A formal mentoring program in a University Library: Components of a successful experiment

Journal of Academic Librarianship

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 440-446

  Kuyper Rushing, Lois ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035510759     PISSN: 00991333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0099-1333(01)00258-0     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. The Library Faculty Policy Committee (LFPC) at the Louisiana State University Libraries is "comprised of six elected faculty members..., The purpose of this Committee is to represent all full-time library faculty holding the rank of General Librarian, Assistant Librarian, Associate Librarian, or Librarian.... " Louisiana State University Libraries Library Faculty Policy Committee Bylaws (Louisiana State University Libraries, Baton Rouge, LA, 1998), p. 1. (photocopy).
2. LFPC Bylaws, p. 1.
3. nd ed., s.v. "mentor."
4. Lary Marilyn S. "Mentoring: A Gift for Professional Growth," The Southeastern Librarian. 47:1998;23.
5. Valerie S. Taylor, "Mentoring: A Key Resource to Develop Professional and Personal Competencies," Information Outlook 3 (February 1999): 12.
6. Lary, "Mentoring," p. 24.
7. Wojewodzki Catherine, Stein Linda, Richardson Tommy. "Formalizing an Informal Process: Developing a Mentoring Program in a University Library," Technical Services Quarterly. 15:1998;1-19.
8. Riley Cheryl, Wales Barbara. "Academic Librarians and Mentoring Teams: Building Tomorrow's Doctorates," Technical Services Quarterly. 14:1997;1-10.
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10. Joan R. Kaplowitz, "Mentoring Library School Students: A Survey of Participants in the UCLA/GLIS Mentor Program," Special Libraries 83 (Fall, 1992): 219-233.
11. Roma Harris, "The Mentoring Trap: A Warning for Entry-level Librarians," Library Journal 118 (October 15, 1993): 37-39.
12. Deanna L. Roberts, "Mentoring in the Academic Library," College & Research Libraries News (February 1986), p. 117.
13. Mary M. Nofsinger & Angela S.W. Lee, "Beyond Orientation: The Roles of Senior Librarians in Training Entry-Level Reference Colleagues," College & Research Libraries 55 (March 1994): 161-170.
14. Joanne Colley & Connie Capers Thorson, "Mentoring along the Tenure Track," College & Research Library News 51 (April 1990): 297-300.
15. Ibid., p. 298.
16. Ibid., p. 299.
17. Ibid., p. 300.
18. Melba Jesudason, "Mentoring New Colleagues: A Practical Model from the University of Wisconsin-Madison," Illinois Libraries 79 (Winter 1997): 23-30.
19. Wojewodzki, Stein, & Richardson, "Formalizing an Informal Process," p. 1.
20. Ibid., p. 2.
21. University of Delaware Library Assembly of Professional Staff (UDLAPS), Mentoring Program: Guidelines and Procedures (Newark, DE: UDLAPS, 1993), p. 2.
22. Barbara Wittkopf, "Mentoring in Academic Libraries: LSU Libraries Model," Louisiana Libraries 61 (Spring 1999): 226-232.
23. Wittkopf, Mentoring Programs in ARL Libraries, SPEC Kit 239 (Washington, D.C.: Association of Research Libraries, Office of Leadership and Management Services, 1999).
24. Wojewodzki, Stein, & Richardson, "Formalizing an Informal Process," p. 2.
25. Ibid., p. 6.
26. Tolson Stephanie D. "Mentoring up the Career Ladder," Information Outlook. 2:1998;37.
27. Lary, "Mentoring," p. 34.
28. Jennifer S. Cargill, "Developing Library Leaders," Library Administration and Management 3 (Winter 1989): p. 13.