Academic Mentorship: An Effective Professional Development Strategy for Medical Reference Librarians

Medical Reference Services Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 23-31

  Wang, Hongjie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic mentorship; Medical reference librarians; Mentorship

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIBRARIAN; LIBRARY; LIBRARY SCIENCE; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; TEACHER; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; LIBRARIANS; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL; LIBRARY SCIENCE; MENTORS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035374385     PISSN: 02763869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J115v20n02_03     Document Type: Article

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