[Publib] ALA-NMRT Career Mentoring Program seeks experienced librarians

[Ann Bever]

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



Ann Bever
Assistant Manager
Adult Services Librarian
Dallas Public Library
Dallas, Texas
abever at dallaslibray.org





       
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