Inorganic is Still Good for You
Building a Structured Group Mentoring Program for Librarians
J. Knievel, J. Gerke, J. Couture and R. Kuglitsch, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
Abstract
It might be hard to know when one’s institution is mentoring its librarians well, but it’s easy to know when an institution is mentoring poorly. Poor mentoring can be a factor in individuals failing to advance and low retention, and can result in problematic workplace culture, while reinforcing structural inequities. At the University of Colorado Boulder (CU-Boulder) we had an option paired mentoring system in place, but received consistent complaints about mentoring in internal/institutional assessments. Librarians also ...
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