Book description
Mentorship is essential to the health of any institution; sharing
knowledge and experience transforms managers into stronger leaders and
helps less senior employees improve their job skills. Noted reference
librarian and researcher Lee offers librarians at all levels both her
experience and her ideas about establishing a formal mentoring process
at the library. Readers will learn * The kinds of skills the mentor
should have, with techniques for successful development, education, and
training * How to establish formal and informal mentoring arrangements,
with a chapter devoted to mentoring librarians electronically * Keys to
working with students, interns, volunteers, and individuals interested
in a library science career In this useful book Lee shows librarians how
mentoring can be both satisfying and good for career development and
personal growth. Marta K. Lee, BS, MA, MLS, has worked as an associate
librarian at Regent University Library, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and
as an assistant librarian at Washington Theological Union, in
Washington, D. C. Lee has written articles on distance learning,
instruction, mentoring, interlibrary loan, public libraries, and
reference services.
