[Libs-Or] Become a Mentor to Strengthen Oregon Libraries

[Meredith Farkas]

Colleagues,

I'm sending this out one last time in case any librarians are still mulling
over the idea of volunteering to mentor. We plan to open up the mentee
application next week and, while we will accept mentor volunteers
throughout the year, it would be great to have a good-sized pool for this
initial pilot as demand for mentors will almost certainly exceed supply. We
need your help.

Thanks for considering!

Meredith


Dear colleagues,

Mentoring is one of the most rewarding activities you can undertake in your
professional life. Through mentoring, you capitalize on your hard-earned
experience and knowledge in order to support the development and success of
an early-career librarian. Mentoring does not have to be time-consuming
(the OLA program recommends five meetings over the course of a year) or
require travel (you can communicate via phone, email, or web conferencing
in addition to in-person), but the small amount of time you give to another
librarian can mean the world to his or her success and the success of his
or her library.

OLA is excited to support this new pilot statewide mentoring program, but
the program will only be successful if mid-to-late career librarians choose
to participate. If you have five years of professional experience and are
an OLA member, please consider volunteering your time for one year (or nine
months if preferred) to support an early-career librarian and strengthen
the library in which he or she works. Click here to become an OLA
Mentor.<http://ola.memberclicks.net/message/urlRedir?id=76979&recip=ad447319-1636-41c4-9ab9-7822a33e945e>

Additional links:

   - Information about the mentoring program and its
requirements<http://www.olaweb.org/mentor-program>
   - Guidelines and best practices for being a
mentor<http://www.olaweb.org/mentoring-guidelines>

 Have questions? Contact us at mentor at olaweb.org
Meredith Farkas, Portland State University Library
Shirley Sullivan, Beaverton City Library
Emily Papagni, Multnomah County Library


For the OLA Membership Committee




Meredith Gorran Farkas
Assistant Professor
Head of Instructional Services
Portland State University Library
mfarkas at pdx.edu
(503)725-4577
http://library.pdx.edu/
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