Peer mentoring: one institution's approach to mentoring academic librarians

Library Management

Volumn 26, Issue , 2005, Pages 301-310

  Level, Allison V ^a   Mach, Michelle ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Peer mentoring; Professional education

Indexed keywords

EID: 22944463027     PISSN: 01435124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01435120410609725     Document Type: Article

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