Have you been a librarian for 5 years or more? Do you have a handle on
all those professional questions that come up from day to day? Do
you find yourself wishing that someone would have been there to teach
you all that you now know? Do you find yourself wondering to whom you
can impart all this hard-fought knowledge?
In that case, we have just the person!
Here is your chance to participate in a great new project from the
New Members Round Table of ALA (NMRT), to meet a new librarian ally,
and to have someone to guide as they learn the ins and outs of
librarianship!
The NMRT Mentoring Committee's Career Mentoring Program focuses on
long term mentoring. We will pair up "newbie librarians" with
"seasoned vets" as part of a year long mentoring program. If you are
interested in finding a mentee and in charting new territory with our
new program, please read all the details and fine print below.
The NMRT Career Mentoring program will last from October 2007 to
July 2008. Conference attendance is not required. Membership in
ALA is required, and NMRT membership is encouraged. Applications are
due September 21, 2007, with the goal of notifying the matching pairs
by the end of September.
Each pair will have a member of the NMRT Mentoring Committee assigned
to them. This committee member will notify the mentor and mentee of
their pairing, and send them monthly discussion topics via email.
Mentors and mentees are of course free to discuss whatever they want,
whenever and however they would like. These topics are merely
guidelines. The committee member will also serve as a troubleshooter
if any problems come up, for example if you stop hearing from your
partner or never make contact.
For further information and to apply, visit
http://www.ala.org/ala/nmrt/comm/careerpilot.htm
Received on Thu Sep 13 2007 - 09:13:35 EDT