bring them into conversation with realities of faculty of color to highlight three contributions to faculty socialization and organizational realities in higher education. Findings point to the pressures, displayed by mission-washing and mission-filtering, on faculty of color to choose between local and cosmopolitan models, often choosing a hybrid local–cosmopolitan model. As well as mission-washing as cybernetic controls designed to self-correct the institution at the expense of faculty of color. Finally, if Ignatian spirituality is understood as transformative encounters, this study demonstrates that being responsive to the mission is transformative for faculty of color. Yet this transformation is limited to a set of institutionally palatable topics and less willing to be transformative on issues like oppression and racism