Archive for May 1st, 2007
Faculty Mentors for New Librarians
When I first arrived on campus, set to begin my career as a librarian, I was grateful to find that my college arranged a faculty mentor for me. Ten months later, I feel that the relationship has helped me with small adjustments. It was especially refreshing because my mentor is from the English Department and [...]
Posted: 1 May, 2007 in Professional Development, Uncategorized.
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Absentee Learners
When instructors would ask me to come to their classes to provide instructional sessions I used to jokingly recommend that they should keep that a secret from the students. After all, I would tell them, knowing the librarian was coming to give a presentation might encourage the students to consider it a good day to [...]
Posted: 1 May, 2007 in Libraries and Learning, Worth Reading.
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