Beyond Mentoring
A Guide for Librarians and Information Professionals
Description
Key Features
- Provides case studies and perspectives from librarians who have been involved in mentoring programs
- Describes program types that go beyond traditional mentoring, including peer-to-peer and cohort or group mentoring
- Gives practical advice to help readers apply best practices to their own situations
- Offers a hands-on perspective of the program design process
Readership
Academic librarians and information professionals in higher education institutions
Table of Contents
Mentoring:
Two perspectives on the conference buddy program by Meredith Prather-Lowe
The LLAMA in the room, mentoring in the professional association
Mentoring for tenure and promotion by Lindsey Wharton
Formal Mentoring programs, the one on one model by Alys Jordan
Director and Mentee, perspectives from the new library director program by Danielle Theiss Dion
Beyond Mentoring:
A literature review of Informal mentoring programs
The Answerland Mentoring project, mentoring at a distance by Janeanne Rockwell-Kincanon
Mentoring the graduate student
Group Mentoring through Emerging Leaders by Caitlin Moen
Peer to Peer mentoring projects and the Expert database
Professional mentee, always learning from all sides of the mentor spectrum
The International Mentee, Crossing Cultures by Tamara Capper
Tool kit to building your own program by Dawn Lowe-Wincentsen
The DIY program in any situation
Getting perspectives from the population
To Hover or to fly; Time to launch a program
Measuring success
Product details
- No. of pages: 146
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Chandos Publishing 2016
- Published: November 17, 2016
- Imprint: Chandos Publishing
- eBook ISBN: 9780081012956
- Paperback ISBN: 9780081012949