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Mentoring The Next Generation Of Librarians.Ppt, Tiffney Gipson
Mentoring The Next Generation Of Librarians.Ppt, Tiffney Gipson
Tiffney Gipson
Library mentoring programs can impact both experienced and new librarians. While many librarians have benefited both personally and professionally from mentoring relationships, some argue that the next generation of librarians may not respond to typical traditional or classic mentoring techniques. As a millennial who has had many in-depth discussions on this topic, the author believes that many of the mentoring tools that worked so well in the past do not seem to resonate with millennial librarians today. For example, the baby-boom generation may have had one or two separate mentoring relationships throughout their career. The millennial generation, however, may respond …