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Summary:

Explores the many ways mentoring can be an effective tool in recruiting, retaining, supporting, and developing a diverse workforce in any library.

Table of Contents:

• Section one. Role of mentors. Chapter 1. Flying Solo: Mentoring as a Museum Librarian / Wendy Wasman, Cleveland Museum of Natural History
• Chapter 2. International Mentoring: For Careers and For Life / Eboni A. Johnson, Oberlin College Library
• Chapter 3. It Takes a Village: Mentoring from All Sides / Diana M. D'Agostino
• Chapter 4. Mentor as Translator: The Role of Mentors in Shaping Perspective / Pamela Espinosa de los Monteros, The Ohio State University
• Chapter 5. The Merits of "Mentorship" / Alexia Hudson-Ward, Oberlin College and Conservatory
• Section Two. Peer Mentoring. Chapter 6. Peer Mentorship When it Counts: A Solo School Librarian's Journey / Sarah Jane Levin, The Urban School of San Francisco
• Chapter 7. You Don't Have to Go Alone: Peer Mentoring Through Shared Experiences / Genevia M. Chamblee-Smith, Cook Library, Towson University
• Chapter 8. Mentoring Across Boundaries and Across Borders: Looking Outside Your Comfort Zone (and Maybe Your Country) / Dan Cherubin, Wesleyan University
• Chapter 9. The Mentor Connection / Cheryl McGrath, Stonehill College ; Sarah Seestone, Stanford University Libraries
• Section Three. Career Mentoring. Chapter 10. Paying It Froward: Advising for Leadership as Faculty / Deidra N. Herring, The Ohio State University Libraries
• Chapter 11. LIS PhD Programs: The Training Grounds for Becoming a Mentor and Mentee / Jason K. Alston, Coastal Carolina University
• Chapter 12. Preparing for the New Generation: Mentorship in the Workplace / Charlotte Beers Plank, Hudson Library & Historical Society
• Section Four. Community Mentoring. Chapter 13. Widening the Lens: Mentoring Community Advocates / Rachel G. Rubin, Bexley (OH) Public Library
• Chapter 14. You Can't Mentor What You Don't Know: Mentorship as a Conduit for Staff Development and Community Connection in the Public Library / Cynthia Sturgis Landrum, Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library ; Darryl E. Allen, Mentorship Institute ; Jerica Copeny, Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library.

Contributors:

Johnson, Eboni A., 1975- , editor

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Related Series:

MBM peak series

Subjects:

Mentoring in library science

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description:

xxii, 192 pages : portrait ; 23 cm.

Call Numbers:

Z668.5 .L53 2017

ISBNs:

9780997175721 (paperback)
0997175729

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2017908387

OCLC Numbers:

985289547